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Men must learn to talk about ‘De Botty Business’, says poet

Birmingham poet Benjamin Zephaniah finds it hard to imagine a group of guys standing in a pub with a beer in their hands talking about prostate cancer.Read

I was shocked when I stood on the scales and topped 20st mark

SITTING in a lorry cab each day meant dad Stephen Shorney gradually piled on the pounds. He knew his waistband was expanding but he was shocked when he stood on the scales to find them tipping 20st 11lb.Read

Dad's determined to shed pounds

SITTING in a lorry cab each day meant dad Stephen Shorney gradually piled on the pounds. He knew his waistband was expanding but he was shocked when he stood on the scales to find them tipping 20st 11lb.Read

Fascinating insight into ruthless shah

WHEN a hotel room has its own guest book you know you are somewhere special. So after we deposited our bags in the Loft suite of the Threadneedles Hotel, in London, I took a little peek at its previous occupants.Read

Cookery course is food for thought

TWELVE little hands are busy chopping, slicing, peeling and dicing vegetables in the Millfield Primary School Let’s Get Cooking Club.Read

Life-saving machine that brought Ron back from the brink

IT APPEARED to be a day like any other when Ron Hawkins died but, talking about it three years later, he admits it did not turn out the way he had intended.Read

It's just the job for stressed staff

A HAPPY and fit workforce is a productive workforce.Read

Walking in Korean air

COMPOSER Howard Blake is used to hearing his song Walking in the Air in different guises. And when he went to the Korean capital Seoul this week to launch the Birmingham Repertory production of The Snowman he was treated to the Korean version.Read

Mum’s the word for losing weight

IF Jo Culley ever needs encouragement from her Slimming World consultant she can just give her a call as class leader Nickie Bennett is her daughter.Read

Hospital the sole option for Emma and Paul

PARENTS Paul and Emma Taylor did not really consider any option except hospital when they had all of their children.Read

Children enjoying a French connection

SCHOOL may have finished for the day but not for this group of youngsters who are dancing from one side of the classroom to the other, singing along to a French tape.Read

Mum's the word for Kings Norton slimming club

IF Jo Culley ever needs encouragement from her Slimming World consultant she can just give her a call as class leader Nickie Bennett is her daughter.Read

Birmingham Rep's The Snowman goes down a storm in Seoul

PRODUCERS of The Snowman are walking on air today after the show received a rapturous response at Seoul Opera House.Read

Rapid rise for dancer Robin Gladwin

DANCER Robin Gladwin has his sister Emma to thank for his career on stage because it was watching her take part in ballet classes which set him en route to joining one of the country’s foremost dance companies.Read

Perfect pamper pleasure

DO you deserve a treat? Harvey Nichols in Birmingham has put together a new pamper menu offering customers the chance to experience facials, make-up lessons and makeovers. Read

Devil in a pop star disguise

FORMER Wet Wet Wet frontman Marti Pellow is finding his dark side as he takes on the role of the Devil in the musical The Witches of Eastwick.Read

South Birmingham College in fashion design competition

IDEAS from fashion designers of the future came under the spotlight when judges chose ten finalists in a design competition.Read

Lettuce have fruit and veg!

ASK Lawrence Courtnell what he should be bringing in his school lunchbox and he is very precise.Read

Mum adds weight to Sarah’s slim quest

MUM’S the word for 31-year-old Sarah Beddowes who was given a helping hand to lose weight by her mother.Read

Family helped with hole in their lives

NATALIE Page was the centre of the world to her family so when she died suddenly at the age of just 22 she left a big hole in their lives.Read

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