HomeAuthorsEmma Cullwick

Emma Cullwick

Emma Cullwick

Mail gets results for football team

A TEAM of young footballers whose pitch and car park was blighted by vandals and flytippers are celebrating after council workers vowed to clean-up the site - thanks to the Birmingham Mail. Desperate Steve Poller was at his wits end after more than a month of being batted from pillar to post by staff at Birmingham City Council in his quest to bring Sheldon Little League Football Club's misery to an end. Read

Prisoner languishing in city jail cell

A MAN has been left languishing in a Birmingham jail cell for five weeks - despite the fact he was sentenced to just two days behind bars. Read

Puss and parrot are best of pals

PILLOW the cat lives up to her name. She loves nothing more than providing a resting place for Mindy the parrot. Read

Council embroiled in spud war

IT'S a political hot potato which has caused a stink on the streets of Yardley. Read

25 accused over illegal dog fight

TWENTY-FOUR men and a youth have appeared in court over allegations surrounding an alleged illegal dog fight in Birmingham. Read

Pregnant mum and son killed at crossing

A MUM was dragged to her death and her son killed when a car hit them as they crossed a Birmingham road. Read

Mum's fears for her fugitive son

A "VIOLENT and dangerous" criminal who escaped from a prison van aided by a masked gunman might have been kidnapped or murdered, his mother has claimed. Read

ICC evacuated in blaze drama

TWO hundred people had to be evacuated from Birmingham's International Convention Centre after stage curtains in one of its auditoriums became engulfed in flames. Read

School travel safety fears

CHILDREN'S lives are being put at risk because council chiefs have failed to hire a lollipop lady for a notorious Droitwich junction, it was claimed today. Read

Martin to pound New York streets

BIG hearted Martin Foxall is bracing himself for the pain and suffering he can expect when he tackles the infamous New York Marathon. Read

Flagship school plan under fire

A SCATHING attack has been launched on plans to turn five Worcestershire schools into privately-backed trusts. Read

Locals dig in over quarry extension

OUTRAGED residents in two Bromsgrove villages have launched a campaign to fight moves to extend a quarry and build a recycling plant on their doorsteps. Read

Girl power in the classroom

TEACHERS are celebrating the success of their school's mixed sex policy after the number of girl pupils rocketed. Read

Anger over parking fees

LIVES are being risked because residents in a Solihull street cannot afford controversial new parking charges, a councillor claimed today. Read

Job switch in wife's honour

THE broken-hearted husband of a cancer victim has quit his day job to run an animal sanctuary to keep his wife's memory alive - and reform prisoners in the process. Read

Katie on the fitness beat

A POLICE officer has ditched her handcuffs in favour of a tracksuit and trainers to become a fitness instructor - after shedding more than five stone. Read

Vapour set for trial at Alexandra

A HOSPITAL is to trial a new weapon in the fight against deadly "super-bugs" in a bid to save patients' lives. Read

Midland tributes to Crocodile Hunter

STAFF at a Midland safari park have today paid tribute to Australian television personality Steve Irwin who was killed by a stingray barb. Read

Pledge to tackle the drunks

DRUNKS and drug addicts are intimidating shoppers and putting people off going into Redditch, worried traders have warned. Read

Hope of deal over closure

UNION officials are hoping to strike a deal to soften the blow for Worcestershire farmers whose livelihoods will be devastated by the closure of a Midland sugar factory. Read

Author Profile

Emma Cullwick is the Birmingham Mail's Chief Reporter who has previously worked as a Health Correspondent and Features Editor for the Worcester News and Home Affairs Correspondent for the Gloucester Citizen.

Get involved

We want your local stories, videos & pics.