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Plain sailing after winning Birmingham Mail competition

NURSE Kath Hall has sailed to success after clinching £1,000 - thanks to the Birmingham Mail's Money Mania promotion.Read

Pupils have a powerful idea

A SCHOOL in Solihull is hoping to do its bit to help save the environment by installing a wind turbine in a bid to supply some of its power.Read

Playgroup child 'gouged my girl'

POLICE have launched an investigation into claims a girl of three was attacked by another child at a Birmingham play centre.Read

Funeral of car smash victim

THE funeral of a Midland man who died when his car crashed and burst into flames takes place next week.Read

Gladiators to return to our screens

TELEVISION viewers are in for a blast from the past when Birmingham-based show Gladiators returns to our screens - thanks to the US writers' strike.Read

MP's tribute to 6m dead

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt has lined up to honour the victims of the Nazi Holocaust.Read

Fifth generation as Wyatt enters world

BORN six weeks prematurely, little Wyatt Millward is the miracle baby his Solihull mum feared she may never have.Read

Woman admits stealing £29k

A FORMER assistant bursar at a private school in Solihull stole thousands of pounds she had been handed by pupils' parents, a court heard.Read

Gladiators set to make TV return

TV BOSSES have revealed the Birmingham-based hit show Gladiators is to make a comeback - but it won't be filmed in the city.Read

Warning after burning paper pushed into Northfield home

FIREFIGHTERS today warned youths about the potentially-deadly consequences of playing with fire after yobs pushed lit paper through the letterbox of a Birmingham home.Read

Lock keeper Les Sumpter at Lapworth

Hard work paying off

VOLUNTEERS who spent years tirelessly restoring an historic canal through the Midlands have gathered to see new work being carried out.Read

Theatre show bid to save charity

A CHARITY helping disabled people is facing closure because of a cash crisis.Read

Trains halt for £75m upgrade to track

COMMUTERS travelling to Solihull and Shirley have been warned of major disruption next month as a £75 million rail upgrade begins.Read

MP out to beat killer disease

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt put her political allegiances to one side as she threw her weight behind a campaign aimed at raising awareness of cervical cancer.Read

Niki Evans

Niki Evans: My West End dream

TAMWORTH X Factor finalist Niki Evans is hoping to star in a West End musical, she revealed today.Read

Travel scheme is just the job

A SCHEME giving job seekers free travel passes to help them find work has won the support of Birmingham MP Steve McCabe.Read

Record producer promotes harmony with new album

A BIRMINGHAM record producer has made a ground-breaking album in a bid to dispel the stereotype that Muslims are involved in terrorism.Read

Partners in prayer celebrate 100 years

PARISHIONERS from two Birmingham churches joined forces to celebrate 100 years since a centre was built in a bid to boost life for some of the city's poorest families.Read

Pair rescue boy from crash car

TWO passers-by have been praised after plucking a nine-year-old boy to safety when the car he was in crashed into a tree and burst into flames, killing the driver.Read

£25,000 reward for raiders of Castle Bromwich bank

A BANK in Birmingham is offering a £25,000 award in a bid to catch masked armed robbers who left staff terrified when they held them up at gun point.Read

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