http://www.birminghammail.net/authors/ Authors en-gb Birmingham Mail no Authors Authors http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/midland-golden-girl-eleanor-simmonds-celebrated-her-mbe-honour-with-a-training-swim-at-the-pool-97319-22585785/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/midland-golden-girl-eleanor-simmonds-celebrated-her-mbe-honour-with-a-training-swim-at-the-pool-97319-22585785/ The Paralympian crowned a golden year by becoming the youngest person ever to receive an award in the New Year’s Honours List. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/kidderminster-carnival-group-on-hunt-for-new-members-97319-22584918/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/kidderminster-carnival-group-on-hunt-for-new-members-97319-22584918/ A PLEA for volunteers has been made to help the small band of people who organise an annual Midland carnival. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/pupils-bid-a-fond-farewell-to-birmingham-head-teacher-97319-22584917/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/pupils-bid-a-fond-farewell-to-birmingham-head-teacher-97319-22584917/ IT’S a case of New Year new start for the head of one of Birmingham’s top schools as she steps down after more than a decade in charge. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/nspcc-in-plea-for-help-to-end-child-cruelty-97319-22584793/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/nspcc-in-plea-for-help-to-end-child-cruelty-97319-22584793/ CHARITY workers battling to protect children today urged Midland families to help end cruelty to youngsters in 2009. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/big-brother-hopefuls-can-upload-video-ahead-of-auditions-in-birmingham-97319-22584791/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/big-brother-hopefuls-can-upload-video-ahead-of-auditions-in-birmingham-97319-22584791/ BIG BROTHER has teamed up with YouTube to launch an online “auditions channel”, ahead of the open auditions which are coming to Birmingham later this month. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/national-archives-officials-feared-oil-tanker-sabotage-97319-22568650/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/national-archives-officials-feared-oil-tanker-sabotage-97319-22568650/ OFFICIALS feared emergency plans for troops to requisition oil tankers during the “winter of discontent” would be sabotaged by the drivers, according to Government papers made public today. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/national-archives-britain-would-not-have-been-able-to-resist-cold-war-invasion-by-soviets-top-secret-documents-reveal-97319-22568649/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/national-archives-britain-would-not-have-been-able-to-resist-cold-war-invasion-by-soviets-top-secret-documents-reveal-97319-22568649/ BRITAIN’S Cold War Armed Forces were so run down by the end of the 1970s that they would have been overwhelmed in the event of a Russian attack, according to secret files made public today. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/national-archives-former-pm-james-callaghan-snubbed-a-police-federation-conference-in-1978-after-branding-heckling-officers-a-disgrace-97319-22568648/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/national-archives-former-pm-james-callaghan-snubbed-a-police-federation-conference-in-1978-after-branding-heckling-officers-a-disgrace-97319-22568648/ JAMES Callaghan branded the behaviour of heckling police officers a “disgrace”, according to documents released for the first time. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/12/30/birmingham-chess-wizard-ibraheem-malik-enjoys-success-across-the-board-97319-22568193/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2008/12/30/birmingham-chess-wizard-ibraheem-malik-enjoys-success-across-the-board-97319-22568193/ THE latest in a long line of chess wizards is keeping a Birmingham family on board for success. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/29/new-figures-show-many-more-homes-have-remained-unsold-throughout-the-whole-of-2008-97319-22566406/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/29/new-figures-show-many-more-homes-have-remained-unsold-throughout-the-whole-of-2008-97319-22566406/ ONE in four properties in certain parts of the country has been on the market for the whole of 2008 as the housing market stagnates, figures showed today. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/29/birmingham-mp-liam-byrne-criticises-bishops-for-calling-government-morally-corrupt-97319-22566619/ Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/29/birmingham-mp-liam-byrne-criticises-bishops-for-calling-government-morally-corrupt-97319-22566619/ BIRMINGHAM MP Liam Byrne was embroiled in a row with bishops today after they branded the government “morally corrupt”. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/22/mp-chooses-birmingham-schoolboy-s-festive-design-97319-22529774/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/22/mp-chooses-birmingham-schoolboy-s-festive-design-97319-22529774/ A CARD designed by a Birmingham schoolboy will be sitting on the mantlepieces of politicians across the country this Christmas. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/22/sheldon-soldier-s-home-to-a-sweet-welcome-97319-22529770/ Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/22/sheldon-soldier-s-home-to-a-sweet-welcome-97319-22529770/ TEENAGE soldier Adam Arnold returned home from the front line this Christmas and found himself surrounded by a huge hamper of Cadbury’s chocolate. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/17/birmingham-to-istanbul-daily-97319-22497197/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/17/birmingham-to-istanbul-daily-97319-22497197/ TURKISH Airlines got off to a flying start when it launched its new direct flights from Birmingham to Istanbul by revealing the planned five times-per-week service would go daily from April. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/birmingham-pair-admit-smuggling-drugs-on-cruise-ship-97319-22480620/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/birmingham-pair-admit-smuggling-drugs-on-cruise-ship-97319-22480620/ FOUR people, including two from Birmingham, today admitted smuggling cocaine with a street value of £1.7 million into the UK on a P&O cruise ship. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/slump-threatens-275-000-jobs-97319-22478672/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/slump-threatens-275-000-jobs-97319-22478672/ ABOUT 275,000 jobs will be axed in the business services sector over the next two years as the UK’s economic woes deepen, researchers warned today. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/10-fall-in-house-prices-for-2009-97319-22478902/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/10-fall-in-house-prices-for-2009-97319-22478902/ ENGLAND and Wales is halfway through the housing market correction, with prices set to fall by a further 10 per cent in 2009, a property website predicted today. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/tributes-paid-to-actress-kathy-staff-best-known-for-her-role-as-nora-batty-in-the-last-of-the-summer-wine-97319-22478903/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/tributes-paid-to-actress-kathy-staff-best-known-for-her-role-as-nora-batty-in-the-last-of-the-summer-wine-97319-22478903/ FRIENDS and co-stars were today mourning the death of Kathy Staff, the actress who played Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/slump-threatens-275-000-jobs-97319-22479518/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/slump-threatens-275-000-jobs-97319-22479518/ ABOUT 275,000 jobs will be axed in the business services sector over the next two years as the UK’s economic woes deepen, researchers warned today. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/pound-falls-to-new-low-against-euro-97319-22480615/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/pound-falls-to-new-low-against-euro-97319-22480615/ THE pound slumped to a fresh low against the euro today as the two currencies edged closer to parity.