http://www.birminghammail.net/authors/ Authors en-gb Birmingham Mail no Authors Authors http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/19/do-you-want-a-european-anthem-readers-verdict-97319-25201143/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/19/do-you-want-a-european-anthem-readers-verdict-97319-25201143/ A MIDLAND Euro MP has pledged to fight calls for a European national anthem. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/16/fans-fear-for-lives-as-mob-breaks-through-fence-at-birmingham-christmas-lights-switch-on-97319-25177874/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:30:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/16/fans-fear-for-lives-as-mob-breaks-through-fence-at-birmingham-christmas-lights-switch-on-97319-25177874/ MUSIC fans at the event told of their terror after being trapped in the chaos as a mob burst through fences and made a terrifying charge towards the Millennium Point stage. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/12/macmillan-cancer-support-receives-a-birmingham-mail-local-heroes-award-97319-25146192/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/12/macmillan-cancer-support-receives-a-birmingham-mail-local-heroes-award-97319-25146192/ MACMILLAN Cancer Support has become the first charity to receive a Birmingham Mail Local Heroes award. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/07/afghanistan-death-blast-soldier-named-97319-25110996/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/07/afghanistan-death-blast-soldier-named-97319-25110996/ A BRITISH soldier who died in southern Afghanistan was remembered as the “toughest of men and the gentlest of friends”. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/07/man-who-made-guns-for-birmingham-gangs-handed-indefinite-jail-sentence-97319-25110997/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/07/man-who-made-guns-for-birmingham-gangs-handed-indefinite-jail-sentence-97319-25110997/ A FORMER Army sergeant who made guns for Birmingham gangs was today starting an indefinite jail sentence. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/11/04/staffordshire-hoard-is-heading-back-to-mildands-97319-25081647/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/11/04/staffordshire-hoard-is-heading-back-to-mildands-97319-25081647/ PART of the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold – which could be snapped up by Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery – will head back to the Midlands next year, it has emerged. Top Stories http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/04/shard-end-stunner-a-finalist-in-national-beauty-pageant-97319-25081530/ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/11/04/shard-end-stunner-a-finalist-in-national-beauty-pageant-97319-25081530/ IT’S not just the curvy girls who are trying to make their mark on beauty pageants. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/theatre-in-birmingham/2009/11/03/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-provides-the-perfect-excuse-for-some-racy-fun-97319-25079566/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/theatre-in-birmingham/2009/11/03/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-provides-the-perfect-excuse-for-some-racy-fun-97319-25079566/ THE only musical where it’s genuinely impossible to work out which is the men’s toilet was welcomed back to Brum by the usual lively crowd of scantily-clad, suspender-wearing fans. Theatre in Birmingham http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/theatre-in-birmingham/2009/11/03/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-provides-the-perfect-excuse-for-some-racy-fun-97319-25078881/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/theatre-in-birmingham/2009/11/03/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-provides-the-perfect-excuse-for-some-racy-fun-97319-25078881/ THE only musical where it’s genuinely impossible to work out which is the men’s toilet was welcomed back to Brum by the usual lively crowd of scantily-clad, suspender-wearing fans. Theatre in Birmingham http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/theatre-in-birmingham/2009/11/03/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-provides-the-perfect-excuse-for-some-racy-fun-97319-25078654/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/theatre-in-birmingham/2009/11/03/the-rocky-horror-picture-show-provides-the-perfect-excuse-for-some-racy-fun-97319-25078654/ THE only musical where it’s genuinely impossible to work out which is the men’s toilet was welcomed back to Brum by the usual lively crowd of scantily-clad, suspender-wearing fans. Theatre in Birmingham http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/probe-into-failure-of-jobless-fund-97319-25051167/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/probe-into-failure-of-jobless-fund-97319-25051167/ THE Government has ordered an urgent inquiry into Birmingham’s failure to spend more than a small fraction of a £115 million fund to tackle unemployment in the city’s worst-hit areas. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/tributes-to-archers-star-norman-painting-97319-25051345/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/tributes-to-archers-star-norman-painting-97319-25051345/ WARM tributes were today paid to actor and scriptwriter Norman Painting – who starred in the Birmingham-made radio soap opera The Archers for almost 60 years – after he died aged 85. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/birmingham-teenagers-on-gunpoint-robbery-charge-97319-25051719/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/birmingham-teenagers-on-gunpoint-robbery-charge-97319-25051719/ THREE Birmingham boys aged 13, 14, and 16 were remanded in custody charged with committing a gunpoint robbery which was filmed on mobile phones. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/tributes-to-archers-star-norman-painting-97319-25051715/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/tributes-to-archers-star-norman-painting-97319-25051715/ WARM tributes were today paid to actor and scriptwriter Norman Painting – who starred in the Birmingham-made radio soap opera The Archers for almost 60 years – after he died aged 85. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/probe-into-failure-of-jobless-fund-97319-25052247/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/probe-into-failure-of-jobless-fund-97319-25052247/ THE Government has ordered an urgent inquiry into Birmingham’s failure to spend more than a small fraction of a £115 million fund to tackle unemployment in the city’s worst-hit areas. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/30/jacqui-smith-admits-her-expenses-disgrace-97319-25052248/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/30/jacqui-smith-admits-her-expenses-disgrace-97319-25052248/ FORMER Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has admitted she had been “disgraced” by her expenses scandal and blamed her own “wrong” judgement. Top Stories http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/jobs-at-risk-as-threshers-owner-falls-into-administration-97319-25051718/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/jobs-at-risk-as-threshers-owner-falls-into-administration-97319-25051718/ By Jon Griffin Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/30/jacqui-smith-admits-her-expenses-disgrace-97319-25053348/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2009/10/30/jacqui-smith-admits-her-expenses-disgrace-97319-25053348/ FORMER Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has admitted she had been “disgraced” by her expenses scandal and blamed her own “wrong” judgement. Top Stories http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/tributes-to-archers-star-norman-painting-97319-25052273/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/30/tributes-to-archers-star-norman-painting-97319-25052273/ WARM tributes were today paid to actor and scriptwriter Norman Painting – who starred in the Birmingham-made radio soap opera The Archers for almost 60 years – after he died aged 85. Birmingham News http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/29/show-off-the-best-of-the-midlands-on-film-and-win-a-top-prize-97319-25038733/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/10/29/show-off-the-best-of-the-midlands-on-film-and-win-a-top-prize-97319-25038733/ BIRMINGHAM Mail readers are in the frame to enter a competition which aims to to show off the best of the Midlands and gives the chance to win top prizes. Birmingham News