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A GRANDFATHER is hoping his wife will kiss him for the first time in 14 months when he shaves off his “Uncle Albert” beard for charity.Read
PRINCE Charles was due in Birmingham today to pay a morale-boosting visit to injured soldiers.Read
COUNCIL bosses promised that land cleared after the demolition of two eyesore tower blocks would be used for good quality social housing.Read
BIRMINGHAM City Council has announced details about how residents can go about holding a street party to celebrate the royal wedding.Read
A CHARITY has decided to pull the plug on its annual 10k run in Birmingham after 18 years.Read
IMPROVEMENTS are to be made to a “confusing” road junction in Birmingham which sends motorists the wrong way down a dual carriageway.Read
KEEN cyclists in Birmingham have set up a workers’ co-operative to encourage more people to swap four wheels for two.Read
ATTEMPTS to brighten up a drab 1960s council tower block in Birmingham have incurred the wrath of its well-heeled neighbours.Read
A SOLDIER blinded by a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan has raised more than £2,500 for charity by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro.Read
A BID to move Birmingham’s biggest carnival from its traditional High Street spot over crime and yob behaviour fears has been withdrawn.Read
A WORCESTERSHIRE animal sanctuary which came to the rescue of a flock of sheep which was close to starvation is now looking for a lifeline itself.Read
A WORCESTERSHIRE school has issued a stern warning to its parents about inconsiderate parking.Read
TWO tower blocks branded eyesores by locals are finally being demolished.Read
A DOG came to the rescue of two kittens who were dumped in a cardboard box in a Birmingham park.Read
POLICE were today investigating a second shooting in a Birmingham suburb in less than 24 hours. Read
A GRANDAD died in a road crash as he walked to buy a newspaper.Read
LITTLE Harrison Brady was full of excitement about going on his school trip this summer.Read
CHARITY begins at home for a cash-strapped Midland fire brigade which will no longer give away its old 999 engines to poor countries.Read
WEST Midlands fire chiefs said they had been “shafted” by the Government in the spending cuts.Read
A SHOP had to be demolished and two more may have to come down after a car ploughed into a row of buildings in Birmingham.Read
Jane Tyler is a senior reporter for the Birmingham Mail covering news and features. She has worked for a variety of local newspapers.
