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Jasbir Authi

Edna's off for tea with the Queen

WHEN Edna Richards was a little girl, she dreamed of meeting the young Princess Elizabeth. Read

Dad sees son mown down by car

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy is fighting for his life after a car ploughed into him as he walked along a pavement in Birmingham with his dad and elder brother. Read

Brum's Jean is 110 years young

WHEN Jean Einstein was a baby, Jack the Ripper was prowling the streets of London and Queen Victoria was preparing for her Diamond Jubilee. Read

Mail keeps up campaign for justice

THE Head of the Judiciary in England and Wales has been handed a letter from the Birmingham Mail expressing YOUR disgust at the sentence handed down to the killer of Abigail Craen. Read

Mum's £365 clamping bill

SINGLE mum Soraya Wilson was left traumatised when clampers charged her a whopping £365 after she left her car in a pub car park. Read

Mum's anger at bulb in chocolate bar

BIRMINGHAM mum Michelle Harley bit off more than she could chew when she tucked into a Mars bar. Read

Brum boxing duo are pure gold

THEY'RE Birmingham's Golden Boys! Boxers Don Broadhurst and Frankie Gavin today fought their way to gold at the Commonwealth Games in Australia with dazzling performances. Read

Respect councillor quits party

A JAMES Bond baddie's love affair with the Respect Party has fizzled out than a week after he joined them. Read

Coach station is just the ticket

THE long-awaited replacement for a notorious Birmingham eyesore, Digbeth Coach Station, may look like the picture above, it was revealed today. Read

'Penalised for being ill'

THE son-in-law of an elderly disabled cancer sufferer today branded plans by Heartlands Hospital to introduce parking fees "diabolical". Read

Home secretary praises city police

HOME Secretary Charles Clarke praised the work of the police during a whistle-stop visit to Birmingham. Read

Families evacuated after store inferno

MORE than 1,000 people were told to leave their homes as a huge blaze destroyed a major clothing store in Birmingham. Read

Dad ready to sue in bus access row

THE father of a disabled man is threatening to sue the city's biggest bus company for failing to help his wheelchair-bound son. Read

Paedophile at hostel angers parents

ENRAGED parents demanded that a convicted paedophile who has been relocated to a hostel next to two Birmingham primary schools be kicked out of the area. Read

City mum in training for ice-cap record

KAY White is often seen in a harness dragging two tyres around a city park being chased by small dogs, but the mother of three is not on some new fitness craze - she is training to become the fastest women ever to reach the North Pole. Read

Carl speaks up for guide dogs

HARBORNE man Carl Griggs and his trusted four legged friend Logan were special guests at the 75th birthday party of Britain's guide dog organisation. Read

Lighting keeps families in the dark

A GROUP of Northfield families are "living in the dark ages" because of their street lighting, a Labour party activist has revealed. Read

Mail's the wizard for Oz family

THE daughter of a dying woman in a desperate race against time to find long lost relatives in England has traced them... thanks to the Birmingham Mail. Read

Bully 'will always be a target'

BULLRING bosses today revealed the damage to the bronze bull statue may not be as bad as first feared. Read

Brum's bull in new vandal attack

THE BRONZE bull, one of Birmingham's most famous landmarks, has been attacked again. Read

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Jasbir Authi covers central Birmingham and is a general news and court reporter. Her journalism training was carried out here in the city at the Sunday Mercury and Birmingham Mail newspapers.

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