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Watch: Birmingham gran's cheeky 100th birthday stripper request

Cheeky Brummie Clare Ormiston got up close and personal with a male stripper to celebrate a special milestone in her life – her 100th birthday.Read

Weekend temperatures in Birmingham reach 29C

Temperatures in the West Midlands peaked at a whopping 29.1 degrees Celcius on Saturday, making it one of the hottest October days since weather records began more than 100 years ago. The figure, recorded at the Coleshill weather station shortly after 3pm, was just shy of the 29.8 degrees Celcius logged at Gravesend in Kent, the hottest ever October temperature in the UK.Read

Female motorist treated for shock after Erdington crash

The driver had to removed from the car through a hole cut into the roof by firefighters.Read

Two hurt in M6 road smash after car flips onto its roof

One was immediately airlifted to the major trauma unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Selly Oak with critical chest and arm injuries.Read

Campaigner plays down role of cameras in policing Birmingham riots.

THE role surveillance cameras have played in bringing rioters in Birmingham to justice has been “oversold” according to an anti-CCTV campaigner.Read

Kings Norton couple back fund raiser at St Andrew's

A TEAM of volunteers are celebrating after encouraging Blues fans to part with more than £1,200 for charity.Read

X Factor stars One Direction to start tour in Wolverhampton

X FACTOR heart-throbs One Direction will kick-off their first headline tour with a show in the West Midlands.Read

Birmingham City Council downplays the impact of strike action

PUBLIC services in Birmingham were relatively unaffected by the strike action, the city council claimed.Read

Former Blues star pays a visit to seriously ill toddler

THE family of a seriously ill toddler at Birmingham Children’s Hospital received a much-needed boost when former Blues player Craig Gardner paid them a visit.Read

Family of tragic Laura Greenway reveal families offered to have relatives exhumed to help meet Laura's dying wish

THE grieving father of brave Midland teen Laura Greenway has told of his gratitude to big-hearted Brummies who offered to help him to fulfil her dying wish to be buried in the city.Read

Nurse's claims against hospital bosses were not supported - tribunal

ALLEGATIONS made by a former hospital nurse about the failings of a Birmingham hospital were not supported by her colleagues, an employment tribunal heard.Read

Edgbaston nurse in employment tribunal claims barriers were thrown up over her complaints

A FORMER Birmingham hospital nurse accused the NHS trust where she worked of “obstructing” her attempts to flag up its failings at an employment tribunal.Read

Birmingham Riots: Young people brand rioters 'greedy opportunists'

YOUNG people have slammed those who went out looting during the riots in Birmingham as ‘greedy opportunists’.Read

Watch: Construction of new Library of Birmingham takes shape

HIGH above the city skyline a special milestone has been marked as the construction of the new Library of Birmingham takes shape.Read

Fine for mice infested Birmingham nursery

A NURSERY in Birmingham has been fined £2,500 after mice droppings were repeatedly found four times in its kitchen.Read

Tragic teenager Laura Greenway can't be buried in cemetery of her choice; Dad's anguish at Birmingham City Council burial costs

THE grieving father of brave Midland youngster Laura Greenway has told of his heartache at not being able to fulfil her funeral wishes.Read

Bid to breed rare black leopards at Drayton Manor Zoo

A MIDLAND zoo has welcomed a black leopard to its fold in a ground-breaking bid to breed the highly endangered species.Read

9/11 Remembered: How tragedy united fire crews in New York and the West Midlands

THE New York Fire Department lost 343 men at the Twin Towers.Read

Birmingham City Council fined for Newtown school asbestos risk

BIRMINGHAM City Council has been fined more than £6,000 for exposing a school caretaker and two workmen to asbestos while they refurbished classrooms.Read

Birmingham bus driver attacked

A BUS driver was left battered and bruised after he was attacked as he waited for his shift to start in Birmingham.Read

Author Profile

Paul Suart is a senior journalist at the Birmingham Mail covering general news and specifically Kings Heath, Billesley and Stirchley. He used to work at the Coventry Telegraph on a series of weekly titles covering central Warwickshire.