http://www.birminghammail.net/authors/ Authors en-gb Birmingham Mail no Authors Authors http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/06/villa-top-of-art-league-97319-22611136/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/06/villa-top-of-art-league-97319-22611136/ A GIANT painting of a fictional F1 car sporting the colours of Aston Villa and signatures of all the players is to be auctioned in aid of the club’s sponsors, Acorns Children’s Hospice. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/03/poison-gas-cloud-over-oldbury-97319-22596251/ Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/03/poison-gas-cloud-over-oldbury-97319-22596251/ HOUSEHOLDERS were put on alert and advised to stay indoors after a fire at a chemical plant produced a huge and potentially dangerous gas cloud. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/police-appeal-after-man-attacked-on-christmas-day-in-castle-bromwich-97319-22584794/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/police-appeal-after-man-attacked-on-christmas-day-in-castle-bromwich-97319-22584794/ POLICE today asked for help to find thugs who set upon a reveller walking home on Christmas Day. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/two-men-rescued-from-a-blaze-at-a-meat-factory-in-small-heath-97319-22586037/ Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2009/01/01/two-men-rescued-from-a-blaze-at-a-meat-factory-in-small-heath-97319-22586037/ TWO night workers were rescued from a burning meat factory in Birmingham after fire suddenly swept through the premises yesterday. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/ladywood-man-slept-as-blaze-took-hold-inside-his-flat-97319-22573732/ Tue, 30 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/30/ladywood-man-slept-as-blaze-took-hold-inside-his-flat-97319-22573732/ A MAN was treated for smoke inhalation after fire broke out in a 16-storey block of flats in Birmingham. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/19/st-phillip-s-hoodies-nativity-will-be-resurrected-97319-22512505/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/19/st-phillip-s-hoodies-nativity-will-be-resurrected-97319-22512505/ CANON Stewart Jones, the brains behind a quirky Birmingham nativity scene trashed by vandals, today vowed not to let the hooligans win. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/19/stechford-newsagent-stabbed-in-raid-horror-97319-22512631/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/19/stechford-newsagent-stabbed-in-raid-horror-97319-22512631/ A BIRMINGHAM newsagent remained critically ill in hospital today after being stabbed in the neck by knife-wielding thugs. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/19/wife-opens-for-business-after-stetchford-newsagent-stabbed-97319-22513654/ Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/19/wife-opens-for-business-after-stetchford-newsagent-stabbed-97319-22513654/ By Paul Suart http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/18/birmingham-sea-life-centre-urges-people-to-hand-in-rare-turtles-97319-22501383/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/18/birmingham-sea-life-centre-urges-people-to-hand-in-rare-turtles-97319-22501383/ STAFF at Birmingham’s National Sea Life Centre are urging people who may be unknowingly keeping critically endangered turtles as pets to hand them over to the centre to help save them from extinction. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/18/tiickets-still-available-for-popular-new-year-s-eve-party-97319-22501496/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/18/tiickets-still-available-for-popular-new-year-s-eve-party-97319-22501496/ TICKETS are still available for a New Year’s Eve celebration in Birmingham. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/17/theatrical-adaptations-of-the-classic-fairytale-beauty-and-the-beast-will-be-staged-in-birmingham-next-week-97319-22497191/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/17/theatrical-adaptations-of-the-classic-fairytale-beauty-and-the-beast-will-be-staged-in-birmingham-next-week-97319-22497191/ Four actors from Birmingham-based Sideways Theatre will exclusively perform the tale as the group’s annual Christmas pantomime at Martineau Place at 11am, 1pm and 3pm on Monday. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/16/three-year-investigation-into-the-shooting-of-a-father-of-five-in-bordesley-green-97319-22481371/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/16/three-year-investigation-into-the-shooting-of-a-father-of-five-in-bordesley-green-97319-22481371/ THESE are the mystery prime suspects believed to have gunned down a Birmingham father-of-five in a murder riddle which has stumped detectives for more than three years. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/16/rail-users-verdict-on-revamped-west-coast-main-line-97319-22481978/ Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/16/rail-users-verdict-on-revamped-west-coast-main-line-97319-22481978/ AFTER ten years of work, the radical overhaul of the West Coast Main Line through Birmingham is now finally complete. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/three-taken-to-hospital-after-house-fire-in-walsall-wood-97319-22479787/ Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/15/three-taken-to-hospital-after-house-fire-in-walsall-wood-97319-22479787/ THREE people were taken to hospital for smoke inhalation after a house fire. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/13/ensemble-1685-to-perform-bach-s-christmas-oratorio-in-birmingham-97319-22466327/ Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/13/ensemble-1685-to-perform-bach-s-christmas-oratorio-in-birmingham-97319-22466327/ A RARE classical music masterpiece is to be performed in Birmingham. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/05/digbeth-car-clamper-has-to-pay-7-000-97319-22407560/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/05/digbeth-car-clamper-has-to-pay-7-000-97319-22407560/ A CAR clamper will have to fork out almost £7,000 following a landmark Birmingham City Council prosecution. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/05/missing-girl-returns-to-cradley-heath-home-97319-22411798/ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/05/missing-girl-returns-to-cradley-heath-home-97319-22411798/ A TEENAGE girl missing from her Midland home for nearly a month has been found safe and well in Birmingham. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/04/strictly-come-dancing-star-len-goodman-in-book-signing-at-waterstones-97319-22402211/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:10:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/04/strictly-come-dancing-star-len-goodman-in-book-signing-at-waterstones-97319-22402211/ LEN Goodman, TV’s resident ballroom dancing guru, waltzed his way into Birmingham for a jam-packed book-signing. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/04/careers-day-at-tudor-grange-school-97319-22398963/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/04/careers-day-at-tudor-grange-school-97319-22398963/ INQUISITIVE youngsters at a Solihull school learned all about a host of trades and professions during a careers day. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/03/funeral-of-eight-year-old-road-accident-victim-jordan-lea-kane-at-lodge-hill-97319-22394946/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/12/03/funeral-of-eight-year-old-road-accident-victim-jordan-lea-kane-at-lodge-hill-97319-22394946/ THE funeral of a talented young Birmingham footballer Jordan Lea-Kane, who died after a road accident last month, will be held on Friday.