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BIRMINGHAM families have a chance to sit in an air raid shelter, hear 1940s music and imagine what life was like for people in the city fighting for survival during the Second World War.
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IT'S been rocking and rolling for five decades and now the future sounds good for Birmingham's very own house of music.
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BATTLING Gladys Jones is taking on the might of Birmingham City Council single handedly after she called one of their senior tree officers a "vandal" for chopping down a flowering cherry tree outside her home.
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ONE of Birmingham’s biggest regeneration schemes, involving the bulldozing of 1,400 homes, is being seen as a trail blazer for similar schemes across Britain.
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ANXIOUS residents who survived an arson attack on their 20-storey city tower block are being reassured that security cameras will be installed within the next two weeks to stem the rising tide of vandalism which is now putting people’s lives at risk.
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THE last group of traders in a shopping centre that is about to be bulldozed found themselves being boarded in - while they were still working in the city centre premises.
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THE largest gay and lesbian event in the country organised by Birmingham Pride will be without its crowd-pulling party piece this year - the famous parade that winds round the city centre and ends in the gay village.
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BATTLE lines are being drawn up by determined residents who are preparing for the next round of a fight to stop a hostel being opened on their doorstep for young men with criminal records, drug and alcohol problems.
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ASTON Villa was awash in a sea of green but even the most ardent Villa supporter was smiling as the best part of 2,000 people took to the streets for the Birmingham Mail’s first-ever Fun Run.
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IN glorious spring sunshine, patriotic Brummies enjoyed all that makes England great with one of the finest St George’s Day celebrations in the country.
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THE vibrant orange colour of the Sikh nation was proudly worn by thousands of revellers who joined forces in Birmingham to enjoy the city’s annual Vaisakhi celebrations.
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RESIDENTS who survived an arson attack on their 20-storey city tower block today called for security cameras to stop mindless vandals putting their lives at risk.
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MAYPOLE dancers, morris men, long sword dancers and even a dragon breathing real smoke will be lining up to celebrate the best things about England during a weekend of celebrations in honour of the country's patron St George.
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A FAMILY whose remarkable achievements twice made it into the Guinness Book of Records has been publicly thanked for their selfless service to Birmingham over two centuries.
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LEARNERS told they wouldn't get a penny back after a driving instructor sped off with their cash will now get full refunds after their plight was reported in the Birmingham Mail.
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A CITY carnival which began with a handful of stalls and grew over the past decade to become the second largest street event in Britain is celebrating its tenth milestone with a two-day extravaganza.
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A BIRMINGHAM mum who paid out £140 in cash for her son's driving lessons has been left high and dry after the instructor vanished with her money, along with several other customers' fees.
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THE huge number of dogs dumped and left to die on Birmingham's streets has led to a new fund being launched to pay for the cost of treatment.
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IT'S a get-together they wouldn't have missed for the world, even though it meant travelling across the globe.
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THEIR hair might be greyer and the waistlines wider but hundreds of revellers rolled back the years at a grand reopening party at one of Birmingham's best loved nightspots.
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Poppy Brady has worked as a journalist based in the community for the past ten years. She previously worked as a sub-editor for the Mail.
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