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Poppy Brady

Poppy Brady

Community set to party

MORE than 5,000 people are expected to join in the fun at the city's brightest community event on Sunday. Read

Bus headache for hospital visitors

BUS passengers trying to get to a Birmingham hospital are often told by the driver to get off the bus miles before their destination because the traffic is so bad. Read

Memorial to remember gun victims

THE senseless loss of life through gun and gang violence on the city's streets is to be remembered during a Birmingham memorial service. Read

Wrestling legend tells his life story

HE left his native Ireland as a teenager from an impoverished family and went on to become one of Birmingham's most successful entrepreneurs and wrestlers. Read

My mother just missed India bomb train

A YOUNG Birmingham couple are still waiting anxiously for news of friends who may have been caught up in the bomb blasts which killed more than 200 people on rush-hour trains in Mumbai. Read

On your marks for the 2012 Games

THERE may still be 2,000 days to go - but youngsters at a Birmingham school are already counting down to the biggest sporting event ever to be staged in Britain. Read

Cameron's never sick of school!

HAVING a cold, feeling sick or just too tired - none of these have got the better of super-pupil Cameron Reid who has never had a day off in SEVEN years. Read

We're in class of our own!

Were in class of our own! Read

'Bullied' by talk of club

THE prospect of developers creating a gentlemen's club or an Ibiza-style nightspot on the shores of Edgbaston Reservoir is being put down to bullying tactics, protesters have claimed. Read

Sir Trevor to open tribute to tragic girls

A PEACE garden dedicated to murdered teenagers Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare is nearly completed and will be officially opened in September by former ITN news anchorman Sir Trevor McDonald. Read

Schoolgirl warned over short trousers

SCHOOLGIRL Natasha Brown is in big trouble over her short trousers. Read

Brum has a blast in Germany

THE next time you tune into a World Cup match, remember... there's always a little bit of Brum playing a crucial role. Read

Charlie's a royal ruler

JUMPING for joy - that's Charlie Brown the newly crowned queen of Birmingham's only street carnival that has grown to become the second biggest event in Britain. Read

5km of pain with so much to gain

HUNDREDS of women put themselves through the pain barrier as they pounded a tough park track in Birmingham to help in the fight against cancer. Read

New rose is a class act

TEACHER Lisa Taylor has left other young women green with envy after winning the chance to be Birmingham's ambassador for the Irish community. Read

Trek will be new horizon for blind walker

ADVENTURER David Carrington-Porter thinks nothing of climbing three mountains in the space of a weekend - despite being totally blind. Read

Golden couple are still in tune

WHEN Tom Forrester first became a choir boy King George V was on the throne and Ramsay MacDonald was Prime Minister. Read

Football anthem off to a flier

FIRST it was the Eurovision Song Contest, now it's the World Cup for city songwriter Mike McDonagh who is aiming to score a winner with his latest musical masterpiece. Read

Tragedy girls can inspire students

IT'S a legacy that tragic teenagers Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis would have been proud of - helping hard-up students achieve academic success. Read

Bosses show van flags the red card

WORLD Cup fever has been kicked into touch for workers at a city firm after bosses showed them the red card for decking out their company vans with England flags. Read

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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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