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Victims of gang crime remembered in Birmingham service

FAMILIES across Britain who have lost their sons and daughters to violent street crime were united at an emotional service in Birmingham organised by the city’s own anti-gun campaigner Gleen Reid.Read

Service tribute to gun victims

IMAGES of young people who have lost their lives to violent street crime will line the walls of a Birmingham church on Saturday during an annual memorial service organised by a mother of one of the victims.Read

Meeting called over demolition of Muhammad Ali Centre in Hockley

CRISIS talks are being held today by campaigners who have fought for decades to save an inner-city community centre, once opened by boxing legend Muhammad Ali, which is now destined for demolition.Read

Mum: Police raid put me in hospital

THE mother of a stabbing victim ended up in the same hospital as her son after officers in riot helmets raided her house.Read

Protest over control bid for Rookery House in Erdington

PASSIONS are running high among campaigners fighting to have a stake in the future of the historic, but decaying, Rookery House in the north of the city.Read

Post Office in Bartley Green closes

IT’S the end of an era for a Birmingham community which is losing its popular shop and post office that has served families for nearly a century.Read

Ex-leader William Hague praise for streets reclaimed

FORMER Tory leader William Hague saw for himself how an inner-city community has reclaimed its streets and turned derelict ground into a garden to be used by everyone.Read

Man stabbed in Lichfield street dies

A MAN has died in hospital after police and paramedics found him lying in a Lichfield street with a stab wound to his chest.Read

Campaigner Gleen Reid organises city memorial service

A MOTHER who has put Birmingham in the spotlight for her tireless campaign to stamp out gun and knife crime is continuing her fight by organising a memorial service for peace in the city.Read

Gala ball for fund raiser

SHE’S devoted the past decade to raising money for needy causes both here in Birmingham and across the globe, so tireless fund raiser Erma Lewis decided to mark her landmark anniversary with a gala ball.Read

A way to salvation from chocolate

SELF-confessed chocoholic Carrie Eddins is running the country’s first boot camp for addicts as she launches a new book.Life coach Carrie Eddins is hoping her book, Chocolate Rehab, and her classes will help addicts everywhere “indulge less in chocolate and more in their lives”.Read

Doughnut tycoon Mark Smith finds hole in the market

TIMES may be hard but a former accountant is proving life is still sweet after he ditched number crunching to become a master doughnut maker.Read

Man rescued after Digbeth scaffold fall

A MAN was rescued by using a “cherry picker” after being trapped when he fell from scaffolding in the city centre.Read

Doughnut tycoon Mark Smith finds hole in the market

TIMES may be hard but a former accountant is proving life is still sweet after he ditched number crunching to become a master doughnut maker.Read

Future of Birmingham is in youngsters’ hands, conference told

ENVIRONMENTAL experts gathered in Birmingham to debate how leaders in the city can usher in a greener future.Read

Sell-out Asian play The Fifth Cup returns to Birmingham

A POWERFUL play which tackles taboo issues within Asian society is returning to Birmingham after a sell-out production staged last year.Read

Let’s build a Pleasantville in Birmingham

AN ACADEMY offering courses in community leadership skills could be set up in inner-city Birmingham to give the people living there a chance to have a greater stake in their area.Read

Barclays Bank and Aston FM giving money to good causes

WITH times getting tighter, good causes across the city are being invited to put in a plea for a share of a Money Give Away being run by a community radio station and Barclays Bank.Read

Plea after photos go missing in post

THE hunt is on for a collection of treasured old photographs of workmates at a Birmingham factory which have gone missing in the post.Read

City author ticks off latest achievement

BIRMINGHAM best-selling author Mike Gayle has been a busy man with not one, but two books about to hit the shelves.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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