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AMALGAMATION is the making of Moor Green Primary.
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IT'S the chance of a lifetime! Up-and-coming bands, comedians and singers from across the West Midlands are being urged to take advantage of a rare stab at fame -and it's all thanks to the generosity of TV star Paddy McGuinness.
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DESPITE claims to the contrary, there is nothing 'grumpy' about Jenny Eclair.
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FOOTBALL fanatic Naidene Ifill has netted a prized goal for the girls – by winning a competition to design a new soccer strip for her school. And the ten-year-old Brummie is likely to be even more popular with her classmates in Handsworth when they receive a visit from former England star John Barnes as part of her prize.
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HEALTHY outlook is very much at the forefront of everything that St Matthew's CE Primary School does.
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THE oldest company in Birmingham is expanding after more than 330 years of helping to kit out the military.
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STRIKE action closed hundreds of West Midlands schools and colleges today as teachers and lecturers walked out in disputes over pay.
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A TEAM from Birmingham Children's Hospital has helped save the life of a four-year-old girl in Malaysia.
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FROM fencing to fine art! There is no shortage of pursuits at Colmers Farm Junior School in Leybrook Road, Rednal, aimed at enhancing learning for its pupils.
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WHAT a send off! Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders are finally calling it a day after 30 years with this farewell UK tour.
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THE comedy legends that are French and Saunders are finally bowing out after 30 years.
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MUSIC students at a Birmingham secondary school had an extra lift to their voices following a surprise VIP visit by Blue Peter television presenter Zoe Salmon.
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A BIRMINGHAM college is setting up home on the former MG Rover site at Longbridge in an £84 million move.
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THERE wasn't a fall or a submission in sight as hundreds of wrestling fans got to grips with one of their heroes.
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REGULAR Birmingham Mail reader Maxine Bracey is looking forward to some guaranteed sunshine this summer.
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A 'GREEN' university is providing "fuel for thought" - by opening the country's only hydrogen gas fuelling station.
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TEN years on from the hit movie, The Wedding Singer is continuing to rock them in this outstanding new stage version.
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WRITTEN by a woman and consisting of an all female cast, it would be easier to regard this purely as a feminist play.
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A QUANTITY of children's toys and Duke of Edinburgh Award equipment have been destroyed in a suspected arson attack on a youth centre in Birmingham.
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HE’S fearsome-looking enough to make even the most misbehaved pupil pay attention and do his homework. But the "scary" person at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College in Bournville was only interested in inspiring the youngsters to respect one another and help stamp out bullying.
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Tony Collins joined the Birmingham Mail in 1980.After working in a couple of the Mail's district offices, he became Education Correspondent in 1994. Being regarded as something of a Groucho Marx lookalike, it is no surprise that he is also the Mail's 'Mr Comedy', responsible for interviews with many of our top comics.
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