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West Midlands GCSE league tables: Pupils show improvements

WEST Midland pupils did themselves proud after achieving overall improvements in last summer’s GCSE results, new figures showed today.Read

Jamie Bulger top cop speaks in Birmingham

THE senior detective in charge of the Jamie Bulger murder case has revealed he would like to meet the killers of the tragic toddler nearly a decade after their release from prison.Read

Birmingham's jobless to help build sensory garden in Handsworth

A NEW sensory garden is being created in Birmingham following the demolition of a derelict church hall.Read

Blue plaque tribute to Edgabston poet and scientist Constance Naden

OFFICIAL recognition has finally been given to a Birmingham woman born more than a century-and-a-half ago who was a “pioneer” poet and scientist.Read

New adult learners boost in Birmingham

WHILE many people in Birmingham will be looking to make resolutions to lose pounds in the New Year, one organisation is hoping to encourage them to add a few pounds instead.Read

Midlands New Year Honours: Region's unsung heroes get rewarded

FROM restaurant dishwasher to an honour from Her Majesty the Queen.Read

George Andronov, deputy chief master of King Edward's School, retires after 30 years

THE deputy head of a leading Birmingham school is saying goodbye after teaching thousands of pupils over the last 30 years.Read

Jobs threat at Traveline public transport information service

Traveline has been operated for almost ten years by West Midlands Transport Information Services – a joint company with partners representing local bus operators, Centro, shire county authorities, and three unitary authorities in the region.Read

New North Birmingham Academy to open its doors

OUT with the old and in with the new!Read

Free school meal kids in Birmingham are top of the class

PUPILS on free school meals in Birmingham are succeeding in the classroom better than virtually everywhere else in the country.Read

School cook retires after a quarter of a century at Leigh Junior and Infants

A DINNER supervisor at a Birmingham primary school was given a fond farewell by pupils and staff as she said goodbye to the kitchens after nearly a quarter of a century. Rose Taylor has called it a day after helping to look after thousands of school children at Leigh Junior and Infants in Leigh Road, Washwood Heath, throughout the last 23 years.Read

Kings Norton Primary School Deputy Head Jill Evans (left) receives the award at Millennium Point.

Birmingham Mail School Awards honours unsung heroes

UNSUNG heroes of the classroom stepped into the limelight as they found themselves honoured in the Birmingham Mail School Awards.Read

Birmingham appeal for owner of treasured mobile phone

The phone, a Samsung G600, was stolen in the city centre on November 18.Read

Mayor of Birmingham visits Firmin and Sons

THE Lord Mayor of Birmingham maintained a tradition by visiting the city’s oldest company.Read

Conductive education centre christmas pantomime

CHILDREN have been taken on a magical Christmas journey by a specialist teaching centre in Birmingham.Read

Rubery school tightens security after theft of laptop containing personal data

A SECONDARY school in Birmingham has been forced to take action after a laptop containing the personal information of hundreds of pupils was stolen.Read

School of the Week: Sheldon Heath Arts College

STAFF at a Birmingham secondary school are in for a close shave this week as they embark on a major fund-raising programme in aid of sick children.Read

Music: Blues Brothers tribute back in Birmingham for Christmas party

THE legendary Jake and Elwood are promising anything but a ‘blue’ Christmas in Birmingham.Read

BBC news presenter Bernadette Kearney becomes school teacher

ONE of the faces of BBC TV in the Midlands now has found herself with a classroom audience – after making a dramatic career change to become a school teacher.Read

Review: Lesley Garrett at Symphony Hall in Birmingham

The full range of Lesley Garrett’s wonderful vocal talents are captured in this prefect pre-Christmas offering.Read

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