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Tony Collins

Tony Collins

Police

Pupil found dead in Birmingham park

A HIGHLY-rated Birmingham PE student has been found dead in Sutton Park, it was revealed today. Read

four tops

We'll call a halt if we're not Tops!

THERE is no "sleeping on the job" as far as the Four Tops are concerned! Read

lee mack

Lee's merry over Xmas TV special

COMEDIAN Lee Mack has guaranteed himself a spot in this year’s festive TV schedule – he has written his own Christmas special! Read

Martin Jones, headteacher of Cardinal Wiseman school in Kingstanding.

Birmingham school 'victim of Labour spin'

THE headteacher of a Birmingham secondary school said today that he was "disappointed" at being omitted from a high-profile speech by Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Read

West Midlands Fire Service HQ at Lancaster Circus.

Fire HQ warms to £10m offer

BIRMINGHAM'S historic fire service base looks set to be transformed into an iconic residential tower after being sold for more than £10 million, it was revealed today. Read

Bev Bevan

Fame academy for Brum

A PIONEERING Fame-style academy could be opened in Birmingham to give the city's young talent the chance to hit the big time. Read

The Incredibles in Disney on Ice.

Disney show is just Incredible!

FAMOUS superhero parents Mr and Mrs Incredible met up with a "different kind of superkid" - courtesy of the Birmingham Mail. Read

Fire and rescue.

Firemen discover bonfire booby trap

FIREFIGHTERS narrowly escaped being seriously injured or killed after a Halloween "booby trap" made up of fireworks and a gas cylinder was deliberately hidden inside a bonfire. Read

Emily Harrison

Father's agony at daughter's sudden death

THE devastated dad of a teenage girl who collapsed and died while walking her dogs revealed today that she recently fulfilled an ambition to compete at Crufts. Read

Charlie Ramsey

Brave Charlie is an inspiration

A POPULAR Birmingham nightspot is to become a sea of pink and blue as more than 300 people gather to celebrate the launch of a heart charity inspired by a courageous six-year-old girl. Read

Language competition hopeful Arpan Sharma.

Mind your language!

POWODZENIA, zhu n? Haoyun? Eggwiiso? Whatever the language, it amounts to the same - wishing a ten-year-old Birmingham schoolboy "good luck" as he sets out to win a national competition. Read

GCSE results

City could do better in GCSEs

BIRMINGHAM'S 16-year-olds have moved up another notch with a further improvement in their GCSE results, according to Government figures released today. Read

Beauty Queen director Billy Dosanjh.

Calls for probe as riots film launched

THE man behind a hard-hitting documentary into the Lozells and Perry Barr riots exactly two years ago has called for a public inquiry into the events in which two people died. Read

Emily Harrison

Memorial plaque for tragic student

A MOVING memorial tribute is to be paid to a Birmingham schoolgirl who died suddenly while out walking her pet dog. Read

Emily Harrison

Teenager dies while out walking dog

A BIRMINGHAM schoolgirl described as a "little treasure" by her headteacher has died suddenly while out walking her dog. Read

KT Tunstall

School rocks with star KT

AS SCHOOL concerts go, this was pretty special. Read

Police

Cops go on the run for charity

A GROUP of Birmingham bobbies will be pounding a very different beat when they take part in a charity road race tomorrow. Read

Outer space.

New school course is out of this world

AT last... a lesson where children gazing into space will be praised to the heavens by their teachers. Read

The Crescent Theatre

Actors' smoking left me fuming

A THEATRE-GOER in Birmingham today hit out at the public smoking ban for not going far enough. Read

Knife crime

Kids see friends attacked with weapons

MORE than one in ten children across the West Midlands have seen a fellow pupil being attacked with an offensive weapon in their school during the past year. Read

Author Profile

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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