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Tony Collins

Tony Collins

Carers axed by university

BUDDING youth and community workers in Birmingham claim their chosen careers are being put at risk because a university is scrapping vital courses. Read

Call for calm over head's suspension

THE chairman of governors at a city primary school where the head teacher is suspended today appealed for calm over the dispute. Read

Blair - you make a strong case for a new station

THE Prime Minister has given renewed hope for the transformation of New Street Station in the wake of a campaign involving the Birmingham Mail. Read

Illness shock school opens

A CITY primary school was reopening today following a sudden mass illness among teaching staff 24 hours after the suspension of their head teacher. Read

Parents meet over special school fears

ANXIOUS parents of special needs children across Birmingham are meeting tonight over fears for the future of the city's special schools. Read

School under-achievers 'vulnerable to extremism'

UNDER-achieving white youngsters are to be targeted by Birmingham education chiefs to prevent them being swayed by extremist organisations. Read

Shamed head gets new job

A FORMER headteacher of a Birmingham school who resigned after allegedly forging a signature to gain a pay rise has been given a new job by the city council. Read

Archbishop speaks out on gay rights

BIRMINGHAM'S Roman Catholic Archbishop has accused the Government of trying to distort the morals of the country in a new row over gay rights. Read

Brum's exam results are top class

SCHOOLCHILDREN across Birmingham have done it again! Read

Schools warm to fire safety tasks

SCHOOLS across the West Midlands are to be offered extra help in protecting themselves against devastating fires. Read

City schools are top of the class

MORE than a dozen Birmingham schools have been officially labelled education champions after being declared as "outstanding" by Government inspectors. Read

Charity having an Italian job

CLASSIC sixties movie The Italian Job came to life when a group of charity workers set off on their own money-gathering mission. Read

School is class act

AN "exciting and challenging" playground is the desire for children and staff at William Cowper Primary School, in Newtown, Birmingham. Read

Call for one Eid for all muslims

MUSLIM leaders in Birmingham want a common date for celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid in order to ease the pressure on city schools. Read

Dexter is prepared for a super show

IT'S not often that you get a comedian quoting Shakespeare at you during an interview! Read

Game destined for city players

BIRMINGHAM is really going places with the launch of a new UK-wide board game dedicated to the city. Read

Former MP hits back at Blunkett criticism

FORMER Birmingham MP Estelle Morris today hit back at claims from a former Cabinet colleague that she had set back the cause of women in politics. Read

Exam pass joy for city

PUPILS and teachers across Birmingham were celebrating today after another improvement in GCSE results. Read

Teacher's warning over faith policy

MOVES to force faith schools to accept pupils from other religions would be unenforceable, the head of Birmingham's only state-funded Islamic primary revealed today. Read

Children to give racism the red card

PRIMARY school children in Birmingham are to kick off their own anti-racism message with a specially themed football tournament tomorrow. 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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