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Tony Collins

Tony Collins

Parents denied schools choice

A QUARTER of Birmingham parents were denied a place for their children at the secondary school of their choice. Read

Two girls assaulted by teens

POLICE are investigating separate assaults on two girls from the same Birmingham school on the same day. Read

Il Divo @ NEC

THE Il Divo rollercoaster roared back into town - and how showbiz manager Simon Cowell would have been delighted. Read

Good news in city fight against drugs

DRUGS workers in Birmingham are winning the fight to provide addicts with the help and treatment they need to kick their habits. Read

My terror at the hands of car thug

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Schoolboy remembers TV advice to help woman

A SCHOOLBOY saved the life of a woman who collapsed in the street by copying what he had seen on television. Read

New names on police Most Wanted list

FOUR new suspects have been added to a controversial police Most Wanted list. Read

Scenery to take your breath away

THE landscape could have come straight out of the hit movie Narnia or the front of a picturesque Christmas card! Read

Good luck cards for GCSE students

THOUSANDS of pupils have been given a special 'good luck' message as they prepare for vital GCSE exams. Read

Literary 'cell' has write stuff for win

INMATES at Birmingham prison are to receive a very special visitor after winning a national literary challenge. Read

Youngsters in death camp visit

IT'S as quiet as you are ever likely to find 200 teenagers gathered together in one place. Read

TV rebel has come of age

ACTRESS Dani Harmer is growing up - in more ways than one! Read

Axe hanging over failing city school

A MUSLIM school in Birmingham has been warned by the Government that it faces closure if serious failings are not overcome. Read

School praised for intregrating faiths

THE only Jewish state school in the West Midlands has been praised by government inspectors for the way it integrates children from different faiths, including Muslims. Read

Dash for cash across campus

BIRMINGHAM University took on a sporting look when more than 250 members of the public put their best feet forward for charity. Read

Shane tries out Shakespeare

FROM the bar to the Bard! Shane Richie is hoping to make the ultimate transformation from loveable barman Alfie Moon in EastEnders to tackling a Shakespeare play. Read

Plough the fields and scatter, city kids urged

CHILDREN from inner-city Birmingham are being invited to take up the plough and try their hand at life on the farm. Read

End in sight to troubled school year

A NEW head teacher has been appointed at a Birmingham primary school in a bid to draw a line under its high profile problems of the past year. Read

Kelly's spreading the fitness bug

CHILDREN at a Birmingham primary school will be the first in the country to catch the "running bug". Read

Sadness at school closure

A FAMILY-RUN private school in Birmingham is to make it "business as usual" despite closing its doors for the last time in July. 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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