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Tony Collins

Tony Collins

Schools face strike threat

SCHOOLS in Birmingham and the West Midlands face further disruption as teachers begin voting for a new strike over pay. Read

Revamp at Light Hall School in Solihull after fire

PUPILS and staff at a Midland secondary school ravaged by fire were celebrating today after rising from the ashes at the end of a £5.7 million rebuilding programme. Read

School Of The Week: Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Primary, Yardley Wood

PUPILS at a Birmingham primary school are well and truly on the move! Read

Birmingham students to vote in Lithuanian elections

A TINY corner of the Baltic is coming to Birmingham this weekend when a group of city students get to vote in vital elections taking place more than a thousand miles away. Read

Sailors from HMS Darling visit Birmingham

SAILORS from a British warship enjoyed a spot of shore leave when they visited Birmingham to renew their links with the city. Read

£40m help for Brum children

A RAFT of vital education measures costing more than £40 million is being successfully introduced in Birmingham to transform the fortunes of youngsters. Read

School Of The Week: Stanville Primary School, Sheldon

IT’S not just the 3Rs that you have to ask pupils at Stanville Primary School about. Read

Outcry over plans to merge Chelmsley Wood schools

PARENTS at a primary school in claimed today they had been “stabbed in the back” after accusing councillors of coming up with a last minute plan to merge them with a nearby school. Read

Lee Evans comes to Birmingham Comedy Festival

READ our interview with funnyman Lee Evans to find out what keeps his feet on the ground. Read

Aston school installs temporary pool

A TEMPORARY swimming pool has been installed in a Birmingham secondary school to help ensure that children can learn to swim. Read

Birmingham schoolgirl collapses after trying nicotine patch

A GIRL collapsed in the toilets of a Birmingham secondary school after trying on a nicotine patch given to pupils as part of a ‘quit smoking’ clinic. Read

School Of The Week: Saint John Wall Catholic School

SAINT John Wall Catholic School is a popular place in which to work and play. Read

Ladywood kids UK’s poorest

A DEPRIVED area of Birmingham is the worst in the country for child poverty, a disturbing report revealed today. Read

First glimpse at Perry Barr college development

THIS is the first glimpse of a proposed state-of-the-art £42 million college development in north Birmingham. Read

Kings Heath headteacher's son suffers from rare condition

HEAD teacher Laura Brodie lives every day as if it’s the last she will ever spend with her young son. Read

Four year old walks out of Sutton Coldfield school

URGENT safety measures are being introduced at a Birmingham primary school after a four-year-old boy managed to walk out of the gates unnoticed. Read

Actor Paul Nicholas seeks future superstars

MUSICALS star Paul Nicholas is putting his singing and acting talents back into the community after a stage school was opened in his name in Birmingham. Read

The Green Man, Clifton Campville, near Tamworth

THE Green Man has been doing what pubs do best for more than 400 years. Read

Top GCSE results for Birmingham boy

KEEN student Messam Haider is a master of languages – and he’s only 14. Read

Entrepreneur targets company bosses in venture

HE started out advertising fishing rights to his parents’ garden pond at the tender age of eight. 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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