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Will Oliphant

Will Oliphant

Dawn Whitehouse

Tribute to Billesley mum found stabbed to death

A WOMAN who was found stabbed to death at a flat in Birmingham was today described as "warm and loving" by her heartbroken children. Read

Len Cale as St Patrick with Birmingham Rose Aimee Porch.

St Patrick's Day celebrations in Birmingham

DIGBETH became a sea of green as thousands of people turned out to enjoy the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade. Read

National Cheerleading Championships

Cheerleading championships come to Brum

POM-POMS were flying as teams from around the country descended on Birmingham for the National Cheerleading Championships. Read

A runner takes part in the Sport Relief Mile

Brummies take part in Sport Relief

DENISE Lewis was among the 4,000 people who took to Birmingham's Broad Street for the BBC Sport Relief Mile. Read

St Patrick's day party double stabbing

TWO men were badly injured when they were stabbed during street violence which marred the end of Birmingham's St Patrick's Day festivities. Read

Graffiti artists show off their style

GRAFFITI artists from across Birmingham showed off their spray can style as a city park was transformed into a freestyle riot of colour. Read

Top venue gives birth to a baby Q

BIRMINGHAM'S Q Club is undergoing another new lease of life with the launch of its new smaller venue Q2. Read

Felix Yeboah with Nigel Reo-Coker

Aston Villa hero visits kidney op boy

KIDNEY op boy Felix Yeboah had an early birthday present when he was visited by his footballing hero Nigel Reo-Coker. See our picture gallery on the emotional visit. Read

St Patrick (Len Cale).

Birmingham ready to go green for St Patrick's Day

BIRMINGHAM is set to be bathed in green, white and gold at the city's annual St Patrick's Day parade. Read

Dan's the man for Q

READ Will Oliphant's interview with club star Danny Rampling. Read

Birmingham store Lush holds a pants protest!

STAFF at a Birmingham cosmetics store showed they don't turn the other cheek when they held a protest over prisoners' treatment at Guantanamo Bay. Read

Police

Birmingham schools on alert as abductor strikes

SCHOOLS across Birmingham were on red alert today after one schoolgirl was abducted and another was almost bundled into a car in separate incidents. Read

Babies escape as car crashes into Birmingham house after brake failure

BIRMINGHAM was made to "beg and plead" for funding to rebuild New Street station, Conservative leader David Cameron has claimed. Read

Row over anti-war speaker at Birmingham rally

THE controversial editor of a newspaper with alleged links to extremist organisations is due to speak at an anti-war rally at Birmingham City Council's offices tomorrow. Read

Jennifer Ellison

Friends help stranded star Jennifer Ellison in Birmingham

RED-faced Jennifer Ellison needed the help of two Birmingham teenagers when her Bentley broke down on the A38 after a publicity event in the city. Read

Fame bad boy finally graduates

FORMER Fame Academy bad boy Pete Brame is heading for Birmingham's Arcadian Centre next month. Read

Mum calls for action on premature birth

A BIRMINGHAM mum who lost her child after he was born three months early has backed a campaign calling on the Government to tackle premature birth. Read

Man held in Wednesbury in immigration swoop

POLICE and immigration officers arrested a man as they swooped on a Wednesbury fish and chip shop this afternoon at the start of a crackdown on illegal workers. Read

Stars to set night alight

BIRMINGHAM is preparing to host the UK Drum and Bass Awards 2008 at the Q-Club. Read

Sir David Attenborough

TV book is hot stuff!

ACCLAIMED broadcaster and nature expert Sir David Attenborough crept into Birmingham to sign copies of his new book Life In Cold Blood. Read

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Will Oliphant is a reporter covering news and clublife for the Birmingham Mail. He is also a video journalist covering a range of events for the website

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