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Doctor, this patient shouldn't be moved Jan 17 2008

MY EXCLUSIVE story in yesterday's Birmingham Mail about the BBC's plans to transfer production of Doctors to Manchester and close the Drama Village in Selly Oak could yet have a happy ending.Read

Probe into course delays Jan 10 2008

BIRMINGHAM Tradi ng Standards o fficers have launched an investigation into a language school causing severe delays to students desperate to become British citizens.Read

Birmingham's own opera faces the final curtain Jan 03 2008

BIRMINGHAM Opera Company, which thrilled thousands of concert-goers at the NIA in October with two acclaimed performances of La Traviata, has almost certainly sung its final note.Read

Language school with questions to answer Dec 05 2007

DOZENS of migrants desperate to become British citizens after settling in Birmingham have had their hopes dashed by the mysterious collapse of a Hockley-based language school.Read

Being bloody-minded with our money Nov 29 2007

SORRY seems to be the hardest word for Birmingham City Council.Read

Ofcom ruling on C4 mosque documentary shows police should stick to tackling crime Nov 21 2007

WHOSE interests were being served when West Midlands Police turned grass and reported Channel 4’s Undercover Mosque programme to the telly watchdog Ofcom? Certainly not mine.Read

ID cards not quite so safe after all Nov 21 2007

WHENEVER identity cards are mentioned, you can guarantee that someone will trot out the argument that “if you’ve got nothing to hide there’s nothing to fear.”Read

Log on to support our troops Nov 07 2007

CAROL Jones understands only too well the value of a parcel sent to a British squaddie serving abroad. She still has the box of Christmas presents she’d prepared a couple of years ago for her son John when he was serving in Iraq.Read

Caught between a rock and a hard place Nov 07 2007

IT’S no surprise that Birmingham council workers are threatening strike action over a pay deal that will leave 8,000 of them worse off.Read

Library plan's not written in stone Oct 25 2007

BIRMINGHAM'S new Central Library hasn't had a brick laid - but already the cost is soaring.Read

End this cancer drug postcode lottery Oct 17 2007

OUTSPOKEN radio presenter James Whale is backing The Stirrer's campaign to get the 'wonder drug' Sutent prescribed for cancer patients in the Birmingham area.Read

Brown's postcode lottery challenge Oct 11 2007

GORDON Brown has done his Grand Old Duke Of York act, leading us up to the top of the hill to the brink of an election before leading us down again.Read

Big noise debate for Digbeth Sep 27 2007

THE Stirrer Summit to discuss the future of Digbeth takes places tonight – and all Birmingham Mail readers are welcome to attend.Read

Way to go with Oyster Sep 27 2007

LONDON Mayor Ken Livingstone has introduced a wonderful cut-price travel scheme – but he's keeping it to himself. For the last four years, commuters in the capital have been using an electronic swipe card called the Oyster, which always guarantees the cheapest fare.Read

Ding-dong over tit-for-tat graffiti Sep 20 2007

GRAFFITI is a scourge of the modern age. So when two council-funded street wardens in Birmingham spotted a pub car park covered with garish images, they decided to turn vigilante and play the vandals at their own game.Read

Farewell to the fab, free Artsfest Sep 13 2007

SO, farewell then, Artsfest.Read

Let us decide what's right for our country Sep 13 2007

SO THE European Union has graciously allowed us to keep our traditional imperial measurements.Read

It may have Klass - but it's out of touch Sep 06 2007

MYLEENE Klass is the saviour of BRMB. That's what desperate bosses at the ailing Birmingham radio station are hoping, anyway.Read

John pops his cork in noise wrangle Aug 30 2007

BIRMINGHAM landlord John Tighe has introduced a new tipple behind the bar of his pub the Spotted Dog - bottles of wine bearing the legend "Keep Digbeth Noisy".Read

Join the debate over Digbeth Aug 30 2007

BIRMINGHAM Mail readers are invited to come and help shape the future of Digbeth at a public meeting next week.Read

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Doctor, this patient shouldn't be moved Jan 17 2008

Probe into course delays Jan 10 2008

Birmingham's own opera faces the final curtain Jan 03 2008

Language school with questions to answer Dec 05 2007

Being bloody-minded with our money Nov 29 2007

Ofcom ruling on C4 mosque documentary shows police should stick to tackling crime Nov 21 2007

ID cards not quite so safe after all Nov 21 2007

Log on to support our troops Nov 07 2007

Caught between a rock and a hard place Nov 07 2007

Library plan's not written in stone Oct 25 2007

End this cancer drug postcode lottery Oct 17 2007

Brown's postcode lottery challenge Oct 11 2007

Big noise debate for Digbeth Sep 27 2007

Way to go with Oyster Sep 27 2007

Ding-dong over tit-for-tat graffiti Sep 20 2007

Farewell to the fab, free Artsfest Sep 13 2007

Let us decide what's right for our country Sep 13 2007

It may have Klass - but it's out of touch Sep 06 2007

John pops his cork in noise wrangle Aug 30 2007

Join the debate over Digbeth Aug 30 2007

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