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They've tried to tell us we're too old

AGE discrimination is supposed to have been outlawed - but just try telling that to Ken Jarrett. Read

Sent to India - to get dad's passport

BANKING bureaucracy is forcing a Birmingham businessman to make a 6,000 mile round trip to India next week. Read

Oh, the shame of it...

DID you see that shocking story about David Cameron's exploits as a teenager? Read

Times are changing

BRITAIN'S teenagers are supposedly the unhappiest in Europe because, amongst other things, they have too much booze and sex. Read

TV debate axed over Salma terror claims

CENTRAL TV pulled the plug on a programme about local Muslims this week after a contributor accused city councillor Salma Yaqoob of supporting terrorism. Read

Traffic madness at tip

BIRMINGHAM'S Lifford Lane refuse tip is an accident waiting to happen. Read

A fowl way to live and die

IT'S not the tiny risk of catching bird flu that should put you off eating chicken and turkey, but the awful, unnatural conditions the fowl are kept in. Read

Just give us facts

ONLY time will tell if last week's anti-terrorist raids in Birmingham lead to any convictions, but we can say one thing for certain. Read

Don't let this officer be a forgotten hero

AN open letter to Michael Winner, film director and chairman of the Police Memorial Trust Read

Fred's staying on for posterity

BATTLING pensioner Fred Grove is celebrating after being given permission to stay in his canalside cottage in Digbeth. Read

Fantasia set to return

THE CBSO's popular Fireworks Fantasia concert in Canon Hill Park is in line for a comeback. Read

Now we can really party

CONGRATULATIONS to Birmingham Council leader Mike Whitby for bringing the Tory party conference to town. Read

Merger most foul

FOOTBALL fans are calling it 'Merger Most Foul' - an Agatha Christie-style mystery that will see the death of one of Birmingham's oldest non-league clubs. Read

Leader Whitby is in the firing line

BIRMINGHAM City Council leader Mike Whitby has been branded a "hypocrite" for demanding the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq. Read

Stop and listen to the man who knows

BIRMINGHAM Council is reconsidering plans to build a new central library across two sites and may now plump for just one building in Centenary Square. Read

Time for clarity over special schools

BIRMINGHAM Council claims no decisions have been made on the future of the city's threatened special schools, but official papers submitted to the government suggest otherwise. Read

Father's fear over re-write

THE father of an autistic girl who attends one of Birmingham's special schools claims the city council is shifting the goalposts to make it easier to force youngsters like his daughter into mainstream education. Read

Student caught in a north-south divide

BIRMINGHAM student Natasha Doran is about to learn a harsh lesson about life in modern Britain - she's a second-class citizen in her own country. Read

Fightback threat on equality

BIRMINGHAM Council's bid to end pay discrimination is being sabotaged by its own workers. Read

Good to see the Judge back

ALL'S well with the world. Read