BIRMINGHAM'S new 'super-hospital' in Edgbaston is rising at some speed and it won't be long until bosses no longer need Selly Oak Hospital, which it is replacing.

And when they come to demolish the ageing building in Raddlebarn Road, they need look no further than Brummie punk princess Toyah.

Wild-at-heart Toyah, who spent much of her childhood in and out of Selly Oak Hospital, said she would be first in line to press the button that blows up the building.

The 49-year-old star, who now lives with husband and former King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp in Worcestershire, needed years of corrective treatment because she was born with a twisted spine and one leg longer than the other.

Toyah, who was behind hits such as I Want To Be Free, would like nothing better than to see the wards, where she spent so many years, destroyed.

The singer is making a comeback at the moment, recording a new album and starring with Billie Piper in new ITV series Belle De Jour: The Secret Diary Of A Call Girl.