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Project has brought the community together

ORGANISING, planting and tending the area for Britain in Bloom has involved the entire community says Birmingham City Council Ladywood Constinuency environment manager Maz Dad. Read

School children have their own secret garden in the playground

YOUNGSTERS at St Joseph’s School and Church have been busy doing their own bit of planting. Read

Volunteers invited to see Prime Minister

ADULT volunteers Brian and Veronica Edwards have taken their Britain in Bloom message to Prime Minister Gordon Brown – and invited him to see the results of all their efforts. Read

We need to help make our area healthy and clean

DEVANTE Pryce knows better than to drop litter because he has pride in his neighbourhood. Read

Nechells is coming up roses

WE ARE all used to seeing the marigolds and geraniums appear for the annual Britain in Bloom contests but children and adults in Nechells are learning the event is about much more than flowers. Read

People appreciate you giving up your time to assist others

People appreciate you giving up your time to assist others Read

Recording the news is interesting and very satisfying

HUSBAND and wife team Keith and Joyce Beard have been giving up a few hours every few weeks to read for the Talking Newspaper for about 15 years. Read

Talking newspapers help blind people keep in touch with what is going on in their area

CAREFULLY and precisely, a group of volunteers are reading clippings from a range of local newspapers. Read

Avoid the road to holiday hell

WITH the holiday season here, many families will be jumping into their cars for days out and vacations. Here are the AA's top tips to make sure that journey with the young ones doesn't turn into the trip from hell. Read

Big school's website is useful for new pupils

AT NONSUCH Primary School, a group of girls are logged onto the Hillcrest Transition Site - hunting out information which is at the press of a button. Read

Easing the scariness of the seniors

LAURA Hitch is one of thousands of 11-year-olds due to make the move from primary to secondary school next September. Read

'Racist' toddlers warning

NURSERY staff should be alert for "racist" remarks among toddlers, a new report suggests. Read

Time our kids got back to nature

HALF of today's children spend so little time outdoors that they can't tell the difference between a bee and a wasp. Read

We can answer any questions they have about life at Hillcrest

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Georgia Ricketts understands how the Nonsuch girls feel - as she was in their position last year. Read

Caring teachers gave me the confidence to do drama class

CONFIDENCE is the gift 16-year-old Melissa Gayle will take with her from Heartlands. Read

Friendly welcome for youngsters from afar

FOR 16-year-old Suketu Yadav, Heartlands was his first experience of a school in the UK after he came here from India three years ago. Read

Holidays help for working parents

WHEN you're a working parent, the summer holidays don't signal sun-kissed beaches and sangria, they bring the headache of finding childcare and the money to fund it. Read

I hadn't a clue what to do when I fell pregnant with my 'prize guy' at just 19

TINY Rohan Harwood maybe the bonniest baby in Birmingham but things weren't always so rosy for his mother. Read

School became a place to learn, not somewhere to mess about

WHILE most post-GCSE students wave goodbye to their school and never look back, a group of youngsters from Heartlands have returned to share their memories. Read

School Of The Week: St Gerard's RC Junior and Infants School

ST GERARD'S RC Junior and Infants just goes from "strength to strength"! Read

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