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88-year-old wing walker up for Channel Challenge

HE MAY be 88 and a veteran wing walker but that is not stopping daredevil Tom Lackey from undertaking his most gruelling airborne adventure this summer.Read

Son lives with a cruel memory of dying dad

WATCHING his father rapidly deteriorate from an extraordinarily fit man to someone who could barely walk across a room is a memory Roy Bailey would rather forget.Read

I was proud to be train worker, but did not see the dangers of killer asbestos

TRAIN-BUILDER Barry Allsopp clocked up 37 proud years with renowned Birmingham manufacturer Metro Cammell.Read

Matthew yearns to live a normal life

LITTLE Matthew Ray is determined to write, play and enjoy sports with his school-friends despite the fact he can suffer from debilitating eczema.Read

Sutton Coldfield schools show healthy interest in sport

YOU are never too young to learn as youngsters at Banners Gate Infants’ School have discovered as they take up Teddy Tennis.Read

Teddy Tennis aims to stimulate kids’ interest

AFTER a few weeks the children are not expected to be shooting prize volleys over the net but Teddy Tennis aims to evoke an interest in sport, says instructor Ian Armfield.Read

Sporting activity key to Midlands school

TEDDY Tennis is one of only a number of sports which children at Banners Gate Infants School have experienced while part of the Wilson Stuart School Sports Partnership.Read

Birmingham youngster battles to live a normal life with eczema

LITTLE Matthew Ray is determined to write, play and enjoy sports with his school-friends despite the fact he can suffer from debilitating eczema.Read

Birmingham Metro-Cammell worker tells of deadly legacy of asbestos

TRAIN-BUILDER Barry Allsopp clocked up 37 proud years with renowned Birmingham manufacturer Metro Cammell.Read

Coleshill son lives with memory of dad dying from asbestosis

WATCHING his father rapidly deteriorate from an extraordinarily fit man to someone who could barely walk across a room is a memory Roy Bailey would rather forget.Read

New check is preventative

WHILE Katie has long seen clients coming to acupuncture for specific problems, she felt a need to develop a system of preventative medicine so came up with the Chinese Health MOT.Read

Health MoT shows I have a heavy metal elemental imbalance

WITH Chinese New Year ensuring we turned thoughts east it seemed the ideal time for a Chinese health MoT.Read

Fiona’s simple message – de-clutter your life!

IT was during a visit to a shanty town outside the Peruvian capital Lima that Fiona Castle met true selflessness. Women there were surviving in poverty and yet were still willing to give.Read

Comfort sessions for a mum-to-be

IT was the 1980s and you name it, I did it. Violin lessons, keyboard sessions, ballet and tap dancing classes, orchestra practice, swimming and even a life-saving club.Read

A roadshow giving valuable life-saving tips called in on King Edwards VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Kings Heath

IT was the 1980s and you name it, I did it. Violin lessons, keyboard sessions, ballet and tap dancing classes, orchestra practice, swimming and even a life-saving club.Read

Watching the birdies can be a real health tonic

A FOGGY morning gives way to a clear, dry and bright lunch time as I head off to join the weekly Birmingham Health Walk with the RSPB.Read

Time out of the office for a walk on the wild side!

IF you are sitting at your desk this morning thinking you really would like to get outside for a bit, then head over to Birmingham’s Victoria Square where every Tuesday lunchtime the RSPB organises a health walk.Read

IF you are sitting at your desk this morning thinking you really would like to get outside for a bit, then head over to Birmingham’s Victoria Square where every Tuesday lunchtime the RSPB organises a health walk.

Aimed to be just half an hour and covering a different route each week, the walks are aimed at city centre workers with short lunchbreaks who are keen to get out and about.Read

Could Debbie persuade me that shaking a leg would help me kick the drinking habit?

I CANNOT remember the last day I went without an alcoholic drink.Read

I knew it was time to slim when I got stuck in the Villa Park turnstiles

A TRIP to Villa Park proved to be the spark which set Mick Stanley on a weight loss regime after he became stuck in the turnstile.Read