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Travel: I left my heart in Naples

BEFORE going any further with this travel write-up I ought to declare a possible conflict of interest.Read

Travel: Picture perfect holiday in Brittany

RUSSELL YOULL stumbles upon a paradise for artists on a family trip to Brittany.Read

Cheap as Chips: KFC, Star City, Watson Road, Nechells B7 5SA

YOU might like to know that KFC is trialling mechanically slaughtered halal meat in 100 UK stores like this one.Read

Pub Review: Red Lion, Lady Lane, Earlswood, Solihull B94 6AQ. Tel 01564 702946

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OF ALL the Vintage Inns pubs in the Midlands run by M&B, this is one of my favourites.Read

Restaurant Review: Saffron, 126 Colmore Row, Birmingham B3 3AP. Tel: 0121 212 0599.

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THERE are some things that simply have no place together.Read

Casebook: Moon killer's deadly mood swings

THE moon does strange things to me,” Allan Dennis Witcomb once admitted to his sister.Read

Behind the Headlines: Murder spurs action from a shocked community

SCORES of people, shocked by the murders of a couple in their quiet Birmingham community, were expected at a meeting tonight to discuss what they could do to help police.Read

Travel: Canada - fit for a queen

FOLLOWING in the footsteps of Prince William and his blushing new bride Kate’s first Royal tour, it’s fair to say that I was hoping my adventure across Eastern Canada would be just as majestic.Read

Travel: Mountains of skiing history

IT was quite a different start to previous skiing holidays, but a scenic train ride was far more pleasurable than being packed on to a transfer bus full of tourists.Read

Creature Features: Llama pair get L plates

DUDLEY Zoo’s two llamas have been given L-plates.Read

Your Memories: Horse power drove Britain's war effort

With Steven Spielberg's film War Horse drawing in the crowds, Stephen Badsey, Professor of Conflict Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, author of the book Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry 1880-1918 and the country's foremost historian of the British cavalry in the First World War, gives an expert view on the subject.Read

Your Schools: A day we'll never forget

Alderbrook School, Solihull, was among the winners in the Birmingham Mail School Awards after Year 10 and 11 pupils designed, made and sold Christmas cards for charity. Here, James Shelton, one of the youngsters, explains what it meant to him.Read

Beauty: Top tips for 2012

THEY may look polished on the red carpet but even stars admit there is sometimes room for improvement. Here they share their beauty resolutions for 2012.Read

Fashion: A wardrobe that works

WHETHER you have returned to an existing job after Christmas or started something new, selecting your work wardrobe can be one of the trickiest looks to master.Read

Shopping: Smart mums gain from potty pain

Consumer Editor Emma McKinney meets the Midland mums who turned their potty training woes into a product hitting shop and supermarket shelves across the UK.Read

Gadgets of the Week: Fighting the flab

This weeks gadgets of the week.Read

Cheap as Chips: Chequers, A34 Robin Hood Island, Hall Green B28 9JA

THE return of this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions suggested it would be an appropriate time to revisit Chequers.Read

Pub Review: Hunters Moon, 220 Coleshill Road, Hodge Hill B36 8BE. 0121 749 2595

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WITH Steven Spielberg’s War Horse movie opening today, where better to try than a Hungry Horse pub.Read

Restaurant Review: Marco Pierre White Steakhouse, Bar and Grill, The Cube, Birmingham B1 1PR. 0121 634 3433.

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SIMPLE holds its own delights... unless, of course, it comes in a school report about your child.Read

Community Crimefighter: Secret refuge gives frightened women hope

HAVING met her future husband and his family when they paid her a visit in Pakistan, Serena Hussain was looking forward to living with them in the UK.Read