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Birmingham NHS forced to spend £4.9 million on translation

CASH-strapped Birmingham NHS Trusts spent £4.9 million for translators to cope with patients who can’t speak English, according to a report.Read

Skywatch event at Lickey Hills

STARGAZERS should get their telescopes ready for a night of exploring.Read

Islamic Help to hold sponsored walk

A BIRMINGHAM charity is urging people to join them on a four-mile walk to help give someone their smile back.Read

Talk on violins at Moseley Exchange

CLASSICAL music fans can learn more about a famous make of violin.Read

Lancaster bomber appeal

A BIRMINGHAM researcher is appealing to the relatives of a dead Second World War airman to get in touch.Read

Shard End Ward Committee

RESIDENTS can air their views at the Shard End Ward Committee meeting.Read

Freezing fog and more snow predicted for Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM was last night warned to expect freezing fog as the big chill continued across the region.Read

Breathe Easy meet

THE Breathe Easy support group will host its next meeting at Sutton’s Good Hope Hospital on Thursday, February 23, at the Learning Centre from 7.15pm.Read

South Birmingham groups to make their areas more greener

A TRIO of South Birmingham groups are celebrating after they secured a £90,000 government grant to make their communities greener.Read

Murdered Birmingham man was set to get married

Bakhitar Ahmed Kheder Mirawdali, who suffered multiple knife wounds in the violent attack in his ground floor room at the Handsworth hostel, was set to be married. Read

Sutton Coldfield couple scoop £2million lottery jackpot

A COUPLE from Sutton Coldfield said positive thinking helped them to win a lottery jackpot of more than £2 million.Read

Birmingham Prison ruled by Burger Bar Boys and Johnson Crew, claims insider

DRUG-free inmates sent to Birmingham Prison are “guaranteed to be addicted” when they are released because of pressure from fellow crooks, an insider has claimed.Read

London 2012: American Olympics athletics team shown around Birmingham base

ELITE American athletes will have a ball in Birmingham, their head coaches declared, after inspecting their city training camp and a number of nightspots.Read

Former union leader Arthur Scargill to speak at Birmingham rally

ARTHUR Scargill – the most famous UK union leader of all time – is to address a Birmingham rally marking the 40th anniversary of the historic Battle of Saltley Gate.Read

Moseley Farmers' Market organisers want it to go weekly

A POPULAR monthly farmers’ market which has just been honoured as the best in the country is looking to go weekly.Read

Aston Villa secure new £15 million kit deal wth Italian manufacturer

ASTON Villa have signed a record-breaking £15 million kit deal with an Italian sportswear manufacturer to replace current supplier Nike.Read

Big freeze 2012: Birmingham covered in 10cm blanket of snow

SLEDGES, wellies and woolly hats were the order of the day as the first snow this winter turned the region into a winter wonderland for youngsters.Read

Film to investigate theft of Aston Villa's FA Cup trophy after victory over West Brom

IT’S the riddle which has endured for almost 120 years – what did happen to the FA Cup stolen from a Birmingham shop window?Read

Special Report: The true cost of mad cow disease in the West Midlands

Birmingham could be facing a disease timebomb following the outbreak of the human form of mad cow disease or vCJD, health experts say. Read

Put respectable families at top of the council housing queue, says MP Roger Godsiff

A BIRMINGHAM MP has backed calls to put respectable families at the top of the queue for housing.Read