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May 2 2008
BATTLING Gladys Jones is taking on the might of Birmingham City Council single handedly after she called one of their senior tree officers a "vandal" for chopping down a flowering cherry tree outside her home....
May 2 2008
A MOTHER-of-seven has hit out at a Birmingham hospital after her newborn baby was diagnosed with MRSA - and still has the dangerous bug six months later....
May 2 2008
THE leader of the Labour group in Solihull today lost his seat to the Green Party....
May 2 2008
GARETH Barry has moved a significant step closer to joining Liverpool this summer with Martin O'Neill set to take Peter Crouch in part-exchange....
May 2 2008
POLICE are trying to block a major Midland bikers’ festival planned for the summer amid fears for public safety. Warwickshire Police has revealed that it has lodged an objection to the hosting of the Bulldog Bash, planned for August....
May 2 2008
BIRMINGHAM is dancing in the streets – as it celebrates the beginning of its first international dance festival....
May 2 2008
LOLLIPOP men and women in Birmingham could be given portable CCTV cameras in the future in a bid to protect them from road-rage....
May 2 2008
A BIRMINGHAM art centre was at the centre of a fresh row today after bosses were accused of displaying hard-core pornography....
May 2 2008
KEEPERS at the new home of famous Brummie panda Babu said they are expecting the pitter-patter of tiny feet any day now....
May 2 2008
THERE will certainly be a costume drama when clothes dating back to the 1700s go under the hammer at a Solihull auctioneers. Bonhams, in Station Road, Knowle, is preparing to sell off items which would have belonged to some of the best dressed people of the day next week....
May 2 2008
BIRMINGHAM’S historic John F Kennedy mosaic mural will never be in one piece again, it was revealed today ....
May 2 2008
JODI Edwards and Katie Penn are to fly the flag for the West Midlands in this weekend's UK final of the Miss Universe competition. Jodi, aged 18, from Fernhill Heath, Worcester, and 19-year-old Katie, who lives in Coseley, near Bilston, won through to the glitzy London showpiece after wowing judges from Vibe Models modelling agency at qualifying heats nationwide.
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May 2 2008
DON'T look down! Fire drills are commonplace across most businesses, schools and places of work....
May 2 2008
THIS is the Macmillan team who will be counting up your pennies and pounds from the Birmingham Mail Fun Run to help worthy causes across the city. Dedicated Sharon Battersby, Cat Yates and Ann Gumery who work with team leader Steve Dourass at Macmillan Cancer Support said sponsorship money was already starting to pile in from last week’s 5km run from Aston Villa Football Ground....
May 2 2008
EIGHT pupils from a Birmingham private school who have been infected by tuberculosis were today starting a powerful course of medication in a bid to fight off the potentially deadly disease....
May 2 2008
FIFTEEN people had a miraculous escape when a bus wrote off three cars and then careered into a house in Birmingham. ...
May 2 2008
SAIC/NANJING is replacing its top man at Longbridge in a boardroom reshuffle, it was revealed today....
May 2 2008
1 Who is now running Longbridge - Nanjing or SAIC? SAIC President Chen Hong has made the most recent public statements. Is SAIC now solely in charge?...
May 2 2008
SAIC/NANJING has promised to break its silence over Longbridge - just seven days after the Birmingham Mail launched a 'No More Chinese Whispers' campaign....
May 2 2008
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the remains of a Victorian metal work factory and canal beneath Centenary Square. The excavations on the car park next the Birmingham Rep Theatre have also revealed a section of canal....
