May
2008
Articles from 20th May 2008
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Footballer Joey Barton jailed for assault
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
TROUBLED Premiership footballer Joey Barton was this afternoon jailed for six months for assault and affray. Read
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Families urge PM to save Kings Heath care home
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
CAMPAIGNERS battling to save a Birmingham special needs care home have gone right to the top – No.10. Read
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Drug mastermind must pay £112,000
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A CONVICTED drug dealer has been ordered to cough up a whopping £112,000 – or go back to jail. Read
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Prestigious honour for Birmingham artist Sue Howells
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S the Oscars of the art world and Birmingham artist Sue Howells has scooped the top honour to be crowned the best selling published artist in Britain. Read
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Fun vow despite Gay Pride parade setback
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of people will flock to Birmingham this weekend for the city’s annual Gay Pride event and organisers hope the cancellation of its famous street parade won't keep visitors away. The Birmingham Mail reported in April how, after a series of disagreements over the start time, organisers cancelled the event’s famous parade which winds round the city centre and ends in the gay village. Read
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Mother told to give ice pop to sick baby
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM locum doctor prescribed an ice pop for a baby with severe diarrhoea ONE hour before the tot was rushed to hospital with extreme dehydration. Frantic mum-of-two Rachel Barber revealed how she took her sick four-month-old daughter Jasmine to the Primecare out-of-hours medical centre in Summerhill Road, city centre, on a Sunday evening only for the doctor to ignore her pleas for help. Read
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New look for wards at Heartlands Hospital
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
THESE are the first pictures of how wards could look at three Birmingham hospitals after a massive £190 million redevelopment. Read
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Presenter Mark Speight hanged himself with shoelaces
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
MIDLAND television star Mark Speight committed suicide by hanging himself with his shoelaces at a West London railway station. Read
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Shame of teacher who faked results
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM teacher has been banned from classrooms after she was caught falsifying pupils' work. Read
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It's party time for museum birthday
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
IT IS party time at the Black Country Living Museum as it celebrates its 30th birthday during half term week. Read
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Handing out top care picks
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
PARENTS and carers will be shown just what Solihull has to offer them at a series of events to promote childcare. Read
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Staff battle to save jobs
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
PEOPLE packed a public meeting in Birmingham to hear how a centre which houses asylum seekers is fighting to save 135 staff jobs. Read
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Murder victim's partner makes plea to his killer
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A MOTHER-of-three whose children's father was stabbed to death outside a Birmingham pub today issued an impassioned plea for the killer to give himself up. Read
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Cyclist is rescued
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A MOUNTAIN biker sparked a rescue operation when he fell next to a 'treacherous' embankment in a Midland wood. Read
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City's phoney vodka 'lethal'
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM drinker was rushed to hospital after drinking fake vodka spiked with methanol. Read
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Woman charged with murder after stabbing
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN has been charged with murder after a man was stabbed to death in Birmingham. Read
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The Osmonds to return to Birmingham
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of mums will roll back the years when Seventies teen idols The Osmonds are back in Birmingham as part of their 50th Anniversary Tour next week. Read
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Stars rushing to join our eco drive Go Green
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
TV presenter Ben Fogle and award-winning yachts-woman Dame Ellen MacArthur are calling on Birmingham Mail readers to do their bit for the environment. Read
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OAP killed in car smash
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND pensioner died at the wheel after his car careered off the road and ploughed into a wall. Read
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MPs support embryo law
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
SCIENTISTS are to be allowed to carry out research on hybrid human-animal embryos after the controversial proposal was backed by MPs. Read
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Man charged with sex attack on girl
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN from Birmingham has appeared in court charged with performing a sex act on a child. Read
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Great offers to start our big crusade
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
TO MARK the launch of the Birmingham Mail's Go Green campaign we are offering free organic vegetable seeds to every reader. Read
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Become Birmingham’s Digital Family
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
BECOME Birmingham’s Digital Family and win hundreds of pounds of digital equipment. Read
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Crash sparks chaos on M6
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
MOTORISTS were hit by long rush hour tailbacks today following an accident on the M6 motorway in Birmingham. Read
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Ammo fires for honour
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
THE man behind a small Birmingham music shop that has blossomed over the past decade into one of the country's leading black arts organisations has been awarded an MBE. Read
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Man in court over recycling body
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
A REDDITCH man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a Birmingham teenager whose body was found in a truck at a rubbish site. Read
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Allotment owners win battle
May 20 2008 | Top Stories
ALLOTMENT owners who have lived under the shadow of losing their plots were celebrating today after bunkering an exclusive golf club's expansion plans. Read
