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May 22 2008
A ONE-stop shop to help Birmingham people develop their potential impressed a premier so much he is to launch a similar scheme in Jamaica. Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, made a whistle stop tour of the Pertemps People Development Group, in Newtown....
May 22 2008
MARATHON man Blind Dave Heeley ran his way into the record books last month completing seven marathons in seven days on seven continents. Now he is gearing up for another challenge – beating a beer bus on a crawl around six Black Country pubs....
May 22 2008
TWO nurses at a care home who killed an epileptic patient when they failed to make sure she received proper treatment have been handed suspended jail sentences for her manslaughter. ...
May 22 2008
BOBBIES in Birmingham have been banned from wearing the traditional helmet chinstrap by health and safety bureaucrats. West Midlands Police said the ceremonial black leather strap "afforded no protection" to officers if someone tried to knock off their Custodian helmets....
May 22 2008
POLICE support officers Rob Wragg and Karen Sutton are putting the beat into being beat bobbies. The PCSOs have recorded their very own podcast, or plodcast, from their station in Longbridge....
May 22 2008
THIS is how a new Birmingham college should shape up once it completes its £84 million move to the former MG Rover site at Longbridge. Bournville College and Quinton-based St Modwen, who are developing the former car plant site, previously announced that they had entered into an agreement to relocate Bournville College....
May 22 2008
HORDES of Birmingham wannabes who flooded the city for the weekend’s X Factor auditions have got neighbours hot under the collar. People living around Villa Park, where the auditions were held, have hit out after waking to huge queues, traffic chaos and a "blaring PA system" as would be stars waited for their shot at fame....
May 22 2008
THE final sponsorship money from the Birmingham Mail Fun Run is due to come pouring in over the next week. Nearly 2,000 people stepped out up to the 5km challenge and are expected to bring in at least £75,000 towards Macmillan Cancer Support and the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust....
May 22 2008
HE’S been a survivor against all odds all his life. But Herman Wessel has just passed another milestone in his fascinating life – his 100th birthday....
May 22 2008
A FAST track sex clinic is opening in Birmingham to give patients the chance to pay cash to get their results quicker than on the NHS....
May 22 2008
A MAN from Birmingham accused of sexually assaulting a young girl told police: "I'd never touch a child inappropriately"....
May 22 2008
THE aunt of little Khyra Ishaq today insisted that the youngster and her siblings were "in perfect health" the last time she saw them....
May 22 2008
ANGER was growing today over how a seven-year-old Birmingham girl starved to death....
May 22 2008
A TERMINALLY ill journalist lobbying for better education on bone marrow donation said the Prime Minister had suggested making a celebrity video to raise awareness....
May 22 2008
A FIRE caused a huge oil spill which resulted in chaos on a busy Midland road....
May 22 2008
AN MP today demanded an inquiry into a local authority’s monitoring of a seven-year-old girl who died after allegedly being starved at her home....
May 22 2008
A MOTHER and her teenage daughter have been arrested after officers seized the largest ever haul of cannabis anyone has attempted to smuggle through Birmingham Airport....
May 22 2008
A BAND of real ale loving brothers are heady with excitement after making history by achieving their dream of running their own brewery....
May 22 2008
THE controversial A34 Stratford Road red route is here to stay after winning the approval of Birmingham's transport chief....
May 22 2008
WHEN Les Bate missed the train as a wide-eyed 18-year-old back in 1942 he could not have known that fate had just changed his life forever....
May 22 2008
BUS shelter vandals smashing glass and daubing them with graffiti have been "framed" by a new series of CCTV cameras....
May 22 2008
MORE counterfeit vodka at the centre of a health scare has been seized in Birmingham....
