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Jun 4 2008
BBC WM breakfast presenter Phil Upton is pedaling all the way to Paris to raise £100,000 for charity. The breakfast host is set to join 20 others from the Midlands in a bike ride to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Trust....
Jun 4 2008
THE Bishop of Birmingham has turned to pedal power in a bid to help cut carbon emissions. The Rt Rev David Urquhart got on his bike to beat a car, a bus and rush-hour traffic to be crowned winner in a "race" to reach the city centre....
Jun 4 2008
A PERVERT who downloaded more than 6,000 sexually explicit pictures of children during an 18-month period has been jailed....
Jun 4 2008
THE lure of the Far East is driving up passenger figures at Birmingham International Airport with airline Emirates cashing in on a major rise in numbers....
Jun 4 2008
A UNION boss said today she was hoping under-threat staff at a Midland hospital could be retrained and redeployed to avoid job losses....
Jun 4 2008
UP went the shout 'Anyone for tennis?' I'd been tied to my desk for most of the day and it was beautiful outside. It was a no brainer. 'Yes' I shouted back....
Jun 4 2008
THE sky’s the limit for kind-hearted readers to help the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust....
Jun 4 2008
MORE tributes have been made to the Birmingham primary school head teacher tragically killed in a car crash. Daniel Slinn was today described as a devoted, inspirational and fun colleague by education bosses....
Jun 4 2008
PLANS to create a £90 million leisure complex and casino in the Midlands have come one step closer to reality after business chiefs selected a partner company....
Jun 4 2008
THAT’s another fine tribute club in West Bromwich – Laurel and Hardy superfan Phil Ruston is ready for curtain up to the legendary comic duo at his new pub....
Jun 4 2008
A BIRMINGHAM school, 25 homes and a number of businesses were evacuated today after fire broke out at a city garage....
Jun 4 2008
THE family of crash death headteacher Daniel Slinn today paid tribute to a "selfless and wonderful" father and husband....
Jun 4 2008
FIREFIGHTERS today lost their desperate bid to rescue a man buried beneath tons of rubble when a roof collapsed at a Midland property....
Jun 4 2008
A MIDLAND chef who won £2.6 million in the National Lottery has been celebrating... with a meal of faggots and chips....
Jun 4 2008
THE parents of Briton Neil Entwistle said their son was “100 per cent innocent” as jury selection for his double murder trial continued today. ...
Jun 4 2008
TEACHERS, youth club leaders and mosques should look out for young people who may be "vulnerable" to becoming involved in terrorism or religious extremism, according to new guidance issued by the Government....
Jun 4 2008
A RESCUE operation was under way this morning after the roof of a town centre building collapsed, the fire service said....
Jun 4 2008
VIOLENT assaults on the football pitches of the West Midlands have been slashed in half thanks to the Birmingham Mail's Respect the Ref campaign....
Jun 4 2008
COUNCIL chiefs have snubbed an MP's calls for an inquiry into their practices after a Birmingham schoolgirl apparently starved to death....
Jun 4 2008
NEW play equipment is to be unveiled at a Midland park as part of a £70,000-plus move to get children healthy....
Jun 4 2008
ACTOR and celebrity TV judge John Barrowman will have a robotic co-star, Titan, in the pantomime Robin Hood which comes to Birmingham next Christmas....
Jun 4 2008
THOUSANDS of drivers were caught up in huge tailbacks following a large oil spillage....
Jun 4 2008
A MAN who threatened police officers with a brick and a garden fork when they turned up at his home to arrest him has been jailed for 16 months....
Jun 4 2008
TWO sisters who kicked a woman in the head as she lay curled up on the floor have each been given a nine-month prison sentence suspended for a year....
