Jul
2008
Articles from 18th Jul 2008
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Comedienne Lizzie Wiggins gets back on her feet
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
LAUGH a minute Midland comedienne Lizzie Wiggins is galloping her way back to fitness after a devastating stroke - thanks to a racehorse named in her honour. Read
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Contractors appointed for £8m Digbeth Coach Station transformation
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM-based firm has been awarded the contract to give Digbeth Coach Station a multi-million pound facelift. Read
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City students sample life at Royal Navy training base
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
STUDENTS from landlocked Birmingham enjoyed life on the ocean wave when they visited a Royal Navy training base. Read
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Lucky city student picked for trip of lifetime
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
A STUDENT was going “nuts” with excitement at the prospect of swapping Birmingham for Brazil today. Read
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Emotional goodbye for school staff
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
IRIS Lynock and Janet Bevan waved an emotional goodbye when the schoolbell rang for the end of the dinner hour yesterday. Read
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End of an era from romance in classroom
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
Teachers Roger and Kelly Dawes found romance in their school dining room nearly 40 years ago. And now both have finally said goodbye to the classroom after chalking up an incredible 74 years of teaching between them. Read
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Longbridge MGs off to flying start
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
THE relaunch of Longbridge after three years at a standstill has sparked a £5 million sales surge, with half of the MG output for 2008 already sold. Read
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Fury at day care tariffs
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM pensioners have hit out council bosses over new charges for day care services which they claim will cause upheaval and force many elderly to become isolated in their homes. Read
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Fury as market at Star City banned
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
ANGRY traders are locked in a war of words after councillors rejected plans for a huge new outdoor Saturday market in Birmingham. Read
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Cinema focus on ‘spy’ crime deterrent
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
AMOROUS film-goers who want to go hugging in the back row had better watch out. Read
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£30,000 on defences to stop repeat of last year’s flood misery
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
A YEAR ago today scores of Birmingham families were forced out of their homes as two neighbourhoods bore the brunt of the floods in the city. Read
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Actor turned producer wants city artistic talent to stay in Brum
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
ACTOR turned theatre producer Ian Sandy today revealed the driving force behind his decision to open BISPA – Birmingham’s first Independent School of Performing Arts. Read
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Hospital workers’ pay demo
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM health workers were today due to demonstrate as part of a day of protest against NHS pay. Read
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Man recovers from surgery after road rage horror
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN stabbed with a 2ft long knife in a supermarket car park road rage clash was today recovering from surgery to re-construct his leg. Read
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Screaming fans greet McFly in Brum
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
SCREAMING fans greeted teen idols McFly when they came to Birmingham to sign copies of their new single One For The Radio. Read
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Memory sticks
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
DUE to the huge response to our free USB memory stick offer in Monday’s paper, TalkTalk were oversubscribed with redemptions. Read
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Baby of the Year winner is announced
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
ADORABLE Rohan Harwood has melted the hearts of thousands of Birmingham Mail readers to take the title of 2008 Baby of the Year. Read
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Go-ahead for mega mosque in Dudley
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
CONTROVERSIAL plans for an £18 million mosque and community centre which have split a Midland community have been given the go-ahead. Read
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Anguish of crash fiancee
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
A FATHER-of-three was killed in a bike crash after an interview for a job he hoped would pay for his dream wedding. Read
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Schoolboy in fight for life
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
A SCHOOLBOY was fighting for life in hospital after being knocked down in Birmingham city centre today. Read
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House for sale - with tortoise
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
NEVER mind location, location, location - how about your very own tortoise in the back yard? Read
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Man rescued from blaze
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
FIRE crews from Smethwick and Harborne have rescued a man from a smoke-logged flat in Selly Oak. Read
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Fewer in Midlands feel unsafe
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
THE true scale of knife crime in the West Midlands has been laid bare, but police said it was wrong to think the issue was paralysing the region’s community with fear. Read
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Man in city with ‘jihadi songs’ denies terror charge
Jul 18 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE who raided the Birmingham home of a Syrian-born man found bomb-making material to be used in an al Qaida-style “jihad”, a court heard yesterday. Read
