Jul
2008
Articles from 29th Jul 2008
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Tennis star Goran Ivanisevic serves up tips for fitness
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
TENNIS legend Goran Ivanisevic is hoping to serve up an ace to Birmingham’s less active youngsters. Read
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Major and captain at office in the Pallasades
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
ARMY recruiting in the West Midlands has two new faces. Read
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Fund-raising day to help ’inspirational’ cancer girl from Northfield
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
LIKE any mum would, Jennifer Fulford thought the aches in her young daughter’s legs were just growing pains. Read
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Dream come true to Kingswinford teen
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A DREAM came true for speed loving schoolgirl Katie Hopkinson when she was taken for a hair-raising spin in a souped-up rally car. Read
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Threat lifted over enclosure for lynx family at Birmingham Nature Centre
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A POPULAR animal centre can keep its family of lynx cats after the council managed to find the cash to overhaul their enclosure. Read
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Shard End fashion student has designs on success
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A SHARD End fashion student has landed himself a work placement with a leading Birmingham-born designer who makes clothes for models such as Kate Moss and Lily Cole. Read
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Community project Envision Birmingham in final to win Lottery award
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM community project is in with a shout of winning Lottery cash – and a starring role on TV. Read
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Shirley couple open back garden to the public for charity
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
FOR decades, former gardening club boss Ted Rudge has offered tips to green fingered folk, but now they will be able to see just what he gets up to at home when he opens his own back garden to the public on Saturday. Read
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Staffordshire Conservatives demand a crackdown on knife crime
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
CONSERVATIVE politicians today called for action to tackle the growing menace of knife crime following the publication of Home Office figures. Read
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History comes to life for Birmingham pupils
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
HISTORY came to life for pupils at a Birmingham school – warts and all! Read
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Top chef uses only ingredients from Bullring market stalls
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S Bull Ring market traders cooked up a storm as they challenged an ex-Royal chef to make the finest food known to man – using only ingredients from their stalls. Read
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City group helps find headstone
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM residents made an emotional journey to a First World War battlefield to help a former neighbour find his great-grandad’s resting place. Read
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Teen quizzed on mother killing in Castle Bromwich
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM community was in shock this afternoon as a teenager was quizzed over the alleged murder of his mother. Read
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Teenager quizzed on murder of mother in Castle Bromwich
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM teenager was today being questioned on suspicion of the murder of a woman thought to be his mother. Read
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Allan Donald and Ashley Giles visit Emirates Beach
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
FORMER Test bowlers Allan Donald and Ashley Giles found bounce and spin hard to come by as they tried out cricket, beach-style. Read
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Iraq war veteran jailed for attack
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A FORMER soldier from the Midlands has been put behind bars for two years for slashing a man across the face with a knife. Read
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Grandpa who tackled gunman is Mail's local hero
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A RETIRED police officer who was blasted in the leg by a gunman as he tried to stop a bank robbery is the latest Birmingham Mail Local Hero. Read
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Protesters take 7,000 signatures to Downing Street
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A GROUP of protesters representing nearly 7,000 Birmingham Mail readers took the bid to save 26 Post Offices to Downing Street. Read
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West Bromwich Albion part company with chaplain
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
FOOTBALL club bosses have parted company with their popular chaplain after eight years. Read
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Eid Mela festival trashed by litter louts
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
LITTER louts trashed a Birmingham park as it played host to a celebration of the city’s Islamic culture, it was claimed today. Read
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Home cash blow for paralysed tot Cerys Edwards
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
THE dream of bringing crash victim Cerys Edwards home to Birmingham before Christmas appears to have been shattered by an insurance company. Read
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Cops’ van filmed belching noxious fumes
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
CHEEKY internet jokers have poked fun at the police by posting a video seemingly showing a spluttering force van billowing smoke from its exhaust. Read
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Locked up for ‘mob’ attack
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
TWO young men who took part in a “mob” attack on a teenager on a bus have been sent into custody for a year. Read
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Pensioner calls on families to support Weston after blaze
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM pensioner devastated by the huge fire which has destroyed part of the Grand Pier at Weston-super-Mare today called for Brummies to pull together and help in the rebuilding effort. Read
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Hunt goes on for three robbers
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE were today continuing to hunt robbers who opened fire during a botched hold-up at a Birmingham bank which saw them hijack a passing motorist after the getaway car stalled. Read
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Lightning storms hit Brum
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
FIREFIGHTERS were swamped with hundreds of calls as storms brought torrential rain, thunder and lightning to the West Midlands. Read
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Airlift for car woman
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN was flown to hospital after the car she was travelling in ploughed into bushes. Read
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Girl injured in wall collapse
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
A YOUNG girl had a lucky escape after part of a former newsagents shop suddenly collapsed in Birmingham. Read
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith takes a look at latest police initiative
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
HOME Secretary Jacqui Smith was in defiant mood when she visited the Midlands to view the latest weapon in the fight against crime. Read
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Shake-up in murder laws
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
CONTROVERSIAL new proposals to change the law on murder were unveiled by the Government today. Read
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Hunt for gang in city centre stabbing
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE are hunting three attackers after a man was left for dead with a serious neck injury following a savage assault inside a Birmingham job centre. Read
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Roar of surprise over cute births
Jul 29 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S the lion-up that everyone’s been talking about – the unveiling of cute cubs Neptune, Ariel, Oberon and Ophelia. Read
