Aug
2008
Articles from 14th Aug 2008
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Cricket fans anger at Ashes ticket prices at Edgbaston
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
ANGRY fans today hit out at “greedy” cricket bosses after tickets to see the Ashes in Birmingham more than doubled in just two years. Read
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Heartbreak of father of tragic football fan Christopher Priest
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
THE father of tragic Villa fan Christopher Priest today opened his heart for the first time on camera and recalled the devastating moment he found out that his only son had been killed. Read
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Curtain set to rise on Sutton Coldfield pub theatre company
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
NORTH Birmingham will have its first pub theatre later this month when a Sutton Coldfield local gets ready to raise the curtain on the other RSC. Read
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Man who defrauded Birmingham NHS trust is jailed
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
A ZIMBABWEAN, who took part in a “sophisticated” fraud on the NHS in Birmingham, which was duped out of £140,000, has been jailed for 18 months Read
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Star award for astronomer Andy Lound
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
STARGAZER Andy Lound has given thousands of Brummies an out of this world experience over a 30 year career. Read
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Studio dream comes true for Black Voices
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
LIFE has come full circle for Birmingham a cappella group Black Voices who are about to record new work with one of America’s biggest artists in the genre. Read
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Glamour visit for Birmingham's Royal Fusiliers in Basra
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM soldiers fighting in Iraq were given a break from frontline operations when two reality television babes dropped in unannounced. Read
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Rave reviews for Birmingham Opera Company's King Idomeneo
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
A DISUSED Birmingham rubber factory was the unlikely setting of one of Mozart’s greatest operas. Read
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It's A-level party time!
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of students across the Black Country were celebrating today after getting a bumper haul of A-level passes. Read
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Revealed: The great clamping rip off
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
TODAY the Birmingham Mail reveals the clamping hot-spots of Birmingham where firms are forcing drivers to pay up or lose their cars. Read
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Credit crunch means extra visitors for Drayton Manor Park
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
DRAYTON Manor Park is beating the credit crunch as tens of thousands of families ditch Spain and Greece...for Thomas the Tank Engine. Read
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Meeting held in Handsworth after shooting
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
PEOPLE living in a Birmingham street which has witnessed four shooting in less than three years, say gangs are taking over their area, making normal life impossible. Read
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Two in court over body at house
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
TWO men have been charged with murder following the death of a man in Birmingham. Read
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Birmingham sensation Jamelia meets Gok Wan
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM singing sensation Jamelia opens up her wardrobe for examination tonight as style guru Gok Wan arrives in Birmingham, Read
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A level results joy for the early birds
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
A GROUP of eager A-level students from Birmingham stole a march on the rest of the country today – after turning up at midnight to get their results! Read
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Pop star James Morrison in Birmingham street performance
Aug 14 2008 | Top Stories
PLATINUM-SELLING pop star James Morrison wowed tired shoppers and workers when he pitched up for an impromptu busker’s set in the city centre. Read
