Feb
2009
Articles from 24th Feb 2009
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How 'Humpty Dumpty' lost weight
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
TONI Gross is now a Weight Watchers’ leader. But there was a time when she thought of herself as Humpty Dumpty. Read
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Vote in the Best of Broad Street awards
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
IT’S time to raise a glass to the best venues in Birmingham’s entertainment quarter. Read
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Wedding limo driver claims he was fined while waiting for newlyweds
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A CITY limo firm claims that a jobsworth traffic warden slapped a parking fine on a wedding car that was waiting for the bride and groom. Read
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Caroline Spelman MP 'Nannygate' affair debated today
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
MPs will consider today whether Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman should be punished over the “nannygate” affair. Read
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Birmingham artist's bid to raise awareness about autism
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM artist with autism is hoping to create an enlightening picture of the condition through her innovative artwork of celebrities from Madonna to the Queen. Read
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Tough times encouraging Midland dentists to return to NHS
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
ANGRY Midland dentists who left the NHS over the controversial new contract are returning because of the credit crunch, it has emerged. Read
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Birmingham college uses tax windfall to boost businesses
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM college is to use an unexpected Government windfall to support local businesses in their fight to escape the effects of the recession. Read
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Skilled workers forced to apply for theme park and warehouse jobs
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
GROWING numbers of out-of-work professionals are applying for jobs as theme park ride assistants and fork-lift truck drivers in a desperate search for any kind of employment. Read
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STRUGGLING van-maker LDV may lose its desperate fight for survival within days, it emerged today.
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
It could be axed by the end of this week after the Government flatly refused to help it with an emergency bridging loan. Read
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A FORMER Midland pub landlord exposed as a paedophile after appearing in the Birmingham Mail has had his jail sentence increased – three days before he was due to be released.
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
Pervert Ralph William Newnes was jailed for 15 months last July after admitting 27 child sex offences involving girls. Read
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STRUGGLING van-maker LDV may lose its desperate fight for survival within days, it emerged today.
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
It could be axed by the end of this week after the Government flatly refused to help it with an emergency bridging loan. Read
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A FORMER Midland pub landlord exposed as a paedophile after appearing in the Birmingham Mail has had his jail sentence increased – three days before he was due to be released.
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
Pervert Ralph William Newnes was jailed for 15 months last July after admitting 27 child sex offences involving girls. Read
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BUSINESS Secretary Lord Mandelson was at the centre of yet more controversy today after apparently stepping aside from the LDV crisis because of his relationship with the Birmingham’s firm’s owner.
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
The Business Secretary was said to have detached himself from the emergency government talks over the struggling van-maker because of his much-publicised links to billionaire Oleg Deripaska. Read
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LDV's bumpy 25-year ride
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
LDV was today staring into the abyss following a near 25-year rollercoaster ride which has seen a string of owners come and go at Washwood Heath. Read
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Better parking for coaches wanted in city centre
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
OVER-zealous traffic wardens and a lack of pick-up points near to city centre attractions is crippling Birmingham’s coach industry, a report has found. Read
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Two men shot after argument in Edgbaston street
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
TWO men were shot at almost point-blank range following an argument in a Midland street. Read
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Novelist Mary Roachford wins gong in the Book for Birmingham prize
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE inaugural Book for Birmingham prize has been presented to Irish-born writer Mary Rochford. Read
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Campaigner faces action if re-elected to Birmingham housing board
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A CAMPAIGNER for better homes in Birmingham faces being kicked off a housing association board if he wins a tenants’ election. Read
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Skilled workers forced to apply for theme park and warehouse jobs
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
GROWING numbers of out-of-work professionals are applying for jobs as theme park ride assistants and fork-lift truck drivers in a desperate search for any kind of employment. Read
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Novelist Mary Roachford wins gong in the Book for Birmingham prize
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE inaugural Book for Birmingham prize has been presented to Irish-born writer Mary Rochford. Read
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Better parking for coaches wanted in city centre
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
OVER-zealous traffic wardens and a lack of pick-up points near to city centre attractions is crippling Birmingham’s coach industry, a report has found. Read
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Lord Mandelson at the centre of yet more controversy
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
The Business Secretary was said to have detached himself from the emergency government talks over the struggling van-maker because of his much-publicised links to billionaire Oleg Deripaska. Read
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LDV's bumpy 25-year ride
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
LDV was today staring into the abyss following a near 25-year rollercoaster ride which has seen a string of owners come and go at Washwood Heath. Read
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Caroline Spelman MP 'Nannygate' affair debated today
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
MPs will consider today whether Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman should be punished over the “nannygate” affair. Read
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Extra year in jail for Solihull pub pervert
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
Pervert Ralph William Newnes was jailed for 15 months last July after admitting 27 child sex offences involving girls. Read
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Better parking for coaches wanted in city centre
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
OVER-zealous traffic wardens and a lack of pick-up points near to city centre attractions is crippling Birmingham’s coach industry, a report has found. Read
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Thousands of jobs at risk at LDV
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of West Midland jobs were today hanging by a thread after the Government refused to bail out LDV with an emergency loan estimated at more than £20 million. Read
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Ward at Good Hope Hospital closed after norovirus outbreak
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A WARD at a Birmingham hospital has been shut to new patients and visitors after an outbreak of winter sickness bug norovirus. Read
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Review: Joss Stone at The Rainbow in Digbeth
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
INTERNATIONAL soul songstress Joss Stone got up close and personal with a Birmingham crowd at an intimate gig in the city. Read
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Hospital for Weston crash man
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A MAN was taken to hospital after the car he was driving left a road and crossed a railway line in Staffordshire. Read
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Skilled workers forced to apply for theme park and warehouse jobs
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
GROWING numbers of out-of-work professionals are applying for jobs as theme park ride assistants and fork-lift truck drivers in a desperate search for any kind of employment. Read
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Police appeal for Wednesbury crash witnesses
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE today issued a fresh appeal for witnesses after a woman died in a road accident in Wednesbury. Read
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Conduct of Birmingham pathologist criticised
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
AN experienced Birmingham pathologist failed to identify signs of violence on a Midland pensioner he had conducted a post-mortem examination on, a tribunal heard. Read
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Gang jailed for terror campaign on Bromsgrove mobile home residents
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A GANG today started jail sentences for a terror campaign targeting residents of a mobile home park. Read
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Surgeon cleared of assault charges
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A PLASTIC surgeon described as a world leader in his field has been cleared of indecently assaulting five of his patients. Read
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Two men shot in Edgbaston
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
TWO men were shot when a drive-by gunman opened fire on them in Birmingham. Read
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How to make the perfect pancake
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
FLIPPING heck! Shrove Tuesday is upon us so the Birmingham Mail has been to one of the city’s top restaurants – Simpsons in Edgbaston – to find out how to make the perfect pancake. Read
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Novelist Mary Roachford wins gong in the Book for Birmingham prize
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE inaugural Book for Birmingham prize has been presented to Irish-born writer Mary Rochford. Read
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Vandals cause £10k damage to sensory garden
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
MINDLESS vandals have caused more than £10,000 of damage to a picturesque sensory garden designed for the blind and disabled of Birmingham. Read
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Tough times encouraging Midland dentists to return to NHS
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
ANGRY Midland dentists who left the NHS over the controversial new contract are returning because of the credit crunch, it has emerged. Read
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Birmingham college uses tax windfall to boost businesses
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM college is to use an unexpected Government windfall to support local businesses in their fight to escape the effects of the recession. Read
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Birmingham artist aims to increase awareness of autism
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
Roza Carter, who uses the creative name Rozagy, has pledged to raise a million pounds over the next two years for autism charities and has already brought in £11,000 through sales of both her and her nine-year-old son Gennadi’s pieces of art. Read
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Crackdown on knife crime at Midlands schools
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
AIRPORT-style metal detectors were installed at schools entrances across Birmingham for the start of the new term in the fight against knife crime. Read
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Birmingham Morris Men step up recruitment drive
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
MORRIS Dancers in Birmingham strutted their stuff to try and entice more men to take up the hobby. Read
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Tributes paid to Midland crash victim
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE family of a teenage girl who was killed in a Midland road crash today paid tribute to her as a “lovely, ambitious girl”. Read
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Aston Villa fans facing Cup KO
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
ASTON Villa fans could miss vital home European fixtures next season after UEFA announced that some games will kick off as early as 6pm. Read
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Young adults in Birmingham 'rely on handouts from parents'
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
MORE than three quarters of young adults in Birmingham are still relying on financial help from their parents as they struggle to stay in the black, a shocking new survey revealed today. Read
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Big screen debut for Spirited
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A PAIR of aspiring filmmakers have fulfilled their ‘Electric’ dream by seeing stars of the small screen perform on the big screen in their own short film. Read
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Cannock campaigners fight on over waste incinerator
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
GREEN campaigners opposing plans to build an incinerator in Staffordshire have vowed to fight on despite failing to secure a public inquiry into the scheme. Read
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Birmingham factory to turn used nappies into roof tiles
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
REGULAR disposable nappies which take hundreds of years to rot in the nation’s landfill sites could soon be recycled at a new £12 million Birmingham-based facility, the first of its kind the UK. Read
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Planners pledge to investigate advert claims
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S planning officials have been slammed for taking more than a month to investigate allegations that the owner of a historic building is faking repair work to secure advertising income. Read
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Traffic light joy for Great Barr residents
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
Local residents and politicians have been battling for the road safety measures at the Queslett Road junction with Nova Court for three years. Read
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Luxury apartments in Sheldon could become council homes
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A £24 MILLION complex of luxury flats could be sold off to city housing chiefs and become Birmingham’s plushest block of council homes. Read
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Simon Webbe has produced an action film called The Fifth Commandment
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
TAKE a former boyband singer, add a James Bond baddie and raise £7.5 million, and the result is a new action movie. Read
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Birmingham DJ Anthony goes on the run to raise charity cash
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
HIS shoes are made for running – but despite hoarding a massive collection of trainers in his bedroom Anthony Eyre has always preferred a more sedate pace of life. Read
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Highgate fire crew have heads shaved for breast cancer charity
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
DEVOTED son and firefighter Steve Gibson was joined by his station’s crew to shave their heads in support of his mum, who has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Read
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Wedding limo driver claims he was fined while waiting for newlyweds
Feb 24 2009 | Top Stories
A CITY limo firm claims that a jobsworth traffic warden slapped a parking fine on a wedding car that was waiting for the bride and groom. Read
