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2010
Articles from 28th Jul 2010
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Birchfield Harrier Mark Lewis-Francis wins European Athletics silver
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
Birchfield Harrier Mark Lewis-Francis has upstaged Great British team-mate Dwain Chambers to claim a shock silver medal in the 100 metres at the European Championships in Barcelona. Read
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Charities to benefit from Global Gathering
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
In 2010, GlobalGathering will celebrate its tenth year at Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-Upon-Avon with the most exciting event to date taking place on the 30th and 31st July. This milestone will mark the end of a decade in which the UK’s premier electronic dance music festival has donated almost £200,000 to charitable and worthwhile causes benefiting the local area, UK and the rest of the World. Read
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Birmingham theatre group Little Earthquake will take to the stage at Old Joint Stock Theatre on July 29-30
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
CITY theatre company Little Earthquake will be performing at the Old Joint Stock Theatre on Thursday and Friday from 8pm. For tickets call 0845 680 1926. Read
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Birmingham Mail readers can quiz David Cameron
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
THE Birmingham Mail is looking for readers to put their question directly to David Cameron when the Prime Minister visits the West Midlands. Read
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Artist loved by Madonna sells work in Brum
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
AN artist who counts stars Catherine Zeta Jones and Madonna amongst his customers is selling his work at a Birmingham store. Read
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Washwood Heath Technology College fun day
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
COLLEGE students dug deep to raise thousands for charity at their annual summer fair. Read
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Birmingham hospital nurse suspended for year for having a torrid sexual affair with a sick transplant patient
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
A NURSE has been suspended for a year for embarking on a sexual relationship with a married heart transplant patient at a Birmingham hospital. Read
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Workers at the original Mad O’Rourke’s Pie Factory in Tipton face an uncertain future
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
WORKERS at the original Mad O’Rourke’s Pie Factory, in Tipton, faced an uncertain future today after the company went into administration. Read
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Birmingham residents give a mixed response on policing shake-up
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
BRUMMIES have given the Coalition Government’s latest plan to save cash the thumbs-down after it announced it is now looking for volunteers to police city streets. Read
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How Balsall Heath was rebuilt following the tornado
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
WALKING along Ladypool Road five years on there is little, if any, evidence of the tornado which brought such devastation to this corner of Birmingham. Read
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Aston Villa fans must wait until September for new kit
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
ASTON Villa fans will have to wait until September to get their hands on the team’s new kit for 2010-11. Read
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Washwood Heath residents back use of CCTV.
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
UNCOVER the CCTV cameras. That was the resounding message from traders and residents in a Birmingham community where dozens were controversially erected and later covered up. Read
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MP calls for council guidance on illegal Gypsy camps
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND MP has spoken of the need for more guidance for councils on how to deal with unauthorised Gypsy camps following a visit to a recently-occupied site. Read
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Birmingham company admits allowing polluting oils to seep into the water system
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
A COMPANY created to help the environment by producing an alternative fuel source allowed polluting oils to seep into the water system in Birmingham, a court heard. Read
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Birmingham's World Cup hangover
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
The number of motorists who tested positive after crashing their cars during the summer crackdown leapt four per cent and the number of under-25s found over the drink driving limit also went up. Read
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70 residents of an old folks scheme in Great Barr threatened with ASBOs
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
MORE than 70 elderly residents on a sheltered housing estate have been threatened with ASBOs and eviction by a council official. Read
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Father of tragic schoolgirl Khyra Ishaq tells of his love for daughter
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
THE father of tragic schoolgirl Khyra Ishaq today insisted he had “always loved” his daughter. Read
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Khyra Ishaq: A timeline of tragedy
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
Here is a timeline of the tragic events that led to the death of Khyra Ishaq... Read
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Praise for sister of Birmingham fraudster
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
THE sister of a fraudster has been praised by a Birmingham judge after she persuaded him to confess to conning an elderly wheelchair-bound woman he had befriended out of £2,000. Read
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Social services in Birmingham are continuing to fail children at risk children two years after death of Khyra Ishaq
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
The department was blasted as “inadequate” in two successive reports by education watchdog Ofsted and is under Government orders to improve. Read
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Tragic Khyra Ishaq could have been saved
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
The findings of a Safeguarding Board investigation led by a senior NSPCC Inspector represent a damning condemnation of the council, health trusts, GPs and police who all failed to act over a two-year period despite several obvious signs of Khyra’s deteriorating state of health. Read
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Shoppers to strike a pose in Solihull
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
FASHIONISTAS are being urged to show off their style at a Midland shopping centre. Read
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Course to save a baby's life at Belgrave Sports Centre, Tamworth.
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
BELGRAVE Sports Centre, in Tamworth, is holding two Royal Life Saving Society courses in how to save a baby’s life in different circumstances, like choking or drowning, on August 6 and 27 from 10am til 2pm. Read
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Black Country children can pick up advice on their weight while having fun at the same time on the latest Fun 4 Life courses
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
BLACK Country children can pick up advice on their weight while having fun at the same time on the latest Fun 4 Life courses. Read
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Blunders of Birmingham social services and education officials are plain to see
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
The findings of the Serious Case Review will be instantly recognisable to anyone who has followed this country’s appalling record on tackling child abuse over many years. Read
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Birmingham businessman completes bike ride for injured friends
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
A FRIEND in need is a friend indeed – and Gary Redman has proven the saying true by helping his pals complete a 700-mile cycling challenge after they were hit by a six-ton truck. Read
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Birmingham based Start Again Project is making a difference
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
The community group, which works with people aged 13 to 30 experiencing difficult times, was set up in 2008 and has since offered support and guidance to more than 260 young people across the city. Read
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Fond farewell for Lea Hall Bus Garage
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
The closure of the Lea Hall garage, which opened around 55 years ago, comes as a result of restructuring by Birmingham based parent group National Express which has six depots within a six mile radius. Read
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Eunice shares her memories of Africa to support national campaign
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
EUNICE Obeng-Oppeng has seen children as young as five so desperately hungry that they leave their homes in the countryside to beg on city streets in her home country of Ghana. Read
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Great-grandson of Selly Oak Park's first park-keeper's book on the history of the park
Jul 28 2010 | Top Stories
NEVER has the phrase “family tree” seemed so apt. Read
