Dec
2011
Articles from 22nd Dec 2011
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Need to Read: The top five most read stories on Birminghammail.net today
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
Here are today's top five most read stories on Birminghammail.net... Read
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Birmingham Mail Top Ten: Top ten most surprising albums of 2011
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
2011 may have gone by in a blur, but it has been another unforgettable year in music. Shereen Low looks back at the top 10 albums that have surprised us all... Read
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World View: The best pictures from around the globe today
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
Take a look through out pick of the pictures from around the globe today. Read
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£2million Olympic legacy funding awarded to West Midlands projects
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
Almost £2 million of Olympic legacy funding has been awarded to 39 community sports projects across the West Midlands. Read
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Belfry golf club up for sale as debts exceed £100million
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
THE Midlands’ world-famous Belfry hotel and golf resort is up for sale – despite a reported £105 million debt pile, it is claimed. Read
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Special Feature: Remembering the role William McGregor had on creating the football world we know today
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
OVER the years, it could be argued, Birmingham has often been too modest about its achievements. Read
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Three survive Solihull house fire after hair-straighteners spark blaze
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
THREE people fled a house in Solihull when a set of hair straighteners caught fire after being left on a bed. Read
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Meriden gypsy protest eviction decision put on ice
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
A DECISION to force residents who set up a protest camp after gypsies moved onto nearby green belt land to leave has been deferred. Read
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THE Environment Agency re-stocked Midland rivers with almost 100,000 new fish during 2011.
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
The fish are all coarse fish species: Grayling, Chub, Roach, Barbel and Dace, and have been introduced to rivers around the region such as the Leam, Trent and Tame. Read
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Birmingham youth urged to contribute to their communities
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
YOUNG people from across Birmingham gathered together yesterday for a conference aimed at giving youth a voice. Read
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Cash payments for scrap metal to be outlawed
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
Plans to change the law were revealed to Labour MPs Chris Kelly (Dudley South) and Margot James (Stourbridge) in a meeting with a Home Office minister. Ms James has already proposed laws which would end cash payments, which campaigners see as an essential step to cracking down on metal theft. But her proposals were unlikely to get anywhere without the backing of the Government – which she has now received. Read
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Birmingham city council wants 300 new foster parents
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
A NEW appeal has been launched to appoint 300 new foster parents over the next year to look after some of Birmingham’s most vulnerable children. Read
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Former Aston Villa striker Stan Collymore helps raise £20,000 for depression charity
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
The effort is to fund a new service that will link together people with depression across the country to stop the loneliness and isolation that people so often feel when the condition kicks in. Read
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Birmingham bus fares hike is "disappointing", says campaign group
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
A PUBLIC transport campaign group has described the decision to put up bus fares “an unwelcome start to 2012”. Read
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The Avengers' Gerry Levene dies aged 72
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
The rock ‘n’ roller, who fronted a band called The Avengers and gigged with many of the city’s stars of the 1960s, had fought the condition for many years. Read
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Dozen West Midland travel stores to close
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
NEARLY 70 travel jobs face the axe throughout the West Midlands with the closure of 12 regional stores across the Co-op Travel and Thomas Cook empire. Read
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Tone-deaf Brummies get singing challenge for musician's charity fund-raiser with Boy George
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
TONE-deaf Brummies have been set the challenge of learning to sing in just a month for a musician’s cancer charity fund-raiser with pop superstar Boy George. Read
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Police set-up stall in Birmingham's Christmas German Market to deter thieves
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
POLICE urged shoppers to be on their guard against pickpockets during the Christmas rush. Read
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Saltley nursery celebrate festive season with nativity
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
TOTS at a Birmingham nursery trod the boards at the school’s annual nativity play. Read
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Birmingham cabbies face ban for plying for hire
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
MINICAB drivers caught plying for hire on Birmingham’s streets face losing their license for a first offence following a meeting of city licensing chiefs. Read
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Handsworth Wood Scout Group opens new headquarters
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM scout group has unveiled its new headquarters after raising an impressive £115,000. Read
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Salsa charity night
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
BRUMMIES can dance away the festive bulge and raise money for an animal rescue charity. Read
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Bromford Housing Association issues warning over Christmas
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
A CITY housing association has issued a plea to Brummies to keep an eye on their elderly neighbour and other vulnerable people who could be at risk from pneumonia or hypothermia during the cold weather. Read
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Tours of the Birmingham Womens Hospital birthing suite
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
EXPECTANT mothers can start preparing for the big day by visiting a birthing suite. Read
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Hagley Road Rainbow Casino rioters jailed for 15 years
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
THREE masked raiders have been jailed for more than 15 years in total for smashing their way into a Birmingham casino, plundering cash and terrifying staff and customers during the height of the riots. Read
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Teddy the loveable Birmingham fat cat that behaves like a dog
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
HIS collar says “Do Not Feed” and he’s a regular at fat fighters’ club but podgy cat Teddy is still putting on weight. Read
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Children need lessons to stop them getting into debt, say Midland MPs
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
CHILDREN need lessons to teach them how to be “financially literate” and taught in schools to use credit cards to avoid racking up debts as adults, Midland MPs have claimed. Read
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Severn Valley Railway set for Christmas boom
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
THE Severn Valley Railway begins its after-Christmas ‘Festive Season’ steam trains on Boxing Day after one of the best Santa seasons it has experienced in 40 years. Read
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Tipton former soldier to carry London 2012 Olympic torch
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
A FORMER West Midland soldier who was seriously injured in Iraq has been selected to be a torchbearer at the London 2012 Olympics. Read
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Solihull young people congratulated by Birmingham City star after good deed for the community
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
A GROUP of young people from Solihull were congratulated by Birmingham City star Curtis Davies after giving Robin Hood Cemetery a makeover. Read
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Birmingham City Council erects 'no cycling' sign on city cycling route
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
CONFUSING ‘no cycling’ signs have been bizarrely erected by the city council along a Birmingham section of the National Cycle Network. Read
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Father of love-triangle stab victim attacks justice system over Karla Biddle's early release from prison
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
Emma Bradshaw died after Karla Biddle slashed her 56 times with a kitchen knife at the Solihull home of their two-timing boyfriend Ashley Watson on May 14, 2008. Here, Emma's dad, Michael, speaks out for the first time in an interview with Christina Savvas. Read
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Ladywood cancer victim burgled while at hospital
Dec 22 2011 | Top Stories
BURGLARS stole Christmas presents a cancer sufferer had bought for his family from his home as he attended a hospital appointment. Read
