http://www.birminghammail.net/ Visit the brand new Birmingham Mail newspaper website. Read Birmingham news, updates on Birmingham City and Aston Villa, find jobs in Birmingham & much more. en-gb http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/03/birmingham-teacher-becomes-top-referee-97319-21221192/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:06:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2008/07/03/birmingham-teacher-becomes-top-referee-97319-21221192/ DREAMS of stepping on to the turf at a Championship League match have come true for a Birmingham teacher who has graduated to become a top ref. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/07/01/widow-grief-at-road-death-97319-21207471/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:10:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/07/01/widow-grief-at-road-death-97319-21207471/ A WIDOW today told of her heartbreak after the death of her Midland motor racing husband who died in a car crash on his way home from a rally. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/06/30/heart-care-machines-at-solihull-surgeries-97319-21203064/ Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:06:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/06/30/heart-care-machines-at-solihull-surgeries-97319-21203064/ A PIONEER scheme to cut heart attack deaths will see life-saving equipment provided to GP and dental surgeries. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/06/25/solihull-dentist-takes-part-in-charity-flight-97319-21150003/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:47:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/06/25/solihull-dentist-takes-part-in-charity-flight-97319-21150003/ MOST people approaching their 50th birthday may consider throwing a party to celebrate the milestone. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/06/03/vast-crowds-expected-for-annual-solihull-carnival-97319-21017266/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:31:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/06/03/vast-crowds-expected-for-annual-solihull-carnival-97319-21017266/ MUSIC, dancing and clowning around is on the cards for families at a carnival set to be staged in the Midlands this weekend. Organisers of Solihull Carnival hope the event will attract crowds of thousands of people from across the Midlands on Saturday. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/29/musician-giovanna-olvera-to-be-face-of-solihull-shopping-centre-97319-20992708/ Thu, 29 May 2008 12:59:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/29/musician-giovanna-olvera-to-be-face-of-solihull-shopping-centre-97319-20992708/ A MUSICIAN has certainly struck a chord with judges after being picked to be the new face of a Midlands shopping centre. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/16/actress-stephanie-cole-returns-to-hometown-of-solihull-97319-20920166/ Fri, 16 May 2008 07:23:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/16/actress-stephanie-cole-returns-to-hometown-of-solihull-97319-20920166/ POPULAR actress Stephanie Cole took a walk down memory lane when she visited the town of her birth for the first time in more than six decades. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/08/coroner-lacking-information-on-cave-drowning-97319-20878467/ Thu, 08 May 2008 06:43:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/08/coroner-lacking-information-on-cave-drowning-97319-20878467/ BIRMINGHAM Coroner Aidan Cotter told the family of a Solihull man who drowned in Thailand that “the purposes of an inquest” could not be met because of a lack of information. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/local-elections-2008/latest-news/2008/05/02/solihull-labour-leader-loses-his-seat-97319-20854316/ Fri, 02 May 2008 12:16:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/local-elections-2008/latest-news/2008/05/02/solihull-labour-leader-loses-his-seat-97319-20854316/ THE leader of the Labour group in Solihull today lost his seat to the Green Party. http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/02/clothes-go-under-the-hammer-97319-20854154/ Fri, 02 May 2008 11:17:00 GMT http://www.birminghammail.net/news/solihull-news/2008/05/02/clothes-go-under-the-hammer-97319-20854154/ THERE will certainly be a costume drama when clothes dating back to the 1700s go under the hammer at a Solihull auctioneers. Bonhams, in Station Road, Knowle, is preparing to sell off items which would have belonged to some of the best dressed people of the day next week.