Birmingham Mail (England) back issues from January 2008:
Brrrr... Have an ice New Year! Snow set to hit big rush back to work.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... COMMUTERS returning to work after the festive break should dig out their scarves and hats as icy weather is due to hit the Midlands. As if going back to work after nearly a fortnight is not bad enough, workers will also have to contend with the misery and mayhem snow will bring. ...
Mum recovering from dog attack; ROTTWEILER: Woman suffered crushed arm bones in mauling.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tony Deeley A BLACK Country mother was recovering in hospital today after being bitten in a vicious attack by a rottweiler dog. Mother-of-two Jodie Ingle-son, aged 26, of Fisher Street, Brierley Hill, underwent surgery after the dog sank its teeth into her ...
A saucy calendar gets the pulses racing! CAMPAIGN: Hot stuff on hospital wards is just the tonic for charity.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani HEALTH CORRESPONDENT OOOH matron! Temperatures were rising on the wards at a Birmingham hospital after nurses and doctors posed for a saucy calendar. Nurses swapped their uniforms for bunny ears, stockings and suspenders to bring new life to a ...
Drama as man pulled from river.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jane Tyler A MAN has been rescued by ambulance crews from near death in a freezing Midlands river. He was found lying in shallow waters in the River Salwarpe, in Droitwich, yes- terday lunchtime. Passers-by said the man, in his 30s, had been in the water for between ...
Guinea pig Sheep is stolen.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THIEVES climbed into the garden of a Midlands house and stole a guinea pig from its hutch. Its owners are said to be devastated because the guinea pig calle dSheep - so named because she is white and fluffy - was a much-loved family pet. She was stolen from her hutch ...
25-year crime fight.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch group in Pelsall has been celebrating 25 years of crime prevention with local officers. Officers from the Pelsall neighbourhood team presented the Pelsall, High Heath and Shelfield Neighbourhood Watch Association with a specially-made cake. Sgt ...
Rugby star denial; TheWorld.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... ENGLAND rugby star Olly Barkley pleaded not guilty to assaulting a fellow guest at a wedding when he appeared before Aylesbury ...
Tributes to gran; The World.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE family of a woman stabbed to death on Christmas Day paid tribute to "a sprightly lady who loved life". The body of 62-year-old ...
Leon pulls plug; The World.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... X Factor winner Leon Jackson pulled out of Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations due to ill health last night. ...
Pensions plea; The World.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A LEADING pensioners' group has announced plans to mark the centenary of the state pension in 2008 by stepping up demands for an increase in the weekly payment. ...
Cavers named; The World.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... TWO cavers who died after being trapped by rising waters were named by police as Caroline Jane Fletcher, 28, of Riddlesden in Keighley, West ...
Keira's classic; The World.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE emerald green dress worn by Keira Knightley in Atonement has been voted the best film costume of all time. The bias-cut, backless ...
French revolution; The World.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE French ban on smoking in cafes and other public places which starts today will be a "revolution" for the country, the health ...
Man quizzed over DJ death; RADIO: Police make arrest on suspicion of supplying drugs.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By John Fahey A MAN has been arrested following the death of radio presenter Kevin Greening, Scotland Yard said. The arrested man is in his fifties and has been questioned on suspicion of possessing and intending to supply Class A drugs, police said last ...
Good Evans! Who's that at Billie's wedding...(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... STARS of big and small screen turned out for the wedding of Billie Piper to fellow actor Laurence Fox. The 25-year-old was five minutes early for the ceremony at the Parish Church of St Mary's in Easebourne, West Sussex, yesterday. Dr Who star David Tennant, Fox's ...
WPC is shot by gunman.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A GUNMAN was on the loose last night after a policewoman was shot by a robber fleeing from a pub raid. Dog handler Katie Johnson, aged 29, was blasted in the leg by a shotgun as she responded to a 999 call from the Hospital Inn, in Bamber Bridge, near Preston, at 8.15am ...
Murder hunt in triple shooting.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A MURDER inquiry has been launched after three men arrived at a hospital with gunshot wounds. Medics called officers from Greater Manchester Police to North Manchester General Hospital this evening after the men arrived bleeding. A force ...
Burglars trash new advice centre site; CRIME: pounds 10,000 damage at base which is yet to be officially opened.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani BURGLARS trashed a Midland advice centre aimed at helping vulnerable people - before it has even been officially opened. Crooks destroyed the new Citizens Advice Bureau, in Chelmsley Wood, causing pounds 10,000 damage and stealing 11 computers ...
Fight to make caverns dream a reality.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tony Deeley A CIVIC leader has spoken of his determination to see the multi-million pound Black Country Urban Park scheme become a reality. The project, which would see Dudley's famous limestone caverns opened as a world attraction, canals throughout the ...
Litter loutsare handed pounds 80 fines.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THREE litterbugs were hit with pounds 80 fixed penalty fines in a clampdown in Walsall. The fines were imposed on two people seen dropping rubbish near Oak Park Leisure Centre, in High Street, Walsall ...
Nut allergy link.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... INFANTS whose family members eat lots of peanuts may be at greater risk of developing allergies to them, new research suggests. Average weekly ...
Court creche.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... PARENTS can leave their young children in trusty hands when they visit Birmingham Law Courts. The Methodist Church Centre, in ...
It's a darned nice house..! CHARITY: Knitted home on its way to Brum.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Chris Court A UNIQUE knitted house which has already raised up to pounds 20,000 for charity is to continue its UK tour with a visit to Birmingham this year. The 140 sq ft Gingerbread House is made of millions of stitches knitted by hundreds of women across ...
Man, 43, attacked in street.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A MAN was punched in the face during an unprovoked attack in the street in Redditch. It happened at about 5.45pm, on December 21, as the 43-year-old man was walking along Mount Pleasant towards the town centre. He met two men coming in the other direction and he moved ...
Hospital site is sold off.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... THE former Guest Hospital in Dudley has been sold off with the site set to be transformed by a housing development. The Dudley Group of Hospitals has agreed the sale of the hospital, which closed to patients in September as ...
Car ploughs into garden.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A STOLEN car smashed into the garden of a Birmingham house. The car ploughed into the garden of the home in Prestwood Road, Weoley Castle, after hitting a ...
Quiz of the day.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... 1. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appealed for calm in which country after a political assassination? 2. Which party leader has said 2008 is the year to "bring down" the Government's ID card plans? 3. What will 1.2 million English people try to stop doing ...
Will you turn over a new leaf in 2008? RESOLUTIONS: City shoppers share their plans for this coming year.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Adam Smith IT'S that time again! New Year is when we reflect on the year past and come up with our resolutions for the 12 months ahead. And the shoppers at Birmingham's Bull Ring certainly were not short of a few ideas to improve their lives and ...
Councils in green plant bid.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani A MIDLAND council is teaming up with neighbouring authorities in a battle to save the planet. Solihull, Warwickshire and Coventry councils are joining forces to create a new more efficient waste from energy plant to replace the existing one ...
Firefighters free finger.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN was trapped against a vending machine for an hour after her finger got stuck while trying to retrieve some change. Firefighters were called ...
Revamp for glassmaker monument.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A MONUMENT dedicated to world-famous glass manufacturer James Chance is to be totally restored. A bronze bust of Chance was stolen from the monument in West Smethwick Park, Smethwick, several years ago. Last year, the bronze plaque which went with the bust was stolen ...
Designs for new station slammed; TRANSPORT: pounds 15m coach hub plans branded a 'car junk yard'.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil Elkes Local Government Correspondent DESIGNS for the new Digbeth Coach Station have been likened to a "car junk yard" by city conservationists. Outraged members of the city's Heritage Panel slammed plans for the pounds 15 million overhaul as not good ...
Police plea over stolen caravan.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... POLICE are urging Midland householders to be on the lookout for an pounds 18,000 caravan which was stolen over the Christmas holiday. Thieves towed away the white Aldis Storm four-berth caravan from a storage area at Great Comberton Golf Club, in Pershore Road, Great Comberton, ...
Paramedics to rescue in cooker fire.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... AN ELDERLY man was rescued by paramedics after being overcome by fumes from burning food on a cooker at his Black Country home. Crews kicked in the door of the man's flat in Dudley to reach him. They revived him with oxygen and he was then taken to Russells Hall ...
Rider falls from horse.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN was airlifted to New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, on Sunday after falling from a horse in Gospel End Road, Sedgley. ...
We'll give Tokyo a twirl! PERFORMING ARTS: City's ballet company proves a sell-out with Far Eastern horizons.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Diane Parkes DANCERS from Birmingham Royal Ballet were today jetting off to Japan to begin a three-week tour of the country. More than 100 dancers, ballet and orchestra staff, pianists, technicians and wardrobe assistants will be visiting the cities of ...
Warning of roadworks.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... MAJOR hold-ups are expected along one of the main arterial commuter routes in and out of Birmingham for the first half of 2008 as Severn Trent carries out a major water main replacement programme. The work will involve city-bound routes along Hagley Road in Edgbaston, between ...
Rare chance for a little daydreaming.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karren Brady DESERT Island Discs is perhaps the only programme you dream of appearing on and then dream when you're on it. My chance to choose eight pieces of music and mix fact with fantasy came after the seagulls cries on New Year's Eve. I do not ...
Plea for learning pledge; EDUCATION: 'Real life' experiences.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tony Collins PARENTS, teachers and governors at schools in Birmingham are being urged to make a New Year's resolution for 2008 of pledging to offer their pupils the experience of learning outside the classroom. Local authorities, schools and organisations ...
Offer is perfect match.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karren Brady BLUES goalie Maik Taylor has helped to launch a new scheme to get more young people to FA Cup games. He took part in a photo-shoot at Birmingham City's St Andrew's ground where the FA were launching their One FA Cup promotion. The FA ...
Antique sale raises cash for sick tots.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karren Brady A BIRMINGHAM auctioneers has turned antiques into treasure for Birmingham Children's Hospital. Fellows and Sons, in the Jewellery Quarter, donated pounds 390 from the sale of discarded jewellery boxes for the hospital's new specialist burns ...
University enlists cancer scientist.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karren Brady A LEADING cancer scientist has been enlisted to drive Birmingham University to new heights. Professor Lawrence Young ( pictured) will take up the role of head of the College of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences from today. The ...
OAP in fall ordeal.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: Karren Brady A MIDLAND pensioner escaped serious injury when he plunged 17ft from the roof of his house. The 78-year-old man fell from the top a ladder at his ...
That me answar!(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani THE crunch of metalre sounded around a Birmingham museum as TV'spopular Robot Wars came tothe city. Some of the meanest robots around did battle at a specially constructed arena at Think tank, in Digbeth, to the delight of fans of all ages. ...
Staff in armed robbery ordeal; CRIME: Gun brandished at assistant.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Cullwick CHIEF REPORTER TWO thieves who masked their faces with scarfs bran-dished a fake gun at a terri-fied Midland shop assistant before making off with hundreds of pounds. Police today appealed for wit-nesses to the incident, which happened at the ...
A MIDLAND shop.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A MIDLAND shop assistant was given a black eye and broken nose when she fought back during an armedrobbery. A masked pair of robbers, aman and woman wearingscarves, burst into the One Stop Shop, in Woodrow Lane, Catshill, Bromsgrove, threatening to shoot the shop assistants with ...
Team spies way to race for gold; SPORT: Crime-busting technology to aid Olympic bobsleigh squad.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jon Griffin A BIRMINGHAM company is backing the British Bobsleigh team in its bid for Olympic glory by adapting crime-busting technology to the slopes. Security firm Scyron hopes the British team will gain a medal-winning edge by using its video ...
Expert presents sci-fi world in classroom.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... STUDENTS came came to face with a cyborg during a seasonal lecture at a Birmingham university. Prof Kevin Warwick, who delivered this year's Aston University Christmas Lecture, explained the ways in which technology and biology are merging to create what in the science fiction ...
Warning to men over prostate cancer checks.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... MIDLAND men are being urged to take life into their own hands and not let a 'macho' image get in the way of getting checks for a killer disease. Prostate cancer kills around 10,000 men every year in the UK because it is not diagnosed early enough, leading charity Prostate UK ...
Landmark build gets go ahead.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil Elkes A LANDMARK 23-storey city centre apartment development has been given the go ahead by planners. The pounds 100 million City Park Gate project will be build on seven acres of land cleared by the demolition of the Masshouse Circus roundabout after ...
Priest set to return.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A BIRMINGHAM priest cleared of sexually assaulting two boys will return to work this month. Honorary Canon, Fr John Herve, walked free from court last month after the case against him was dropped. The 57-year-old met with Bishop of Birmingham, the Rt Rev David ...
Prayers answered as son tracks down dad after 35 years; REUNITED: Father's joy as internet search comes up trumps.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Lillington A BIRMINGHAM man who spent years searching for his father finally got to meet him for the first time after he tracked him down over the internet. Paul Ashworth, of Common Lane, Washwood Heath, posted a message on the Genes Reunited ...
Boy hurt in hit-and-run.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... A YOUNG boy was taken to hospital after a hit-and-run in the Black Country. The incident happened in Middlepark Road, Russells Hall estate, Dudley, at around 10.45am yesterday ....
Care homes praised for commitment to patients.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... MORE than 40 Birmingham care homes have won praise from palliative care specialists for their commitment to providing a quality care to terminally ill patients. The homes have seen vast improvements after signing up for a special service run by Pan Birmingham Palliative Care ...
New Street v. St Pancras; MAIL NEWS FOCUS How Brum's gloomy main station is still waiting for the kind of makeover that has transformed London's premier rail gateway into an pounds 800m jewel.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Will Oliphant AS LONDON launched its new Eurostar service following an pounds 800 million refurbisment of St Pancras station, Birmingham is still left feeling like a poor relation. Despite securing pounds 128 million in funding from the Government for the ...
From bright Champagne bar to gloomy underground platforms; MAIL NEWS FOCUS.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Will Oliphant CHAMPAGNE bars, gastro pubs, new shops and modern timetables. Down at heel platforms, grimy corridors and urine soaked walkways. The difference between the gateway to the West Midlands and the new pounds 800 million St Pancras ...
106 arrested in crackdown on criminals.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Mark Cowan CANNABIS growers, counterfeiters and gang members were some of the 100-plus crooks nabbed in a six-week purge on crime in inner-city Birmingham. New figures revealed the blitz, codenamed Operation Intrusive, slashed crime in Aston, Ward End and ...
Alzheimer's patients hope.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani BIRMINGHAM scientists have been given a pounds 22,000 boost towards making a breakthrough for Alzheimer's patients. Researchers at Aston University were awarded the grant by the Alzheimer's Research Trust and could end up making a ...
Another helping of Rustie, 14 years on; FOOD AND DRINK: Celebrity chef launches her first recipe book since 1984.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Cullwick CELEBRITY chef Rustie Lee has proved it's never too late after launching a new book of tasty recipes - her first since 1984. It may have been more than two decades since the larger-than-life cook shot to fame, but she has failed to lose her ...
Sales up ten per cent.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Cullwick CHIEF REPORTER BUSINESS boomed in Birmingham this Christmas with shoppers turning out in force to snap up presents. Amid fears of a global credit crunch, Birmingham has ridden the storm and come out the other side, with city centre shops ...
Hunt for knife duo.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... POLICE are hunting two armed robbers who held shop assistants at knifepoint in Worcestershire. The masked men brandished knives and threatened staff at Kap Stores, in Astley Close, Redditch at 2.30pm on Friday. The robbers were white men. One was slim and ...
Treat for fans of Dancing.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... FANS of hit show Strictly Come Dancing can hotfoot it to Birmingham's Symphony Hall to see two of the show's stars perform with the CBSO. Anton du Beke and Erin Boag will be stepping out on stage for Symphony Ballroom this month. Audiences will hear melodies from the ...
Burglary warning.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... REVELLERS across the West Midlands could be waking up with more than just a hangover today - they could also discover their homes have been burgled. New Year's Eve is the peak time for burglars to break into UK houses. Zurich Insurance carried out a survey of ...
Help to keep children safe; EDUCATION: Road scheme for kids hailed a success.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Leda Reynolds A SCHEME which teaches children the importance of road safety has been hailed as a success in driving down casualties. A total of 600 children from schools across Solihull have been taking part in the council's Kerbcraft Child Pedestrian ...
Volunteer plea over future of services.(News)
Jan 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Neil Elkes VOLUNTEERS are needed to transform their neighourhoods by helping to shape local council services. Residents across south east Birmingham can sign up for the new Enterprising Communities Scheme where residents' views, needs and opinions will be ...