Birmingham Mail (England) back issues from April 2008:
Teacher: My two years of hell; Man cleared of attacking tearaway pupil.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Edward Chadwick A SCIENCE teacher was today starting to rebuild his career after a tearaway pupil's claims that he was violently attacked in class were exposed as lies. Shakil Akhter was yesterday cleared at a General Teaching Council misconduct hearing of ...
Flats replace eyesore pub.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN ERDINGTON councillor has "topped off" a new development at a former eyesore Erdington pub at the Six Ways island. Coun Mick Finnegan (Lab, Stockland Green) was at the new Queens Court, development, which has replaced the derilect Queen's Head that was the centre of a ...
Rachael in battle on the ski slopes.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A BIRMINGHAM Army officer has been battling it out on the downhill slopes with the best of the armed forces skiers at the Inter Services Ski and Snowboard Championships in the French Alps. Captain Rachael Cooper, one of the Army's top female skiers, joined over 100 servicemen ...
Sky's the limit for Laura.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A YOUNG Erdington woman is taking a mighty plunge this month to help raise money for an Erdington hospice in memory of her late father. Laura O'Donovan will take a 12,000ft skydive to thank staff at Erdington's John Taylor Hospice in Grange Road for their care of her father ...
Safety is priority for chief.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... STAFFORDSHIRE'S most senior police officer will be going back on the beat to meet residents on Saturday as part of an on-going initiative. Chief Constable Chris Sims will hit the streets of Burntwood from 1pm with one of the town's neighbourhood beat officers PC Steve Bristow. ...
Sherlock Holmes is centre stage.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THEATRE goers will get an insight into the mind of the world's greatest fictional detective this month. Roger Llewellyn stars in "Sherlock Holmes - The Last Act", a solo play that will be performed at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre on April 12 from 7.30pm. Set in ...
Boost for families hit by flood misery; RECOVERY: Cash to help communities get back to normal.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gurdip Thandi COUNCIL chiefs have been given a welcome cash boost to help get communities still affected by last year's flooding back on their feet. Floods Recovery Minister John Healey announced almost pounds 30,000 funding for Lichfield District Council ...
Chance to catch a Fame-ous Sixties star.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... JAZZ and rhythm and blues star Georgie Fame will be delighting music fans in Staffordshire later this month. Georgie Fame & Sons will be coming to the Assembly Rooms in Tamworth on April 18, from 7pm. Tickets for ...
Tories angry after Labour hit the bottle.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Gurdip Thandi TORY councillors in Staffordshire have criticised their Labour rivals for splashing out almost pounds 55,000 on bottled water in a year. Conservatives on Staffordshire County Council said the Labour-run authority was wasting money and ...
Appeal over energy law.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... STAFFORDSHIRE county councillors have backed a resolution to urge the Government and MPs to support a new law to force councils to build public buildings that were energy efficient. Members from across the party spectrum supported a motion from the council's climate change ...
Hospital sparkles with staff talent; ART: Sangeeta's the jewel of the team as work takes pride of place on wards.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani HEALTH CORRESPONDENT EAST Birmingham hospital bosses have uncovered a gem in their workforce and are displaying the jewelled evidence for all to see. Sangeeta Dabhi, a personal assistant in Heartlands Hospital's diabetes team, is a talented ...
Police delight over fall in crime levels.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... POLICE in Stechford are celebrating after cutting crime in the area over the last 12 months. Chief Supt Clive Burgess led the tributes to his officers after new statistics were published. He said: "The year 2007/8 has been exceptional for reducing crime in the area. ...
Dig deep and donate tools.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... GREEN fingered children have issued an appeal for help in making their dreams for a thriving allotment bear fruit. Youngsters at St Benedict's School, Yardley, have begun working a plot on nearby Yardley Green Road to grow their own healthy produce - but their plans have been ...
Birmingham Magistrates.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... CASES dealt with by Birmingham magistrates on March 20 included: Adam Easton Beckford, 32, of West Boulevard, Quinton, drunk and disorderly, failure to surrender to custody while bailed, pounds 100 fine, pounds 87 costs; Christopher Ryan Sinclaire, 18, of Redditch Road, Kings Norton, ...
Finally, it's lights, camera, action...(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... CRIME cameras costing pounds 210,000 for Wednesbury town centre, whose operation was delayed through a technical hitch, are now up and running. The system, comprising seven cameras and monitoring equipment, was to have made its debut with the completion and opening of the new ...
Kids can get connected.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MAJOR survey to get the views of thousands of Midland teenagers is being launched. Connexions Black Country is carrying out the online Young People 2008 survey to ...
Donation helps maternity unit; HEALTH: Grieving couple give something back to Dudley hospital.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tony Deeley A BLACK Country couple who tragically lost a baby last year have donated pounds 1,800 worth of equipment to the hospital that cared for them. Zoe and Dave Tolley from Sedgley donated the equipment to the maternity unit at Russells Hall ...
Celebrating a decade of aid.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... WEST Bromwich Building Society's 10-year relationship with the Diocese of Lichfield is to be celebrated with a special event this month. The Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill, will go to the society's headquarters on April 8 to unveil a commemorative plaque with ...
BIRMINGHAM MAIL.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... WHEN their pupils decide to allege misconduct, teachers are vulnerable. Head-teachers and governors have no choice but to take seriously complaints made by children. Often that must involve temporary suspension. Imagine the outcry if they allowed a member of staff to ...
Letter: Your Say - Stick to the real thing; In association with POST OFFICE.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Brian McEvoy I SEE that the city centre beach won't be returning in 2008 (Mail, March 27). I'm sure I speak for many readers when I say "good riddance" to it. What was the point of it? The thing was closed due to bad ...
Letter: Your Say - IT'S a real shame; In association with POST OFFICE.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jenny Berki IT'S a real shame that Birmingham's beach won't be returning this summer. When the idea for the beach was first proposed, I had mixed feelings, but once I saw it I was very impressed. It was a real draw for locals and tourists alike and ...
Letter: Your Say - Sharing scam; In association with POST OFFICE.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: R Allcock SO THE truth is finally out - the car sharing lane on the A47 is simply a money-making scam. Why are we surprised? I have driven along that road during the car sharing times and there are hardly any cars in the left hand lane while the ...
Letter: Your Say - Beer at homes; In association with POST OFFICE.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mrs P Steer MY MEMORIES of Davenports are when they started to build the brewery. My grandparents lived in Chequers Walk which was off Bath Row. They lived in a row of back to back houses. ...
Letter: Your Say - Cigs action; In association with POST OFFICE.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alex Perry I WOULD like to take the opportunity to respond to the points raised by four of your readers regarding smoking on buses in From The Forum ( Mail, March 20). For your readers to suggest that we are doing nothing to address the problem of smoking on ...
Letter: Your Say - No real poverty; In association with POST OFFICE.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Barbara Dunn MARTIN Narey ( Mail, March 21), of Barnado's, says that Maureen Messent is wrong in claiming children in the UK don't live in poverty. When was the last time Mr Narey fell over a dying child in the street or witnessed them eating baked rat? ...
Letter: Your Say - Losing battle; In association with POST OFFICE.(Letters)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Peers RECRUITMENT for the armed forces is down. At last people are coming to their senses and choosing not to become killers at someone else's instigation. To combat this trend we have adopted the policies of Hess and the Nazi party by applying ...
Get In Touch; In association with POST OFFICE.(Features)
Apr 01, 2008 ... This page is about YOUR views. Write to The Editor, Birmingham Mail, PO Box 78, Weaman Street, Birmingham B4 6AY, email paul.fulford@birminghammail.net or click on to www.birminghammail.net/forums. Alternatively call freephone number 0800 138 2555 or 0870 830 6985 between 12noon and 9pm ...
OAPs' fury at house plan; PROTEST: Fears over homeless moving in next door.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Poppy Brady RETIRED Brimingham highflyers are outraged by plans to convert an empty house into a residential institution for previously homeless young people. Senior citizens living in the Sunrise Senior Living complex in Church Road, Edgbaston, are ...
PO robbery car recovered.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... POLICE investigating an armed robbery at a Worcestershire post office have recovered the car used by offenders to flee the scene. The silver BMW 1-Series was found parked in Waverley Crescent, Romsley, within a mile of the post office. It had ...
Training boost for classroom skills.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TEACHERS in the West Midlands are being encouraged to take advantage of a new government training scheme. Lifelong Learning UK, the Sector Skills Council responsible for learning and development in the education sector, is advising the 3,525 trainers in the region to boost their ...
World class surgery.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PIONEERING hip surgery first launched in Birmingham could be exported to Thailand it's been revealed. Trade and Investment Minister Lord Digby Jones has ...
Missing the relief boat; FINANCE: Companies 'ignorant' over rate reductions.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jon Griffin FIRMS throughout the West Midlands have been warned they could be missing out on thousands of pounds in temporary rate reductions. Many companies are unaware they can apply for a temporary reduction in rates if their business is disturbed by ...
Wright on for finals.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BIRMINGHAM-based JS Wright has cemented its status as one of the UK's leading building services providers after being shortlisted for a national award. The company, based at Portland Street in Aston, has been judged one of the three finalists for the title of HVAC (Heating ...
Rail on move.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... VTG Rail is moving to Quinton Business Park, Birmingham, into Sir Stanley Clarke House, the home ...
Deal accepted.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BECTU members working for BBC TV Outside Broadcasts have voted overwhelmingly to accept a deal on the ...
Powered up.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... E.ON, one of the UK's leading power generators, is to be one of the ...
New scheme.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... COMPANIES across Warwickshire have risen to the environmental challenge to save ...
Office revamp.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... DAVIES and Partners solicitors are relocating their Midlands offices to ...
Firm ideas.(Business)
Apr 01, 2008 ... BIRMINGHAM City University's Technology Innovation Centre is helping raise small businesses' ...
Football: O'Neill: It's a win at all costs now! Villa desperate to stop the rot.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Bill Howell OUR MAN AT VILLA MARTIN O'Neill says this weekend's visit of struggling Bolton to Villa Park is simply a 'must-win' fixture. And the Irishman, keen to end a run of three straight defeats and just one point from two home matches, is desperate to ...
Football: Survival is no safe bet for Blues, says Radhi.(Sport)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Colin Tattum OUR MAN AT BLUES RADHI Jaidi today told Blues to remember last season's Championship run-in and forget any thoughts of safety. The big centre-half said he refused to believe Blues were all but secure in the Premier League. Last ...
Lessons in exam success.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... YOUNGSTERS at a primary school are continuing their run of recordbreaking successes in this year's 11-plus exams. Almost 90 pupils at Edgbaston's Blue Coat School have won places at the city's grammar schools or leading independent schools in exams that are noted as the most ...
In the saddle to raise funds.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Mail Reporter STAFF at a Selly Oak supermarket got on their bikes and raised pounds 1,170 for Sport Relief. Sainsbury's borrowed two exercise bikes from LA Fitness in Northfield for the challenge. Their aim was to cycle 300 miles over two days ...
School 'failing' its youngsters; EDUCATION: Special measures follow damning inspectors' report.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tony Collins A SECOND primary school in south Birmingham has been given a "failing" tag by Government inspectors who slammed its overall effectiveness as inadequate. Primrose Hill Community School in Tees Grove, Kings Norton, has been put into "special ...
Murals on view at opticians.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... PARTIALLY sighted students at a Birmingham college have been helping to brighten up surroundings for staff at a local opticians. Dollond & Aitchison has had a series of murals painted at its Birmingham support centre in Hagley Road, Edgbaston, as part of its ongoing partnership ...
Friends of cemetery.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... THE Friends of Brandwood End Cemetery are holding their annual general meeting this month. The ...
Come join the carnival.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ORGANISERS of Northfield Carnival are appealing for donations and prizes for this year's ...
Hunt for youth in failed robbery.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A KNIFE-wielding teenager held up a Chinese takeaway in Kidderminster. The youth went into the Hong Kong Kitchen in Longfellow Green and demanded money as he threatened staff with a 12in knife just before 11pm on Saturday, March 22. An assistant refused to hand over ...
Creature comforts.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... WALLY'S Woodland Adventure and Creative Crawley Creature workshops are being held for six to 12-year-olds today and ...
Snapper sees the big picture.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A PARTIALLY sighted student from Redditch has enlisted the help of police officers in a bid to pursue a career in photography. Wesley Hambleton, 30, from Church Hill, has refused to let his sight problems halt his ambitions to become a topclass photographer and is now taking a ...
Huge salaries top pounds 500,000 a year; TAXPAYERS' DISGUST: Council forks out a half million for five workers.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Bradley MORE than half a million pounds of Worcestershire taxpayers' money is being spent on the wages of five council bosses, a report has revealed. Top dogs at Worcestershire County Council are earning salaries in excess of pounds 100,000 with the ...
Trish takes on top job at council.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... WORCESTERSHIRE County Council's first female chief executive has taken over the reins of the top post at County Hall. Trish Haines replaces Rob Sykes who stepped down after 10 years in the role. Mrs Haines, who will also be filling the role of president of the ...
Support has a lot of style.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... FASHION fanatics took to the catwalk in the name of charity as women in Bromsgrove set this year's trends. Businesswomen from across the region joined forces in the Spadesbourne Suite in the Council House, as 20 stalls were set up to raise funds for Bromsgrove District Council ...
Macmillan founder set to bow out.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A NURSE who helped found the Macmillan service in Solihull is retiring after clocking up more than 20 years caring for people with life-limiting illnesses. Sue Harris, clinical nurse specialist, was the first nurse to be appointed to Solihull NHS Care Trust's Macmillan service ...
Worldwide winning number.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... AN accountant from Birmingham International Airport is flying high after proving she is a world leader at exams. Hollie Stanton, from Sutton Coldfield, took the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) exams in November, and not only did she pass in style, but she ...
Discover more about the Knights.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... HISTORY enthusiasts keen to find out more about the Knights Templar can enjoy a slice of the action after roaming around a village near Solihull. The Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson will be serving cups of ...
Speeding driver hit family car - claim; COURT: Baby was left seriously injured after horror collision.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Nick McCarthy THE inexperienced young driver of a powerful Range Rover Sport has denied dangerous driving and speeding at 70mph moments before a head-on crash left a baby with serious injuries. Antonio Boparan Singh, 21, of Shivalika House, Roman Lane, ...
Police plea for crash witnesses.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... POLICE today appealed for witnesses to a crash in Kidderminster which killed one man and left two others fighting for life. The victims were among a total of six people who were hurt in the accident. Police have questioned two men who were arrested at the scene on ...
STUMPED... We've run out of ladies! SPORT: Women's cricket team could be hit for six if more players aren't found.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jasbir Authi A BIRMINGHAM ladies' cricket team could be facing their final innings unless new members are found. Moseley Ashfield Cricket Club could be stumped if 20 players don't stump up for the upcoming season. The cricket club, off Yardley ...
More council strikes 'would break law'.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... TRADE unions may be acting unlawfully if they call further strikes over Birmingham City Council's controversial salary shake-up without putting an improved offer to a formal ballot, a senior politician warned today. Coun Alan Rudge, the human resources cabinet member responsible ...
Mum badly hurt in crash with a van.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... A MOTHER-of-two was seriously injured when her car crashed with a van. An accident involving the Renault - carrying the woman and her two young daughters - and a white Transit happened on Bleak House Road, Oldbury, at around 9.30 last night, with one of the vehicles hitting a ...
Police hunt stab suspect.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... POLICE were today still hunting a man they want to trace in connection with the murder of a father-of-five stabbed to death at a Birmingham pub. Andrew Mark Rowley, 38, was killed in a row outside the Bugle Horn Pub on Wareham Road, Frankley last Wednesday. A post ...
The World: Zimbabwe poll fear.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ZIMBABWE remained in limbo today as election results slowly trickled out, increasing fears that President Robert Mugabe ...
The World: 'Kidnap' 6 freed.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... ALL six French aid workers convicted of a mass kidnapping in Chad have been freed in France, hours after the Chadian president formally pardoned the group. The six, from ...
The World: It just won't do.(News)
Apr 01, 2008 ... KEVIN Spacey has hit out at the BBC for promoting musicals like The Sound of Music and Any Dream Will Do through its Andrew Lloyd Webber TV talent ...