Birmingham Mail (England) back issues from June 2008:
Family: Our burglar terror; Intruder in children's bedroom.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Jasbir Authi A BIRMINGHAM family today described the terrifying moment that a burglar was discovered in their children's bedroom. Kayla Barnett, of Latelow Road in Lea Hall, is convinced that the sinister intruder was trying to abduct her nine-year-old ...
Anguish of M5 crash survivors; ACCIDENT: Hospital doctors tell girl, 11, that her dad is among victims.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Bradley A MOTHER and daughter from Birmingham who were badly injured in a tragic motorway crash were today recovering in hospital. The 11-year-old girl's father, who had been driving them back to their Edgbaston home after a holiday in Cornwall, was ...
Fun on the run; GREAT MIDLANDS FUN RUN: All shapes and sizes pound the streets for charity.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Bradley PEOPLE of all shapes and sizes donned their trainers and fancy dress outfits as they ran the Great Midlands Fun Run, in Sutton Coldfield. More than 5,000 competitors entered the annual race as they hoped to raise as much cash as possible for ...
Woman dies in 200ft fall on mountain.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A BIRMINGHAM woman died after she fell more than 200ft from a mountain in the Lake District. Claire Wright, aged 49, from Kings Heath, suffered head and leg injuries after plunging from Shamrock Crag, Scafell, in Cumbria. Paramedics desperately tried to save her as ...
The World: Man is in court.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A MAN was appearing in court today after another man was slashed twice with a knife. Police were called after the 37-year-old victim was attacked on the beach in Llandudno, ...
The World: Blasts injure 45.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A SERIES of blasts thought to be caused by a ruptured gas pipeline set off a fire in a hotel in the Bangladeshi capital, ...
The World: Hats off to Zara.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... ROYAL fashionista Zara Phillips has topped this year's Celebrity Hat Wearers list, it was announced today. The Queen's grand-daughter beat her cousin Princess ...
The World: Betting bonanza.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... LADBROKES has estimated a record pounds 350 million could be staked in the UK and Ireland on ...
The World: Bodies beautiful.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... MOST Britons are happy with their bodies, according to research published today. A survey commissioned for Trinny and ...
The World: Trust the BBC.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A REVIEW of how much the BBC pays stars such as Jonathan Ross is expected to clear the corporation of exceeding the going market rate, it was ...
Fashion icon dies aged 71; CULTURE: Life of legendary designer is celebrated.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Gary Marks LEGENDARY fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, whose designs moulded the shape of high street fashion, has died aged 71. The French designer rewrote the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant trousersuits that came to define how modern ...
Hollywood heritage a towering inferno.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BOSSES at one of Hollywood's largest film studios were today counting the cost of a blaze which ripped through Universal Studios. A set from Back To The Future, a King Kong exhibit and a streetscape seen frequently in movies and TV shows were among the items destroyed in the ...
Plan to curb teen drinking.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... ANYBODY looking under 21 will be challenged by bars and off-licences to prove they are an adult before being sold alcohol, under a Government initiative announced today. Vendors will also be subjected to a "two-strikes" rule on selling booze to children as ministers seek to curb ...
Bank set for deal.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... HIGH street banking giant Bradford & Bingley is expected to issue a profits warning today amid reports it is to sell a 23 per cent stake to a US private equity firm. The buy-to-let lender is believed to be poised to announce a deal which will see Texas Pacific Group take up ...
The World: Quiz of the day.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... 1. What percentage of parents read to youngsters on a daily basis? 2. Which seaside city is the happiest place to live in the UK? 3. What percentage of people said the Government had not done enough to earn the support of older voters at the next election? ...
Having a ball! SPORT: Gaelic footballers dazzle Brum with Irish skills.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Bradley WITH the English football season finished for the summer, all eyes turned to Birmingham to see budding Gaelic footballers battle it out. In the largest Gaelic football competition outside Ireland, more than 500 children took part in the two-day ...
Plea to halt tide of bargain stores.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BIRMINGHAM has been urged to do more to help smaller retailers as an increasing number of bargain stores spring up in the city centre's High Street. The thoroughfare now has six "pound shops", three to let units, two stores offering loans or cheque cashing services, one closing ...
Honest Poles hand in air vent treasure.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A PAIR of Polish workers found pounds 200,000 cash in an air vent in a Birmingham skyscraper - and handed the find to the local police station. The honest contractors, who had been installing an air conditioning unit in the city centre's Beetham Tower, stumbled across the ...
Red Arrows take the breath away.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Bradley THE Red Arrows were the star attraction at the RAF Cosford Air Show as they filled the skies with their breath-taking aerobatics. Hundreds of families looked to the heavens as they saw the incredible performances from the Typhoon display team ...
Union in talks on jobs threat; COUNCIL: Housing contract switch could result in redundancies.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Cullwick CHIEF REPORTER UNION officials are to hold talks with business chiefs in Birmingham over fears that up to 200 city workers who are contracted to maintain council housing are to lose their jobs. It is feared that 105 jobs could be axed at ...
Festive fun has a real message; CAMPAIGN: Celebration with climate change on agenda kicks off.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Patrice John ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT BIRMINGHAM city centre became a riot of sound and colour at the launch of a nine-day festival celebrating the value of the environment. Urban acrobats Parkour mixed with exhibition stands manned by environmentalists at ...
Police defend PCSO.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... POLICE today defended an officer after two Christian preachers claimed they were stopped from handing out Bible leaflets because they were in a Muslim area of Birmingham. Arthur Cunningham and Joseph Abraham claimed that a police community support officer accused them of "hate ...
Stick to the bubblegum punk, Avril; AVRIL LAVIGNENEC REVIEWS.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: RICHARD JACKSON IT LOOKS like Avril Lavigne can't decide whether she wants to be a teen pop star or a rebellious rock star. She lets fly with the Fword twice within minutes of coming on stage to a high-pitched wall of screaming at the NEC. But a ...
Pigeons are flying high; REVIEWS THE PIGEON DETECTIVES Birmingham Academy.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BETH DENNING WITH two sell-out shows at the Academy, the Pigeon Detectives had a lot to live up to - and they did it in style. The Yorkshire five-piece churned out a succession of great songs to send a packed Academy home happy. Many of the tracks ...
Double murder trial opening; COURT: Brit accused of shooting dead wife and baby.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Gary Marks BRITON Neil Entwistle goes on trial in the US today accused of murdering his wife, a former Midland teacher, and baby. The first few days of the hearing are expected to be taken up with legal arguments and selecting the jury. ...
The World: 'Unrealistic' prices.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... MOST people think Britons have been unrealistic about house prices, but many are still willing to stretch themselves to buy property, a survey revealed ...
The World: Road fix call.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... FIXING roads rather than fining drivers is the best way to improve highway safety, according to a survey of more than 17,000 AA members. ...
The World: PM terror vow.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... GORDON Brown today insisted he would not back down over plans to detain terrorist suspects for up to 42 days without charge, despite ...
The World: Treatment row.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... CANCER Research UK is calling for Government action after NHS patients complained that they were being prevented from paying for extra private ...
The World: Taking the biscuit.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE type of biscuit served in the boardroom could make or break a business deal, according to the world's first "business biscuit study". Eight out of 10 ...
The World: Cultural Macca.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... SIR Paul McCartney took to the stage in Liverpool to mark the city's Capital of Culture Year. The 65-year-old began his set at Liverpool ...
Shock claim by bishop; DEBATE: Failure over climate change 'like Fritzl'.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Gary Marks AN ANGLICAN bishop has compared people who fail to take action to prevent global warming to the Austrian man who locked his daughter in a cellar for 24 years. The Bishop of Stafford, Gordon Mursell, said that by failing to face up to the truth ...
Charity is riding high.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A FUND-raising group in Solihull is sailing on the crest of a wave after a bumper collection day in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The Solihull branch of the RNLI collected pounds 1,514 following a series of house-to-house calls around the borough and ...
There be dragons in these dungeons.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... GAMERS from across the city had the first sneak preview of the new edition of Dungeons and Dragons as around 80 specialist toy companies showed off their wares. Families and established board game players from all over Birmingham descended on the Clarendon Suites, Edgbaston, for ...
You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: David Bell THE true cost of petrol is around 45p a litre. Every penny you pay above that is tax - and then a tax on tax - which makes the price of filling your tank on a British garage forecourt the highest in the world. Gordon Brown's ...
Check it out, I drew with ex-world N deg 1! CHESS: Birmingham schoolboy Chris holds his own against Spassky in TV match.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Suart BRAINY schoolboy Chris Smith managed to hold former world chess champion Boris Spassky to a stalemate when they clashed during a televised chess exhibition. Chris, a pupil at King Edward VI Five Ways School in Bartley Green, took on the famous ...
Resident angry as garden waste piles up in street.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: David Bell A BIRMINGHAM resident is today urging the city council to clean up its act and collect tons of garden waste left to rot in her street. Despite contacting the city council's waste management department three times, Odette Allen, of Vineyard Road in ...
It adds up to pain but we'll make it! TREK: Six finance workers to hike across 24 peaks in 24 hours for deaf children.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Cullwick CHIEF REPORTER A GROUP of finance workers from a firm in Birmingham are set to don their walking shoes to hike across 24 mountain peaks in just 24 hours in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for deaf children. Six staff at Lombard in Brindley ...
Teen talent to get showcase at Himley Hall.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE talents of hundreds of young "Fame" performers are to be showcased in July at one of the region's biggest arts and music festivals. Himley Hall will host the annual Dudley Performing Arts Festival during the weekend starting Friday, July 4. The event will kick ...
WIN a makeover, beauty products and a cocktail kit; DISARONNO.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE Birmingham Mail has teamed up with the world's favourite Italian liqueur, Disaronno Amaretto, to offer one lucky reader the chance of winning a style makeover. To celebrate the launch of the 2008 Disaronno Amaretto Style Squad, the winner will be pampered by their own ...
Boost for sick kids; HEALTH: Specialist surgery clinic launch.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani FAMILIES across north Birmingham are set to get their children treated more quickly with the launch of a new specialist surgery clinic. Bosses of Good Hope Hospital, in Sutton Coldfield, are spearheading specialist slots for youngsters aged up ...
Joining for a big clean-up.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Gary Marks PEOPLE in the Tennyson Street area of Pensnett were invited to take part in a community clean-up day. The council worked closely with the Pensnett Tenants and Residents Association, which hosted the litter pick on Saturday to encourage ...
Slice of action in aid of animals.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Jane Tyler GENEROUS Cadbury workers have raised more than pounds 400 for the RSPCA's Birmingham Animal Centre by putting their pinnies on and baking. Staff at Cadbury World collected pounds 443 by organising events during RSPCA Week. They held ...
MP joins battle to save mansion; HERITAGE: Plea over Tudor Grange House, but college soothes fears.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Leda Reynolds CAMPAIGNERS fear the future of an historic house in Solihull could be jeopardised as part of a college revamp. In January, Solihull College unveiled a blueprint for an ambitious pounds 30 million facelift which would offer state-of-the-art ...
Put on a smile for campaign.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... FAMILIES are being encouraged to smile while learning more about the links between oral and general health. Solihull Care Trust has launched National Smile Month using the theme Brush for Health to highlight the fact that people with gum disease are at an increased risk of heart ...
Clueless about wine.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... WINE may now be Britain's favourite tipple, but most of us are pretty clueless about it. We now drink more of the grape than the grain with 62 per cent of us opting for a ...
Just the job! Our link with Chicago; REGENERATION: Brum to show off employment ideas in meeting across Pond.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BIRMINGHAM City Council representatives will be sharing success stories in raising employment when they meet with counterparts in Chicago this week. It will be part of a series events to celebrate the American city's 'International Sister City Week'. The event is an ...
City chefs have starring role at food festival.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... CHEFS and chiefs from companies across Birmingham were also arriving in America today to take part in the festival. Chefs from Opus, in Birmingham City Centre's Cornwall Street, and Simpsons, in Edgbaston, are among those who have travelled out to the US for the event. ...
Battling domestic violence.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... YOUNG women from Tipton are helping to launch a campaign to encourage fellow young people to speak out over domestic abuse. Members of Tipton Young Parents Group were so inspired by a six-week course they took part in on raising awareness of domestic violence that they wanted to ...
Street fair to be part of festival.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... RESIDENTS are gearing up for Moseley's annual community bash. Preparations are being finalised for the 10 day-long Moseley Festival which promises to be bigger and better than ever. A launch party will be held at the Patrick Kavanagh's Bar on June 27, followed by a ...
Fury at axe from top job; LABOUR: Row over councillor's Police Authority role.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Poppy Brady MEMBERS of a leading Black church group are demanding to know why the first female African-Caribbean vice-chairman of the West Midlands Police Authority has been dropped by her Labour colleagues. The board of the Council of Black-Led Churches ...
Saluting the Mayor.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... THE Mayor of Sand well met with committed young people and volunteers when he visited the 888 (Oldbury) Squadron Air Training Corps - as well as collecting a generous donation for his chosen charities. Coun Gurcharan Singh Sidhu visited ...
Join anniversary hike.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... GRAB your walking boots and get ready for a hike! With 2008 marking the 20th anniversary of Walsall Countryside Services, people are being invited to join a seven kilometre guided walk through ...
Drink lifeline has Irish eyes smiling; LEISURE: Club whose future in doubt wins extended opening hours despite protests.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Jane Tyler AN Irish social club in Birmingham which was threatened with closure after 40 years has been thrown a lifeline. St Patricks Catholic Club has been at its current base in Rotton Park Road since 1968 and in existence since 1903. But due ...
Tory chief's top teens.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A PIONEERING scheme in Birmingham to keep teenagers on the straight and narrow has been given the seal of approval by a Tory front-bencher. Baroness Warsi, shadow cabinet member for social action and community cohesion, met two youngsters from Best Chances' peer coaching ...
Purr-fect tonic for funding.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A MIDLANDS animal shelter has come up with a novel way to raise funds. Cramar Cat Rescue and Sanctuary in Hopwood, near West Heath, has opened its own veterinary practice. As well as providing care for rescue cats, shelter staff will also use it to raise vital funds ...
Action on rat run.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... ROGUE drivers have been caught in a police sting targeting careless motorists on a "rat run" road. A total of 15 cars were stopped in one afternoon on Sedgemere Road, Sheldon, in an operation involving traffic officers and neighbourhood bobbies. Speed traps were set ...
Full steam ahead.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... TYSELEY Locomotive Works will celebrate 100 years of service with a special celebration this month. The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust will be holding a special celebration at the Warwick Road Station site on the weekend of June 28 and 29 in support ...
Soap Watch.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... EMMERDALE Lisa (Jane Cox) struggles to cope with her work at the factory but is surprised by Pollard's compassion when he gives her some money for lunch. Val's daughter Sharon returns to the village to help with the Pub of the Year competition. EASTENDERS ...
Pick of the day.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... BBC1 Crimewatch (9.00pm) Kirsty Young presents appeals to members of the public for information about unsolved crimes, including the murder of a sheep farmer in Northern Ireland and a kidnapping in the Midlands. The update show is on after the news at 10.35pm, also ...
Jewellery maker's got hidden depths; Shopping Jason takes inspiration from underwater world.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Hendrick CONSUMER EDITOR THERE are no depths scub a diving instructor and jeweller Jason Clarke won't go to when it comes to mixing business with pleasure. The 37-year-old has used his underwater hobby as the inspiration for a unique range of ...
Making the most of your newborn baby's windfall.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Hendrick CONSUMER EDITOR THE bank of mum and dad is usually children's first port of call when it comes to money. But with sky-high property prices these days and the cost of university education, parents' wallets can only stretch so far. ...
Cracking down on mobile gimmicks.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... MOBILE phone firms could be fined up to ten per cent of their turnover if they fail to clamp down on dodgy sales gimmicks, including controversial cashback schemes. The Mail has repeatedly highlighted how customers have been left out of pocket after signing up to the deals, ...
Jet set beauty; Take your own trip round the globe with the international world of beauty.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Diane Parkes L'Occitane goes to Brazil for its new suncare range. Using the rich anti-oxidant organic oil from the Buriti palm tree, it has sunscreens ranging from SPF 6 to SPF 30 for pounds 14-pounds 15 each. The latest super-ingredient is yuza, an Asian ...
You'll Love.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Diane Parkes Dove's new Go Fresh body wash is cool as the ...