Birmingham Mail (England) back issues from October 2008:
pounds 5mclub charged over death; 21-year-old died after being thrown out.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Bradley A BIRMINGHAM nightclub is being prosecuted by city council health and safety watchdogs after a 21-year-old man was found dead in its staff car park. Christopher Clarke, pictured, was thrown out of the back door of the pounds 5 million Oceana ...
Estate gang 'in reign of terror' COURT: Woman driven from job and home by teen yobs.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Edward Chadwick A GANG of teenage thugs drove people from their homes and jobs in a year-long reign of terror and intimidation on a Birmingham estate, a court heard. The Glebe Youth Posse drank, fought, stole from shops and sold drugs as they ran amok on ...
Factory hit by huge fire.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... FIREFIGHTERS spent the night fighting a huge blaze at a West Midlands factory. Around 10 crews tackled the fire which broke out at Arden Wood Shavings Ltd in Hampton-in-Arden, around 5.30pm yesterday. It is believed the fire ...
Christmas is coming... grab a Selfridges job.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ONE of Birmingham's biggest stores is to hold a recruitment day tomorrow in a bid to find 100 new staff to work over the Christmas period. Both part-time and fulltime jobs will be on offer in all departments at Selfridges in the Bullring. A spokeswoman said: "We're ...
OAP hurt in lorry crash.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... AN elderly man was seriously injured in an accident with a lorry in the Midlands. Police are appealing for information following the collision in Bentley Road South in Darlaston just after 1pm yesterday. A Ford Eveco lorry, driven by a 33-year-old Walsall man, was ...
KT's my backing singer! WINNER: Pop star's support helps Kimya win place at prestigious music school.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Catherine Lillington A BUDDING singer-songwriter from the Midlands has won a place at a top London music school after chart star KT Tunstall chose her song in a national competition. Kimya Razavi recorded Stupid Cupid in the bedroom of her Solihull home ...
Hospital ban in bug scare.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Bradley A MIDLANDS hospital today banned visitors to all its wards after an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting hit more than 130 patients across the NHS Trust. Families arriving at the Alexandra Hospital, in Redditch, were this morning turned away by ...
Man denies murdering Villa fan.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A MAN has denied the murder of an Aston Villa fan who was struck by a car following a Premier League derby match with Birmingham. Lee Mockble, 20, is accused of killing Christopher Priest on April 20. During a hearing at Wolverhampton Crown Court yesterday, he entered ...
Auction win.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A BIRMINGHAM auctioneers has won a contract to sell lost and recovered property for the police. The three-year contract will see Biddle & Webb auction off unclaimed ...
Pledge to axe pounds 300m quango; CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE.(News)(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ADVANTAGE West midlands, the pounds 300 million Government quango created to boost the region's economy, is set to be axed under a Conservative government. Its powers will be transferred to local authorities, which will be encouraged to work together with joint budgets. ...
Green side to panel debate; CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE.(News)(Conference notes)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THERE was a greener hue to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham as delegates debated how climate change is set to change the developing world. Shadow Environment minister Greg Barker, Oxfam chief executive Barbara Stocking, Greenpeace policy adviser Benet northcote ...
Prisoners to 'earn release' CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE 'Power return' to governors.(News)(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emily Ashton The Tories announced plans to scrap the automatic early release of prisoners and instead introduce a system of earned release. Prisoners on fixed term sentences are currently automatically released after serving half their sentence, but the ...
Cherie is shouted down; CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE.(News)(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Angry victims of crime confronted Cherie Blair over her support for the Human rights Act yesterday. Mrs Blair, a part-time judge, top QC and wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, was shouted down after insisting that the legislation was "part of the solution" to crime. ...
Black farmer backing Talent; CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE.(News)(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jane Tyler A SMALL Heath-born millionaire caused a stir at the conference when he said the TV show Britain's Got Talent represented Britishness far better than centuries of history. Would-be Chippenham Tory MP Wilfred Emmanuel Jones said the ITV talent ...
Cameron: I will make tough calls; CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE.(News)(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jonathan Walker POLITICAL EDITOR DAVID Cameron will today warn he is ready to make "difficult and unpopular" decisions if he becomes Prime Minister while Britain faces a huge budget deficit and a crumbling economy. He will insist he is ready to lead the ...
Ex-leader praise for streets reclaimed; CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE.(News)(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Poppy Brady FORMER Tory leader William Hague saw for himself how an inner-city community has reclaimed its streets and turned derelict ground into a garden to be used by everyone. The Shadow Foreign Secretary officially opened the new garden outside the ...
Tackling estate's image; CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE.(News)(Conference news)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE leader of a project to rid a deprived Birmingham estate of its bad image took centre stage at the Tory conference. Youth worker Simon Jay who heads up the We Love Welsh House Farm Action Project (We Love WHF), told delegates how the scheme was helping to ...
Honour for real heroes; TRIBUTE: Showcase to reward acts of courage.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Crystal Deane STARS and politicans gathered to pay tribute to some of the nation's unsung heroes in a ceremony to reward acts of courage. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and more than 100 celebrities attended the Daily Mirror's Pride Of Britain Awards at the ...
Cigarette packets set to shock.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... GRAPHIC pictures of throat cancer and rotting teeth are to appear on cigarette packets from today to illustrate the health risks of smoking. Among the other images smokers will see are rotting lungs, a corpse in a morgue and a body cut open during surgery. The photos ...
Mars discovery is snow joke!(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NASA'S Phoenix spacecraft has discovered evidence of past water at its Martian landing site and spotted falling snow for the first time, scientists reported. Soil experiments revealed the presence of ...
The World: Trio in murder quiz.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THREE men were being questioned today in connection with the murder of a banker set upon after confronting a gang attacking a homeless man. Father-of-two Frank ...
The World: Oasis online.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... OASIS were premiering their new album Dig Out Your Soul in its entirety on MySpace today ...
The World: Pothole rescue.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A GROUP of young potholers were recovering from their cave rescue ordeal today. ...
The World: Quiz Of The Day.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... 1. It is claimed that most British men expect to die at what age? 2. Which two actors tied the knot in Canada? 3. Which brand took the top spot in a list of the "most iconic" cars? 4. Which television presenters were caught in a Taliban attack when ...
Emerging star in a Quest for Style; SHOWCASE: City MOBO-nominated singer to grace glittering awards.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Diane Parkes BIRMINGHAM soul singer Bryn Christopher will be the special guest at this year's Style Awards in his home city. The 22-year-old MOBO-nominated musician from Great Barr will be performing at the awards ceremony at Birmingham Town Hall later this ...
Six in court over man's death.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... SIX men have appeared in court charged in connection with the death of a 59-year-old man in a road collision in the Midlands. Stainton Barrett, from Wolverhampton, died in hospital after being hit by a car in the All Saints area of the city in the early hours of Saturday. ...
WIN pounds 26,000 IN PRIZES.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... PLACE your bid today to win a luxury Spa break in Southampton! Legacy Hotels and Resorts are offering a fantastic weekend break for a lucky Mail reader. Wallow in luxury at the Lakeside Spa at The Legacy Botleigh Grange Hotel in Southampton during a two-night stay. ...
ITV staff rocked by scale of jobs axe; MEDIA: TV network cuts branded 'devastating' with 61 Midland posts at risk.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Jon Griffin JUST 36 journalists will be left to cover a vast slice of Middle England from the Welsh borders to the North Sea coast when ITV's Birmingham and Nottingham operations merge. The "devastating" cuts announced yesterday at ITV, which will see 61 ...
Crash OAP is named.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... AN OAP killed in a road crash has been named by police. Betty Shuck, 84, died when the red Volkswagen Polo she was driving was in collision with a blue Vauxhall Astra in Stourport last Friday afternoon. Mrs Shuck, from ...
Menacing and dark; WUTHERING HEIGHTS Birmingham Rep REVIEW.(Features)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: ALISON DAYANI FOR once, I was relieved to see an adaptation of this wonderful Emily Bronte novel that was true to her creation. Heathcliff and Cathy were not depicted as romantic, star-crossed lovers, but the manipulative, cruel, passionate, headstrong ...
Mum is giving snoring racket the boot; CURE: Sue takes drastic measures to stop her nocturnal nightmare.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Justine Halifax A MUM has been named as one of Britain's worst snorers after her nasal rumblings managed a decibel reading equal to that of a jet engine! But as penance for giving her family sleepless nights, Sue Glover was marched to a unique boot camp to ...
Cash plea for hospital ward toys.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... DOZENS of blind and deaf children are set for a major boost after the launch of a pounds 10,000 appeal for special sensory equipment at a Black Country hospital. The fundraising campaign has got off the ground on the children's ward at Russells Hall Hospital, in Dudley. ...
School is top of the class for going global.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Tony Collins A SECONDARY school in Birmingham is being recognised with a prestigious award after 'going global'. Kings Norton Girls in Selly Oak Road is to receive the coveted International School Award from broadcaster and journalist George Alagiah at a ...
All Manor of fun to raise cash.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... KIND fund-raisers will be stepping out this weekend at a sponsored walk. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation sponsored walk will take place at Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth, on Sunday. Hundreds of people of all ages have so far signed up to take part in ...
Disabled teen in raids shock; ORDEAL: Vulnerable youngster 'left traumatised' by two police visits.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Suart A VULNERABLE teenager has been left traumatised after police officers raided his Birmingham council flat twice in one week. Anthony Green, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome and obsessive compulsive disorder, says he is scared of the police and ...
Garrick his latest flame.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... ELVIS will be in a Lichfield building next week. From Memphis to Vegas, the Elvis Collection, featuring Billy J McGregor and his ten piece band, will be appearing ...
pounds 30,000 theft of unit tools.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THIEVES broke into a warehouse and stole pounds 30,000 worth of tools. Raiders broke into a unit in Watery Lane, off Eastern Avenue, in Lichfield, and made off with expensive power tools including drills, planes, routers and hammers. The tools are all manufactured by ...
Sweet glimpse behind doors.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... VISITORS will be treated to a rare glimpse into the former home of chocolate giant George Cadbury next weekend. Woodbrooke in Selly Oak is throwing open its doors for an open day to mark National Quaker Week on Sunday, October 12. The Grade II listed Georgian mansion ...
Millions watch Envision's bid; TELEVISION: City charity philosophical after losing out on cash.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Chris Henwood BRAVE faces are being put on at a Birmingham community project that lost out on funding after reaching the final of this year's National Lottery Awards. Envision Birmingham was in with a shout of scooping pounds 2,000 Lottery cash and the ...
Woman arrested over stab death sectioned.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A WOMAN arrested following a fatal stabbing in Lichfield has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The 35-year-old was arrested after police and paramedics discovered a 44-year-old man with stab wounds in Burwaye Close, in Lichfield, at 6.25pm on Monday. He died later in ...
Helen's dash for pet cash.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... FUNDRAISER Helen Tuite and her canine companion joined forces for a training session ahead of next month's Birmingham half marathon. The RSPCA fund-raiser and seven-year-old pooch Brandy are hoping runners taking part in the marathon will do their bit for homeless pets. ...
Tickets 'flying out' for Kelly's drama.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Justine Halifax MATTHEW Kelly is proving an "enormous" hit by pulling in the punters - before even gracing the stage. The Olivier Award winning actor is headlining the cast of the classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? which is due to start its eagerly ...
Musician Carl dies aged 40; TRIBUTE: 'He taught us so much' - Mum.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Steve Dyson A WELL-KNOWN character and amateur musician, often seen busking in south Birmingham, has passed away at the age of 40. Carl Thomas, of Ashdown Close, Moseley, died unexpectedly but peacefully on September 20. Born in Birmingham, Carl ...
Gladiator hits back against the snacks.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... MIDLAND Gladiator girl Inferno is adding strength to a promotional campaign aimed at stopping people snacking between meals. Tamworth's Inferno, real name Jemma Palmer, is encouraging residents in Birmingham to chew gum to control their cravings and keep away from the biscuit ...
Botched work costs pounds 8bn to fix.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THE growing number of people improving their homes rather than braving the property market has fuelled a boom in rogue traders, a report said today. Researchers calculated that Britons have paid more than pounds 8 billion in fixing the results of botched work in just the last ...
Never miss a date in Brum.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... INDIE rockers Kaiser Chiefs are to play Birmingham's NIA on February 24. The band, who release new single Never Miss A Beat on October 6, have worked with producer Mark Ronson on their third album, Off With Their Heads, out on October 20. ...
Five years of courage; HEALTH: City family parties on anniversary of tot's life-saving transplant.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Paul Suart PLUCKY five-year-old Regan Leese has celebrated a milestone in his short life. Parents Kirsty and Jamie are throwing a party to mark the five years since the Castle Vale youngster's life-saving transplant. Kirsty, aged 23, a ...
Authors join book bonanza.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... AWARD winning children's authors and illustrators Anthony McGowan, Andrew Cope, Ben Cort and Graham Higgins will attend a festival at Walsall Central Library on Saturday to celebrate National Children's Book Week and the National Year of Reading Walsall's seventh ...
Super Syd swings by.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BIG Band favourites the Syd Lawrence Orchestra will be performing at the Lichfield ...
New centres offer a Sure Start for kids.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NEW facilities to boost families with young children are to be opened this week. Two new Sure Start Children's Centres will be launched in Burntwood on Thursday. From 1.30pm County Councillor and Cabinet Support Member Eric Drinkwater will unveil plaques at both ...
Nurses buy sex aid for disabled.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... NURSES bought a sex aid for a severely disabled teenager, it emerged today. Community nurses at Worcestershire Primary Care Trust's children's team justified the move, saying there was no national sex health policy to follow, so they had to make up their own. Lead ...
Sell-by dates shame; COURT: Asda fined pounds 36,000.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Justine Halifax A SUPERMARKET giant has been fined for "letting customers down" after being caught selling food up to a shocking 24 days out of date. Asda has been fined more than pounds 36,000 after food safety checks by Trading Standards ...
Roads closed for works.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... TWO Oldbury streets will be closed for more than three weeks to allow National Grid Gas workers to work on a mains renewal scheme. Broadwell Road will be closed to through traffic from its junction with Cyprus ...
Scrum-ptious pesto for all! RETAIL: Rugby player opens 'healthy food' shop in city.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma McKinney CHIEF REPORTER A RUGBY player hopes to score success after opening a new healthy food shop in Birmingham city centre. Stourbridge Rugby Club semi-professional TomJordan decided to open Hey Pesto!, in Colmore Row after struggling to find a ...
Post office staff in armed raid ordeal.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Mark Cowan AN ARMED robber escaped with cash after holding up a Birmingham post office at gunpoint. The man burst into the store on Pound Road, in Druids Heath, shortly before 3pm yesterday and threatened three members of staff. He made off with ...
Hitting a career fence.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... THOUSANDS of hopeful jockeys are failing to get past the post in their chosen career in the horse racing industry, according to Midland researchers. A University of Warwick researcher's examination of careers and training in the racing industry has uncovered a significant ...
Blanket coverage.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... FREE fire safety days are being held for Birmingham pensioners planning to use electric blankets to keep warm this winter. West Midlands Fire Service, West Midlands Police, Age Concern, the Pension Service and Trading Standards officers from Birmingham City Council have joined ...
Kids to enjoy a garden of Eden; EDUCATION: Pupils set to bloom by growing their own Go Green THINK GLOBAL ACT LOCAL.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Edward Chadwick A VIBRANT green oasis is set to rise from the ruins of a disused scout hut to help teach city kids how to grow their own fruit and vegetables. Green-fingered youngsters will have the chance to tend the land at what is being dubbed Shard ...
Village went for a Burton.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... A MODEL village that never was is to be protected. Burton Manor, in Stafford, is to be declared a Conservation Area - more than eight decades after a lack of finances forced construction to be abandoned. ...
Docs' key to saving lives; HEALTH: Team passes on vital expertise in Africa.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: By Alison Dayani HEALTH CORRESPONDENT TOP Birmingham surgeons have made medical history in an African country as part of a Third World lifesaving mission. Andrew Ready, consultant transplant surgeon at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Edgbaston, flew out to ...
City chance to bid in fat fight.(News)
Oct 01, 2008 ... BIRMINGHAM is being invited to bid for a new pounds 20 million anti-obesity scheme aimed at ensuring that primary school children in deprived areas receive free, healthy meals. Health Secretary Alan Johnson and Secretary of State for Children Ed Balls have jointly announced the ...
Our Say.(Leaders)(Conference notes)
Oct 01, 2008 ... DOESN'T Birmingham look a fantastic city in those night-time television shots that show the canal reflecting the twinkling lights of the bridge that links Brindley place with the International Convention Centre? And how modern, gleaming and businesslike Birmingham appears in ...
Letter: Your Say - Strength of old societies.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: B Panvel DESPITE the current financial anxiety, it should be noted that there are over 60 stable financial institutions in this country. The impact of the financial crisis has been lightest on the financial institutions that have been run more conservatively, ...
Letter: Your Say - It will have to be make.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sheila Hodgkins IN THE light of the current financial situation, the throw-away mentality needs to be looked at with new eyes. It will have to be make do and mend when one cannot borrow for new items. I believe that the older generation have always ...
Letter: Your Say - President Bush has been the most disastrous president.(Letters)
Oct 01, 2008 ... Byline: Ian Payne IT DAWNED on me after hearing the present news about the US economy that President Bush has been the most disastrous president ever elected in the history of the US. It probably only dawns on people at a time like this when the present incumbent is ...