Birmingham Mail (England) back issues from June 2009:
Satellite and radio picks.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Satellite and ...
Full listings.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Full ...
Secrets of Stonehenge.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... IF YOU have even the most fleeting interest in history, this feature-length documentary is sure to have you salivating. The Secrets of Stonehenge: A Time Team Special (Channel 4, 9pm) History Why? Because it's a chance to get upclose and personal with one of the ...
Science.(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The Gadget Show Summer Special (Five, 8pm) IT'S A hard life being a presenter on The Gadget Show. Aside from getting to play with all the latest gizmos, the poor hosts have to jet all over the world for the sake of us consumers. Jason Bradbury and Ortis Deley are off ...
Weighty matters for teenage pair; TVChoice Supersize Teens: Can't Stop Eating (ITV1, 9pm).(News)
Jun 01, 2009 ... WHAT'S It About? In this engrossing film, cameras follow two obese American teenage girls who are willing to put their lives on the line in order to regain their happiness and health. At just 13, Laura Broach already weighs 24 stone and is one of the youngest American children ...
Hot gossip at the barbecue.
Jun 01, 2009 ... RESIDENTS in Sheldon and Garretts Green have the chance to air their views when police hold a free ...
Family fun day on the farm.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jane Tyler A FAMILY open day will be held at Woodgate Valley Urban Farm on Sunday, June 14 from 11am to 4pm. The farm, in Woodgate Valley Country Park, Clapgate Lane, Bartley Green, is a registered charity run by volunteers and has a variety of animals and ...
How would you Tame the river? ENVIRONMENT: Homeowners' views sought on flood plans.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Patrice John HOMEOWNERS living near a river that burst its banks and deluged more than 300 Birmingham properties are being asked for their views on how to make it safer. The River Tame, which flows through Witton, left hundreds of families homeless after ...
Autistic Society in appeal for 'friends'.
Jun 01, 2009 ... MEMBERS of the National Autistic Society are recruiting 'befrienders' from across the city as part of volunteer week. They want to attract people happy to spend a couple of hours a week being a friend to someone affected by autism. Ruth Howard, regional officer for the group, ...
Indoors or outdoors?
Jun 01, 2009 ... THE Foundation for Conductive Education in Cannon Hill House, Russell Road, Moseley, is staging a garden party with a difference on June 11. The traditional outdoor event, which includes a sit-down luxury ...
Green light in the loos.
Jun 01, 2009 ... STAFF spending a penny at one of Birmingham's biggest shopping centres can now wash their hands using heated water that doesn't harm the environment. Green-minded bosses at One Stop Shopping Centre in Walsall Road, Perry Barr have installed an energyefficient solar panel on the ...
MPs boost widow in fight for justice; HEALTH: Public inquiry call into deaths of Birmingham men in NHS blunder.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Alison Dayani A GRIEVING Birmingham widow whose husband was killed in a medication overdose by blundering medics has gained national backing in her battle to change the NHS and call for a public inquiry. Birmingham MPs Andrew Mitchell and Gisela Stuart are ...
Abigail's return is a high note; SPECIAL PERFORMANCE: Soprano will sing at her old school.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Tony Collins A LEADING soprano is hoping to hit the right note with her former school in Birmingham when she returns to sing at a special assembly on Friday. Abigail Kelly, a former pupil at the independent Norfolk House School in Edgbaston, will entertain ...
This gravy train is an even worse scandal.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: David Bell THROWING more cash at MPs won't make them behave any better. Just look at the European Parliament. The scale of the scams in Brussels makes our own fiddling MPs look small time. Over a five-year term, an MEP can trouser over pounds 1 ...
Pick of the day.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Inside Sport (11.25pm) Gabby Logan talks to Padraig Harrington at Turnberry in Scotland, where the three-time Major winner will be attempting to make it three Open Championship wins in a row next month. . Who's Watching You? (9.00pm) Richard Bilton meets people making ...
Inside.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Beauty Good foundations for all complexions PAGE 19 Fashion In the mood for a ...
Looking swish on a tighter budget; Shopping: Swishinghas made cash crisis bearable!
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Anuji Varma IT'S one of the latest crazes to grip Birmingham - and it's no wonder why. Swishing means you can get rid of all the accessories and clothes you don't want and update it all for free. And there's no catch. You just turn up ...
Best face forward; There is plenty of help to create the perfect complexion.
Jun 01, 2009 ... New from Prescriptives, All Skins Mineral Bronzer adds a touch of sunshine. Choose between warm or cool for pounds 22.51.. Add a touch of brightener with Avon's Magix Face Perfector (pounds 10). With the added benefit of 20 sun protection factor, it evens tone with a ...
BudgetvBlowIt.
Jun 01, 2009 ... BUDGET Give eyes a touch of shimmering purple with Avon True Colour single eyeshadow in lavender for pounds 3.50, on ...
Treat Yourself.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Yves St Laurent's Tresor d'Afrique (pounds 37) for the lips features ...
He'llLove.
Jun 01, 2009 ... The new men's fragrance Dsquared2 He Rocky Mountain Wood takes inspiration from the Canadian Rockies so is ...
You'll Love.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Help nails dry in super speed time with The Nail Doctor dry it, you'll like it. ...
TriedAndTested; BODY MOISTURISER WITH SELF TAN.
Jun 01, 2009 ... elemental herbology Sun Kiss (200ml, pounds 22) Easily absorbed, moisturising, pleasant scent and even colour which builds gradually. Pricey but worth it. HHHHI Solero Gradual Tan Body Moisturising Lotion (200ml, pounds 4.49) Cream is thick and does not ...
Party in the park.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: ANUJI VARMA IT'S promising to be a scorching summer this year, so why not head down to the Pavillions Shopping Centre in Birmingham to pick up some key pieces to complete the seasonal look. There are plenty of fantastic outfits to choose from at the centre ...
BagsOf Style.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lisa Piddington The one accessory guaranteed to have my heart a-flutter has to be rings ... and when it comes to finger jewellery there's only one rule for me - bigger the better. I'm a sucker for knuckledusting bling, big shiny stones and the glory of ...
We want your Villa verdict.
Jun 01, 2009 ... you happy with the way your club is run? No the Villa board have your backing? No Martin O'Neill the right manager for job? No Undecided you think next season will be better worse than the season just finished? Worse Undecided you think your club is ambitious No do you think of the club's ...
StreetStyle.
Jun 01, 2009 ... LARA WARD, AGED 17 HAIRDRESSER FROM HALESOWEN How would you describe your style? Trendy. I like to browse through Look magazine and get inspired. I like Lilly Allen and when I go out wear tight dresses from All Saints and sparkly leggings. Where do you like to shop? I stick to ...
GadgetsOf TheWeek.
Jun 01, 2009 ... HD movies Easy scenes In an instant First choice PICTURE PERFECT Fuji Finepix F200 EXR pounds 259 from www. comet.co.uk An impressive feature list, including excellent face detection technology. It can detect up to ten faces in the shot and ensure each one is focused ...
Design comes to high street; Home Style.
Jun 01, 2009 ... WE ALL love creating our own look for our rooms, relying on our taste and imagination to guide us. But designers also play a key role, not just by influencing the way we furnish our interiors, but by producing their homeware ranges to make high-quality style available on the ...
Handy Hints.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: John Hancock SOAKING STAINS Soaking food-stained cooking equipment and clothes in water can help ensure marks are shifted when properly washed. However, it is advisable to use cold water as warm or hot water can fix the stain even more. FIXING A ...
MostWanted.
Jun 01, 2009 ... FIGHT cellulite and create a seamless silhouette with no gym required! Sounds too good to be true? Scala Anti-Cellulite underwear can do just that. Active Bio Crystals built into the microfibre yarn absorb body heat and stimulate cell metabolism increasing blood flow to the ...
WebsiteOfTheWeek.
Jun 01, 2009 ... THIS is basically a book market stacked with 110m new, secondhand, rare and out-of-print books. While collectors stalk treasures such as a pounds 7,000 copy of The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert Heinlein, thrifty readers can snap up ...
SPORT.
Jun 01, 2009 ... SKY SPORTS 1 6.00 Good Morning Sports Fans 9.00 Champions League Weekly 9.30 Spanish Football 11.00 Twenty20 Cup Cricket 1.00 Live International Twenty20 Cricket. Australia v Bangladesh. Coverage of the warm-up match at Trent Bridge, as both sides continue their preparations for the ICC ...
MOVIES.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Baby's Day Out. (1994), Sky Movies Comedy, 6.20pm. Comedy, starring Joe Mantegna, Lara Flynn Boyle and Joe Pantoliano. Arctic Tale. (2007), Sky Movies Family, 6.30pm. Documentary on Arctic wildlife. Once. (2006), Sky Movies Premiere, 6.30pm ....
YourStars WITH CLAIRE PETULENGRO.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: CLAIRE PETULENGRO You know you can't go back to that situation, which was sucking the life out of you, don't you, Aries? If you don't want to put yourself first, then think of your close ones, who have gone through more than you know. Call now for a new direction. ...
Sporty cash helps get city youth fit; pounds 128,000 to tackle health and crime in deprived inner-city areas.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Alison Dayani BIRMINGHAM'S most deprived areas are to benefit from a pounds 128,000 grant to boost sport in the community, cut obesity and deter youths from crime. City-based charity Sport 4 Life UK was awarded the cash from the Football Foundation for a ...
Birmingham Magistrates.
Jun 01, 2009 ... CASES dealt with at Birmingham Magistrates' Court on May 19: Khalid Shakir, 27, of Stamford Road, Handsworth, taking without consent, 28 days imprisonment, disqualified from driving for 12 months; Daniel Saunders, 33, Newport Road, Moseley, Cannabis possession, 18-month community order; ...
Mum's the word for pounds 7m plans.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Alison Dayani SHADOW women's minister Theresa May made a visit to the city's main maternity hospital to see how a planned pounds 7 million new unit will help more mothers-to-be. The Conservative MP was given a tour of Birmingham Women's Hospital by nurses and ...
Hot stuff set to go on in region; WEATHER: Temperatures soar across Midlands, and there's more to come.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Catherine Lillington WHAT a weekend - and there's more to come. The Midlands was again basking in brilliant sunshine today after a scorching weekend sent temperatures rocketing. Tourist attractions like Drayton Manor Park and Zoo, near Tamworth, ...
Family fun day on estate.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A RESIDENTS' association on a Birmingham estate will host its own fun day and car boot sale this weekend. The event ...
Robbers use stolen car.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Cowan A VEHICLE stolen in a knifepoint carjacking in the West Midlands was used in armed robbery 50 miles away, it emerged today. In January three masked men, one armed with a pistol, broke into the Loomis building, in the Beaumont Leys area, and demanded money from ...
Biker injured in smash.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A BIKER suffered head injuries in a crash. He was hurt on the A519, outside ...
Investigation after teenager drowns in quarry.
Jun 01, 2009 ... AN underwater search unit recovered the body of a teenage boy who went missing while swimming in a water- filled Midland quarry. Derbyshire Police said the 15-yearold's family had been informed that a body was found at Far Hill Quarry, near Ashover, last night. ...
LotteryNumbers.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Saturday's Lottery results: Lotto: 02, 05, 19, 20, 33, 43. Bonus: 32 Thunderball: 18, 19, 24, 26, 30. Thunderball:01 Daily Play: 01, 08, 09, 11, 13, 16, ...
OAP home fall.
Jun 01, 2009 ... AN elderly woman had to be airlifted to hospital after falling down a flight of stairs at a house in Staffordshire ....
Pilot dies after glider crashes.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A GLIDER pilot died when his aircraft crashed on take off at a Midland beauty spot. The man in his 40s, from Worcestershire, was taking off from the Midland Gliding Club, at Long Mynd, near Church Stretton, Shropshire. The glider crashed at about 3.15pm yesterday. ...
Police chief starts work; CRIME: New top cop pledges to give officers freedom.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Cowan WEST Midlands' new police chief started work today aiming to boost public satisfaction by tackling bureaucracy and freeing officers to use their own judgement. Chief Constable Chris Sims said improving the public's feelings about the service they ...
Househunters not optimistic.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Christina Savvas ALMOST two-thirds of first-time buyers in Birmingham have given up hope of owning their own home. New research by PropertyLive.co.uk shows 62 per cent of non-owners in the city believe they will never have enough money to get on to the ...
pounds 100,000 of cop radios go missing; Hundreds of devices worth up to pounds 700 each reported lost or stolen.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Mark Cowan BUNGLING cops have lost at least pounds 100,000 of hightech radios designed to provide them with stateof-the-art crimefighting details while on the beat. Scores of the latest Airwave terminals have gone missing from West Midlands Police since they ...
High-speed rail boost.
Jun 01, 2009 ... ALMOST two-thirds of people think high-speed rail could fully replace domestic flights, according to a survey released by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). After polling 1,000 people ICE found 63 per cent felt an expanded rail service could end the need for short-haul ...
File Style.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Always in style STYLE Birmingham has launched a new campaign, Always in Style, aiming to ensure shoppers know the city is at the heart fashion and design. Click on www. stylebirmingham.com for a directory of the city's 1000 retailers, a video channel with footage of Brum's ...
Bobby Dazzlers.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Bob Brown Answers SOCCER SIX 1. Which team will play in the 2009/2010 Premier League from a town with the smallest population to appear in the top flight? 2. Who scored for Wales against Estonia in their 1-0 victory on Saturday? 3. Which League Two side have been issued ...
Tata's profits are cut in half; INDUSTRY: JLR's parent company predicts better to come.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jon Griffin TATA Motors has seen its annual profits more than halve because of falling demand for cars and trucks - but said there were brighter signs on the horizon for the industry. Jaguar Land Rover's parent firm made after-tax profits of pounds 133 ...
Froggatt's one-off gig.
Jun 01, 2009 ... BIRMINGHAM singersongwriter Raymond Froggatt makes a long awaited return to the stage when he performs a one-off gig in the Midlands. The ageless rock and roller who is 67 and from ...
House fire child taken to hospital.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A THREE-year-old child and a man have been taken to hospital following a house fire in Birmingham. The child was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation following the blaze at the house on Crabmill Close, Kings Norton, last night. ...
Inside today.
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Northants revenge is key goal for Ashley.
Jun 01, 2009 ... ASHLEY Giles knows Warwickshire must keep building momentum if they are to fully recover from their slow start in the Twenty20. Defeats in their first two games was the opposite of the strong launchpad for which the Bears' director of cricket had demanded. But the ...
Bears are too hot to handle; TWENTY20 CUP: Confidence restored with back-to-back wins: CRICKET.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Brian Halford WARWICKSHIRE face group leaders Northamptonshire at Edgbaston tonight with confidence fully rebooted by emphatic back-to-back wins over Worcestershire and Glamorgan. After making short work of the Royals on Friday, the Bears beat the Dragons by ...
Voters' fury over MP's hotel money; EXPENSES REVELATIONS.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: PAUL BRADLEY, Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood is alleged to have claimed expenses for a five-star hotel which he had previously used as a love nest. The Perry Barr MP claimed overall expenses of pounds 164,614 for 2007/08, including pounds 17,900 of the controversial second ...
School of fun.
Jun 01, 2009 ... A FAMILY fun day is being held at St Edwards School in Selly Oak on July 11 ...
Lift off for competition.
Jun 01, 2009 ... BIRMINGHAM pupils have launched themselves into a business competition. The Eureka-Rocket Challenge is being staged by the Women's Business Development Agency, which aims to break down barriers for women in business. Pupils from five city schools, plus Rugby High for ...
Plea after car taken in robbery.
Jun 01, 2009 ... THIS is an e-fit of a woman police are keen to trace in connection with a robbery in Walsall. At about 5.10pm on Friday, May 1, a 45-year-old man was driving along Crook Lane in Aldridge when he came across a woman who had stopped in the road in need of help. The ...
Injury lets Banahan into squad.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Alex Lowe MATT Banahan has profited from David Strettle's rotten injury luck to earn a promotion into the senior England squad for the Test series against Argentina. Strettle has been laid low by a stomach complaint and will not feature against the Pumas, ...
Edwards: It will be no walk in the Park; RUGBY UNION.
Jun 01, 2009 ... Byline: Andrew Baldock SHAUN Edwards expects the British and Irish Lions' next tour opponents to be at their "absolute premium" on Wednesday night. The Golden Lions face an uphill task at Ellis Park after a troubled build-up. Coach Eugene Eloff was sacked ...
Neal clings on to title lead.
Jun 01, 2009 ... MOTORSPORT: Colin Turkington won two races at Oulton Park to get within two points of British Touring Car Championship leader Matt Neal. The BMW driver dominated the opening two races of the day while Midlander Neal could only finish seventh ...