Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) back issues from October 2008:
LONG-LOST BROTHER & SISTER LIVED 4 MILES APART; Amazing discovery as pair reunite after 60 years EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY ZOE CHAMBERLAIN A BROTHER and sister who were separated 60 years ago have been reunited - and discovered they were living just four miles apart for decades. George Culwick, 87, and Lucy Heenan, 88, grew up as children together in Birmingham but lost touch ...
Top cage brawler in fight for life; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY ADAM ASPINALL A TOP cage fighting star was battling for life last night after being discovered lying in a Midland street with serious head injuries. Ross Mason, 32, was found in the ...
Dad killed on last leg of epic ride.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... A DAD-of-two has been killed on the last leg of a 1,000-mile charity cycle ride from John O'Groats to Land's End. Big-hearted Graham Lees, ...
ENEMY WITHIN; WE EXPOSE MIDLAND RANTING PREACHER OF HATE EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... THIS is the ranting hate preacher who is touring the Midlands in an attempt to radicalise young Muslims and promote extremism. Abu Waleed - a disciple of hookhanded fanatic Abu Hamza - told audiences in Birmingham, Derby and Leicester that they should rise up against Britain. ...
Murder charge.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... COPS last night charged a 21 year-old man with the murder of a Midlands man. Marlon Morris, 21, was stabbed to death in Broad Street, Wolverhampton, in the early hours of Sunday, August 24. A Wolverhampton man ...
crazy world.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... FLORIDA, USA: A teenager claims he was attacked and robbed by four topless blonde women on his way to work. Olmer Morales, 18, told police a heavy-set blonde woman wearing a white long-sleeved ...
Driver dies in smash.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... AN ELDERLY driver has died after an early morning smash on a rural Midland road. The man, 61, who was from Wellington, Staffordshire, died at the scene after his car ploughed into a Ford travelling in the opposite direction on the A52 near Hanley, ...
Baby death.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... COPS were last night investigating the death of a five week-old baby at a Midlands hospital. West Mercia Police were called to Hereford County Hospital at 11am on Saturday after the baby girl was brought in to the ...
Soap star Wendy is dying of cancer.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... FORMER EastEnders star Wendy Richard is dying of cancer and will marry her long-term partner before she dies, it emerged last night. The 65-year-old actress revealed she has written her will and planned her funeral after being diagnosed in January with an aggressive form of the ...
OJ faces life jail sentence.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... OJ SIMPSON was facing life behind bars last night after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping - 13 years to the day since being sensationally acquitted of double murder. The disgraced ex-American football star was led away in handcuffs from a Las Vegas courtroom after ...
City legend was left homeless by injuries.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... BIRMINGHAM City legend Dave Langan has told how he was left homeless and penniless because of a crippling disability. The ex-Blues star, who made more than 100 first team appearances for the St Andrews club, now suffers from knee problems, a spinal injury and depression. ...
Biscuit jobs under threat.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... BISCUIT factory workers took to the streets outside a Midland factory yesterday in an attempt to save 950 jobs. The demonstration in front of the Fox's Biscuits plant in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, came after a petition launched by workers and local residents. ...
B&Bs hit by new red tape.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... BED-and-breakfasts are being badly hit by 'damaging' new fire regulations. Some B&Bs and homebased tourism businesses have been forced ...
crazy world.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... HUBEI, CHINA: The Wuhan Zoo has been feeding its two pandas homecooked chicken soup twice in a month to reduce stress and give them a nutritional boost. He Zhihua ...
Neighbour from hell.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... A NEIGHBOUR from hell has been evicted from his flat in Cheltenham after a sustained campaign of anti-social behaviour. Paul Smith, 51, terrorised residents at Scott House by screaming abuse at them, banging on doors and holding all-night parties. His aggressive campaign came ...
JK rolling in cash.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... JK ROWLING is the world's best-paid author, banking more than pounds 170 million in the last year. Rowling, who wrote the first of her best-selling books about boy wizard Harry Potter while an ...
Ramps: My heartbreak; EXCLUSIVE CRICKET LEGEND TALKS ABOUT THE DEATH OF FATHER-IN-LAW.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY JONNY GREATREX CRICKET star Mark Ramprakash has spoken for the first time about the harrowing death of his father-in-law from a rare lung disease. The ex-England batsman opened his heart to tell how Dhirendra Bhatt, 63, was struck down by sarcoidosis - the ...
Man drops dead on night out.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... A MIDLAND rugby player who was 'as fit as a fiddle' died suddenly during a night out. Twenty-eight year-old Thomas Ulliott collapsed in the Walkabout bar on Broad Street, Birmingham, while drinking with colleagues from a local sports centre. His family and friends have paid ...
Police knew about this vile pervert ...so why was he able to RAPE MY KIDS? EXCLUSIVE MUM'S ANGUISH AMID CLAIMS MIDLANDS FORCE KNEW OF EVIL PAEDOPHILE'S PAST LONG BEFORE HE PREYED ON HER CHILDREN.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY JEANETTE OLDHAM POLICE have been accused of failing to warn parents about a convicted paedophile who went on to abuse more than a dozen other youngsters in the Midlands. Kevin Dewick, 48, was convicted last week along with his brother Wayne of sexually ...
Ricky's rally is agony for Mark.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: STEVE PERRY in Shanghai QUALIFIER Ricky Walden staged a brilliant comeback to beat Mark Selby and book his place in the Shanghai Masters final. The Flintshire potter, the world No.35, bravely battled back from 4-1 downto stun Leicester's formerWorld ...
Call to turn off Power..(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY MATT BOZEAT PHIL Taylor's rivals have been urged to pension off 'The power' Taylor will be a red-hot favourite to claim another major televised tournament this year when the Sky Poker World Grand Prix in Dublin gets underway tomorrow. He launches his bid ...
BIMSON BOWS OUT ON A HIGH.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... WORDSLEY'S Jennie Bimson has announced her retirement from international hockey after making 198 appearances for England and Great Britain. Bimson, 31, an international for 11 years, missed out on the milestone of 200 international matches when injury ruled her out of Team GB's ...
bob's brain teasers...(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: by BOB BROWN AFTER Aston Villa secured their place in this season's group stages, here we test your knowledge of the UEFA Cup ... 1) Name the first club to win the European Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup. 2) Which British club competed ...
Dougie's excited by Ateeq.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY PAUL BOLTON FORMER Warwickshire all rounder Dougie Brown believes that the county have unearthed a real nugget in teenage batting prodigy Ateeq Javed. Brown, a former England one-day international, is about to complete his first year as elite player coach ...
Cricket: Habib sets sights on the world.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY JAMES COYNE FORMER Leicestershire star Aftab Habib believes his Hong Kong side must prove themselves at the ICC World Cricket League tournament in Tanzania before aspiring to play in the World Cup. Hong Kong had a brief taste of the higher echelons of ...
It's time to stamp out the bigotry; THE FINAL WORD.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: MAT KENDRICK EVER felt the urge to heckle Lenny Henry over the colour of his skin during the Black Country comic's stand-up shows? Or pop along to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford to shout filth at Sir Ian McKellen about his sexual preferences? ...
I swear that was Joe on the ******* telly! THE FINAL WORD.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: MAT KENDRICK SPEAKING of old-school gaffers and unnecessary abuse, it's important to have a word, but not a four-letter one, about Joe Kinnear. Remember that 1980s documentary about the boy who had Tourettes Syndrome and unwittingly caused offence in his ...
STU TAKES AN AGE TO SELECT SYLVAN; THE FINAL WORD.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: ANDY WALKER SYLVAN Ebanks-Blake's debut inclusion in the England Under-21 squad last month took me by surprise. It wasn't because I doubted his ability, after all he's a proven goal-scorer who has last season's Championship golden boot sitting on his ...
Football League; THE FINAL WORD.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: MAT KENDRICK WITH the financial crisis spiralling out of control, the Credit Crunch has started to sound less like a breakfast cereal and more like a serial killer. So hats off to Kidderminster Harriers who have so far shown just what can be achieved with a ...
TABB TALKING IS MUSIC TO EARS; THE FINAL WORD.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: ANDY WALKER INTERVIEWING Coventry City's Jay Tabb last week was a refreshing change. Bring me a stereotypical footballer and I can guarantee the only thing he would have in common with Tabb is that they both earn a living from kicking a ball around a field. ...
Mart: We can push top four.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY GRAHAM HILL VILLA boss Martin O'Neill reckons the Premier League's Four Tops might have to be renamed the Famous Five this season. O'Neill takes his side to Chelsea today looking for the result that would confirm Villa as serious contenders to break English ...
TAKE IT AS RED - THE FUTURE'S LOOKING BRIGHT; EXCLUSIVE VILLA FLIER HAPPY TO PLAY AS THE BIG GAMES COME THICK & FAST...(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY MAT KENDRICK STEVE Sidwell is desperate to swap walking gingerly around the Bodymoor Heath treatment room for being a red-hot favourite at Villa Park. The flame-haired midfielder's first few months at Aston Villa have been disrupted by a knee problem, ...
BLUES GO TOP; BY ANDY WALKER.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... KEVIN Phillips strike fired Birmingham to the top the Championship last night as Midland rivals Wolves floundered at Swansea. But with only seven goals in their last seven games, Blues again made hard work of their 1-0 win over moneybags QPR at St Andrew's. They were ...
DEAL ME IN; EXCLUSIVE Young WILL sign contract Villa can match my aims.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY GRAHAM HILL ASHLEY Young has confirmed he will sign a new contract - and insists he can achieve all his ambitions with Aston Villa. The winger says he will not hesitate to put pen to paper after weeks of speculation that he will agree a four-year deal. ...
There's lots to be learned from a uni education - but little of it in the classroom.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: LORNE JACKSON THERE'S a nasty theory doing the rounds and I'd like to scotch it here and now. A lot of people are under the misguided impression that university education is a waste of time. The argument has been backed-up by a secretly-filmed ...
Wall bawl.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: LORNE JACKSON THE worst aspect of the banking crises is ordinary people are unable to enjoy the That certainly didn't happen a few weeks ago, when respected American magazine, Newsweek, destruction of the Wall Street rogues. We can't even let them fall off ...
jackson 5.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: LORNE JACKSON MY THREE year-old son, Ben, has a wicked way with words. He calls a crocodile a crocadidol, and monsters are moshez. I should correct him, but, quite frankly, I prefer his versions so much that I've decided to come up with some new ...
Zar can be new Arc ruler; FLYING FILLY SETS PACE.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY BOB DOWNING SHE got French racing correspondent Claude Charlet in hot water but Zarkava looks the one with blistering pace to land today's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. Charlet was in the Racing UK studios when they covered the Arc trials from ...
WIN IS JUST HEAVEN SENT FOR HEFFERNAN.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... HALFWAY To Heaven displayed typical courage to demote the brilliant Darjina to a sixth consecutive Group One second-placing of the season in the Kingdom of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket. In taking Aidan O'Brien to an incredible 21 top-level successes during the year, ...
PAIR LIKE THE HOME STRETCH.. Padraig and Lee battle back ELEMENTS TAKE A TOLL AS RYDER STARS FIND GOING TOUGH.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: PHIL CASEY at Carnoustie ONLY six players in the 168-strong field broke par on a miserable day at the Dunhill Links Championship, but Padraig Harrington and Lee Westwood still had reasons to be cheerful. Returning to the Carnoustie course where he won the ...
Are Villa ready to join top 4 club? offside KERRANGE! 105.2.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: luke wilkins AVAST ye landlubbers, if it's treasure ye seek, then look no further than yonder league table! I apologise for the pirate talk, but that gives you an idea of the mysticism that surrounds the fabled top four positions in the Premier league. ...
Winning the key for Kuyt.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... FOR Dirk Kuyt, goal scoring has become a hit-and-miss situation - hit in Europe, miss in the Premier League. The Dutchman finds himself in the remarkable position of failing to score in the top flight in 26 appearances dating back to Liverpool's 3-0 win at Newcastle last ...
Zola backed to succeed.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... BOLTON manager Gary Megson has hailed Gianfranco Zola as the finest foreign import ever to grace the Barclays Premier League. Furthermore, he believes the little Italian can transmit his success as a player to the managerial dug-out following his recent appointment as West Ham ...
CITY SLICKERS STUN SAINTS; Tabb at double in four-midable display.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: LEE CORDEN at the Ricoh Arena COVENTRY CITY 4 Tabb 19 & 87 mins, McKenzie 33, Best 47 SOUTHAMPTON 1 Surman 63 mins COVENTRY City hit their ten match points target - and moved into the top six - thanks ...
IT'S GAME OF TWO HALVES FOR BEES..(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... B'HAM/SOLIHULL 32 BLAYDON 12 BEES produced a massive second half transformation to show exactly why they are favourites to win National League Two this term. They looked completely out of sorts during the windy first half and took 25 minutes just to get ...
MOSELEY ARE ROTHER POOR; Away-day blues continue for Smith's men.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: MARTYN BLAIR at Clifton Lane ROTHERHAM 47 MOSELEY 23 MOSELEY'S worsening travel sickness saw them slip to a second straight lop-sided defeat as they shipped seven tries to add to the ten conceded at Exeter a fortnight ago. In a match ...
Nuns' Aley flying high.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... HARROGATE 17 NUNEATON 23 IT WASatale of two fly-halves at Claro Road and, where the boot of Nuneaton's Rickie Aley fired his side to victory over misfiring opposite number James Murray at Harrogate. Aley opened the scoring with a fourth minute penalty but ...
Lions still on downer.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... RUGBY LIONS 20 CANTERBURY 32 RUGBY Lions suffered a second successive defeat that again showed they cannot match the top half-dozen clubs for power and skill in their present depressing form. Canterbury dominated early possession and Gert de Kock's ...
Cage fighter found in the street; EXCLUSIVE Ross 'The Boss' fights for his life.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... POLICE have launched an investigation after a top Midland cage fighter was left battling for life after being found in the street with serious head injuries. Ross 'The Boss' Mason, 32, was in intensive care last night after being discovered in the Wood Row area of Redditch, ...
MAN KILLED IN CRASH HORROR.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... ONE man was killed and another seriously injured in a horrific crash at a notorious accident blackspot in the Midlands. The crash involved a white Rover 45 being driven along the A442 towards Kidderminster, Worcestershire, and a Vauxhall Vectra, which burst into flames following ...
Two brothers found dead.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... TWO young brothers have been found dead following a horror house fire. The seven and five-year-old boys were discovered by firefighters as they tackled a blaze in Milfoil Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, just after 3pm yesterday. ...
HIDDEN TK MAXX SWORD STORM.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... CUT-PRICE store TK Maxx was forced into a second embarrassing product withdrawal last night after a walking stick was found to conceal a 20-inch SWORD. The move follows the discovery earlier this week of a range of jackets which were being sold with a penknife stitched into the ...
Driver dies in smash.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... AN ELDERLY driver has died after an early morning smash on a rural Midland road. The man, 61, who was from Wellington, Staffordshire, died at the scene after his car ploughed into a Ford travelling in the opposite direction on the A52 near Hanley, Staffordshire, in the early ...
Below par.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... A ONE-legged Midland golfer is struggling to claim back his course fees - six months after doctors told him he would lose his other leg. Grandfather-of-two ...
SACKED FOR BARRY INSULT E-MAIL; EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY JONNY GREATREX AN ASTON Villa fan was sacked by British Telecom after sending an e-mail branding wantaway soccer star Gareth Barry a "w*****". Richard Chalmers, 21, was hauled before bosses after writing the cheeky message while working at the company's ...
I thought Lucy was dead. It's been very emotional; THE AMAZING STORY OF A FAMILY REUNITED AFTER 60 YEARS EXCLUSIVE.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY ZOE CHAMBERLAIN A LONG-lost brother and sister have been reunited after 60 years - only to discover they have been living just miles apart. George Culwick, 87, and Lucy Heenan, 88, became separated in their 20s when the Birmingham businessman began ...
pounds 12 billion Brown bid.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... PRIME Minister Gordon Brown wants European leaders to provide pounds 12 billion to help small businesses deal with the credit crunch. Mr Brown joined the leaders of the four EU nations belonging to the G8 group of industrialised countries and the European Central Bank and the ...
crazy world.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... SOFIA, BULGARIA: A Wall Street broker has left Manhattan to become a monk and attend a herd of chese-producing buffalo in a monastery. Hristo ...
Outrage at police.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... AN outraged Midland driver who was fined for parking on a zig-zag line discovered that police had done exactly the same thing just a few weeks earlier. Laura Ward, 23, stopped outside the post office in Ombersley Road, Worcester, to get a newspaper and was issued with a fixed ...
Tragedy of the real-life action man desperate to complete his epic trip; FRIENDS PAY TRIBUTE TO THE HERO FUND-RAISER KILLED ON LAST LEG OF MARATHON BIKE RIDE.(Sport)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY ADAM ASPINALL FRIENDS last night paid tribute to a Midlands father-of-two who died in a road smash near the end of a marathon charity bike ride from John O'Groats to Land's End. Kind-hearted Graham Lees, from Barford in Warwickshire, was just 100 miles ...
Floods warning.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... LARGE parts of Britain were last night braced for possible flooding ahead of a predicted downpour. Forecasters said 'exceptionally heavy rain' is expected to fall overnight in the Midlands, East Anglia and Wales. Gale ...
Appeal to taxi driver.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... COPS are hunting for a taxi driver who gave a lift to a 22 year-old woman after she suffered a serious sexual assault in the Midlands. The driver of the black cab let the woman off paying the fare when he took her to the Wood End area of ...
crazy world.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... MAINE, USA: There's no such thing as a free lunch any more for customers of a restaurant who are brave enough to plunge naked into a lake. Owner Leigh ...
Cancer care cash.(Features)
Oct 05, 2008 ... A pounds 2.5 million grant has been awarded to a Birmingham hospital to help fund research into cancer in children. Birmingham Children's Hospital will use the money to develop techniques in cancer imaging. Dr ...
OJ FOUND GUILTY; Star facing jail for armed robbery and kidnapping.(News)
Oct 05, 2008 ... Byline: BY ADAM ASPINALL OJ SIMPSON was facing life behind bars last night after being convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping - 13 years to the day since being sensationally acquitted of double murder. The disgraced ex-American football star was led away in ...