The Birmingham Post (England) back issues from September 2007:
Top marks for 'failure' school.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Jonathan Walker Political Editor A Birmingham school has been named among the best in the country for GCSE results - despite being given a zero rating by exam boards. More than nine out of 10 courses taken by pupils at King Edward VI High School for Girls, ...
MP warns of EU referendum demand.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Jonathan Walker Labour dissidents could join forces with Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to demand a referendum on the European Treaty, a Birmingham MP has warned, writes Jonathan Walker. Gisela Stuart (Lab Edgbaston) said Labour must honour its 2005 ...
Well-wishers pay respects to 'icon' DIANA ANNIVERSARY.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Alex Young Charity workers and well-wishers yesterday gathered at the estate where Diana is buried. Flowers were left at the gates of Althorp - near Northampton - from around 7am. Althorp is the Spencer family seat and is the home of Diana's ...
Shoppers at Harrods stop to remember; DIANA ANNIVERSARY.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Harrods came to a standstill yesterday as shoppers joined Mohamed al Fayed to remember his son Dodi and Diana, Princess of Wales. His brow furrowed with grief, the multimillionaire - who was not invited to Prince William and Prince Harry's memorial service yesterday - stood ...
'She was the best mother in world and we miss her' DIANA ANNIVERSARY.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Jonathan Frain Prince Harry paid an emotional tribute to "the best mother in the world" yesterday and called for Diana, Princess of Wales to be remembered as someone who made people happy. At the memorial service held in Diana's honour on the 10th ...
New era as ceremony marks military reforms.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Jonathan Walker Political Editor A new era of military history will begin today with a ceremony marking the merger of two historic West Midlands regiments. Prince Charles will be the guest of honour today at the celebrations marking the merger of the ...
Row could have been reason behind murder.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A 17-year-old who was stabbed to death in the street may have lost his life after a row, police said last night. Officers are hunting a group of youths seen fleeing the scene in Chesterford Road, New-ham, east London. Neighbours said they heard shouting and swearing ...
Four more held over Rhys Jones murder.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A further four people were yesterday detained on suspicion of the murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones, police said. The youngster was shot in the neck last week as he walked home from football practice in Croxteth, Liverpool. Two men, aged 20 and 24, and two boys, aged ...
Bright colours for funeral.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The devastated parents of Rhys Jones yesterday said they wanted mourners to wear bright colours and football shirts at his funeral next week. Thousands are expected to line the streets and attend the funeral on Thursday - which parents Stephen and Melanie (above) intend to be a ...
Protection for vulnerable wildlife but barrier still on agenda.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Government yesterday moved to protect vulnerable wildlife and habitats in the Severn Dee and Humber estuaries by seeking to designate them Special Areas of Conservation. But it has not ruled out controversial proposals for a tidal barrage across the River Severn which ...
Phone deal doesn't ring true for customers.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Hundreds of angry customers have bombarded Birmingham's consumer watchdog with complaints after a mobile phone company announced it couldn't honour its offer of free handset and line rental. Hundreds of customers bought up to half-a-dozen phones each from Mobile Connections on ...
Boy joyrider jailed for killing child.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A schoolboy joyrider who killed a 19-month-old toddler after losing control of a stolen car was today jailed for three-and-a-half years. Billy Donnelly was crushed by the Jeep Wrangler as he and his baby brother Luke were pushed in a buggy by their mother in south London last ...
Ottakar's MP to investigate high street 'clone towns'.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Jonathan Walker Political Editor The West Midlands MP who co-founded a successful bookshop chain is to sit on an inquiry into the state of Britain's high streets. Philip Dunne (Con Ludlow) is to help find ways of supporting small retailers and reversing the ...
Straw holds 'constructive' talks with prison officers.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Prison officers' leaders held "constructive" talks with the Government yesterday in a bid to resolve the bitter row over pay which led to a wildcat strike in jails across England and Wales. Leaders of the Prison Officers' Association met with Justice Secretary Jack Straw and ...
Scheme adds 48 criminal offences.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Criminals released early from prison because of the overcrowding crisis have committed a further 48 offences since the controversial scheme was introduced, it was revealed yesterday. When added to the eight committed by those released in the first few days of the scheme, it ...
Vaz calls for Brown to hold referendum on EU Treaty.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Former Labour Europe Minister Keith Vaz yesterday joined calls for the Government to hold a referendum on the new EU Treaty. He urged Prime Minister Gordon Brown to allow a vote on the treaty, which critics claim is a replica of the old EU Constitution. Labour ...
Nothing so permanent as a temporary compromise; IRON ANGLE.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Paul Dale The 21st century, in the shape of the electronic wizardry of the BBC TV Big Screen, will be coming to Birmingham's Victoria Square however much the conservationists complain about civic vandalism. Of that, you can be certain. The project, which ...
New era for gambling.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Casinos, bookmakers and online betting sites today entered a new era. The Gambling Act 2005 comes fully into force today, overhauling pieces of legislation dating back as far as 1845. The new laws relax previous restrictions on adverts for gambling to give casinos, ...
'Calm down Cameron'.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A senior police officer has hit back over Tory leader David Cameron's description of "anarchy" on Britain's streets. Mr Cameron has highlighted high-profile gun and knife crimes as part of his attack on the Government over social breakdown. But Association of Chief ...
Brown 'bounce' rebounds.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Brown "bounce" - indicated by the opinion polls - was nowhere to be seen yesterday in the latest council by-elections. Analysis by the Press Association of 11 comparable contests over August suggests a projected nationwide Tory lead over Labour of 12.5 per cent, a bleak ...
Routine eye test picks up Jack's cancerous tumour.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Emma Brady Health Correspondent A Birmingham mother is urging parents to take their children for regular eye checks after opticians spotted a large cancerous tumour on his first ever visit to an optician. Teresa Cosnett, who lives in Kitts Green, ...
Dannii dates contestant then crushes dreams.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Dannii Minogue went on a lunch date with one of the X Factor contestants before she crushed his dreams of stardom, it was revealed yesterday. The singer, 35, was fixed up with Chris Gale, aged 45, a marketing director, by The Xtra Factor presenter Fearne Cotton and the pair ...
Mystery over mummified body discovered in shed.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A man who split up from his wife and disappeared without trace for around three years was found mummified and locked in a shed yards from his Black Country home. Diane Bradley told an inquest this week she told David Bradley to leave the family's Darlaston home because of his ...
Boys guilty of manslaughter after attack on father aged 67.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Five boys aged from 12 to 14 burst into tears yesterday as they were convicted of "a completely unnecessary, pointless and random attack" which killed a man playing cricket with his son. Ernest Norton, 67, collapsed with a heart attack after being hit by stones and spat at in a ...
WILLS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Edna May Lowe, of Muchall Road, Penn, Wolverhampton, died on May 4 2007; left estate valued at pounds 3,560,920 gross, pounds 3,554,518 net, mostly to relatives; she also left pounds 100,000 to RNLI, and pounds 5,000 each to Compton Hall Hospice and to Cancer Research UK. Probate has been ...
Men arrested.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder over shootings at a house that left three men dead and two women badly injured. Hertfordshire Police said the pair were detained in Stevenage on Sunday night and are being questioned by detectives. ...
This summer could be the wettest in UK since records began, says Met Office.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... This summer is likely to be the wettest since UK rainfall records began in 1914, the Met Office said yesterday. Provisional rainfall figures up to August 28 show 358.5mm of rain has fallen in the UK, just above the previous record of 358.4mm in 1956. If the figure is ...
Tributes to 'thoughtful leader' who helped young find work.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Tributes have been paid to Birmingham & Solihull Connexions chief executive Paul Verity, who died suddenly on Thursday at the age of 53. Mr Verity led the service, which helps young people find work and further education, for three years. With more than 20 years ...
New Lord Lieutenant is 'proud to be Brummie' From India to Birmingham, Paul Sabapathy's journey has taken him from the classroom to the boardroom to becoming the new Lord Lieutenant of the West Midlands.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Emma Pinch reports It was 1964 when Paul Chandrasekharan Sabapathy arrived in the UK from his native India. The 21-year-old who had studied at Lawrence School, Lovedale, and Madras Christian College, completed a masters degree from Aston University and ...
Aston Villa and City fans 'have lower expectations'.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Emma Brady While most football fans live in a fantasy world of never-to-be realised glories, Aston Villa and Birmingham City supporters remain rooted in reality. Many fans go through the turnstiles with hope in their hearts and their heads in the clouds, ...
Final service for club church.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A church which spawned the creation of Aston Villa Football Club will hold its last service tomorrow before its demolition to make way for a new pounds 4.5 million centre. The New Testament Church of God, in Lozells, has been the base for thousands of worshippers for almost 200 ...
Whites a minority in Brum by 2024; ETHNICITY.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... White people living in the UK's second biggest city are likely to become a minority within 20 years, researchers have predicted. Demographers from the University of Manchester said the white population of Birmingham was expected to fall below half of the city's total by 2024. ...
Motorist jailed for fatal crash; COURTS.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A motorist was jailed yesterday after forensic experts matched her footprint to a brake pedal to prove she caused a crash that killed a stockbroker. Anne Milton, 46, of Stanmore, Middlesex, had initially denied driving a car that veered across a motorway into the path of ...
Camelot's go-ahead; GAMBLING.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Camelot has been given the final green light to continue running the UK's National Lottery until at least 2019. It beat Indian company Sugal & Damani to win the competition for the third Lottery operator's licence. The National Lottery Commission (NLC) said yesterday ...
Case adjourned; COURT.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Millionaire boxer Amir Khan's trial over claims that he was clocked driving at 140mph was adjourned yesterday following legal argument. Khan, 20, of Lostock, Bolton, did not attend the hearing at Rochdale Magistrates' Court. He has denied the speeding charge after ...
INTERNATIONAL: Oil tanker crash kills 29 people; KENYA.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... At least 29 people were killed and more than 30 injured when an oil tanker truck rolled down a hill in Kenya and smashed into four minibuses. The tanker's driver had stopped to refuel on Thursday when the vehicle started rolling, Police Chief Grace Kaindi said in Kisii, 165 ...
INTERNATIONAL: Extra troops sent to stop rogue general; CONGO.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Army and UN peacekeepers sent reinforcements to eastern Congo yesterday, after clashes involving a renegade general forced scores of civilians to flee, UN officials said. Two UN helicopters were flying over the eastern town of Katale "to deter the belligerents from restarting ...
INTERNATIONAL: Bodies found; ISRAEL.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Israeli police divers found the bodies of two sailors missing in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday morning, 12 hours after their cargo ship sank in a collision with a passenger liner. They were found inside the sunken ship, where the crewmen had apparently been trapped when their ...
INTERNATIONAL: Siamese twins die; URUGUAY.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Twin girls joined at the chest and abdomen died in Uruguay two months after they were born. Jessica and Victoria Rivera had been in the neonatal care unit of a Montevideo medical centre since they were born. In a statement ...
INTERNATIONAL: Media art protest; SWEDEN.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Scores of Muslims staged a demonstration yesterday against a Swedish newspaper and demanded that its chief editor apologise for publishing a drawing depicting the Prophet Mohammed with a dog's body. The rally outside the Nerikes Allehanda newspaper in Orebro followed ...
INTERNATIONAL: War veteran Brits take part in Malaysian march.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Veteran British servicemen who fought to defend Malaysia more than 45 years ago took part in a spectacular display marking the country's 50th year of independence yesterday. The old soldiers marched through the streets of Kuala Lumpur in a national day parade celebrating the Far ...
INTERNATIONAL: McCanns sue paper that accused them of killing Maddy.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By John Ashton The parents of missing Madeleine McCann launched a defamation action yesterday against a Portuguese newspaper which accused them of killing their daughter. Gerry McCann said he and his wife, Kate, were "deeply hurt" by the front-page story in ...
INTERNATIONAL: Sarkozy and Brown fight for Darfur ceasefire.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday vowed to redouble efforts to secure a ceasefire in Darfur as they demanded "quick and decisive" international action. They condemned the crisis in the western region of Sudan as "completely unacceptable" ...
INTERNATIONAL: Greek fires under control.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... All major blazes in Greece were under control yesterday, and firefighters were working to extinguish smaller fires in the southern part of the country. One week after hundreds of wildfires broke out across Greece, killing 64 people and costing the country at least pounds 800 ...
INTERNATIONAL: Movie star's a family man.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Coventry-born actor Clive Owen says he spends time with his children as much as possible when not working because he misses them so much during filming. The Sin City star also spoke about what he looks for in roles, while promoting his latest film at a US comic book convention. ...
INTERNATIONAL: Taliban hostages go home.(News)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Nineteen South Koreans freed by Taliban kidnappers were on their way home as their government denied allegations it paid a ransom to end the six-week stand-off. The former hostages, who looked pale but otherwise healthy, left Kabul airport on a United Nations flight to Dubai, ...
THE BIRMINGHAM POST: We must find a route between power and unity.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Europe is a topic which has the power to cause problems for any Government. Regardless of which party is in office, proposals to change the nature of the European Union or its relationship with member states are likely to arouse strong opinions. Governments of all ...
THE BIRMINGHAM POST: Fanciful fans.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2007 ... A survey by Littlewoods Pools shows that the average football supporter firmly believes, against overwhelming odds, that their team will end the season with a trophy cabinet groaning under the weight of silverware. As the month of April dawns each year, hopes inevitably fade ...
THE BIRMINGHAM POST: Reflections.(Leaders)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Ten-year-old Tuan came with his father from a small island community to visit England for the first time. As I drove them from the airport across Birmingham it dawned on me what a culture shock this was for the boy. He was coming from a place where everyone knew everyone else and had a ...
Letter: High price of single status; COUNCIL PAY.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Dear Editor, So Councillor Rudge is to submit his single status proposals to the city cabinet for ratification on September 10 (Revised pay scales ready to go out to city workers, Post August 24). I have been a loyal and hard-working employee of Birmingham City Council for ...
Letter: Camp Hill line would bring real benefits; RAILWAYS.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: Coun MARTIN MULLANEY Dear Editor, I would like to clarify several points raised in your letters pages regarding the reopening of the Camp Hill railway line to passenger services. 1 - Comment attributed to me saying "if we can get rid of freight from the line ...
Letter: Post success well deserved; BIRMINGHAM POST.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: PAT HILL Dear Editor, I was delighted to learn The Birmingham Post is the best performing regional newspaper in the UK and am wondering if I may claim the honour of being its oldest reader? My father took the Post and, of course, did the crosswords. I could ...
Letter: Time for change at Edgbaston; CRICKET.(Letters)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: RICHARD GRIFFITHS Dear Editor, Having witnessed the performances of a once prestigious cricketing county going to absolute ruin through mismanagement at all levels, and even among the playing staff, I would like to suggest Warwickshire Bears change their name to ...
Quiz of the Day.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... 1. How many ages of man were described by William Shakespeare in his play As You Like It? 2. Which war was ended by the Treaty of Vereeniging? 3. Who was the prime mover behind the founding of the Standard Oil Company (later named Esso) in the USA in 1870? ...
RUDERAL.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... 1) A heavily embroidered curtain used in Elizabethan times to screen off an alcove; 2) The main upright timber support in a medieval ...
DID YOU KNOW?(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... There are 192 officially recognised countries in the world Attila the Hun died of a nosebleed A Chinese man is hoping to get into the record books after pulling four cars roped together - with one finger. The 56-year-old, who said he has been practising his stunt for ...
ON THIS DAY; September 1.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... 1939: Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II. Men aged 19 to 41 were conscripted under the National Service Bill 1955: Bruce Foxton, musician with The Jam, whose hits include Going Underground and Town Called Malice, is 52 today 1989: Ozzy Osbourne was charged ...
WEB LIFE.(Features)
Sep 01, 2007 ... If you don't think of yourself as much of a high-achiever, then www.not-mensa.com is the website for you. Not Mensa provides a forum for dim-witted, mindless exchanges between the site's low IQ members, including silly jokes, mindless ponderings about trivia and research and debate into ...
Calm and collected wins the day in stock market; PERSONAL FINANCE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: TREVOR LAW It was the great American investor Warren Buffett who remarked: "Unless you can watch your stock holding decline by 50 per cent without becoming panic-stricken, you should not be in the stock market." This advice is well-worth remembering as the ...
Why income protection insurance is declining; PERSONAL FINANCE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Income protection insurance, or IPI, has an essential role to play in providing financial security, says research group Defaqto, which has called for insurers and advisers to show greater commitment to the product. The company said this week that IPI not only protects ...
Unrealistic aims over debt deadline; PERSONAL FINANCE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Two-thirds of borrowers have unrealistic expectations about how long it will take them to get out of debt, a survey has shown. The average borrower has pounds 11,000 of non-mortgage debt and thinks they will be able to clear this within three years, according to financial ...
Cheques written off; PERSONAL FINANCE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... The use of cheques fell at its fastest rate ever during 2006, with just under half of consumers no longer using them at all. The number of cheques written has halved during the past ten years, falling from two billion a year in 1996 to just one billion last ...
Did amateur investors see the storm before it broke? PERSONAL FINANCE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Byline: By Jeremy Gates Special Correspondent As stock markets trembled around the world recently - knocking about 12 per cent off the FTSE-100, the index of London's blue chip shares - it seemed that many amateur investors might have seen the storm before it broke. ...
Ethical funds good for soul - and your bank balance; PERSONAL FINANCE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Ethical funds are good for the bank balance as well as the soul, figures this week showed. Returns have surged ahead of those from traditional funds, according to the latest survey by Moneyfact's Investment, Life & Pensions magazine. It examined the performance of ...
Schooling costs 'a burden' for majority of parents; PERSONAL FINANCE.(Business)
Sep 01, 2007 ... Schools costs are burden for the majority of parents or guardians, the charity Citizens Advice said this week. Three out of four adults questioned said they found the cost of sending their child to school "very" or "quite" difficult. As well as having to buy items such as ...