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Paul Suart

Paul Suart

Shayne Ward: I love my Big Fat Gypsy Wedding

X Factor winner Shayne Ward has spoken of his tough traveller upbringing – and revealed he is a huge fan of hit TV show, My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding.Read

Cops name Kinver dad killed by uprooted tree during Midland storms

POLICE last night named a motorist who died when a tree fell and crushed his car during storms which have battered the Midlands.Read

Paul Daniels' Wolverhampton variety show cancelled after ticket flop

Promoters of a tour featuring Paul Daniels have been forced to cancel their big Midland show – because of poor ticket sales.Read

Chemical leak causes congestion on Midland roads.

MOTORISTS faced lengthy queues on their way into work after 1,000 litres of an unknown chemical was spilled across a busy Midland road yesterday.Read

Police probe suspicious Castle Vale incident.

DETECTIVES visited schools in Birmingham after a distressed girl was heard calling for help from inside a parked car.Read

Black Country drummer Jon Brookes collapses on stage with The Charlatans

THE Charlatans’ Birmingham gig next month could be in doubt after their drummer collapsed on stage in America.Read

Birmingham City, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion and Wolves bid for tourist titles

BIRMINGHAM City, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers could be named top tourist attractions in a new VisitEngland scheme.Read

Ex Blues and Villa stars to play in charity match.

EX-INTERNATIONAL football stars will don their boots again for a charity match in Birmingham in aid of women’s medical research.Read

Rugby school pupils star in new Glee pop video sensation

IT IS the real-life Glee school – and it’s in the Midlands.Read

Foals: Trent University, Nottingham - 7/5/10

REMEMBER that scene in From Dusk Till Dawn, when the movie suddenly descends into a spaghetti-western horror flick? Read

Birmingham cinemas set to screen football film premiere.

A MOVIE charting the highs and lows of England’s 1990 football World Cup campaign will be screened in Birmingham on its one-night release.Read

Woman escorted from smokey flat in Moseley.

A WOMAN was led to safety by firefighters and given oxygen after cooking fumes filled her Birmingham flat.Read

Manager 'not forced to leave' says Hotel Du Vin

THE boss of an exclusive Birmingham hotel has denied that a former manager was forced to leave his job after he was slapped by a regular customer, a tribunal heard.Read

Police recover gun after disturbance in Aston.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a gun was allegedly brandished in a disturbance in Birmingham.Read

Northfield man set for Total Wipeout appearance.

A FEARLESS Cadbury worker is set to hit our TV screens as a contestant on a wacky teatime game show.Read

Birmingham dying cancer victim wins new home, thanks to Sunday Mercury

A WHEELCHAIR-bound cancer victim with only months to live has finally been offered a ground-floor home, thanks to the Sunday Mercury.Read

X Factor's Rhydian lands role in hit musical bound for the NIA.

A CLASSICAL singer who trained in Birmingham before shooting to stardom on The X Factor is to appear in a star-studded musical.Read

Birmingham City Council is haemorrhaging millions of pounds in compensation payouts

CASH-strapped Birmingham City Council is haemorrhaging millions of pounds in compensation payouts to its own staff.Read

Wolverhampton: Search is on for missing disabled man

POLICE are stepping up their search for a disabled man who vanished from a Wolverhampton nursing home four days ago.Read

World record robot dancing world record attempt in West Brom

IF robotic dancing evokes comical images of Peter Crouch’s goal celebrations, then think again.Read

Author Profile

Paul Suart is a senior journalist at the Birmingham Mail covering general news and specifically Kings Heath, Billesley and Stirchley. He used to work at the Coventry Telegraph on a series of weekly titles covering central Warwickshire.