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Pupils put heart into cookery film ; Recipe VEGETABLE STIR-FRY DELIGHT: Find out how you could be more healthy - go to www.birminghammail.net/change4life

READY, Steady, Cook! Pupils at a Midland primary school were able to get to grips with kitchen rights and wrongs when a cookery roadshow rolled into town. Moat Farm Infant pupils were picked as part of a campaign to help put healthy eating at the heart of the classroom. The children at the school in Brookfields Road, Oldbury, were filmed putting their new-found knowledge into practice, presenting their culinary skills as if they were on a live cookery programme.

Get up and about ; TopTips FOR A HEALTHIER FAMILY

THE way life is today means that most of us spend too long sitting down doing nothing. Not being active means our bodies don't burn off enough fat, which leads to it storing up inside. '2 hours max' - You may find it useful to set a limit to how long your children can sit still in front of the TV, computer or video game or chatting to their friends on the phone.

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THE McCain Track & Field Roadshow Dome will be touring the country this summer, giving a taste of all that athletics has to offer. It's a great chance for some hands-on fun as young and old alike get to test themselves against friends and family in a range of activities.

Saddle up to keep all of the family fit

THE Batey family of Sutton Cold- field are fans of getting on their bikes to cycle their way to fitness. Dad Lloyd, a 38-year-old financial advisor, was the first to be bitten by the cycling bug but he soon convinced wife Caroline, who works in school administration.

Arts celebration for shining Holy Cross ; SchoolOfTheWeek HOLY CROSS CATHOLIC PRIMARY, SUTTON COLDFIELD

HOLY Cross Catholic Primary in Sutton Coldfield is continuing to excel. The school, in Laburnum Drive, Walmley, is on 'top form' as the best performing primary in Birmingham having achieved a 100 per cent pass rate at both levels four five in all three essential subjects of English, maths and science in last year's SATs.

Pupils sing for shoppers

CHILDREN made sweet music at a shopping centre when they sang their hearts out for a charitable cause. Pupils from Solihull's Reynalds Cross Special School backed "Busking Cancer Week" and Cancer Research UK by performing at the town's Touchwood mall.

Classy acts hit the stage

BIRMINGHAM Independent School of Performing Arts is giving budding stage stars a chance to tread the boards this summer. It is holding Showbusiness Schools in the summer holidays, Monday to Thursdays from 10am to 3.30pm in preparation for a free performance of a show at the end of the summer.

Mum-to-be in flooding ordeal

A HEAVILY pregnant woman and her partner escaped unhurt after their bathroom flooded and almost collapsed. Firefighters isolated the electrics at the semidetached house in Damson Lane, Solihull, at about 3.15am yesterday while paramedics attended to the couple who did not need hospital treatment.

Stars flock to city rooms with a view ; SHOWBIZ: Pop idols and film A-listers help Rotunda apartments survive recession

BOOKINGS from pop stars and actors are helping one of Birmingham's most prestigious apartment blocks survive the recession after other clients slashed their expenses budgets, it emerged today. Staying Cool, which runs 17 serviced apartments on the 18th, 19th and 20th floors of the Rotunda, this week celebrates its first anniversary at the iconic building.

High street is back in business at last ; RECOVERY: Kings Heath starting to show signs of beating the recession

A BIRMINGHAM high street is back in business after being brought to its knees by the recession. Traders in Kings Heath faced a gloomy future in January, with the area's business association suggesting its members faced a critical threemonth period and the closure of its Woolworths branch among the biggest blow.

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Sat nav appeal

POLICE today appealed for the victim of a satellite navigation theft to come forward after a man was arrested on suspicion of theft. Officers were flagged down by the victim in Bristol Road South, Longbridge, at 10.15am on Thursday saying he had just had his sat nav system stolen from his van.

RAF cadet duo prove their skill during gliding course

THE sky's the limit for two RAF cadets who have been awarded their gliding wings. Sgt Thomas Rooney and Cpl Thomas Gerard, both 17 and from Solihull School, completed their training with volunteer gliding squadrons at Watton Airfield, in Norfolk, and Royal Marines Condor, near Arbroath.

Comic Bard a joy for all ; REVIEWS: A Midsummer Night's Dream WESTON PARK

WESTON Park proved to be the perfect setting for a comic Shakespearean classic to be played out in the open air. After taking our places, with picnic and chairs, in the grounds of this magnificent 17th Century House, on the Staffordshire Shropshire border, Quantum Theatre performed A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Great night of show songs ; REVIEWS: Beyond The Barricade SYMPHONY HALL

SONGS from about 30 top West End musicals made an outstanding show to celebrate the tenth anniversary of this accomplished company. In a three-hour extravaganza the singers and musicians delighted a full house with classy performances of wonderful songs from musicals that have run for years, from Phantom of the Opera to Fame and Cats to The Lion King.

Kids' geography is not up to scratch ; FAMILY: West Midlands children don't know where UK holiday hotspots are

CORNWALL is in Wales and the Lake District in the south of England according to a survey of West Midlands children. Nearly a quarter of the eight to 16-year-olds polled could not say accurately where Cornwall was and almost half thought the Lake District was in the south.

Chinn's history evening

LOCAL historian and Mail columnist Carl Chinn is holding a special history evening at St Mary's Church in Pype Hayes. The event, at 7.30pm on Thursday July 9, is part a year of celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the Erdington church.

World on a plate!

World's Best Diet (ITV, 8pm) THE British contributions to world cuisine haven't been overly plentiful.

Neil and pals are back for a new series ; Comedy

The Inbetweeners (Channel 4, 11.10pm) IF SKINS is to be believed, teenagers today are a frighteningly cool bunch, who spend their days dealing with their dramatic personal lives before sneaking out at night for an illicit party. However, if you want reassurance that there are still plenty of 21st-century adolescents who are awkward, nerdy and more or less incapable of stringing a sentence together in front of the opposite sex, you might want to watch The Inbetweeners instead.

Caine rises from the dead in CSI ; Crime

CSI: Miami (Five, 9pm) ANY fans who hate spoilers should probably look away now, but with Britain nine months behind the US - not to mention all the cliffhangertrashing promotional material that's out there - it's no secret that Horatio Caine isn't really dead..