Birmingham Mail

Making School Great Every Day!

MARK Koppel, of Kingsmill Midlands Region Bakery, says: "We are extremely proud to be sponsoring the Primary Teacher of the Year category. "It takes time and dedication by a teacher to ensure that their pupils receive the best education and here at the Kingsmill Midlands Bakery we know that dedication and time are a winning combination.

Vote for Your School Heroes

THE Birmingham Mail and The Pallasades Shopping Centre are now welcoming your entries for the 2009 Schools Awards. There are ten award categories in total including a School of the Year Award.

Pupils Play to Their All-Round Strengths ; St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary in Stechford

THREE 'outstanding' Ofsted inspections would be good enough reason for any school to celebrate. But, while St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary is no exception, it prefers to focus on what the triple accolade can achieve in terms of further boosting the learning opportunities for its children.

Our Doctor Says There Is No Cure for My Wife's Giddiness ; Askfiona

QMY wife feels giddy all the time, except when lying down. She can only walk unassisted when inside which includes shops. When outside, she holds my arm or needs a three-wheeled walker. The doctor says the giddiness is caused by a small stroke and that there is no cure. Would acupuncture help, or can you suggest anything else? PP AAS I am not a qualified doctor or acupuncturist, I cannot tell you what treatments would or would not work. I would have thought you should be asking your doctor fo...

Why Is My Pet Rabbit Losing Fur On His Legs? ; Petscorner

PDSA VET IAN FLEMING ANSWERS YOUR QUESTIONS QMY male baby rabbit has lost fur from his legs. What is causing this? A Parasites or a fungal skin infection can cause fur loss in rabbits, so take your rabbit to your vet to be checked. Some conditions can also infect people, so be cautious about handling your rabbit before your vet has ruled these diseases out, for example, wear gloves to handle him. QI'VE adopted a cat from my local rescue shelter and I've noticed her whiskers are very short? AI...

5reasons ... ; to Try Tae Kwon Do

Spicing Up Your Salad ; Ten Ways to Serve Bright, Beautiful, Healthy Recipes: Fitness

REMEMBER the days when a salad was simply a pile of lettuce leaves and a few tomatoes? With the move towards healthy eating and salads taking centre stage on the dinner table, such paltry fare is, hopefully, in the past. Indeed, with the wealth of fresh ingredients available either from our own gardens, farmers' markets, delis and supermarkets, there is every reason to offer bright, beautiful, healthy and varied salads.

Formula for Feed Success ; Asksam Your Diet Queries

Q How should I make up my baby's feed using powdered infant formula milk? A Before you prepare a feed, it's very important to clean work surfaces and wash your hands. Remember that you also need to sterilise bottles and teats before you use them. To make up a feed using powdered infant formula, boil fresh tap water and leave it to cool for no more than half an hour. Follow the formula manufacturer's instructions about how to make it up. Test the temperature of the formula milk on the inside o...

The Paranormal Brought to Life

WEREWOLF sightings on Cannock Chase and a ghost haunting visitors to Ludlow Castle are just some of the unexplained supernatural phenomena revealed in a study of the paranormal in the United Kingdom during the last 25 years. Other reported incidents include a phantom hitch-hiker getting into motorists' cars, a Lancashire time-slip road taking you back to the 1940s and the ghost of a one-legged priest.

Ramadan Car Wash

Red-Card Plan to Reduce Violence

Beer Buses Firm Barred ; Licensing: Inspectors Call Time On Leisure Firm

A MIDLAND fun bus operator has been stripped of his licence and branded "foolish and negligent" in a scathing ruling from the region's deputy traffic commissioner. Garry O'Connor, trading as The Beer Bus Company, appeared before commissioner Roger Seymour over "adverse maintenance and tachograph" issues.

New Drive to Cut Car Crime

IF IT'S on show it will go - that's the message from Lichfield District Safer Community Partnership as it launched a new campaign aimed at cutting car crime. A partnership spokesman said: "Despite car crime having fallen dramatically over the years, cars are still being broken into, damaged or stolen every year."

Seeing the Big Picture ; Charity: Painting by Numbers Helps Blind Children

CHILDREN with eye cancer had a chance to splash about with colours when a massive Painting by Numbers event took place in Birmingham. All the youngsters have retinoblastoma which has left them either blind or with just limited vision, so that they usually struggle with artwork.

Hopes for Bus Service

New Stage for X Factor Pupil

WALSALL College chiefs are hoping star student Demi Cullen will provide the X Factor at their Urban Festival. Demi, who is studying performing arts at the Black Country college, appeared on the prime time Saturday night TV show, impressing the judges with her bubbly personality.

Creating a School of Dreams

MICROSOFT, Hewlett Packard, CNN, MTV, FedEx. All huge companies, but what else do they have in common? Answer: they all started in a time of economic downturn. A recession can mean opportunity.

Rotary Hosts Indian Night

Film a Small Miracle

A FILM partly made in Birmingham is clocking up a worldwide audience and attracting thousands of website hits a day. The 13th Day, which was edited in the city and tells the story of an alleged miracle at the end of the First World War, is drawing 9,000 hits a day to its website, after it was widely promoted in the US.

Charity Hit by Pounds 5,000 Tools Theft

A MIDLAND charity was devastated when thieves plundered more than pounds 5,000 worth of gardening tools from their lock-up. Beacon Employment, which gives adults with learning disabilities new skills and helps them find work, had lawnmovers and shredders stolen from its Worcestershire lock-up.