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  Bromsgrove ex-bodybuilder defies stroke for charity walk in Birmingham Cannon Hill Park

  July 25, 2012 / Local News, Local Sport

  HE was the 16 stone bodybuilder who squeezed competitive racketball matches between five days of pumping iron every week. Driving instructor Pete Rumbold was in peak condition. But then the athlete was hit by a stroke that left him paralysed down the left side of his body. Eight months on, Pete has regained his mobility and last Sunday took part in a Cannon Hill Park charity walk to help fellow stroke victims. “I had to stop a training session as [...]

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  Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,100 jobs at Castle Bromwich

  July 25, 2012 / Local News, The Local Area, Working in...

  MORE than 1,100 new jobs are to be created at Jaguar as the car-maker gears up for a massive expansion programme. The new jobs – announced today – are to support an ambitious product offensive by Jaguar Land Rover after the firm pledged to produce 40 new models over the next five years. A host of new Jaguars are set to be built in Birmingham, the first being the Jaguar XF Sportbrake, which goes into production later this year. The [...]

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  Birmingham Children’s Hospital: Millie’s life in their hands

  October 25, 2011 / Living In..., Local News

  When Millie Healey was born with a heart condition, her parents received the agonising news that there was nothing more doctors could do for her. It was only when her notes were transferred to experts at the Birmingham Children’s Hospital for a second opinion that they were offered a ray of hope. Now baby Millie is at home with her parents and three older brothers, despite being born with a condition so complex that doctors in London and Bristol said [...]

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  15,000 step out for Birmingham half marathon

  October 25, 2011 / Local News, Local Sport, What's On in...

  Birmingham was awash with a sea of colourful superheroes, cuddly animals and  even giant fruit yesterday as thousands of runners donned costumes to raise cash  for charity. Some 60,000 supporters lined the streets to cheer on the runners in the Bupa Great Birmingham Run which was screened live on Channel Five. Many were there to catch a glimpse of Ethiopian running legend Haile Gebrselassie, who won the race with a time of 61 minutes and 29 seconds. A host of elite [...]

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  Modern art centre for Birmingham city centre launched

  October 25, 2011 / Going Out in..., Learning in..., Living In..., Local Lifestyle, Local News, Visiting..., What's On in...

  Birmingham’s leading modern art gallery is set to launch a second venue at the heart of a new city centre creative industries village. The Ikon 2 is one of three new galleries to be based around a new square  outside the historic Curzon Street Station at Eastside. A neighbouring museum of contemporary art and  exhibition space will be launched with works from leading artists and sculptors David Hockney, Anthony Gormley, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and Bridget Riley under a scheme designed [...]

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