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2008.06.27: Competing for page 1... A free Wii or nannygate?
2008.06.25: So what news do you get on 'quiet' days?
2008.06.21: Post Office closures are a roll-call of deaths in the community
2008.06.17: The editor's 'wash and go' conundrum...
2008.06.12: What a load of Balls!
2008.06.09: My future is not Orange!
2008.06.06: Let's ABOLISH the Welsh Language Act 1993 (diddymu, if you like)
2008.06.04: Respect the Ref success (hope you are watching, Sir Alex and co)
2008.06.01: The fastest 15-year-old in the Great Midlands Fun Run
2008.05.31: When adverts clash with copy
2008.05.29: Unsolved murders
2008.05.29: Geordie wearing no trousers...
2008.05.23: Threats at court
2008.05.16: Taxis, planes and automobiles madness in Berlin
2008.05.15: And a quick word on the Gareth Barry / Martin O'Neill saga
2008.05.15: The morning after the night before...
2008.05.09: Birmingham City FC stay up; Aston Villa in Europe
2008.05.06: Economic doomsayers... TAKE A HIKE!
2008.05.05: The last match of the season x3 in the Birmingham Mail
2008.05.02: Mail's campaign demolishes Chinese wall of silence
2008.05.02: Today's full election picture
2008.05.01: Election planning email no.2
2008.05.01: Organising tonight's election operation
2008.04.30: Bear a thought for the local hacks working through election night
2008.04.30: The editor gets out of his chair... (and a bottle of wine to be won)
2008.04.26: Naming the driver in the Villa fan death case
2008.04.25: Villa fan's death: the full story
2008.04.22: Respect the ref!
2008.04.21: The Sun, Villa and Blues and a wider debate on crass reporting in the nationals
2008.04.21: Death after Villa v Blues derby: both the victim and accused driver were Villa 'fans' (and why The Sun can at times be a sick, irresponsible paper)
2008.04.20: Villa 5, Blues 1
2008.04.20: Villa v Blues... and the things us editors have to do...
2008.04.18: Nanjing's Chinese whispers over Longbridge
2008.04.14: Sir Alex Ferguson and co should be made to learn a lesson from Cottage Farm Rangers
2008.04.10: Full, updated content on Blues arrests
2008.04.10: Karren Brady and David Sullivan arrests
2008.04.08: Nice one Cyrille!
2008.04.05: Wishful thinking
2008.04.04: West Bromwich Albion to win the FA Cup semi... you heard it here first
2008.04.04: The magic of the FA Cup
2008.04.01: The ugly side of editing
2008.03.31: So who won editors' prizes last week...?
2008.03.20: A boozy competition for would-be editors
2008.03.20: And the winner is...
2008.03.19: Beaming with pride
2008.03.19: The legal challenges of reporting a teacher's illicit sex with a pupil
2008.03.17: Talking of holidays...
2008.03.17: £105 for a seven-day holiday!
2008.03.17: All readers' calls to the editor must be answered
2008.03.14: 'SHANNON ALIVE'
2008.03.13: Elected mayors
2008.03.13: ...and the eventual page one, 4.20pm March 13
2008.03.13: The moment you wished you'd worn fresh socks!
2008.03.13: Page one in the making as we blog, 7.49am March 13...
2008.03.12: Three cheers for Mrs D!
2008.03.12: My fuzzy-felt day...
2008.03.12: 'Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky...'
2008.03.10: Newspaper editors love a bit of rivalry
2008.03.10: Boing boing Baggies go to Wembley!!
2008.03.09: A 10-year-old's view of newspapers and the web
2008.03.07: Complaints
2008.03.06: Upside down news bills....
2008.03.05: BMTV (Birmingham Mail TV), channel 1
2008.03.05: My diet starts tomorrow
2008.03.02: It felt good to be Brummie today
2008.02.29: doncha just hate football agents??
2008.02.27: Did the earth move for you?
2008.02.26: Elected mayor forum attracts 181,205 hits
2008.02.25: The Tory Trojan Horse...
2008.02.25: "The mostest, the bestest, the latest."
2008.02.22: Drinking at lunchtime... I wish
2008.02.22: The magnetic Albion v Cardiff blog
2008.02.21: I'd hate a Blackberry (although I do love blackberries in a crumble)
2008.02.20: WARNING: you must chew, swallow and pause while surfing...
2008.02.19: The responsibility of local newspapers
2008.02.18: What a star writer
2008.02.16: Animal stories... don't you just hate 'em?
2008.02.14: Threats don't deter journalists...
2008.02.13: £21.50 for two glasses of wine!
2008.02.11: PR folly
2008.02.10: Uncomfortable truth about the national media circus
2008.02.10: Children can be cruel
2008.02.08: We're not a mad national red-top...
2008.02.07: Taking care of readers
2008.02.05: It's Wiki(d)
2008.02.04: No-one should completely rely on the internet
2008.02.01: Time to clear those cluttered desks...
2008.01.31: "I don't want my picture in the paper"
2008.01.31: I didn't choke today
2008.01.30: To go home or not to go home...
2008.01.30: The inquest waiting to happen...
2008.01.29: Daily gags
2008.01.28: Should we hit kids with wooden spoons?