Forecast promises warm sunny day for metro Birmingham
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- Forecast promises warm sunny day for metro Birmingham
- Birmingham v Southampton preview
- End ‘money for nothing’ – sborne
- ALL-ENGLAND/ Birmingham 2009: Chong Wei storms into semis
- Nottingham Forest v Swansea: Gary McSheffrey on a mission to prove …
Forecast promises warm sunny day for metro Birmingham
al.com
The day is expected to open with clouds but gradually turn sunny with the day’s high temperature rising to about 78 degrees. For the rest of the weekend National Weather Services forecasters predict:Tonight: Increasing clouds with a low around 57. South wind around 5 mph. Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a high near 77.
Birmingham v Southampton preview
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The Blues currently occupy second spot in the Championship table but sit just two points clear of Reading who have two games in hand. Southampton are more concerned with events at the opposite end of the table with three consecutive victories moving them to within two points of safety. Birmingham team newsRadhi Jaidi has emerged as a slight doubt for Birmingham adding to Alex McLeish’s mounting injury concerns. The centre-back suffered a thigh strain during Wednesday’s crucial 1-0 win over promotion rivals Bristol City and is in a race against time to make it against the Saints as is full-back David Murphy (thigh).
End ‘money for nothing’ – sborne
BBC News
In a speech in Birmingham Mr sborne argued that people needed to hear some “home truths” and must “work hard and save hard” to get out of the recession. The Conservatives have said Labour has left the UK ill-prepared to deal with the recession and should apologise. But Gordon Brown said the Conservatives would cut “vital” public spending describing them as “out of touch”. Mr sborne said an apology was necessary to show that Labour understood the current economic problems were home-grown rather than a result of the meltdown of the US mortgage market and had learnt the lessons of what had happened. “He [Gordon Brown] won’t say sorry for his mistakes because he really doesn’t think he made any” he said.
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ALL-ENGLAND/ Birmingham 2009: Chong Wei storms into semis
New Straits Times
His major rival Lin Dan of China also registered a convincing 21-13 21-6 win over Joachim Persson of Denmark to set-up a semi-final showdown against compatriot Chen Jin today. Chin Jin the defending champion narrowly escaped defeat as he carved out a 14-21 21-13 21-19 win over Japan’s Sho Sasaki. National singles coach Misbun Sidek in a telephone interview from Birmingham said Chong Wei will have to be at his best against Taufik who is determined to win his maiden All England crown. “The quarter-final victory is expected but as I’ve always said Taufik will be dangerous simply because he hasn’t won the All England yet” said Misbun. “Chong Wei has to be at his best as Taufik will try to take advantage of his position as the underdog. ” Chong Wei’s explosive performance didn’t brush off on his men’s doubles compatriots who lost tamely in the last eight. Kien Keat-Boon Heong the 2007 champions were hardly in the match as Mathias Boe-Carsten Mogensen of Denmark secured a comprehensive 21-7 21-17 victory in 40 minutes.
Nottingham Forest v Swansea: Gary McSheffrey on a mission to prove …
Mirror.co.uk
And he is on a mission to prove Birmingham boss Alex McLeish wrong by helping to fire Nottingham Forest to Championship safety. McSheffrey has just regained full fitness after four months out with knee tendonitis but McLeish shunted out the £3. 5m signing to Forest rather than use him in City’s push for automatic promotion. McSheffrey 26 said: “I want to prove a few people wrong. I am still young enough enough to do that.
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