The photograph shows Lorraine O’Brien from Slimming World donating Easter Eggs to children at the hospital, including Steven Male from Nechells.

The photograph shows Stacey Holloway from Black Heath receiving a giant Easter Egg from Janet Smithson from Great Barr.

Graham Wallace from Oxford Street in Dudley and Helen Turner from Bush Road in Tipton were travelling to Berlin to represent the West Midlands and Great Britain in an international trophy competition. Mick Williams is quoted.

Sarah met Mickey Mouse at Walt Disney World on Ice at the Birmingham NIA after she won an Express & Star competition to correctly name Disney characters.

Sandwell Council’s leisure services department, the borough’s Crime Prevention Panel and McDonalds organised an event at Smethwick’s Hadley Stadium, featuring Wayne Mills and other players from the Bullets and from Leicester. Mick Davies is mentioned. The

Andreas Canbanis lived in Greece but spent his summer holidays with his aunt, Jean Gaunt, in Kings Heath, because he found it too hot in Greece, and he enjoyed a visit to the police station during his stay.The photograph shows Andreas wearing a police hel

The special needs unit of Sandwell Community Leisure organsed a two-day activity course for children from special schools. Irene Grosvenor is quoted. The photograph shows Debbie Hayley helping Donna Greenshil from Dudley.

|A one-week appeal at Cascade Bingo at High Street, West Bromwich, enabled staff and customers to raise cash to buy 75 teddy bears for the children’s ward. The photograph shows Adrian Gittins surrounded by teddy bears.

Dame Jocelyn travelled from London to Sandwell and Dudley railway station but was forced to travel on to Wolverhampton as she was unable to open the train door, and was an hour late for the prize-giving at Churchfields High School in West Bromwich. West M