wins royal seal of approval By ADRIAN MILLEPGE Sports Staff Past and present Warwickshire captains Alan Smith and Dermot Reeve have been awarded the CBE and OBE respectively in the New Years Honours list They are the only two figures from the world of cricket included in the lis

Post Ten people were stabbed when a part-time shelf stacker went berserk in a Birmingham supermarket yesterday brandishing two knives Shoppers dived for cover from the attacker believed to have gone on the rampage after arguing with colleagues over a Christmas bonus payment Six

London Borough of Croydon and Croydon College for services to community relations Mrs Gwenllian Anne Kidd WRVS county organiser Dyfed Jean Buyers Kidd former musical director Royal Scottish National Orchestra Junior Chorus for services to musical education Miss Elizabeth Smith K

must be extremely careful about making commitments because your needs and desires may be changing Demands could come through members of your own family but you have no trouble coping IF IT YOUR BIRTHDAY TOMORROW: You cannot expect things to just fall into place although if you d

as Elton CBE One of Britain’s best-loved pop stars Elton John receives a CBE in the New Year Honours list His well-crafted songs and outrageous stage costumes long ago won him a place in the nation’s heart He is also extremely rich and was listed as Britain's top-earning pop sta

Stephen Harrison reports MIDLAND DIGEST Victims tell of moments of horror Victims of the supermarket knifeman last night spoke from their hospital beds of the moments they were attacked Father-of-four Dennis Cooksey aged 57 from Castle Vale Birmingham was stabbed in the left sho

of the picture Buyers queue to save Reliant From The Post Tuesday December 26 Midland millionaires are relying on their entrepreneurial skills to protect their fortunes as they reject the potential pit-falls of the Stock Market Many of the richest people in the region are determ

12 SATURDAY December 30 1995 LET’S DO I lIMffcU Celebrating an annus honorabilis for HM Press The year has ended quite well for those who seek to prevent the newspaper industry from being gagged even further And ironically that is down to newspapers’ two old foes the Royal Famil

1 Irish Government airport operator Aer Rianta is picked as the main investor in Birmingham International Airport when it is privatised Aer Rianta will take a 40 per cent stake in the airport valued at more than £130 million when negotiations are complete with possibly five per

act GARDENING Make sure your tools are primed for spring advises Roger Clarke Christmas and New Year gives the gardener a few days off at a time when the demands of the soil are not too pressing Unless the weather improves dramatically you will need an oil drilling rig and explo