Norman Wisdom a bow Dame Elizabeth takes By CHRIS MONCRIEFF Special Correspondent Dazzling array of star names m line-up Dame Elizabeth Taylor tops the bill of dazzling array of stars from shcwbusi-ness great and the humble from all walks life usher in the new Millennium with an

PAGE FOR YOUR WHAT’S ON GUIDE m Mi Reeling in another year at the movies Mike Davies reviews the highs and lows of 1999’s film releases Although marked by some magnificent films 1999 was not on the whole a great movie year upon which to end the millennium Too many soulless big b

in Henley Oxfordshire Lyrics that drove Mad Mick crazy ‘Psychotic thinks Beatles are witches By CHRIS MARRITT Special Correspondent The 33-year-old man arrested by police investigating the attack on George Harrison was a “psychotic” father-of-two coming off drugs at his flat in

of Lyons By BORIS WORRALL The Birmingham Post The chief executive of Birmingham City Council Michael Lyons is knighted today in a New Year Honours list that celebrates stars from sport and showbusi-ness including Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor Sir Michael heads the roll call

Leader of the hen whether the job fighting the millennium hug I’ve tried every diet in the world If it was stand on your head I’ve tried it Magic diet pills I’ve tried it Monica Lewinsky slimming Women need reality to survive but reality is already a disappearing habitat Germain

Post A 72-year-old Midland man collapsed and died after arguing with a gang of youths near his home Mr Ken Lewin suffered a heart attack after confronting a group of seven youths in Basford Brook Drive Rowleys Green Coventry Mr Lewin a widower was returning to his home after tak

totting up the financial cost of the killer storms that ripped across the country this week as the human cost rose to 83 deaths according to the latest estimate from the Interior Ministry The latest French figures bring the death toll across Western Europe to 136 Clean-up work w

Ava Sturridge-Packer headteacher of St Mary's Handsworth who has been awarded a CBE How a troubled school found success By HELEN BRUCE The Birmingham Post Birmingham City Council’s chief executive Sir Michael Lyons last night spoke of his surprise and delight in receiving a knig

Sir John Birt Director-General BBC The Rt Hon Sir Leon Brittan QC Lately vice-president European Commission Joel Goodman Joffe CBE Chairman OXFAM Adam Hafejee Patel Vice president Blackburn Community Relations Council and Counsellor Muslim Council of Britain Sir Charles David Po

Very few things have gone wrong for Tony McCoy in 1 999 or any other year come to that But the champion jockey will want to put the record straight on the last day of the year with Rodock in the Challow Hurdle at Cheltenham McCoy was angry that he had beaten by stable companion