In Our House is a new programme being made by TNT News of Ladywood which will be aired on the new local tv service covering Birmingham & the Black Country. The station is called Big Centre TV and it began broadcasting on Freeview Channel 8 on 28 February 2015. TNT’s first episode of In Our House…
Pupils from Oratory School worked with Trees for Life to plant eight new trees on Chamberlain Gardens. December 2014
A German WWII Dornier aircraft is being cleaned up after it was lifted from the seabed. A former Ladywood schoolboy , Ken Collins, recalls seeing a Dornier over Spring Hill, Ladywood in 1940.
Amari and Hannah were at the opening of the 2014 Christmas markets in Victoria Square.
Shannon reports from Centenary Square on the day of National Remembrance.
Two TNT News reporters, Lola and Roberto discovered the grave of their great grandfather in a CWGC cemetery at Havrincourt.
After 15 years of hard work the Coffin Works museum on Fleet Street has finally opened. TNT News spoke to people who attended the official opening.
The Story of houses in Ladywood A fun animation created by Pupils form The Oratory School, Ladywood. The pupils worked with Lee Martin ( Steamroom Media) & Norman Bartlam ( TNT News ) to tell the story of housing in Ladywood.
Brindleyplace held its annual Chilli eating competition… The chillis got hotter and hotter and contestants dropped out. Lou Witterick, the last survivor was crowned Chiili Queen 2014.
Birmingham’s latest and most unusual tourist attraction, the Coffin Works, is almost ready to open. TNT went along to help the team to add the finishing touches to the displays. You can find more information here about the Coffin Works.
A former pupil of the old boarding school at the Oratory church on Hagley Road has been remembered at a ceremony in France. TNT visited an airfield at Glisy, Amiens exactly 100 years to the day that he landed there with the Royal Flying Corps.
The story of a dead horse and the curse of St Andrews is told by Rick Coleman, Birmingham City FC’s tour guide.
Wheelie bins are coming to Hall Green, Hodge Hill and Yardley districts in the autumn on 2014. TNT News Team produced a video telling you all you need to know about the bins – and how to use them. For more information please visit www.birmingham.gov.uk/wheeliebins
75 years ago this month war broke out and thousands of children were evacuated from Birmingham to villages in the countryside. Here are a few memories of former Ladywood children about the events of August and September 1939.
BBC Midlands Today featured our WWI investigation into the story of former pilot and Oratory School pupil, Major Francis Fitzgerald Waldron. He was one of the first to land in France in August 1914.
The Chamberlain Gardens outdoor gym has proved to be really popular since it opened in May. TNT met Ladywood boxer, Craig Cunningham and he gave a few tips on how to use the equipment.
TNT reporters have been set a challenge to discover the story behind a number of plaques on the wall of the Oratory Church. They relate to former pupils of the school who gave their lives in World War 1. Later this month the TNT team will visit France and Belgium to discover more about Major…
Hannah went on the Birmingham Big Buz for an interesting trip around our city.
The Wonderful World of Trains & Planes is a new tourist attraction in the Jewellery Quarter. Peter Smith is the man who set it up and Declan and Shannon went to meet him. They even helped to set up some of the exhibitions and displays!
The mother of murdered Ladywood school girl Christina Edkins has unveiled a knife amnesty bin at Five Ways.