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• Solihull Sixth Form College bans students from going to the toilet alone - Birmingham Mail

  06-01-2015 22:23 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Solihull Sixth Form College bans students from going to the toilet alone
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  A Midland college has banned exam students from going to the toilet alone amid fears over high-tech cheating. Solihull Sixth Form College said teenagers sitting mock exams later this month would be accompanied to a toilet block by an invigilator. It ...
  Open-door policy for Solihull students exam loo breaksBBC News
  Solihull Sixth Form College supervises students in toilet with door open to .
  
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• Walsall man jailed for 16 years after setting blaze in attempt to kill ex-lover

  06-01-2015 00:00
  A spurned lover is facing 16 years behind bars after setting light to his ex-partner’s Walsall home. 
  
  Gary Griffiths from Proffitt Close, Brownhills was found guilty of attempted murder after a three day trial in November last year after he set light to the front door of a property in Bloxwich Road, Walsall. 
  
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• Trio charged with plotting shop raids

  06-01-2015 00:00
  Three men have appeared in court, accused of committing a series of shop raids across Coventry and Warwickshire.
  
  West Midlands Police officers arrested the trio last month and all three appeared before Coventry Magistrates Court on Boxing Day, charged with conspiracy to rob and possession of an imitation firearm.
  
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• Police renew witness appeal after man left critically injured

  06-01-2015 00:00
  Detectives investigating an attack in Stechford, which left a man critically injured, have renewed their appeal for witnesses to come forward. 
  
  The 40-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital after being assaulted with a brick in Stud Lane on the evening of Saturday 20 December 2014.
  
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• Police charge two in connection with baby death

  06-01-2015 00:00
  Police investigating the death of a one year-old baby in Birmingham have charged his sister and her partner with murder. 
  
  Santino Balaz, aged 14 months, a Czech national, who was living in Brighton Road, Balsall Heath, died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital on January 1 2015, following an emergency call to the ambulance service at 3.45pm.
  
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• "Lottery win" - fraudsters dupe man into handing over £10k

  06-01-2015 00:00
  Birmingham Police have released CCTV of a man suspected of duping a vulnerable man into handing over £10,000. 
  
  The 59-year-old, who suffers from dementia, was walking through the Jewellery Quarter on 24 October when he was approached by an Asian woman who claimed she had won the lottery but was unable to claim the prize as she was an illegal immigrant. 
  
  The con artist asked for directions to the nearest solicitors when the pair were joined by a second man who claimed that he had overheard a
  
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