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• Bees secure rare win on the road at Sedgley Park - Solihull Observer

  21-01-2015 21:00 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Bees secure rare win on the road at Sedgley Park
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  ... two minutes to go, but the Midlanders held out and the celebrations at the final whistle underlined the importance of the win on a number of levels for the Bees. Birmingham & Solihull are on the road again this Saturday when they travel to ...
  
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• Travellers at Hillfield Park in Solihull given deadline of 10am on Thursday to ... - Birmingham Mail

  21-01-2015 19:29 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Travellers at Hillfield Park in Solihull given deadline of 10am on Thursday to ...
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  Its play area was recently refurbished to make it more disabled-friendly. Officers from Solihull's St Alphege Neighbourhood Policing Team tweeted tonight: "Assisting Solihull Council to serve eviction notice to Monkspath Travellers. "Have to be off ...
  Solihull award-winning park and play area targeted by travellersCoventry Telegraph
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• Lee Westwood: 'I'm no Baywatch hero' says golfer who saved Solihull tycoon ... - Birmingham Mail

  21-01-2015 18:03 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Lee Westwood: 'I'm no Baywatch hero' says golfer who saved Solihull tycoon ...
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  Golfing superstar Lee Westwood today protested 'I'm no hero' after saving the life of a Solihull pensioner in Barbados. The 41-year-old golfer took to twitter after fans compared him to Baywatch beach hero David Hasselhoff. One posted a doctored photo ...
  
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• Brady wary after Solihull defeat - Buckingham Advertiser

  21-01-2015 18:02 via buckinghamtoday.co.uk
  
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  Brady wary after Solihull defeat
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  A four-match unbeaten run, including three wins, saw Saints climb away from relegation danger and move up to 13th in the Conference North, but following their 1-0 defeat away at Solihull Moors at the weekend, Brady is still wary of being pulled back ...
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• Solihull award-winning park and play area targeted by travellers - Coventry Telegraph

  21-01-2015 15:58 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Solihull award-winning park and play area targeted by travellers
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  Solihull has suffered a fresh traveller invasion – with families pitching up next to an award-winning park and play area. Thirteen caravans and eight vehicles descended on Hillfield Park car park in Monkspath late on Monday night. The site is next to ...
  Gypsies set up camp in Hillfield ParkSolihull Observer
  
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• Travellers at Hillfield Park in Solihull given deadline of 10am on Thursday to quit the site

  21-01-2015 13:22
  
  More than 20 cars and caravans descend on car park next to award-winning open space
  
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• Parent killer Chang sent to secure hospital - Solihull Observer

  21-01-2015 12:27 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Parent killer Chang sent to secure hospital
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  A SOLIHULL man who killed his mother and father in a frenzied attack has been sent to a secure psychiatric hospital. Carl Chang stabbed Pin Cheng Chang, 59, and his wife Quoi, 50, at the family home in Hermitage Road in the early hours of July, 7, 2014.
  
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• Call to landlords to boost Birmingham rental supply - www.solihullnews.net

  21-01-2015 11:56 via solihullnews.net
  
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  Call to landlords to boost Birmingham rental supply
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  The company currently has quality applicants waiting for homes to become available and is urging people with properties to let to call on 0121 647 5444. The type of popular rentals they have on their books includes flats that would suit busy ...
  
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• Solihull actor charged with making false abuse claim against former minister ... - Birmingham Mail

  21-01-2015 11:34 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Solihull actor charged with making false abuse claim against former minister ...
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  An actor is due to go on trial later this year charged with making a false claim that former cabinet minister Ken Clarke indecently assaulted him in 1994. Ben Fellows, 40, of Redstone Farm Road, Olton, Solihull, Birmingham, is charged with perverting ...
  Ken Clarke sexual assault accuser due to face trialBBC News
  Man to stand trial over 'falsely accusing Tory MP Ken Clarke of ind
  
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• Park Central have record number of people enquiring about apartments available - www.solihullnews.net

  21-01-2015 11:26 via solihullnews.net
  
  Park Central have record number of people enquiring about apartments available
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• £260k semi in Quinton Road - www.solihullnews.net

  21-01-2015 11:26 via solihullnews.net
  
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  £260k semi in Quinton Road
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• Call to landlords to boost Birmingham rental supply

  21-01-2015 11:22
  
  John Shepherd Lettings is appealing to potential landlords to get in touch.
  
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• Miller Homes to build more than 500 new homes in West Midlands

  21-01-2015 11:12
  
  Miller Homes has acquired land in Telford in Shropshire, Wellesbourne in Warwickshire and Wythall in Worcestershire.
  
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• Park Central have record number of people enquiring about apartments available

  21-01-2015 11:08
  
  Crest Nicholson saw a record number of people visit Park Central over Christmas to enquire about the apartments available.
  
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• Edgbaston home's makeover should appeal to buyers

  21-01-2015 11:04
  
  Link-detached house in Gillott Road, Edgbaston has been recently refurbished and modernised.
  
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• £260k semi in Quinton Road

  21-01-2015 10:56
  
  The conservatory is a most useful room in this three-bedroom semi-detached home in Quinton Road, Birmingham.
  
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• General Election 2015: Bookies predict Conservatives will win Solihull scrap - Birmingham Post

  21-01-2015 08:00 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
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  General Election 2015: Bookies predict Conservatives will win Solihull scrap
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  Nigel Knowles, standing for Labour , is 100/1 against to win in Solihull this year. Lord Ashcroft's poll into Solihull suggests the Conservatives are set to win it from the Lib Dems despite votes actually falling since the 2010 General Election. In ...
  
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• Osborne backs Solihull's right to decide its future - Birmingham Post

  21-01-2015 06:40 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
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  Osborne backs Solihull's right to decide its future
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  Chancellor George Osborne has backed Solihull's stance as the borough's council continues to stand in the way of a West Midlands combined authority. The Government has put pressure on the region to create a new authority to work together on matters ...
  
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• Solihull Moors get play-off bid back on track - Solihull Observer

  21-01-2015 01:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Solihull Moors get play-off bid back on track
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  Moors forced a corner within a minute of the start but were immediately caught on the break as new signing from Northampton Town, David Mayo, advanced on the Solihull goal only to be denied by Tony Breeden who spread himself to narrow the angle and ...
  
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• Solihull men win promotion - Solihull Observer

  21-01-2015 01:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Solihull men win promotion
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  SOLIHULL men's water polo team continued their recent success by winning a third successive promotion. The team re-entered the British Water Polo League (BWPL) in Division Five three years ago and each year they have managed to win promotion at the ...
  
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• Saint Martin's Girl's School win swimming championships - Solihull Observer

  21-01-2015 01:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Saint Martin's Girl's School win swimming championships
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  FOR THE eighth successive year Saint Martin's Girls' School in Solihull has been crowned overall winners of the Solihull Borough Swimming Championships. A total of 36 girls from Years 7 to Sixth Form competed in the event and every girl contributed to ...
  
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• Mixed fortunes for Solihull & Shirley - Solihull Observer

  21-01-2015 01:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Mixed fortunes for Solihull & Shirley
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  IT PROVED to be mixed fortunes for Solihull & Shirley Badminton Club following their first matches in the Birmingham League in 2015. The Men's Second team are fighting to stay in the Second Division but they suffered an 8-1 loss at home to Hotshots.
  
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• FA Trophy defeat for Moors at Dartford - Solihull Observer

  21-01-2015 01:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  FA Trophy defeat for Moors at Dartford
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  SOLIHULL Moors travelled to Kent for their first ever meeting with Dartford hoping to spring a surprise against their struggling Conference Premier opponents but ended up on the receiving end of a 2-0 defeat in the First Round of the FA Trophy ...
  
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• Two arrested for drugs supply after M6 chase

  21-01-2015 00:00
  Two suspected drug dealers are in police custody after a pursuit along the M6 last night (20 January).
  
  Motorway police were alerted to a white Vauxhall Combo van travelling south on the M6 at around 9.20pm on Tuesday, suspected of carrying people involved in the supply of illegal drugs.
  
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• Thief jailed after being spooked by canine burglar alarm!

  21-01-2015 00:00
  A man came face-to-face with a burglar in the kitchen of his Dudley home after being alerted to the sneak intruder by his pet dogs.
  
  Burglar Jonathan Cartwright crept in through a back door of the property in Seymour Road, Lye, on April 26 last year whilst the homeowner watched TV in the lounge.
  
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• Police officer acquitted of causing death by dangerous driving

  21-01-2015 00:00
  A police officer has today (21 January) been acquitted of causing death by careless driving following a trial at Warwick Crown Court.
  
  At around 7pm on 4 April 2012 traffic officer PC Vaughan Lowe was responding to reports of a stolen vehicle in his unmarked black BMW 330d when Xuan Wei Zhang, 24, stepped out onto Newtown Row in the Newtown area of Birmingham. His car had its lights and sirens activated.
  
  Despite receiving emergency treatment at the scene from police officers and paramedics, th
  
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• Police officer acquitted of causing death by careless driving

  21-01-2015 00:00
  A police officer has today (21 January) been acquitted of causing death by careless driving following a trial at Warwick Crown Court.
  
  At around 7pm on 4 April 2012 traffic officer PC Vaughan Lowe was responding to reports of a stolen vehicle in his unmarked black BMW 330d when Xuan Wei Zhang, 24, stepped out onto Newtown Row in the Newtown area of Birmingham. His car had its lights and sirens activated.
  
  Despite receiving emergency treatment at the scene from police officers and paramedics, th
  
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• New campaign to highlight forced marriage and honour-based violence

  21-01-2015 00:00
  Today West Midlands Police is launching a new campaign to raise awareness of forced marriage following a change in UK law which makes it a criminal offence. 
   
  To highlight the issue amongst young people across the region, West Midlands Police has launched a video competition entitled, ‘I do, I don’t, I won’t…’ aimed at young people between 13 and 21 years. 
  
   
  
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• Lorry driver arrested after M6 abuse

  21-01-2015 00:00
  A lorry driver has spent the night in police custody after a motorist reported being threatened with a knife during an angry exchange on the M6.
  
  Police were called by a concerned driver as he travelled along the northbound carriageway, near to junction 8, at 6.20pm on Tuesday 21 January.
  
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• Four in court as gun sale probe gathers pace

  21-01-2015 00:00
  Four Birmingham men accused of handling guns and ammunition will appear before the city’s magistrates court today (Wednesday 21 January).
  
  Self-employed Sundish Nazran, 31, of Handsworth; unemployed Amar Ghalib, 32, of Sheldon; and unemployed Donavan Rowe, 33, also of Handsworth, are all charged with conspiring to acquire, use or possess criminal property - specifically guns and ammunition.
  
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• Fewer arrests during festive drink drive crackdown

  21-01-2015 00:00
  The number of motorists testing positive for drink driving in December fell by more than a third, compared with the previous year.
  
  In statistics released by the force today (21 January), West Midlands Police confirmed that over 2,000 drivers were breathalysed this Christmas - with 11 per cent of drivers proving to be over the legal limit.
  
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• Appeal after prescription drugs stolen in Dudley burglary

  21-01-2015 00:00
  Police are appealing for information after a quantity of prescription drugs were stolen from a Dudley business earlier this week.
  
  Officers were called to a warehouse on an Industrial Estate in Brierley Hill at around 9am on 19 January following reports of the premises being burgled.
  
  It is believed that thieves broke into the lock up, stole a vehicle and a locked safe containing prescription drugs.
  
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