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• Country cottage just looks better with age - www.solihullnews.net

  23-01-2015 17:50 via solihullnews.net
  
  Country cottage just looks better with age
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  Ancient wooden doors, exposed beams and trusses and the black and white brick and timber exterior all speak to the long history of Wood Street Cottage in Wood Street, Bushley, near Tewkesbury. The village home's traditional looks are being preserved by ...
  
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• Country cottage just looks better with age

  23-01-2015 17:30
  
  There are beams aplenty in this character filled Grade II listed country house, reports Alison Jones
  
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• Welcome to 'Porridge' - twinned with honey: Solihull village sign bares brunt ... - Coventry Telegraph

  23-01-2015 15:08 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Welcome to 'Porridge' - twinned with honey: Solihull village sign bares brunt ...
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  The 'Twined with Honey' sign has since disappeared yet the sign still shows the Solihull suburb to share a name with the oat based breakfast. On December 27 Jasper ‏pedestrianB93 posted a picture of the signs on Twitter, adding: "Well that must have ...
  
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• Plans for more homes at Digby Court submitted - Solihull Observer

  23-01-2015 12:05 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Plans for more homes at Digby Court submitted
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  Documents reveal there is a flooding issue with the plans but the developers are working with the Environment Agency and there are hopes a drainage system similar to the one in phase one could be adopted. Solihull Council planning chiefs are set to ...
  
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• Narrow Stalybridge defeat sees Moors slip to seventh - Solihull Observer

  23-01-2015 01:23 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Narrow Stalybridge defeat sees Moors slip to seventh
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  The referee pointed to the spot as the Solihull goalkeeper awaited his punishment, and thankfully for the hosts he was shown just a yellow card but Ennis was able to dust himself down and fire home the opener to put the visitors 1-0 in front at the break.
  
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• Life-saving donation to remember Solihull dad - Solihull Observer

  23-01-2015 01:22 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Life-saving donation to remember Solihull dad
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  Gary Hawkes, from Solihull, died suddenly on January 4, 2014, of an unknown heart condition leaving his loving wife Angela and three young daughters devastated and heartbroken. In a bid to help prevent future tragedies for other families Angela decided ...
  
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• Global companies work together to drive innovation in Solihull - Solihull Observer

  23-01-2015 01:22 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Global companies work together to drive innovation in Solihull
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  AWARD winning financial technology software company Rimilia has been working to help renowned recruitment provider Adecco to improve efficiency of their cash allocation systems at their Solihull based offices. The nature of the recruitment sector often ...
  
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• West Midlands on front foot to tackle rise in mental health call-outs

  23-01-2015 00:00
  The first national report detailing the complexity of work undertaken by the police has shown a surge in responses to mental health incidents − and it’s emphasised the vital role played by a West Midlands scheme launched to deal with such calls for help.
  
  Analysis by the College of Policing #policedemand suggests an increasing amount of police time is directed towards public protection work like helping vulnerable members of the public, including people suffering mental ill-health.
  
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• Walsall woman charged over online holiday scam

  23-01-2015 00:00
  A Walsall woman has been charged over a reported online scam where people paid deposits for holidays that did not exist.
  
  Detectives launched an inquiry after several people contacted police last year to report that they had lost money after following up an advert on Facebook for holidays in Rhyl and Devon.
  Would-be holidaymakers informed police that they had paid deposits for stays in a caravan but then heard nothing back − they later discovered the holidays did not exist and they had lost th
  
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• Thief jailed for string of city centre purse dippings

  23-01-2015 00:00
  A woman has been jailed after stealing purses from the bags of pensioners in Birmingham city centre. 
  
  Unemployed Tracie Slater, from Derby, appeared before Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday (21 January) where she was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for six thefts and a further offence of attempted theft in May and November last year.
  
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• Police warning as car thieves strike during frosty morning

  23-01-2015 00:00
  Opportunistic car thieves have hit the West Midlands this morning (23 January), with four cars being stolen while their owners waited indoors for them to defrost. 
  
  Officers are now investigating the thefts after the vehicles, with a combined value of around £73,000, were taken after being left unlocked on the drive with their keys in the ignition.
  
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• Plucky Birmingham pensioner fights off burglar

  23-01-2015 00:00
  Police in Birmingham are hailing a plucky pensioner after a burglar fell down a flight of stairs following a morning raid on her home. 
  
  A police hunt is now underway to find the man who terrified the 80-year-old and her husband just after 11am on Wednesday 21 January 2015.
  
  The would-be burglar used a door key stolen in an earlier burglary to sneak into the house on Green Meadow Road, Northfield.
  
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• Drug dealer pleads guilty to possession of class A drugs

  23-01-2015 00:00
  A Birmingham man has pleaded guilty to drug offences at Birmingham Crown Court after trying to sell class A drugs to a plain clothes police officer.
  
  Warsame Mohamed from James Turner Street in Winson Green approached two officers outside shops in Smallbrook Queensway just before 5pm on 20 January 2014 asking if they smoked.
  
  When the officers identified themselves, Mohamed and an accomplice tried to flee. The officers detained them both, but one man broke free by hitting the officer’s arm and
  
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