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• Jaguar Land Rover to invest £450m in Castle Bromwich factory to build new XF

  24-03-2015 18:30
  
  Huge investment to turn site into world centre for building aluminium cars
  
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• Solihull hit-and-run: Pensioner fights for life after collision - Birmingham Mail

  24-03-2015 16:28 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Solihull hit-and-run: Pensioner fights for life after collision
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  A woman pedestrian in her 90s is fighting for her life after she was hit by a car in a hit-and-run crash in Solihull. The OAP was badly hurt when she was struck by a silver people carrier on the A34 Stratford Road in Shirley, near to the junction for ...and more »
  
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• Stourbridge hang on to push Solihull Bees ever closer to the drop - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:42 via solihullnews.net
  
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  Stourbridge hang on to push Solihull Bees ever closer to the drop
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  Birmingham and Solihull Bees have four games left to save their season after slipping ever closer to the relegation trapdoor following defeat in a remarkable game at Stourbridge. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Stourbridge 36 Bees 33. Bees have four ...
  
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• Solihull Moors force the pace early but City slicker at the finish - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:42 via solihullnews.net
  
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  Solihull Moors force the pace early but City slicker at the finish
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  Just 18 days on from beating Worcester 4-1 away, the visitors decisively turned the tables to hand Solihull Moors a painful defeat. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Ryan Beswick nets for Moors. Solihull Moors 1 Worcester City 4. Just 18 days on from ...
  
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• Imperious Barons seal title in 23-goal weekend - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:42 via solihullnews.net
  
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  Imperious Barons seal title in 23-goal weekend
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  The Bristol Street Motors Solihull Barons clinched the Laidler Division title in style with a dominant performance against Coventry Blaze. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Keith Davies. Jake Larkin gets one of his three goals against Coventry ...
  
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• Solihull School students say hola to new language - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:29 via solihullnews.net
  
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  Solihull School students say hola to new language
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  Students at Solihull School are saying au revoir to French and hola to the Spanish word after more than 450 years. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Dave Warren. Headteacher of Solihull School with students. Students at Solihull School are saying au ...
  
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• Solihull primary school praised for body of knowledge - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:29 via solihullnews.net
  
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  Solihull primary school praised for body of knowledge
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  A Solihull primary school has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for promoting a healthy body image. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Coun Joe Tildesley with Oak Cottage pupils. A Solihull primary school has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for ...and more »
  
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• Solihull conman gets 5 years for 'sham' roof service - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:29 via solihullnews.net
  
  Solihull conman gets 5 years for 'sham' roof service
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  A Solihull man has been jailed for five years for his part in an £8 million rogue trading scheme which saw elderly and vulnerable people fleeced in a "sham" roof coating service. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. A Solihull man has been jailed for ...
  
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• Solihull primary school praised for body of knowledge

  24-03-2015 15:22
  
  A Solihull primary school has been praised by Ofsted inspectors for promoting a healthy body image.
  
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• Solihull School students say hola to new language

  24-03-2015 15:18
  
  Students at Solihull School are saying au revoir to French and hola to the Spanish word after more than 450 years.
  
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• Solihull conman gets 5 years for 'sham' roof service

  24-03-2015 15:14
  
  A Solihull man has been jailed for five years for his part in an £8 million rogue trading scheme which saw elderly and vulnerable people fleeced in a "sham" roof coating service.
  
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• Plan for Mell Square in Solihull blocked - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:14 via solihullnews.net
  
  Plan for Mell Square in Solihull blocked
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  Solihull Council has thrown out a plan submitted by IM Properties to demolish buildings in part of High Street and Drury Lane to make way for a restaurant and offices. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. The firm which has taken over the running of ...
  
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• Solihull dancer Jennifer Carter is back in good shape - www.solihullnews.net

  24-03-2015 15:02 via solihullnews.net
  
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  Solihull dancer Jennifer Carter is back in good shape
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  Jennifer Carter, aged seven, who suffers from Scoliosis, has been able to put her dancing shoes on once more after undergoing alternative treatment. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Jennifer Carter has been able to get her dancing shoes back on ...and more »
  
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• Plan for Mell Square in Solihull blocked

  24-03-2015 15:01
  
  Solihull Council has thrown out a plan submitted by IM Properties to demolish buildings in part of High Street and Drury Lane to make way for a restaurant and offices.
  
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• Solihull dancer Jennifer Carter is back in good shape

  24-03-2015 14:57
  
  Jennifer Carter, aged seven, who suffers from Scoliosis, has been able to put her dancing shoes on once more after undergoing alternative treatment.
  
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• Andrew Spokes in music marathon for Macmillian Cancer Support

  24-03-2015 14:54
  
  Andrew Spokes is taking on a marathon of a different kind to raise money for Macmillian Cancer Support.
  
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• Hundreds of fish dying at Earlswood Lakes after flood relief scheme, anglers claim

  24-03-2015 07:30
  
  Fishermen call on the Canal and River Trust to take action at Solihull site to protect roach, perch and bream
  
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• Search continues for missing Coventry student Ozi Akerele

  24-03-2015 00:00
  olice in Coventry are using specialist sonar equipment today (24 March) in a bid to find missing student Ozi Akerele.
  
  The apparatus – on loan from the Home Office – will be used to search a 500 metre stretch of the canal, between the A444 bridge and the Foleshill Road bridge. 
  
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• Police seek silver people carrier in Shirley hit-and-run

  24-03-2015 00:00
  Officers are searching for the driver of a silver people carrier which hit a woman on Stratford Road in Shirley and drove off.
  
  Police were called at 11.50am today (Tuesday 24 March) to the area, near to the junction of Union Road, following reports of a hit-and-run.
  
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• Pair charged with wounding after Sutton Coldfield assault

  24-03-2015 00:00
  Two women have been charged with wounding after a woman was assaulted in the toilets of a Sutton Coldfield nightclub.
  
  Ellesse Strong, aged 21, and Kayleigh Procter, aged 20, both from Castle Vale, were charged with wounding and bailed to appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court on 1 April.
  
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• It’s a winner! Kiddie card competition winner announced

  24-03-2015 00:00
  We are proud to announce our 40th Anniversary Card competition winners.
  
  Over 200 children entered a competition to design a card to celebrate our 40th anniversary year, which has now come to a close.
  
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• It’s a winner!

  24-03-2015 00:00
  We are proud to announce our 40th Anniversary Card competition winners.
  
  Over 200 children entered a competition to design a card to celebrate our 40th anniversary year, which has now come to a close.
  
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• Housing officer jailed for raping tenant

  24-03-2015 00:00
  A Birmingham housing officer has been jailed for five years for raping a tenant who had sought help after falling behind on her rent. 
  
  Clive Glasford appeared before Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday 17 March where he stood trial over an five-day period, accused of rape against a 27-year-old woman at her Northfield home in November 2013. 
  
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• Former housing officer jailed for raping tenant

  24-03-2015 00:00
  A former Birmingham housing officer has been jailed for five years for raping a tenant who had sought help after falling behind on her rent. 
  
  Clive Glasford appeared before Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday 17 March where he stood trial over an five-day period, accused of rape against a 27-year-old woman at her Northfield home in November 2013. 
  
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• Can you #SpotThePickpocket pack?

  24-03-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police are once again shining a spotlight on the ploys and tactics of real-life thieves in a bid to encourage shoppers to #SpotThePickpocket this spring. 
   
  New CCTV footage has been released on Youtube, Twitter, Facebook and Vine as part of the successful #SpotThePickpocket campaign, launched in November 2014. 
  
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• Appeal to trace missing Dudley teenager

  24-03-2015 00:00
  Police are appealing for information after a teenager went missing form her Dudley home at the weekend.
  
   
  
  Eloise Handley, 16, from Stourbridge Road in Brierley Hill was last seen at around 6pm on Sunday 22 March.
  
   
  
  It is believed Eloise frequents the Wolverhampton area and police are now appealing to anyone who knows of her whereabouts to get in touch.
  
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