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• Am I worth less because I work in Solihull? - Liberal Democrats

  27-03-2015 15:09 via libdems.org.uk
  
  Am I worth less because I work in Solihull?
  Liberal Democrats
  The Conservatives believe that nurses and teachers in Birmingham and Solihull should be paid less than those doing the same work elsewhere. Under Tory plans first laid out in 2011, wages for these professions in places like Birmingham or Solihull would ...and more »
  
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• Injured duo back for key Birmingham and Solihull Bees clash - Birmingham Mail

  27-03-2015 12:27 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Injured duo back for key Birmingham and Solihull Bees clash
  Birmingham Mail
  Birmingham and Solihull RFC director of rugby Eugene Martin is hoping the return of front-row Nick Bingham and lock Matt Spink could give the squad a boost as they bid to avoid the drop. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn ...
  
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• Solar Eclipse plunged Solihull into morning twilight - Solihull Observer

  27-03-2015 01:20 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Solar Eclipse plunged Solihull into morning twilight
  Solihull Observer
  Buy photos » The partial eclipse at its maximum coverage. Conditions, although not perfect, were better than in most places in the country. 12.015.003.leam.jm9. THE HEAVEN'S above were the focus for thousands of Silhillians on Friday (March 20).
  
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• Lunar Festival returns to Tanworth in Arden - Solihull Observer

  27-03-2015 01:20 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Lunar Festival returns to Tanworth in Arden
  Solihull Observer
  THE LUNAR Festival is returning to Tanworth in Arden again this June - with a long list of top acts and attractions announced. The festival, which takes place in the grounds of Umberslade Farm Park fron June 5 to 7, just a stones throw from the burial ...
  
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• Fury over plan to build Muslim cemetery near Solihull - Daily Mail

  27-03-2015 00:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
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  Fury over plan to build Muslim cemetery near Solihull
  Daily Mail
  Residents living in a picturesque rural village with a population of just 613 have slammed plans to build a Muslim cemetery on greenbelt land - for over 3,000 people. The proposed site in leafy Catherine-de-Barnes, near Solihull, West Midlands, will ...
  Solihull Muslim cemetery plan submitted for THIRD timeBirmingham Mailall 2 news articles »
  
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• Shocking collision pictures released in bid to trace driver

  27-03-2015 00:00
  Police have released shocking images of the car that hit a Sandwell teenager, leaving him fatally injured, in a bid to trace the driver. Adam Jones, from Wednesbury, was crossing the junction of Beacon View Road and Walsall Road in West Bromwich with his bicycle just after 7.30pm last night (Thursday 26 March) when he was struck by the Volkswagen Bora which was travelling from Stone Cross towards Walsall. The 15-year-old was flung through the car windscreen and was pronounced dead a short time
  
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• Police seek Birmingham bingo hall robber

  27-03-2015 00:00
  Police in Birmingham have released crystal clear footage of an armed robbery at a bingo hall in Kitts Green in a bid to trace the robber. Officers investigating are hoping someone will recognise the man’s voice and clothing and be able to give them a name for him. 
  
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• NHS donor driver jailed for 44,000-litre fuel theft

  27-03-2015 00:00
  An NHS blood donor carer has been jailed after West Midlands Police found he’d used the service’s ‘mobile surgeries’ as a front to steal almost £60,000 in fuel.Terence Jones (pictured), from Kitts Green, pretended to be refuelling donor vans at three petrol stations in Sutton Coldfield but secretly filled up large drums hidden inside the vehicles. Today (March 27) he admitted fraud by abuse of position and was jailed for 32 months.
  
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• Expressway crash victim named

  27-03-2015 00:00
  A man who died in a head-on smash on the Aston Expressway on Monday (23 March) has been named as Andi Patrascu.Mr Patrascu, from Preston Road, Hockley, was killed when the silver Rover MG he was driving into Birmingham at 12.30pm veered towards out-of-city traffic and collided with two cars.
  
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• DCI Ian Bamber - from Hong Kong to Sutton Coldfield!

  27-03-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police is embarking on a new era as it evolves to meet the financial and societal challenges of modern policing.One officer who knows all about policing at a time of transition is new Birmingham North crime manager, Detective Chief Inspector Ian Bamber.
  
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• Concerns grow for missing Birmingham teen

  27-03-2015 00:00
  Police are extremely concerned for the welfare of a teenager who left her Kitts Green home this morning. Jamie Glynn, aged 16 from The Fensway, is suffering from depression and her family are very worried for her safety.
  
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