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• Solihull conman fleeced pensioner out of £400000 to splash out on honeymoon ... - Coventry Telegraph

  02-04-2015 15:53 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
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  Solihull conman fleeced pensioner out of £400000 to splash out on honeymoon ...
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  A heartless conman has been jailed for fleecing a pensioner of his entire £401,000 life savings - splashing some of the cash on a wedding and honeymoon in the Italian Alps. And while callous Kevin Franklin wallowed in the lap of luxury, his 80-year-old ...and more »
  
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• Barons conclude season with Nottingham win - Solihull Observer

  02-04-2015 12:40 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Barons conclude season with Nottingham win
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  BARONS concluded their Laidler league campaign on Sunday night with a 5-2 victory away at old rivals the Nottingham Lions. Another victory ensured Darren Bellerby's side completed the campaign with maximum points (72) having won every match.and more »
  
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• Archer marks return to the rind with a win - Solihull Observer

  02-04-2015 12:40 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Archer marks return to the rind with a win
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  ASHLEY Archer made a successful return to the ring after a year out of action by beating Bell Green ABC's Kaz Mahmood in Birmingham last month. The Solihull ABC fighter took centre stage once again at the Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham to avenge his ...
  
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• Nick Clegg has prickly date with hedgehogs - Solihull Observer

  02-04-2015 12:26 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Nick Clegg has prickly date with hedgehogs
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  Buy photos » Nick Clegg, Paddy Ashdown and Lorely Burt get a lesson in home-making for hedghogs from local schoolchildren. s. DEPUTY PRIME Minister Nick Clegg visited Solihull this week to get accquainted with some of the borough's pricklier ...
  
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• Youngster O'Malley wins kickboxing title - Solihull Observer

  02-04-2015 12:10 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Youngster O'Malley wins kickboxing title
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  The 11-year-old from Sutton Coldfield took the tile at the World Association of Kickboxing (WACO) British Championship in the 'minus 37 kilos continuous kickboxing' category at King's Heath. Aimee, who only took up the sport two years ago and won the ...
  
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• Muslim cemetery back on table - Solihull Observer

  02-04-2015 01:05 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  CONTROVERSIAL plans for a muslim cemetery in Catherine de Barnes have been submitted for the third time. Borough planning chiefs have twice turned down the application for the burial ground on Catherine de Barnes Lane - citing inappropriate ...
  
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• Boris mania comes to Solihull - Solihull Observer

  02-04-2015 01:05 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Boris mania comes to Solihull
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  SOLIHULL became 'selfie central' when London Mayor and heavyweight personality Boris Johnson came to town to launch Julian Knight's election campaign to be the next conservative MP. It took the mop-haired political superstar an hour to walk down the ...
  
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• Witness appeal after motorcyclist dies in Birmingham collision

  02-04-2015 00:00
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a man died in a crash in Birmingham yesterday afternoon (1 April).Officers were called at around 4.45pm to Dartmouth Middleway in Nechells, near the Parkway Industrial Estate, following a report a motorbike had been involved in a collision with a car. 
  
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• Sandwell man charged after young girl attack in Bearwood

  02-04-2015 00:00
  A Sandwell man has been charged with kidnap after a young girl was attacked in Sandwell on Sunday 29 March.Unemployed Edward Burns, aged 37 from Bearwood Road, Smethwick is due to appear at Sandwell Magistrates Court this morning (2 April).
  
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• Police search for hit and run driver continues

  02-04-2015 00:00
  Police investigating the death of a Sandwell teenager in a hit and run collision have been inundated with information.Adam Jones, from Wednesbury, died when he was hit by a blue Volkswagen Bora as he crossed the junction of Beacon View Road and Walsall Road in West Bromwich with his bike just after 7.30pm on Thursday 26 March.The 15-year-old was flung through the windscreen of the car and pronounced dead a short time later. The driver callously abandoned the vehicle and ran away without calling
  
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• Police investigate following death of baby in Perry Barr

  02-04-2015 00:00
  Police in Birmingham investigating the death of a five-month-old baby girl, have arrested two people in connection with the death. Officers were called to an address in Perry Barr, just before 1am yesterday morning, (Wednesday 1 April) following reports the baby was having breathing difficulties.
  
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• Partners in rhyme! West Midlands teens shoot from the lip in ‘ Poetry Slam’

  02-04-2015 00:00
  Three Birmingham teenagers diverted from the fringes of gang culture by an innovative Youth Service and police project have taken lyrical inspiration from their journey − and are now set to star in a national poetry competition!
  
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• Birmingham man dies in collision

  02-04-2015 00:00
  A Birmingham man has died in a collision on Bristol Road South at the junction with Cob Lane just after 11pm last night (1 April).The 26-year-old was driving a black Peugeot which failed to stop for police traffic officers and crashed a short time later. The man, who was on his own in the vehicle, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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