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• Wardrobe malfunction in front of Nick Clegg as Solihull College student's ... - Birmingham Mail

  01-05-2015 18:20 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Wardrobe malfunction in front of Nick Clegg as Solihull College student's ...
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  There was a moment of farce when a young student's trousers fell down as he approached Deputy Prime minister Nick Clegg at Solihull College. The teen, like many others during the visit, seemed to be lining up a 'selfie' with the Deputy PM, when his ...and more »
  
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• Feedback on Touchwood plan positive - Solihull Observer

  01-05-2015 01:06 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Feedback on Touchwood plan positive
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  PLANS to extend Touchwood have been well received - with 81 per cent of people who filled in a questionnaire claiming they were in favour of the scheme. We revealed on last week's front page how local businesses which were set to be affected by the ...
  
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• Woman held on suspicion of dangerous driving as daughter killed in crash

  01-05-2015 00:00
  A woman has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and child neglect after her young daughter was killed in a crash yesterday (April 30).Police were alerted to the collision in Gibbins Road, Selly Oak, at around 4pm where a car had left the road and hit a tree.
  
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• UPDATE – Woman released after daughter killed in collision

  01-05-2015 00:00
  A woman arrested after her young daughter was killed in a crash in Birmingham yesterday (April 30) has been released by police.Police were alerted to the collision on Gibbins Road, Selly Oak, at around 4pm where a Ford Fiesta had left the road and hit a tree. 
  
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• Six charged with plotting ‘Courier Fraud’ phone scam

  01-05-2015 00:00
  Five men and a woman have been charged with plotting a far-reaching phone scam that saw up to 100 elderly residents duped out of savings.Jahangir Khan, from Glendower Road in Perry Barr, and Arafa Begum, from Denby Close in Nechells, are accused of running a ‘Courier Fraud’ targeting  pensioners across the Midlands. Fareed Miah, from Walsall Road in Great Barr, has been charged with conspiracy to money launder.They will appear in court later this month alongside three London men accused o
  
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• Search for valuable coins stolen from pensioner as he shopped

  01-05-2015 00:00
  Images have been released of a woman police need to trace after rare, valuable coins were stolen from an elderly man as he packed up his shopping at an Erdington supermarket. While the 78-year-old was at the tills of Farmfoods, bagging up his shopping, he inadvertently left a bag he’d taken in with him on the conveyor belt.
  
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• Nine more charged over Sandwell dawn raids

  01-05-2015 00:00
  A further nine people have been charged to appear before court after being arrested as part of Sandwell’s Spring Safer Six initiative - the codename for a crackdown on criminals operating in the borough. Yesterday’s (Thursday 30 April) dawn raids were the fourth over the past two weeks with more planned. 
  
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• More arrests as appeal continues into Blues v Wolves disorder

  01-05-2015 00:00
  Four men arrested yesterday as part of an investigation into disorder at a football match have been bailed pending further investigation.All four were detained as officers made dawn visits to addresses across the Wolverhampton area, after violence flared at the derby match between Birmingham and Wolves earlier this month.
  
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• Man jailed for flouting race hate banning order

  01-05-2015 00:00
  A 25-year-old man from Wednesfield has been sentenced to eight months in prison after flouting a court order that banned him from making extreme racist comments online.Darren Fletcher, from Kitchen Lane, was told by Judge John Warner at Wolverhampton Crown Court today (Friday May 1) that he had "deliberately, defiantly and fragrantly disobeyed the order", and that anything less than a custodial sentence would have been a "green light to carry on".
  
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• Man charged with music teacher’s murder

  01-05-2015 00:00
  Detectives investigating the death of Wolverhampton man, Herman ‘Louis’ Simpson, have charged a man with murder. Unemployed Dylan Jackson, 19, of Crosby Close, Wolverhampton will appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning (Friday 1 May) accused of murder, possession of a firearm in a public place, offering to supply heroin and possession of cocaine.
  
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• Jail for burglar who raided blind pensioner’s home - caught after DNA found on beer bottle

  01-05-2015 00:00
  A burglar who broke into the home of a blind pensioner, rummaging through her possessions as she slept, has been jailed after West Midlands Police traced him from saliva left on a beer bottle.Polish national Patryk Filipski, of no fixed address, broke into the 89-year-old’s Handsworth Wood house in the early hours of 26 February having prised open patio doors with a crowbar.
  
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• Gunman jailed for 10 years after shooting outside nightclub

  01-05-2015 00:00
  A gunman who shot at another man outside Pulse nightclub in Dudley Road, Brierley Hill, has been jailed for ten years. Following a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court today (1 May 2015) Taniyha Beckford aged 35 (24/04/1980) of Duchess Road, Ladywood, Birmingham was sentenced to ten years imprisonment by His Honour Judge Murray Creed.  
  
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• Force issues Child Exploitation Problem Profile

  01-05-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police has issued a Child Sexual Exploitation Problem Profile with information from the region's seven local authorities to identify areas for improvement and share good practice. Commenting on the release of the profile, Assistant Chief Constable Carl Foulkes said: “We continue to take great steps into investigating child sexual exploitation. We are seeing more victims coming forward to report abuse, knowing we will take their allegations seriously and treat them sensitively an
  
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• Could you #SpotThePickpocket in pink?

  01-05-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police are once again shining a spotlight on the tactics of real-life thieves as part of their #SpotThePickpocket initiative.Continuing the successful pickpocket campaign that was launched late last year, the force has released new footage of a pickpocket pair who targeted five people in just 10 minutes. 
  
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• Concern for missing Erdington woman

  01-05-2015 00:00
  Searches are underway for a missing Birmingham woman who hasn’t been seen for three days.Bonnie Young left her home on Hailsham Road, Erdington on Tuesday 28 April and failed to return later that day. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
  
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