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• Pride of Birmingham winner Mohammed Zafran awarded British Empire Medal for helping 13,500 youngsters after family murder

  12-06-2015 23:30
  
  Dudley comic Lenny Henry also receives a knighthood in Queen's Honours list
  
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• Robbers jailed after stealing £27K wedding ring from businesswoman during house raid

  12-06-2015 20:15
  
  Daniel Blackstock, Courtney Boothe-Phillips and Matuesz Zatlokiewicz jailed for total of 23 years
  
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• Inspiring Tahlia Banks loses fight for life, months after a double lung transplant

  12-06-2015 20:15
  
  Disney-loving Marston Green blogger, 20, had battled against cystic fibrosis all her life
  
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• Woman days from death from anorexia opens key eating disorder facility

  12-06-2015 20:00
  
  Jo Thompson's weight plunged to just four and a half stone
  
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• 'Kings Heath is a lovely area - stop ruining it with racist graffiti'

  12-06-2015 20:00
  
  Community activist appeals to vandal who is repeatedly defacing bus stops and phone boxes
  
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• Rebecca Minnock's mother jailed for lying over disappearance of runaway mum and her son

  12-06-2015 19:59
  
  Louise Minnock sent to prison along with her boyfriend as hunt continues for custody wrangle toddler believed to be in Birmingham
  
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• Acocks Green murder charge after woman dies of flat fire injuries

  12-06-2015 18:53
  
  Nazia Akhtar lost her fight for life after blaze in Fox Hollies Road.
  
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• Midlands on flooding standby with storm forecast

  12-06-2015 17:05
  
  Extra roads teams and Severn Trent officials on standby to cope with conditions
  
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• Edgbaston Dental Hospital expansion adds to parking misery warn councillors

  12-06-2015 16:53
  
  A new general anaesthetic unit at the new Dental Hospital will swallow up 15 parking spaces putting more pressure on congested local streets
  
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• More than 100 cannabis plants seized in Black Country house raid

  12-06-2015 16:23
  
  Suspect questioned after swoop revealed four rooms dedicated to the drug
  
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• Nicola Payne police search lake in hunt for missing mother

  12-06-2015 16:10
  
  Specialist officers at Coombe Park Fisheries near Coventry as part of new probe 23 years after disappearance
  
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• Watch helmet cam view of biker's Birmingham rush hour commute

  12-06-2015 15:53
  
  This is what a biker sees as they battle through traffic in Birmingham - making short work of it
  
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• Solihull pervert chef jailed after grooming girl, 13, for sex - Birmingham Mail

  12-06-2015 15:43 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Solihull pervert chef jailed after grooming girl, 13, for sex
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  A sordid Solihull chef - said to be obsessed with child sex - groomed girls with online flirting and then started a sexual relationship with a schoolgirl. Paedophile John Dodd, 27, of Longmore Road, Solihull, began using file-sharing chatroom Bearshare ...
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• Solihull pervert chef jailed after grooming girl, 13, for sex

  12-06-2015 15:38
  
  Paedophile John Dodd locked up for 11 years after victim - now in her 20s - revealed relationship in counselling sessions
  
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• Endangered penguins born at Dudley Zoo

  12-06-2015 15:02
  
  Bundles of fluff are at risk Humboldt breed
  
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• Ex-Aston Villa star Robbie Keane in double tragedy as second relative dies in fumes poisoning

  12-06-2015 14:39
  
  Brothers who died were cousins of footballer
  
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• Duran Duran back plan to secure future of historic Birmingham recording studio

  12-06-2015 14:19
  
  Chance to listen to previously unheard demos - in the studio where they were first played
  
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• Renting in Kingstanding or Perry Barr? Your landlord could be making more dosh than anywhere else in the UK

  12-06-2015 14:17
  
  Top 10 places for buy-to-let property owners include Perry Common and east Reddtch
  
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• 'Nobody listens to what we want anyway so why listen to them' and 23 more reasons you were not interested in council leaders being quizzed in public over their performance

  12-06-2015 14:05
  
  Sir Albert Bore and Birmingham City Council leaders faced public scrutiny on Thursday - here is what our readers said about the public council session
  
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• Birmingham college students learn top banking tips

  12-06-2015 14:01
  
  Staff from Deutsche Bank teach Abbey College Birmingham students lessons in carving out a successful career
  
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• Five arrested over football fans brawl in Birmingham city centre

  12-06-2015 13:47
  
  Early morning raids as part of probe after clashes between Birmingham City and Wolves supporters
  
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• Shirley Lions boost garden area - Solihull Observer

  12-06-2015 13:45 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Shirley Lions boost garden area
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  Shirley Lions President Ken Barker and colleagues with the Green Lane Playgroup Chair Jo Brown, volunteers and children. by: Chris Willmott 12:34 pm, Jun 12, 2015. Share: 0 shares. SHIRLEY Lions were welcome visitors to the Green Lane Special Needs ...
  
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• Paedophile doctor Myles Bradbury - who abused dying boys - has jail sentence cut

  12-06-2015 13:43
  
  Former Scout leader and Birmingham Children's Hospital medic has prison term slashed by six years
  
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• Dudley traders vow business as usual ahead of mosque demonstrations

  12-06-2015 13:26
  
  Roads and shops will remain open ahead of All Football Fans/Firms March Against Islamisation protest and counter-demonstration
  
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• Fugitive boy racer caught when he called pal for lift after police chase crash

  12-06-2015 13:17
  
  Sherjeel Jabbar, from Ward End, hid in bushes to evade cops after damaging his car hitting kerb at high speed
  
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• Have you seen missing Michael Kennedy?

  12-06-2015 12:46
  
  Man, 66, has not been seen since May 12.
  
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• Solihull schoolgirl represents Team GB in synchronised swimming - Solihull Observer

  12-06-2015 12:45 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull schoolgirl represents Team GB in synchronised swimming
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  Phoebe Bradley-Smith with Governor Katie Chester and Principal Paul Ashdown, getting a Governors Award last summer. s. by: Lauren Clarke 11:33 am, Jun 12, 2015 Updated:11:37 am, Jun 12, 2015 ...and more »
  
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• Health workers battle TB outbreak at Lichfield prison

  12-06-2015 12:30
  
  First prisoner diagnosed with tuberculosis in October 2014 - now three further cases have been discovered
  
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• Dudley Mosque leaders vow to defy rally by far right football supporters

  12-06-2015 12:30
  
  ‘Love Dudley, Hate Racism’ event to be held ahead of rally by All Football Fans/Firms Against Islamisation group
  
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• Wolverhampton bank raid getaway driver claimed he had been carjacked

  12-06-2015 12:21
  
  Raphael Edwards called police after violent robbery in a bid to distance himself from crime - but just got himself caught
  
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• New Paradise Circus lane closures to pile on misery for Birmingham city centre commuters

  12-06-2015 11:49
  
  Warning that further lane closures approaching Paradise Circus will add to rush hour traffic queues in Birmingham City Centre
  
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• Alton Towers crash victim Vicky Balch gets good luck tweets from Olly Murs and Leigh Francis

  12-06-2015 11:49
  
  Singer and comedian send morale-boosting messages to student fighting to save her leg
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at June 12 in years gone by

  12-06-2015 11:35
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on June 12.
  
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• Acorns gets ready for Great Big Kids Party - Solihull Observer

  12-06-2015 11:29 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Acorns gets ready for Great Big Kids Party
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  It's party time! Shop manager Alison joins staff and volunteers ready for Acorns Great Big Kids Party. (s). by: Sarah Judkins 10:18 am, Jun 12, 2015. Share: FUN-LOVING fundraisers from the Acorns shop in Solihull are getting into the party spirit by ...
  
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• Brum's "fame school" left struggling as Further Education funding cuts take their toll

  12-06-2015 11:25
  
  Headteacher Gaynor Cheshire has had to be innovative to secure the financial future of Eastside's Birmingham Ormiston Academy
  
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• Elected Mayor: If it's good enough for London and Manchester, why not Birmingham too?

  12-06-2015 11:24
  
  There is a historic opportunity to grab real power for the West Midlands with a Metro Mayor and the region must not miss it says Police Commissioner David Jamieson
  
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• Sparkbrook terror suspect freed on bail after Birmingham Airport arrest

  12-06-2015 11:14
  
  37-year-old was detained after returning to the UK after flight from Istanbul
  
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• Huge £35 million scheme including hotel and conference centre gets green light

  12-06-2015 10:54
  
  Union Unite gets approval for land at corner of Woodcock Street and Jennens Road
  
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• We want YOUR first communion pictures

  12-06-2015 10:21
  
  Let's celebrate youngsters undertaking their first holy communion.
  
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• Gary Barlow to Shine after being named Celebrity Day of the Year

  12-06-2015 10:18
  
  Second time Take That star has won the accolade, beating David Beckham, Simon Cowell and Robbie Williams
  
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• Gary Barlow to Shine after being named Celebrity Dad of the Year

  12-06-2015 10:18
  
  Second time Take That star has won the accolade, beating David Beckham, Simon Cowell and Robbie Williams
  
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• Child tax credits - potential cuts would see 900,000 West Midlands families struggling

  12-06-2015 09:58
  
  Sources reveal tax credits could be slashed to the rate they were over a decade ago
  
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• Man jailed after sexual assault on sleeping woman on train to Birmingham

  12-06-2015 09:16
  
  Bader Jilani handed six months in jail after attack on 25-year-old victim
  
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• British woman blamed for triggering an earthquake in Malaysia

  12-06-2015 09:06
  
  Eleanor Hawkins is among a group of backpackers who allegedly stripped naked on Mount Kinabalu in Malaysia and could face a three-month prison sentence
  
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• Alton Towers: Mine Train and Air open as normal after temporary closures

  12-06-2015 08:52
  
  The park said all of the rides "undergo comprehensive pre-opening checks"
  
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• Residents fury as graffiti-daubed burnt out car 'left to rot' for weeks

  12-06-2015 07:30
  
  Bartley Green 'made to look like war zone' - complaints
  
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• Child was sexually abused by parents at six months old, says minister

  12-06-2015 07:30
  
  Karen Bradley, minister for preventing abuse and exploitation, reveals horrific case during visit to Birmingham City Council safeguarding service
  
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• Child was sexually abused at six months old, says minister

  12-06-2015 07:30
  
  Karen Bradley, minister for preventing abuse and exploitation, reveals horrific case during visit to Birmingham City Council safeguarding service
  
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• Birmingham and Midland MPs insist: Don't force us to have a mayor

  12-06-2015 06:00
  
  MPs from across Birmingham and the region attacked Government plans for a West Midlands mayor.
  
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• Woman dies in flat fire - Man charged with murder

  12-06-2015 00:00
  A woman has died in hospital today (Friday) following a flat fire in Fox Hollies Road on Saturday 25 April.Nazia Akhtar, aged 31, sustained extensive burns and died today as a result of her injuries. A post mortem will be carried out in due course.
  
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