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• Jailed EDL rioter Steven Cooke 'lied to court about being hero soldier to get sentence cut'

  19-06-2015 19:45
  
  Ministry of Defence say they have no record of Steven Cooke serving in army - after his jail term is cut due to his service to his country
  
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• Teenager says he was sacked from voluntary job at Oxfam for being 'a good samaritan'

  19-06-2015 19:14
  
  Andrew Caddick says he was given the elbow from the Oxfam shop on Hagley Road West after returning lost property he found in a donation box to the owner.
  
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• Dream Cyprus holiday becomes nightmare for dad amid reports of child-snatching gang at his resort

  19-06-2015 19:01
  
  Mark Porter demands Thomas Cook change his hotel due to reports that child smugglers targeted resort he is booked into for August
  
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• Birmingham is home to one MILLION stray and feral cats, claims charity

  19-06-2015 19:00
  
  Team Cat Rescue says city is being overrun by unwanted and wild moggies
  
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• Solihull Swimmers finish third in Cheslyn - Solihull Observer

  19-06-2015 18:43 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Solihull Swimmers finish third in Cheslyn
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  SOLIHULL Swimming Club's Mercian League Team travelled to Cheslyn Hay for the second round of the Summer League and came away with a fourth-place finish. After being drawn against some well established teams including Coventry and Boldmere, ...
  
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• Labour Deputy Leader candidate Tom Watson warns: We've become too posh

  19-06-2015 18:19
  
  Black Country MP Tom Watson says Labour needs more working class candidates and sets out plans for a bursary scheme to help them stand for election
  
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• Labour Deputy Leader candidate Tom Watson says party needs more working class MPs

  19-06-2015 18:19
  
  Black Country MP Tom Watson says Labour needs more working class candidates and sets out plans for a bursary scheme to help them stand for election
  
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• Mercedes driver 'tried to lure six-year-old girl into car' while mother was just yards away

  19-06-2015 18:00
  
  Police investigating claims motorist targeted youngster after pulling up alongside her in Tipton street
  
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• Claudia Winkleman streams life-saving lesson to Solihull schoolchildren - Solihull Observer

  19-06-2015 17:03 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Claudia Winkleman streams life-saving lesson to Solihull schoolchildren
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  Big First Aid Lesson presenters Emma-Jane Hampsheir-Gill, Olly Foo, West Midlands' schools trainer Susan Bugby and Claudia Winkleman get ready to teach life-saving skills. (s). by: Sarah Judkins 4:03 pm, Jun 19, 2015 ...
  
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• It's a wrap! Brave kids give teddies a little TLC for Big Bandage fund-raiser

  19-06-2015 17:00
  
  Young patients Ella-Louise and Nawal help Birmingham Children's Hospital launch bid to raise £100,000 towards £1 million Magnolia House Appeal
  
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• German born MP Gisela Stuart speaks of her anger and pain at false "Nazi" smear

  19-06-2015 16:50
  
  A false rumour that German-born MP Gisela Stuart called opponents "Nazis" may have cost her a senior position leading a House of Commons committee
  
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• Stowaway plunges to death from plane in busy London high street

  19-06-2015 16:24
  
  Two men are believed to have clung on to a British Airways plane as it flew more than 8,000 miles - one remains critical in hospital
  
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• Watch chip man's verdict on The Green Fish Bar, Kings Norton

  19-06-2015 16:00
  
  Can the chips from this Kings Norton shop satisfy chip man's tastebuds?
  
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• Roy Keane cleared of cabbie 'road rage'

  19-06-2015 15:41
  
  District Judge dismissed the incident as a "storm in a tea cup"
  
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• Child abduction attempt claim is investigated by police

  19-06-2015 15:17
  
  Officers examine reports a boy of 11 was targeted by four men in a BMW in the Black Country
  
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• Mother and son shoplifters jailed and banned from shopping together

  19-06-2015 14:49
  
  Janet Rollinson, 51, and son Stuart Round, 26, get first criminal behaviour order of its kind to be placed on a family after theft spree
  
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• Abandoned Shirley Powergen building used as a filming location for zombie apocalypse

  19-06-2015 14:40
  
  She Who Brings Gifts starring Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close and Paddy Considine
  
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• 5 of the best motorcycle movies of all time

  19-06-2015 14:31
  
  As the Vintage Motor Cycle Club Banbury Run takes place on June 20, 2015 we looked out some favourite motorbike movies
  
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• Four quizzed in Redditch drugs swoops as police find cannabis and cash

  19-06-2015 14:22
  
  More than 20 officers swooped on an address in Bromsgrove Road
  
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• Teenager dies after being found with serious burns at Walsall railway depot

  19-06-2015 14:07
  
  Man, 19, was rushed to Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth hospital for treatment but died from his injuries
  
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• The Midlands is sick of far-right protests - the EDL and others should get out and stay out

  19-06-2015 12:34
  
  A memo to far right organisations hell-bent on spreading disharmony on our streets: your out-dated, knuckle-dragging, divisive policies are not wanted, not needed and not supported.
  
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• Birmingham litterbugs fined £400,000 in just one year

  19-06-2015 12:30
  
  Crackdown by council enforcement officers catches almost 5,000 louts - slapping each one with £80 fine
  
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• Have you got special memories of YOUR 2015 prom? We want YOU to send us your happy pictures of YOUR prom day to share with our readers

  19-06-2015 12:24
  
  Celebrate your 2015 prom by sending your pictures to the Birmingham Mail
  
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• 500 vintage motorcycles revving off from Heritage Motor Centre

  19-06-2015 12:22
  
  The Vintage Motor Cycle Club Banbury Run takes place on Saturday, June 20, 2015
  
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• 500 vintage motorcycles ready for Banbury Run at Heritage Motor Centre

  19-06-2015 12:22
  
  The Vintage Motor Cycle Club Banbury Run takes place on Saturday, June 20, 2015
  
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• Tamworth Hall brought back from the dead

  19-06-2015 12:08
  
  Forgotten for over a decade, Middleton Hall, near Tamworth, had been the target of vandals, stripped of anything of any value by thieves, and its grand centrepiece staircase even used by scrambler bikes for riding practice.
  
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• Replay: Roy Keane on trial over alleged road-rage incident in Altrincham - follow updates here

  19-06-2015 11:32
  
  The former Aston Villa assistant manager is said to have behaved aggressively towards cabbie Fateh Kerar, 44, on January 30 - live updates from Manchester Magistrates' Court here
  
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• Live: Roy Keane on trial over alleged road-rage incident in Altrincham - follow updates here

  19-06-2015 11:32
  
  The former Aston Villa assistant manager is said to have behaved aggressively towards cabbie Fateh Kerar, 44, on January 30 - live updates from Manchester Magistrates' Court here
  
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• Award-winners are at home in the garden | Solihull Observer - Solihull Observer

  19-06-2015 11:16 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Award-winners are at home in the garden | Solihull Observer
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  THE GARDEN home created by Silhillians was a blooming success as judges awarded it Best Show Feature at the BBC Gardener's World Live Show. Solihull Neighbourhood in Bloom, with a little help from schools and community groups across the borough, ...
  
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• Award-winners are at home in the garden - Solihull Observer

  19-06-2015 11:16 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Award-winners are at home in the garden
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  THE GARDEN home created by Silhillians was a blooming success as judges awarded it Best Show Feature at the BBC Gardener's World Live Show. Solihull Neighbourhood in Bloom, with a little help from schools and community groups across the borough, ...
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at June 19 in years gone by

  19-06-2015 11:04
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on June 19.
  
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• Attacks on cash van guards down to all time low in West Midlands

  19-06-2015 10:42
  
  Security firm bosses praise police for Follow That Van scheme as cash-in-transit attacks are more than halved in four years
  
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• More of YOUR fabulous first communion photos

  19-06-2015 09:46
  
  Keep the pictures coming, folks.
  
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• Amazing stunt sees two planes fly through a barn together

  19-06-2015 09:38
  
  Two pilots have achieved a world first after flying through an aircraft hangar at the same time in Wales Airfield
  
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• Up to three more far right protests planned in the Black Country

  19-06-2015 09:36
  
  Walsall and Dudley both braced for demonstrations over the next few months
  
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• Lifestyle / IM Properties green-lighted on Solihull town centre scheme ... - The Business Desk

  19-06-2015 09:30 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
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  Lifestyle / IM Properties green-lighted on Solihull town centre scheme ...
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  IM Properties' plans to strengthen the offering at its Mell Square retail-led scheme in Solihull town centre have been given a boost. Planning consent has been granted for a 12,626 sq ft mixed-use restaurant and office building there. Two units on the ...and more »
  
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• Solihull eyesore site moves closer to being re-developed - The Business Desk

  19-06-2015 08:53 via thebusinessdesk.com
  
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  Solihull eyesore site moves closer to being re-developed
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  THE former Powergen site in Shirley, Solihull, which has been a blot on the landscape for 20 years, could soon be redeveloped as a residential-led scheme. Local people are invited to view latest plans for the site, on the junction of Stratford Road and ...and more »
  
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• Morning news headlines: PM warns of 'quietly condoning' IS, huge bills for MPs' foreign trips

  19-06-2015 08:50
  
  The latest news from around the world
  
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• Live: Friday's news, traffic latest and sport for Birmingham and the West Midlands

  19-06-2015 08:00
  
  Local and national news, travel updates, sports news and weather outlook for June 19th.
  
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• Yardley MP Jess Phillips to stay on as £16k-a-year councillor - to save taxpayers money

  19-06-2015 07:30
  
  Revelation sparks row with her predecessor John Hemming - who combined both roles for three years
  
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• Polish man murdered in Sparkhill bedsit, court hears

  19-06-2015 07:30
  
  Andrezej Szyszka died after being given a savage beating by two men, it was claimed
  
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• Crime Commissioner office BANS Birmingham Mail reporter from asking questions after investigations into activities

  19-06-2015 07:30
  
  Home Secretary contacted by Editor after David Jamieson office refuses to be quizzed by investigative journalist
  
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• UK first shops ban for thieving mum and son

  19-06-2015 00:00
  A mother and son have been banned from going shopping together under an innovative court order designed to tackle their prolific shoplifting.Janet Rollinson and son Stuart Round were both jailed last week (June 9) for the latest in a string of thefts at major stores and supermarkets across Dudley.
  
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• Force thanked for driving down cash van attacks

  19-06-2015 00:00
  Security industry bosses have praised West Midlands Police for driving down attacks on cash van guards to an all-time low.The number of attacks on ‘cash-in-transit’ vans has more than halved in the West Midlands in the last four years − from 80 in 2010 to 38 last year − and so far in 2015 there have been just eight such raids.
  
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