Solihull news

• Make Way! Story behind amazing footage of man who got in way of Queen's Guards

  25-06-2015 22:00
  
  Dudley man filmed scene of pile up during Trooping of the Colour
  
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• Brave mum shops her own son over brutal Birmingham Children's Hospital doctor attack

  25-06-2015 22:00
  
  Medic could have died in 2.30am city centre metal bar attack
  
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• Avengers star Patrick Macnee dies aged 93

  25-06-2015 21:01
  
  John Steed star passed away at his home
  
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• Show some respect! Fury over Hockley drivers 'turning Key Hill Cemetery into a car park'

  25-06-2015 20:00
  
  Action launched after workers at nearby businesses leave vehiclesin Jewellery Quarter graveyard while they go to work
  
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• Look: The beautiful photographs selling the Midlands at its best

  25-06-2015 20:00
  
  Photographer's love affair with region now bringing area to overseas audience
  
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• Alvechurch school coach crash: Mum's relief as travel company admits liability

  25-06-2015 19:30
  
  Tour operator admits responsibility for accident which left teacher dead and 20 pupils injured three years after tragedy
  
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• Birmingham satellite TV engineer stabbed neighbour to death after skateboard noise row

  25-06-2015 18:15
  
  Trevor Gibbon, 48, killed mum Alison Morrison in 'revenge' attack by stabbing her 33 times
  
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• Biker killed in lorry crash near Lichfield

  25-06-2015 17:24
  
  Victim died at the scene despite attempts to save him
  
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• Solihull is the second most expensive place to buy a home - Birmingham Post

  25-06-2015 17:13 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
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  Solihull is the second most expensive place to buy a home
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  Solihull is the second most expensive place outside of London and the south to buy a home, according to new figures. The Halifax* says the town to the southeast of Birmingham has an average house price per square metre of £2,367 – just below Altrincham ...
  
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• Woman left fighting for life on dream holiday after being hit by rare kidney condition

  25-06-2015 17:00
  
  Nicola Collings' Sharm el Sheikh nightmare left her in hospital for two weeks
  
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• Sadistic ex-PE teacher has appeal against sentence thrown out by judges

  25-06-2015 17:00
  
  Marcus Marcussen preyed on pupils at Weoley Castle school
  
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• Women join forces to fight cancer at the Race for Life - Solihull Observer

  25-06-2015 16:45 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Women join forces to fight cancer at the Race for Life
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  THOUSANDS of women united at Malvern Park, Solihull, with one mission in mind – to conquer cancer. Now Cancer Research UK is calling on the formidable army of mighty-mums, gutsy-grans, and go-getting girls to make every step count by paying in their ...and more »
  
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• What is a smear test?

  25-06-2015 15:13
  
  Everything you need to know about the NHS screening programme to fight cervical cancer
  
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• Lout spat at Snow Hill train conductor after ticket row

  25-06-2015 14:44
  
  Police hunt yob responsible for vile attack at Snow Hill station
  
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• Oxford English Dictionary finds that Twerk can be traced back to 1820

  25-06-2015 14:38
  
  500 new entries, including twitterati, Meh and fo' shizzle have been added to the dictionary
  
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• No food and no water: Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood on fasting for Ramadan at Westminster

  25-06-2015 14:10
  
  Ladywood MP Shabana Mahmood is one of Britain's most important and busy politicians, as a member of the Shadow Cabinet. Like millions of Muslims, she is observing Ramadan, and she wrote for the Birmingham Mail to explain what that means in practice
  
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• Watch: Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood angers George Osborne in her new senior job

  25-06-2015 14:10
  
  Rising star Shabana Mahmood gets under the skin of George Osborne, the Chancellor, as the Government's EU referendum policy runs into trouble
  
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• Plea over Dudley child snatch 'vigilante' claim

  25-06-2015 13:37
  
  Police urge families not to take the law into their own hands over safety alerts
  
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• Ghostly goings on at Dudley Castle

  25-06-2015 12:34
  
  Dudley Castle is reputed to be one of the most haunted castles in the world.
  
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• Thousands to say final farewell to Birmingham DJ Earl 'Dingy' Dingwall

  25-06-2015 12:30
  
  Handsworth grandad who worked with Reggae stars to be laid to rest in city's first full Ethiopian orthodox service
  
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• 330 Goodyear Dunlop jobs at risk as company plans to shut Wolverhampton factory

  25-06-2015 12:21
  
  Former West Midlands manufacturing giant proposes to close mixing and retread facility 'in response to changing market conditions'
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at June 25 in years gone by

  25-06-2015 12:16
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on June 25.
  
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• Dalai Lama lined up for Glastonbury appearance this weekend

  25-06-2015 12:10
  
  Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader is to talk in the Green Fields and explore the farm on Sunday
  
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• Birmingham mum waits six months for cancer diagnosis after doctors say she's 'too young' for smear test

  25-06-2015 12:00
  
  Young mum Siobhan Galbraith is now receiving radiotherapy which will leave her unable to have any more children, after she asked for a smear test three times and was told she was too young
  
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• Tributes flood in for a dedicated Solihull volunteer - Solihull Observer

  25-06-2015 11:56 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Tributes flood in for a dedicated Solihull volunteer
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  Cynthia dedicated the majority of her adult life to helping others across the borough. (s). Cynthia Leonard was awarded with an MBE for her services to the Voluntary sector in 1999. (s). Cynthia celebrated 30 years of Age UK Solihull with Birds of the ...
  
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• Solihull holidaymaker left fighting for life after rare kidney illness - Solihull Observer

  25-06-2015 11:39 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull holidaymaker left fighting for life after rare kidney illness
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  A WOMAN who was left fighting for her life and needing two months off work after she suffered severe kidney problems following a summer break to Egypt is taking legal action as she recovers from her illness. Nicola Collings, from Solihull, travelled to ...
  
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• There are 2.3 million children living in relative poverty in UK, the lowest level since the 1980s

  25-06-2015 11:35
  
  The current definition of child poverty is whether a child lives in a household with an income less than 60% of the national average
  
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• 'Man with hand grenade' sparks armed police lockdown at New Street Station

  25-06-2015 11:29
  
  Officers armed with machine guns swoop but fail to find man allegedly dressed in uniform holding explosive
  
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• Teen mum Abby Swinfield died after taking party drug Meow Meow which triggered pre-existing condition

  25-06-2015 11:00
  
  Mum-of-one Abby fell ill after taking the Class B drug mephedrone at Tamworth party and then did not drink or eat anything, an inquest heard
  
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• Another fantastic gallery of school prom pictures

  25-06-2015 10:56
  
  Keep the photographs coming, guys
  
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• Solihull St Patrick's Primary School headteacher sacked in exam cheating row

  25-06-2015 09:42
  
  Stephanie O’Grady has been permanently replaced following maths test answers probe after becoming 'unwell' last September
  
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• Solihull St Patrick's Primary School headteacher sacked in exam cheating row - Birmingham Mail

  25-06-2015 09:42 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Solihull St Patrick's Primary School headteacher sacked in exam cheating row
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  A school headteacher has been sacked after claims that pupils' maths test answers were changed after their exam had finished. Mental maths SATs results for 11-year-olds were annulled at high-flying St Patrick's CE Primary Academy at Earlswood, Solihull ...and more »
  
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• Yardley MP Jess Phillips says 'I headed down to House of Commons in a VW camper van'

  25-06-2015 09:26
  
  Newly-elected MP was shocked at £1,450 quote for three nights in a London hotel for her family - and made other arrangements
  
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• Car flips in horrific road smash - but miraculously no-one injured

  25-06-2015 08:45
  
  Head on crash in Charles Road, Bordesley Green
  
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• Schools desperate for staff in Trojan Horse recruitment crisis

  25-06-2015 07:30
  
  Scandal leaves classrooms with big teacher shortages
  
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• Pub bombings - there is NO gagging order on case documents

  25-06-2015 07:30
  
  Government denies a 75-year gagging order was placed on the paperwork in the 1990s
  
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• Live: Birmingham and West Midlands breaking news, traffic, weather and sport

  25-06-2015 07:00
  
  Live Midlands news on June 25 plus weather, traffic and sports
  
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• Plans for former Powergen site go on show - Solihull Observer

  25-06-2015 01:03 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Plans for former Powergen site go on show
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  Robert Birch from Shirley Advance shows off plans for the former Powergen site. 25.015.006.sol.jm4. Plans are discussed in detail. 25.015.006.sol.jm3. Plans for the former powergen site go on display. 25.015.006.sol.jm1. Robert Birch from Shirley ...
  
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• Romanian drugs duo behind bars after M5 arrest

  25-06-2015 00:00
  Two Romanian drug deal suspects arrested during a £70,000 cannabis stop on the M5 are today behind bars after being netted by Operation Trivium.Mircea Rusu and Nicolae Pasc were stopped by West Midlands Police northbound between junctions 2 and 1 at 1.15pm yesterday (June 24) – and arrested when a stash of drugs were found in the car’s boot. And they were shocked to see a Romanian officer in full uniform come striding down the hard shoulder!
  
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• Police seek significant witness in Smethwick collision

  25-06-2015 00:00
  Police investigating a crash in Smethwick, which left a little girl with a fractured skull, have issued a CCTV image of a woman they believe may have information about what happened.  The three-year-old girl was injured after being involved in a collision with a car as she was walking on St Pauls Road, Warley, at around 3.30pm yesterday. 
  
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