Solihull news

• War hero's family may sue Heartlands Hospital over salmonella tragedy

  26-06-2015 19:00
  
  RAF pilot Leonard Spiers, 88, died of bug after being admitted following a fall
  
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• Remember? Images emerge 50 years since Victorian New Street station was demolished

  26-06-2015 19:00
  
  Photographs just unearthed from archive shows work taking place
  
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• Big turnout as DJ Earl 'Dingy' Dingwall is laid to rest

  26-06-2015 17:38
  
  Hockley's New Bingley Hall is venue for Birmingham's first full Ethiopian Orthodox service
  
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• Murdered man used to live and work in Solihull - Solihull Observer

  26-06-2015 17:06 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Murdered man used to live and work in Solihull
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  A MAN murdered in Stratford on Monday (June 22) is believed to have previously lived and worked in Solihull – The Observer can reveal. Tristram Wallace, pictured, was killed in an assault in broad daylight in the centre of Stratford. His Facebook ...and more »
  
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• Which Birmingham MPs are taking a 10 per cent pay rise?

  26-06-2015 17:00
  
  MPs are set to be awarded a ten per cent pay rise but some say they will give the money away
  
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• Triad-linked partner of ex-Blues boss Carson Yeung accused of £145 million money laundering

  26-06-2015 17:00
  
  Cheung Chi-tai, 54, faces up to 14 years in prison after being accused of laundering cash through Macau banks
  
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• Four-year-old who discovered tummy ache was kidney cancer starts Race for Life

  26-06-2015 17:00
  
  Persian Bristoll will start be a guest of honour at the Cancer Research event in Birmingham's Cannon Hill Park on Sunday
  
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• Tia Kounota was killed by her schizophrenic lover after he came off medication

  26-06-2015 16:27
  
  Damien Dinobewei - who punched and strangled mother-of-one before setting her body alight in a car in Erdington - has been sent to a secure hospital indefinitely
  
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• Live: Tunisia hotel attack - more than 27 reported dead at resort popular with British tourists

  26-06-2015 14:34
  
  Updates as multiple casualties are reported to have been killed at Tunisia's tourist resort of Sousse following a terror attack, the country's interior ministry has said
  
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• Tia Kounota killer Damien Dinobewei is sent to a secure hospital

  26-06-2015 14:21
  
  Boyfriend killed his lover and torched her body in a car in Erdington
  
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• Tunisia attack: Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in an attack on two hotels

  26-06-2015 14:10
  
  Sousse is an ancient city on the Tunisia coast and is a popular tourist town
  
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• Alum Rock mobile phone shop boss jailed over stolen goods scam

  26-06-2015 14:09
  
  Muhammed Ibrar, owner of Bling Bling Phones, allowed stolen phones to be reprogrammed on his premises
  
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• UKIP candidate in bizarre Facebook rant about mixed-race marriage

  26-06-2015 13:53
  
  UKIP candidate says interracial marriage is bringing Europe into the third world
  
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• Birmingham set to roast as Spanish weather system sends temperatures soaring

  26-06-2015 13:27
  
  Region could finally top 30C as warm air from Iberian peninsula brings tropical conditions to West Midlands - with thunderstorms to follow
  
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• Decapitated head found on gate after suspected Islamic terror attack in France

  26-06-2015 13:21
  
  Two flags, one white and one black and both with Arabic inscriptions, were found at the scene
  
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• Birmingham's Floozie in the Jacuzzi to be turned into flowerbed

  26-06-2015 12:59
  
  Council admits fountain, which has been dry since 2013 won't be turned on in near future
  
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• Moment in time captured at Parkgate - Solihull Observer

  26-06-2015 12:35 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Moment in time captured at Parkgate
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  Clive Jessup, director of Jessup Design & Build and Lloyd Bradshaw, general manager of SCHA with Amy, Thomas, Tristan, Alvina, Oliver and Owen from Blossomfield Infants School bury the time capsule. 24.015.009.sol.jm2. by: Chris Willmott 11:35 am, Jun ...
  
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• Stafford Festival Shakespeare celebrates 25th anniversary

  26-06-2015 12:30
  
  A firm, and always eagerly awaited, fixture in the annual theatrical calendar, Stafford Festival Shakespeare is one of the top three most prestigious open-air events of its kind in the country.
  
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• Solihull says thanks to armed forces - Solihull Observer

  26-06-2015 12:19 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull says thanks to armed forces
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  MILITARY men and women were paid tribute in Solihull this week as the borough marked Armed Services Day. Dignitaries gathered at the Solihull Royal British Legion to pay their respects and watch Solihull Mayor Glenis Slater, club chairman Jeff Stocks ...and more »
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at June 26 in years gone by

  26-06-2015 12:11
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on June 26.
  
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• Mother made to 'feel like a criminal' for giving her disabled daughter cannabis oil

  26-06-2015 12:00
  
  Louise Bostock used legal substance to try and stop daughter's seizures
  
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• Dalai Lama Glastonbury trip slammed by Chinese government

  26-06-2015 12:00
  
  79-year-old Tibetan is set to appear at the festival on Sunday to promote his message of "compassion, non-violence and the oneness of humanity"
  
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• Calvin Harris and Taylor Swift knock Beyonce and Jay Z from number one spot

  26-06-2015 09:56
  
  Celebrity couple have earned £93 million in the past year more than Beyonce and Jay Z
  
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• Longbridge driver escapes as car overturns in street

  26-06-2015 09:37
  
  Motorist walks from her vehicle after it flips over accident in Fairfax Road
  
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• Avengers star Patrick Macnee has died at the age of 93

  26-06-2015 09:31
  
  Actor died of natural causes at his home in California yesterday with his family at his bedside
  
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• Car ends up on its side after crashing into traffic lights in Druids Heath

  26-06-2015 09:23
  
  Driver escapes uninjured after late night smash in Alcester Road South
  
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• Romanian drug suspects stopped on M5 with car boot full of cannabis

  26-06-2015 09:23
  
  Two men arrested after being found transporting £70,000 of drug on motorway near west Bromwich
  
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• Look: Moment masked men steal sports car from owner's driveway

  26-06-2015 08:58
  
  Video captures pair smashing window before getting Ford Focus RS started
  
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• One dead and six injured in horror M40 pile up

  26-06-2015 08:42
  
  Two lorries and three cars involved in two smashes which see motorway closed
  
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• Breaking: One dead and six injured in horror M40 pile up

  26-06-2015 08:42
  
  Two lorries and three cars involved in two smashes which see motorway closed
  
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• Sutton Coldfield Town Council referendum launched

  26-06-2015 08:00
  
  Some say a new Town Council will be costly and have little power, but others argue it could be a step on the road to greater independence from Birmingham City Councili for the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield
  
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• Morning news headlines: PM 'delighted' by EU reform talks, Greece's weekend debt deal deadline

  26-06-2015 08:00
  
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• Winson Green GP practice placed in special measures over failure to safeguard vulnerable patients

  26-06-2015 07:30
  
  Surgery was branded 'indequate' by CQC report
  
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• Teen who killed grandfather after flooring accelerator in £105k Range Rover tries to dodge sentence

  26-06-2015 07:30
  
  Judges throw out appeal by Kirpal Singh Sokhi over tragic high speed crash
  
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• School run parking 'carnage' needs to be tackled say councillors

  26-06-2015 07:30
  
  Planning committee hears of fights at home time and demands schools and education authorities do more to get parents and pupils to walk or cycle 
  
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• Live: Birmingham and West Midlands breaking news, weather, traffic and sport

  26-06-2015 07:00
  
  Live Midlands news on June 26 plus weather, traffic and sports
  
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• Mobile phone shop boss jailed as police cut-off stolen goods network

  26-06-2015 00:00
  A businessman who allowed his mobile phone store to become a workshop masking criminal activity has been jailed for 21 months. Muhammed Ibrar, owner of Bling Bling Phones on Alum Rock Road, was found guilty of a number of crimes connected to the handling and sale of stolen goods. The 45-year-old was sentenced to 21 months behind bars at Birmingham Crown Court on Wednesday (24 June).
  
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• Indefinite hospital order for man who killed ex-partner and torched her body in car fire

  26-06-2015 00:00
  A Birmingham man has been given an indefinite hospital order for killing his former partner before burning her body in a car.Damien Dinobewei, from Pershore Road, was handed the term at Birmingham Crown Court today (Friday, 26 June) after pleading guilty to the manslaughter of Tia Kounota at a hearing earlier this month.
  
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• Distraction burglars jailed after north Birmingham burglaries

  26-06-2015 00:00
  A remorseless distraction burglar who targeted women in their Birmingham homes - including a woman in her 90s on New Year’s Day - has been jailed for more than six years.Kelly Ford, aged 33 of Gravelley Lane in Erdington, pretended to be a police officer in order to get into the 95-year-old woman’s house in Castle Vale on 1 January 2015.Nothing was stolen but Ford searched the rooms in the house – much to the pensioner’s distress.
  
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• CCTV clues to Focus RS theft

  26-06-2015 00:00
  Birmingham Police have released CCTV of the moment a white Ford Focus RS was stolen from a Northfield driveway. Two men are seen to break into the car by smashing the driver’s side window, before one of them leans in and manages to start the car’s engine. The pair quickly jump in the car and drive off. 
  
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