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• Knitted sweaters wearing Irish singer Val Doonican dies aged 88

  02-07-2015 23:40
  
  Doonican was famous for his laidback style and sweaters and notched up a string of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, selling millions of records around the world.
  
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• Pals of Tunisian terror attack family to raise funds for their funerals

  02-07-2015 22:00
  
  Friends of Joel Richards, his uncle Adrian Evans and grandfather Patrick Evans want to help his mum Suzanne with funeral costs
  
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• Police hunt for suspected Birmingham car key burglar

  02-07-2015 21:46
  
  Image released of man wanted in connection with two burglaries in Tamworth
  
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• Look: Astonishing video from Birmingham cyclist as he tells motorists: 'Please don't murder me'

  02-07-2015 20:00
  
  Terrifying footage shows incredible near misses suffered by 60-year-old in city
  
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• £5.2m restoration of Lightwoods House and Park delayed as contractor goes into administration

  02-07-2015 20:00
  
  Fairhurst Ward Abbots which has restored palaces, the Houses of Parliament and Chatsworth House has gone into administration
  
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• Concerns grow for missing Birmingham teenager

  02-07-2015 19:22
  
  James Fuller-Smithen last seen on 26 June leaving his home address on Regan Crescent in Short Heath
  
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• Ducklings in a sticky situation whilst crossing a road in Norfolk

  02-07-2015 18:53
  
  The ducklings became stuck, not in the mud but the melting tar on the road surface
  
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• Second Alton Towers rollercoaster crashes leaving man taken to hospital and three others hurt

  02-07-2015 18:28
  
  Two carriages on the Sonic Spinball collided leaving man with head injuries
  
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• Special services for Tunisia terror attack victims to be held in Walsall and Tamworth

  02-07-2015 17:38
  
  Wallsall FC adn St Editha Church in Tamworth lead national minute's silence in West Midlands at noon tomorrow (July 3)
  
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• Pregnant crash victim wins payout from driver's insurers after smash that killed her sister

  02-07-2015 17:00
  
  Claire Child was left with serious injuries after speeding driver mowed her down
  
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• Stourbridge woman suffers serious sexual assault as she walks home from night out

  02-07-2015 16:17
  
  25-year-old was attacked by young man with foreign accent in Green Street early on Sunday morning
  
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• 'Highly successful' drug dealer had £25,000 watch and £68,000 cash in his home

  02-07-2015 15:57
  
  Salim Henry, who has been jailed, was also caught with £10,000 worth of cocaine
  
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• Britain's Got Talent's Becky O'Brien calling for relationship education in Birmingham schools

  02-07-2015 15:56
  
  Singer speaks out for domestic violence victims at Women's Aid National Conference in Birmingham
  
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• Midland mum missing for 14 months is found - and immediately arrested

  02-07-2015 15:48
  
  Alison Joyner who turned up in Cornwall charged with seven counts of fraud
  
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• Scrapping child poverty target makes it harder for Birmingham's poorest youngsters says Labour council chief

  02-07-2015 15:42
  
  City communities chief James McKay urges Tory Government to rethink decision to change the way child povery is measured
  
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• John 'Goldfinger' Palmer - Solihull gangster finally brought down by 'curse of ... - Birmingham Mail

  02-07-2015 15:37 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  John 'Goldfinger' Palmer - Solihull gangster finally brought down by 'curse of ...
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  Notorious Birmingham-born criminal John “Goldfinger” Palmer, who has been shot dead, earned the Bond villain nickname when he was accused of involvement in the Brink's-Mat robbery. The £26 million theft of bullion and jewellery from a warehouse at ...
  Solihull criminal John 'Goldfinger' Palmer shot dead - but police thought ...Coventry Telegraphall
  
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• Warwickshire Wildlife Trust celebrates Solihull's successful 30 Days Wild - Solihull Observer

  02-07-2015 15:36 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Warwickshire Wildlife Trust celebrates Solihull's successful 30 Days Wild
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  A bee orchid, which has adapted to look as similar to a bee as possible. s. Ben from Warwickshire Mammal Group shows the BioBlitzers a bank vole caught safely in the Group's monitoring traps. s. Volunteers managed to find and identify 300 species of ...and more »
  
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• John 'Goldfinger' Palmer - Solihull gangster finally brought down by 'curse of Brink's-Mat'

  02-07-2015 15:27
  
  Criminal was sensationally cleared of involvement in gold bullion robbery, but was finally shot dead after a high life funded by dishonesty
  
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• Solihull Active expand Cancer Rehabilitation Exercise Scheme - Solihull Observer

  02-07-2015 15:19 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Solihull Active expand Cancer Rehabilitation Exercise Scheme
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  This physical activity programme is now available to Solihull residents who are recovering from all types of cancer, having previously only been available to prostate and colorectal cancer survivors. After completion of cancer treatment many patients ...
  
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• Tributes as former Blues player Brian Taylor dies, aged 78, while on holiday with friends

  02-07-2015 15:18
  
  Left-winger passed away in same month as ex-Birmingham City team-mate Denis Thwaites was killed in Tunisa terror attack
  
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• Bull dresses in bandages for Birmingham Children's Hospital Big Bandage Appeal

  02-07-2015 14:29
  
  People invited to add their own bandage to The Bull to raise money for Magnolia House
  
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• South and City College staff walk out over plans to axe 34 jobs

  02-07-2015 13:52
  
  College staff held a protest in Digbeth, Bordesley Green, Hall Green and Handsworth
  
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• Birmingham MP Jess Phillips 'lost it' in Commons chamber as Tory minister laughed at equal pay plan

  02-07-2015 13:17
  
  Birmingham MP Jess Phillips shouted "you are a disgrace" across the Commons chamber as Conservative equalities minister Nicky Morgan laughed at Labour proposal to ensure women are paid as much as men
  
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• Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival has been a blast for 31 years

  02-07-2015 13:12
  
  The Birmingham Jazz and Blues Festival, which grew out of a desire to “raise the flag for jazz” back in the 1980s, is now a highlight of the city’s annual music calendar.
  
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• Midland woman charged with inciting terrorism and being a member of ISIS

  02-07-2015 13:01
  
  26-year-old, from Burton-on-Trent, accused of publishing a series of tweets encouraging people to take part in acts of terrorism
  
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• Severe thunderstorms set to wreak havoc in West Midlands

  02-07-2015 12:55
  
  Met Office issues weather alert as hail and lightnin forecast after scorching temperatures yesterday (July 1)
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at July 2 in years gone by

  02-07-2015 12:46
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on July 2.
  
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• Have you sent us YOUR 2015 prom pic yet? There's still plenty of time to show off YOUR pictures to our readers

  02-07-2015 12:36
  
  We want you to keep on sending us your prom pics  - so what are you waiting for? It's easy - just email, tweet or facebook your pics to us at the Birmingham Mail. 
  
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• Sacked Solihull headteacher in exam answers probe backed by former boss - Birmingham Mail

  02-07-2015 12:36 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Sacked Solihull headteacher in exam answers probe backed by former boss
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  A mentor and former boss of disgraced headteacher Stephanie O'Grady has leapt to her defence after it was revealed that she has been sacked following claims that pupils' maths test answers were changed after an exam had finished at St Patricks CE ...
  
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• Sacked Solihull headteacher in exam answers probe backed by former boss

  02-07-2015 12:30
  
  LEA inspector David Curtis says he has 'high regard' for Stephanie O’Grady, of St Patricks CE Academy in Earlswood
  
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• All aboard to set sail for Shirley carnival - Solihull Observer

  02-07-2015 12:12 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  All aboard to set sail for Shirley carnival
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  Ships Ahoy - Shirley Carnival organisers prepare to make land at Shirley Park next month. (s. by: Chris Willmott 11:12 am, Jul 02, 2015. Share: 0 shares. SHIRLEY Carnival basked in the sunshine last year and organisers are hoping this year the sun will ...
  
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• Private hospital plan for Pebble Mill studios site

  02-07-2015 12:00
  
  100-bed private health clinic may be built on plot of former BBC base
  
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• Body of Tunisia terror attack victim Sue Davey flown home as 12 suspects arrested

  02-07-2015 12:00
  
  West Bromwich-born mum, her partner and six other victims to be flown to RAF Brize Norton today
  
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• Man fights for life after his heart was restarted following M6 crash

  02-07-2015 11:49
  
  Victim had been cut free from his vehicle after horrific rush-hour collision near Hilton Park Services when he went into cardiac arrest
  
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• Woman killed in collision with Lorry near Lichfield

  02-07-2015 09:42
  
  Pedestrian pronounced dead at scene of accident on A38 outside Fradley at 12.40am
  
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• Firefighters in dramatic rescue from blazing flat

  02-07-2015 09:31
  
  Messenger Road, Smethwick home left gutted by fierce blaze
  
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• Police take six days to launch investigation after Solihull criminal murdered

  02-07-2015 09:28
  
  Ex-Flying Squad commander blasts police 'incompetence' over delays in investigation into shooting of John 'Goldfinger' Palmer
  
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• Morning news headlines: More Tunisia victims to be repatriated, Family of 12 feared to be in Syria

  02-07-2015 09:04
  
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• Alton Towers: Air rollercoaster breaks down leaving dozens stranded upside down in midair

  02-07-2015 08:23
  
  On another day of drama a further 80 people were stuck inside sweltering carriages for an hour after two monorail trains broke down
  
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• Phantom Flan Flinger from Tiswas gets a pie in his face on his 80th birthday

  02-07-2015 07:30
  
  Benny Mills got his just desserts at his birthday party in Earlswood
  
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• New MP Jess Phillips employs her husband as assistant in taxpayer-funded job

  02-07-2015 07:30
  
  Commons register of interests reveals one MP made £15,000 in one day as a consultant, while another received support worth £3,000 from a Birmingham curry house
  
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• Police seek missing Birmingham teen, James Fuller-Smithen

  02-07-2015 00:00
  Police are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of a missing Birmingham teen. 13-year-old James Fuller-Smithen was last seen leaving his home address in Regan Crescent, Short Heath on Friday 26 June at 10.30am. 
  
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• Police seek missing Birmingham teen

  02-07-2015 00:00
  Police are growing increasingly concerned for the safety of a missing Birmingham teen. 13-year-old James Fuller-Smithen was last seen leaving his home address in Regan Crescent, Short Heath on Friday 26 June at 10.30am. 
  
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• Passers-by stopped Coventry attack - police appeal for new witnesses

  02-07-2015 00:00
  Police have praised passers-by who stepped in when a woman was assaulted at a Coventry bus stop.The 34-year-old was attacked in broad daylight as she waited for a bus on Foleshill Road near to the junction of Blackwell Road.
  
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• Burton woman remanded on terrorism charges

  02-07-2015 00:00
  A 26 year old woman from Burton Upon Trent has appeared at Westminster Magistrates charged with encouraging acts of terrorism and being a member of the proscribed organisation ISIS.Tareena Shakil was remanded to appear at the Old Bailey on July 20.
  
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• Burton woman charged with terrorism offences

  02-07-2015 00:00
  A 26-year-old woman from Burton Upon Trent, Staffordshire has been charged with inciting terrorism on social media and being a member of the proscribed terrorist group ISIS. She will appear at Westminster Magistrates Court this afternoon (Thursday 2 July).The woman, who at this point cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested by officers from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit at Heathrow Airport in February. She had arrived on a flight from Turkey.
  
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• Appeal after Stourbridge serious sexual assault

  02-07-2015 00:00
  Police in Stourbridge are appealing for information after a woman was seriously sexually assaulted last weekend. 
   
  Officers were called to Green Street at around 2.50am on Sunday 28 June, following a report a 25-year-old woman had been attacked following a night out. 
   
  
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