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• Thug boyfriend jailed after battering and throttling ex-lover following split

  03-07-2015 19:35
  
  Mark Reid, 49, left victim covered in blood after vicious attack at her Kingstanding home
  
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• Look: Pictures of stunning Birmingham hotels over the years

  03-07-2015 19:30
  
  Includes some of the city's most beautiful vanished buildings
  
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• Drug dealer who told girlfriend 'I hope your daughter dies of aids' has sentence slashed

  03-07-2015 19:30
  
  Judges cut jail term of Omar Bell who was convicted of witness intimidation
  
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• Boy racers defy injunctions - but West Midlands Police were 'too busy' to stop them

  03-07-2015 19:30
  
  Shocking footage shows boy racers using roads near Birmingham Airport for illegal events to flout bans in Birmingham and Black Country
  
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• Hollyoaks star Abi Phillips, Aston Villa legend Ian Taylor and triathlete Jodie Stimpson first celebs announced for Pride of Birmingham 2015

  03-07-2015 19:10
  
  Nomination postboxes open at 16 Natwest branches across trhe city
  
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• Small Heath School parents to launch campaign against it becoming an academy

  03-07-2015 18:55
  
  Parents are set to join forces to stage a campaign to stop a failing Birmingham school from being turned into an academy, teaching unions have claimed.
  
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• Drug dealers who continued selling heroin even after police raid are jailed

  03-07-2015 18:25
  
  Boyfriend and girlfriend both jailed for 'large scale' operation
  
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• Armed home raider's sentence appeal thrown out in less than five minutes

  03-07-2015 17:44
  
  Anthony Campbell stormed into home in Erdington with gang in a terrifying robbery
  
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• Solihull patients to receive treatment at home in final months of life as part ... - Solihull Observer

  03-07-2015 17:42 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull patients to receive treatment at home in final months of life as part ...
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  Cancer patients will be able to get medical treatment at home thanks to a pilot scheme being launched by Macmillan Cancer Support. (s). by: Sarah Judkins 4:32 pm, Jul 03, 2015. Share: 0 shares. CANCER patients across the borough will be able to receive ...and more »
  
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• Body of teenage girl found in Dickens Heath canal - Solihull Observer

  03-07-2015 17:28 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Body of teenage girl found in Dickens Heath canal
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  POLICE have confirmed that the body of an 18-year-old girl was found in a canal in Dickens Heath. The body was discovered by a member of the public in the Stratford-Upon-Avon Canal, which runs through Dickens Heath at 6am this morning (July 3).and more »
  
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• Ten men charged over massive £16 million heroin haul

  03-07-2015 17:14
  
  Stash of drugs found in Oldbury industrial estate
  
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• Despicable fee! Fury as ticket to see Minions costs £10 more in Solihull than Birmingham

  03-07-2015 17:00
  
  Solihull family forced to travel to city centre - despite local cinema being minutes from home - to save a tenner on the family entry price
  
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• White van man with 27 points for speeding still allowed on the road

  03-07-2015 16:30
  
  Licencing chiefs say it's down to the courts to decide if ban imposed
  
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• Here's YOUR 20 top tips for getting to sleep in the heat

  03-07-2015 16:27
  
  Many are weird and wacky - and not all of them are advisable - but here are your suggestions for staying cool at night in a hot spell
  
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• Germanwings victims lawyer describes compensation offer as woeful

  03-07-2015 15:42
  
  Anger after 'divisive and unfair' Lufthansa deal
  
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• Walsall FC remembers Tunisia shootings victims in poignant service at stadium

  03-07-2015 14:04
  
  Manager Dean Smith and players and survivor Owen Richards among those remembering relatives Patrick and Adrian Evans and Joel Richards
  
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• See inside stricken Alton Towers monorail which broke down, leaving passengers baking in 90F heat

  03-07-2015 13:24
  
  Angry customers stuck in carriage as ordeal dragged on for an hour
  
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• Simone Davis: Do you know where this missing 26-year-old is?

  03-07-2015 13:20
  
  The Missing People charity is appealing for information on Simone Davis who was last seen at Birmingham New Street Station on May 24
  
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• Touchwood launches Costa Del Solihull beach - Birmingham Mail

  03-07-2015 13:03 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Touchwood launches Costa Del Solihull beach
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  Launching on Saturday, July 4 and running throughout the summer, organisers say the free beach will be a relaxing haven complete with sand, spades, buckets and deckchairs. Meanwhile Solihull is turning into “Sunnyhull” this summer – complete with celeb ...
  
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• Black Country glass making goes back four centuries

  03-07-2015 12:37
  
  In the 1960s, glass making in the Black Country was described as the best in the country.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at July 3 in years gone by

  03-07-2015 12:25
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on July 3.
  
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• Urgent Care Centre plans on show to public in Touchwood - Solihull Observer

  03-07-2015 12:02 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Urgent Care Centre plans on show to public in Touchwood
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  Plans for the Urgent Care Centre will be on display in Touchwood over the summer months. (s). by: Sarah Judkins 11:02 am, Jul 03, 2015. Share: 0 shares. PLANS for the Urgent Care Centre at Solihull Hospital are set to go on display in Touchwood over ...
  
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• Are you featured in our Friday bumper edition of YOUR 2015 prom pictures?

  03-07-2015 11:52
  
  You can tweet, facebook or email YOUR 2015 prom pictures to us at the Birmingham Mail          
  
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• Murder plot husband fails to overturn conviction for bid to hire hitman to kill wife

  03-07-2015 11:43
  
  Jasbinder Pal Heer, from Handsworth, told court 'News of the World tricked me'
  
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• Two arrested over shooting in West Smethwick Park

  03-07-2015 10:59
  
  Armed police hold suspects after dawn raid at house in Birch street, Oldbury
  
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• Tunisia shootings victim Sue Davey's body due home today

  03-07-2015 10:17
  
  Son Conor Fulford will be in his best suit to honour his mother
  
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• Sonic Spinball crash - Alton Towers bosses insist: 'Our park is safe'

  03-07-2015 09:17
  
  Bosses hit back over latest incident to dog Staffordshire attraction
  
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• Birmingham reveller glassed and punched in Jam House attack

  03-07-2015 09:11
  
  Police hunt two suspects after man is injured in vicious unprovoked attack at St Paul's Square venue
  
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• Morning news headlines, Britain to honour Tunisia victims, Wimbledon silent for terror victims

  03-07-2015 08:17
  
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• Police officer is filmed 'punching drugs suspect three times as he lay on ground'

  03-07-2015 07:30
  
  'Sickened' witness recorded incident in Erdington but force says no investigation planned as no complaint made
  
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• Birmingham MP Liam Byrne threatens to 'occupy' industrial land, in row with HS2 bosses

  03-07-2015 07:30
  
  MP Liam Byrne says the planned HS2 high speed rail line will cost Birmingham thousands of jobs unless changes are made
  
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• Birmingham MP Liam Byrne threatens to 'occupy' industrial land, in row with high speed rail bosses

  03-07-2015 07:30
  
  MP Liam Byrne says the planned HS2 high speed rail line will cost Birmingham thousands of jobs unless changes are made
  
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• Birmingham City Council missed 62 per cent of its service targets

  03-07-2015 07:30
  
  Council results for 2014/15 show that  child protection service continues to  under perform - but bosses say improvement plan will make a difference        
  
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• Two arrested in Smethwick shooting investigation

  03-07-2015 00:00
  Detectives investigating a Smethwick shooting have today (Friday 3 July) arrested two men following a dawn raid.Armed police officers executed the warrant at house on Birch Street, Oldbury at around 4.30am.Two men aged 32 and 21 were arrested on suspicion of wounding and searches of the property continue.The arrests come following an investigation into the shooting of a 38-year-old man at a Smethwick park last week.
  
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• Trio jailed for drug dealing from Birmingham tower block

  03-07-2015 00:00
  A Birmingham couple and their friend have been jailed for a total of seven years for drug dealing from a city centre tower block.Raymond Germaine, 26, and his girlfriend, Rochai Simms, 24, were arrested on 23 January 2015 after officers stopped Germaine in a Ford Focus hire car outside Clydesdale Tower, Holloway Head.
  
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• Teenager appears at court charged with attempted murder

  03-07-2015 00:00
  A teenager has appeared at court to hear allegations he stabbed another teen in High Street, West Bromwich on Tuesday (30 June).The 15-year-old boy from Walsall has been charged with attempted murder and was remanded in custody after appearing at Sandwell Magistrates Court this afternoon (3 July).
  
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• CCTV images released after man glassed in city centre club

  03-07-2015 00:00
  CCTV images of two people have been released after a man was glassed in a Birmingham bar earlier this month.The 32-year-old was drinking in the Jam House, St Pauls Square in the early hours of Saturday 6 June when the assault took place.It is believed that the victim was on the dance floor when he was punched, as he tried to prevent being assaulted further another man became involved who smashed a glass in his face.Hospital treatment was needed as a result of the attack where he sustained facial
  
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