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• Want to start a new life in the sun? Meet two Brummies who have done just that

  11-07-2015 22:00
  
  One now owns Trip Advisor's number one B&B in Mallorca, the other's walking and language breaks in the Pyrenees are so popular she has to turn people away
  
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• Murdered Solihull gangland boss 'Goldfinger' was mystery shotgun raider ... - Birmingham Mail

  11-07-2015 18:37 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Murdered Solihull gangland boss 'Goldfinger' was mystery shotgun raider ...
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  Gangland Mr Big John Palmer - the mobster with the Midas touch - was the lone-wolf untouchable behind a string of unsolved shotgun heists, one of the Midlands' top former detectives believes. The shadowy Solihull underworld figure used thousands gained ...and more »
  
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• Murdered Solihull gangland boss 'Goldfinger' was mystery shotgun raider behind ... - Birmingham Mail

  11-07-2015 18:37 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Murdered Solihull gangland boss 'Goldfinger' was mystery shotgun raider behind ...
  Birmingham Mail
  Gangland Mr Big John Palmer - the mobster with the Midas touch - was the lone-wolf untouchable behind a string of unsolved shotgun heists, one of the Midlands' top former detectives believes. The shadowy Solihull underworld figure used thousands gained ...and more »
  
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• Was it really 30 years ago? The day I saw history made at Live Aid

  11-07-2015 18:35
  
  Tuesday marks the 30th anniversary of Live Aid. PAUL COLE, part of the press pack at the world’s biggest-ever gig, recalls the day music made a difference
  
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• Murdered Solihull gangland boss 'Goldfinger' was mystery shotgun raider behind string of heists, says ex-top cop

  11-07-2015 18:30
  
  Former head of CID John Plimmer convinced gangland Mr Big John Palmer was 'phantom' who targeted post office vans and was never caught
  
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• Matt the boxer is a genuine beat poet...

  11-07-2015 18:30
  
  Northfield fighter Matt Windle proves a true champion of the verse when the gloves come off
  
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• Lozells film-maker says making movies saved him from life in gangs

  11-07-2015 18:30
  
  Budding Hitchcock Sheikh Shahnawaz creating a stir on Youtube with Handsworth-made horror short 'Friend Request'
  
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• Look: Stunning images from the top of the NatWest tower in Birmingham

  11-07-2015 18:30
  
  Last pictures to be taken before it's completely demolished
  
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• Annie Marston wedding: Offers of help flood in from Mail readers to give brave mum dream wedding

  11-07-2015 18:30
  
  Annie, 25, was given just weeks to live and appealed to Mail readers to help her, fiancée Scott and son Wyatt have a day to remember.
  
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• Interpol issue most wanted notice for Midland man over murder in India

  11-07-2015 18:00
  
  Hotelier Ranjit Power was strangled and had his body dumped in a canal
  
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• Warning over exploding e-cigarettes after city blazes caused by exploding chargers

  11-07-2015 17:34
  
  Birmingham families have already been hit by severe fires caused by the devices
  
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• Tiswas bunny Matthew Butler hopping for a new big break

  11-07-2015 16:25
  
  Former child star is back in the furry suit to perform with the likes of Take That, Paloma Faith and Joss Stone at Children In Need fundraiser
  
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• Stephen Sutton parachute jump breaks world record

  11-07-2015 15:03
  
  Mum and brother take part in event to honour brave Stephen who raised more than £5 million for the Teenage Cancer Trust
  
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• Girl, six, treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital after dog attack in garden

  11-07-2015 14:53
  
  Victim was airlifted for urgent treatment to 'extensive facial injuries'
  
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• Missing 15-year-old and 12-week-old daughter found safe and well

  11-07-2015 14:21
  
  Police are looking after pair after they disappeared for three days
  
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• Public Enemy dad and son fans stunned when band join them for meal at Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival

  11-07-2015 14:00
  
  Alan Thomson, 43, and son Rudy, couldn't believe their eyes when Public Enemy sat next to them at Moseley Park.
  
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• Snap! Twins Celia and Esther have picked up the same first-class degree - from different universities

  11-07-2015 12:42
  
  21-year-olds celebrated at Glastonbury and are now going travelling together after three years apart
  
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• Alton Towers Rollercoaster crash victim Vicky Balch ‘sent Alton Towers photo frame as present’

  11-07-2015 12:31
  
  Amputee Vicky, 20, tweeted picture of the frame of her favourite singer Olly Murs performing at the theme park where she suffered horrific injuries
  
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• Grateful West Midlands cop raises cash for vital equipment that saved his baby daughter's life

  11-07-2015 12:01
  
  West Midlands Police Detective Sergeant Joel Mildinhall ran over 50 miles to raise £8,000 for life saving kit.
  
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• Stechford grandmother hits out at austerity as her disability benefits are cut and she loses her car

  11-07-2015 07:30
  
  Patricia Smith will no longer receive transport after transfer from Disability Living Allowance to Personal Independent Payment
  
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• Erdington family of cancer girl Chloe Balloqui fundraise for US treatment

  11-07-2015 07:30
  
  Four year-old Chloe Balloqui's cousin Louise Fenton and her husband Michael raise money to help her battle cancer in America
  
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• Tailgating thieves steal Range Rovers

  11-07-2015 00:00
  Detectives have released CCTV after thieves stole two Range Rovers as they tailgated other cars in a car park.The first Range Rover HSE was stolen at 5.13pm on Tuesday 19 May from the Car Select Showroom in Coventry. CCTV shows thieves in the car pulling up behind another vehicle and following it through a security barrier before speeding off along Old Church Road.
  
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• Fundraising sergeant overwhelmed by support for his life-saving mission

  11-07-2015 00:00
  A detective has spoken of his pride after a neonatal team took delivery of specialist machinery that helped to save his baby daughter’s life two years ago. Detective Sergeant Joel Mildinhall raised £8,000 which helped to purchase the equipment and was a special guest at its recent unveiling.Detective Sergeant Mildinhall and his partner Sergeant Julia Buonsenso’s lives were turned upside down in July 2013 when, as a consequence of complications at birth, their daughter Nancy was starved of o
  
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• Blue Citreon C1 sought in Birmingham hit-and-run

  11-07-2015 00:00
  Police continue to search for a light blue Citreon C1 following a hit-and-run in Birmingham last month.A 34-year-old man was crossing the road at the junction of Harborne Park Road and Harborne Lane when a car, believed to be a Citreon C1 collided with him.
  
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