Solihull news

• Safety warning for Midlands drivers after multiple crashes in heavy rain

  26-07-2015 20:51
  
  Drivers urged to take care after man suffers life-threatening injuries in Warwickshire crash while car tips over in Stourbridge
  
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• Fire crews tackle factory blaze in Newtown

  26-07-2015 19:30
  
  Crews in attendance after fire breaks out at unit in Cliveland Street
  
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• Charlie Chaplin's son unveils memorial at Smethwick where his father is believed to have been born

  26-07-2015 17:44
  
  Michael Chaplin says there is a "strong argument" in favour of the screen legend being born at Black Patch Park
  
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• Birmingham CHURCH opens knife surrender box for worshippers

  26-07-2015 16:15
  
  A Birmingham church has taken the bold step of placing a knife surrender bin outside its doors.
  
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• Duran Duran's Roger Taylor on the scariest moment of his life

  26-07-2015 15:00
  
  He talks for the first time of IRA plot to bomb a show and kill Princess Diana and Prince Charles
  
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• Bizarre campaign to save West Midlands zebra crossings from extinction

  26-07-2015 14:00
  
  Black Country councillor Doug James has urged the public to "adopt a zebra" before it’s too late. He wants them to identify crossings in need of TLC and demand local authorities give them a lick of paint.
  
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• Award for caring Birmingham college tutor who befriended a desperate down-and-out

  26-07-2015 13:25
  
  Anthony Jeffs praised for his compassion for man living rough in Castle Bromwich - and probably saving his life
  
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• Man is rescued from car dangling over river - pictures

  26-07-2015 12:35
  
  Injured motorist trapped for an hour, 20ft above a river
  
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• Young boy seriously hurt after being struck by a car

  26-07-2015 11:45
  
  Boy, aged six, in Birmingham hospital after road accident in Redditch
  
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• Paralysed Birmingham man prisoner in own home after scumbag thieves steal mobility van

  26-07-2015 11:30
  
  Callous thieves have stolen a paralysed man’s specially adapted van – his only link to the outside world.
  
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• Miss Great Britain contestant is brainbox boss of nuclear consultancy company

  26-07-2015 01:00
  
  Former Birmingham University student Danielle Leeza is not your average catwalk queen.
  
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• Humanity on the Highway: award for commuter who saved rough sleeper

  26-07-2015 00:00
  “In an age where people are often too busy to help, this man showed uplifting kindness and compassion to a stranger…and may well have saved his life". That’s West Midlands Police Commander Emma Barnett on big-hearted Anthony Jeffs who’s been honoured by the force for his benevolence in providing tea and sympathy to a man he encountered living rough on his daily commute. Anthony, from Castle Bromwich, noticed the man several times perched on a barrier as he cycled to work along the A47
  
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