Solihull news

• Edgbaston bus crash leaves four people injured

  01-08-2015 19:54
  
  The smash happened at the junction of Highfield Road and Harborne Road in Edgbaston shortly after 3.55pm on Saturday
  
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• Mum's plea to find body of son hidden after his brutal death over a drugs debt

  01-08-2015 18:30
  
  Jesse Richards, from Surrey, was killed in Cleeve Prior near Evesham over a drugs debt on July 31 2009
  
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• The Big Hoot 2015: A poem plea to the vandals who keep damaging the city's beautiful owls

  01-08-2015 18:11
  
  After the damage to the city's Big Hoot owls, Birmingham Mail reader Mark Wilson wrote this impassioned plea in verse 
  
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• Birmingham man drove this damaged car for 42 miles along the M5 after smash with lorry

  01-08-2015 17:20
  
  Michael McCluskey, 30, from Mill Lane in Birmingham, was stopped by police on the M5 on 30 May, an hour after he had collided with a lorry
  
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• 'Cyril is a legend' and 79 more lovely things you said about 85-year-old Birmingham Women's Hospital volunteer Cyril Bishop

  01-08-2015 16:30
  
  Our Facebook page was deluged with comments from people whose day had been made a little brighter by kind-hearted Cyril Bishop greeting them at Birmingham Women's Hospital
  
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• Cyclist knocked down in Pershore Road crash

  01-08-2015 13:43
  
  Police were called to the incident at the junction with Belgrave Middleway and Pershore Road just before 9am on Saturday
  
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• Osama Bin Laden's family killed in private jet crash in Hampshire

  01-08-2015 13:38
  
  Relatives of al Qaida founder among four people who died when private jet crash-landed at car auction site in Blackbushe
  
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• Sutton Coldfield teen Kayleigh Butler missing for nearly a week - can you help police find her?

  01-08-2015 12:46
  
  Kayleigh Butler was last seen at around 2pm on Sunday July 26, when she left her home on Westwood Road, near Banners Gate
  
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• Meet Birmingham's latest pin-up – for the #ThisGirlCan campaign

  01-08-2015 12:30
  
  "Hot and Not Bothered" Birmingham mum empowers women to fight their fears over how they look when they exercise
  
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• RSPCA West Midlands: Daisy, Spock and Harley are looking for new homes

  01-08-2015 11:00
  
  The Birmingham Mail has linked up with the RSPCA to help to find homes for pets at the charity's Animal Centre at Newbrook Farm, Frankley Green, Birmingham.
  
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• Library of Birmingham partnerships are 'amazing' achievement says council chief

  01-08-2015 07:30
  
  Cabinet member for culture Penny Holbrook also defends making cuts while planning Library's revival
  
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• Burglar disguised himself as workman before scaling scaffolding and breaking in

  01-08-2015 07:30
  
  Daniel O'Driscoll wore special gloves and used ladder in city centre apartment raid
  
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• Summer Album #1 - PC Martin Williams

  01-08-2015 00:00
  Crooks hoping to show police a clean pair of heels had better pray PC Martin Williams isn’t on their tail… he’s among the fittest cops in the UK having competed in the Commonwealth Games and for Team GB!
   
  Martin – who works in the Violent Crime Team at Wednesfield Police Station – ran alongside Mo Farah for Team GB in the 2010 European Championships in Barcelona and finished 14th in the Delhi Commonwealth Games in the same year.
  
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• Student to appear in court following police pursuit

  01-08-2015 00:00
  A student will appear before court in September charged with vehicle offences after officers intercepted a stolen car in Birmingham earlier this year.Officers spotted a red Citroen Picasso − which had been reported stolen − heading out of city on the A38(M) shortly before 2.45pm on Saturday 30 May.Four men were arrested on suspicion of theft of motor vehicle and were bailed while officers continued their investigations.
  
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• Introducing West Midlands Police’s Summer Album

  01-08-2015 00:00
  “PCs… say cheese!” Welcome to West Midlands Police’s Summer Album as we focus attention on some of the force’s unsung heroes.With a nod to classic summer album Sergeant Pepper, we’ve created a pictorial montage of police officers, staff, specialist units and members of the public who go the extra mile to help keep our streets safe.
  
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• Appeal to help trace missing Sutton Coldfield teenager Kayleigh Butler

  01-08-2015 00:00
  Police are growing increasingly concerned for a teenager who has been missing from her Sutton Coldfield home for almost a week.Kayleigh Butler, 16, was last seen at around 2pm on Sunday 26 July, when she left her home on Westwood Road saying that she was visiting friends.Kayleigh never returned home and now police are appealing for information to help trace her.
  
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