Solihull news

• Which Cadbury chocolate bars have the most sugar in them?

  04-08-2015 22:00
  
  The Bournville-based brand says it cannot tell consumers how much "free sugar" has been added to its products but here's how much total sugar is in some of their most popular snacks 
  
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• Electric nightclub has licence suspended following shootings and a stabbing

  04-08-2015 22:00
  
  Two men shot in legs and one stabbed on dance floor during 'urban and grime' event
  
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• Missing teenager Kayleigh Butler found safe and well

  04-08-2015 20:00
  
  Police confirm teenager has been found after going missing from her home in Sutton Coldfield in July
  
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• Game of Thrones kittens fighting for survival after being abandoned in Northfield

  04-08-2015 20:00
  
  Rescue workers named the nine kittens after Games of Thrones characters to reflect their "fighting spirit" after being abandoned
  
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• Chelmsley Wood Slimming World champ tells how he has lost almost nine stone

  04-08-2015 20:00
  
  Tim Bailey had 56 inch waist and was size XXXXL before ditching takeaways and hotel goodies
  
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• Edgbaston pub robbers funded Champagne lifestyle through terrifying raid and violent attacks on transit drivers

  04-08-2015 19:08
  
  Three members of a robbery gang jailed after threatening customers at the Edgbaston Tap with angle-grinder and attacking transit drivers
  
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• Two rescued from Sutton Park lake after teen tried to save dog

  04-08-2015 18:24
  
  The 13-year-old boy had gone into the water to rescue a dog at around 1.15pm today and was saved by an 18-year-old girl.
  
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• Revealed: The Midlands most influential Twitter-users 199-150

  04-08-2015 18:17
  
  Social media analysts Lissted came up with this list of top tweeters with the biggest sway on the UK
  
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• Birmingham MP Jack Dromey warns Labour faces disaster if Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader

  04-08-2015 17:00
  
  Labour is set for "a generation in the wilderness" if left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn becomes leader, according to Birmingham MP Jack Dromey
  
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• Dartmouth Park mum tells of horror as she saw a stranger lead her daughter to gates

  04-08-2015 16:59
  
  Mum said she felt 'sick and angry' when she saw woman walking her daughter towards park gates in West Bromwich after wrapping her in a red towel
  
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• Sandwell Council hunt 15 French Bulldogs worth thousands of pounds illegally imported from Poland

  04-08-2015 16:44
  
  Unscrupulous dealers advertising illegal French Bulldogs for sale in Tividale
  
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• Two arrested in Alum Rock and Washwood Heath under Terrorism Act

  04-08-2015 15:32
  
  The two 18-year old males were detained at their home addresses
  
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• Rainbow nightclub murder - re-appeal for witnesses as 2nd anniversary approaches

  04-08-2015 15:21
  
  Police continue to hunt for killers of Sylvester Koroma murdered at Digbeth venue on August 10, 2013
  
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• Policeman appears in court charged with child sex offences

  04-08-2015 14:39
  
  He is bailed to appear at Birmingham Crown Court later this year
  
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• Motorcylist killed in road accident in Wales is from the West Midlands

  04-08-2015 14:15
  
  It happened at an accident blackspot near Newtown
  
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• Six charged over brutal attack that left football fan seriously injured

  04-08-2015 13:58
  
  Four men and two boys accused of attack in Wolverhampton
  
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• Jewellery Quarter coffin works has new lease of life

  04-08-2015 12:38
  
  The revival of the Newman Brothers' Coffin Works has been shortlisted for the Heritage Angel Award by Historic England, for the best rescue of an historic building.
  
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• Wanted: ambassadors for Brum at high profile city events

  04-08-2015 12:30
  
  They will emulate the London ambassadors of the 2012 Olympics
  
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• Birmingham Ambassadors needed to welcome visitors to high profile city events

  04-08-2015 12:30
  
  They will emulate the London ambassadors of the 2012 Olympics
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at August 4 in years gone by

  04-08-2015 11:50
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on August 4.
  
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• Are cyclists getting away with jumping red lights in the West Midlands?

  04-08-2015 11:03
  
  Only three have been penalised in the past three years
  
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• Police hunt park woman who behaved suspiciously towards a little girl

  04-08-2015 10:45
  
  They stress incident in West Bromwich is an isolated one
  
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• Police hunt Dartmouth Park woman who behaved suspiciously towards a little girl

  04-08-2015 10:45
  
  They stress incident in Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich is an isolated one
  
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• Robbers beat man on canal towpath in terrifying mugging

  04-08-2015 10:00
  
  Victim is kicked in face and threatened with being stabbed
  
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• New claim that Sir Edward Heath raped boy aged 12, as police appeal to victims

  04-08-2015 09:57
  
  Former Tory prime minister the highest-profile figure to be embroiled in historic abuse allegations against prominent figures
  
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• 'Arrogant' armed gang are jailed after being caught celebrating in Midland pub

  04-08-2015 09:40
  
  "Their arrogance was undoubtedly their downfall" - police
  
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• 'Arrogant' armed gang are jailed after being caught celebrating in Birmingham pub

  04-08-2015 09:40
  
  "Their arrogance was undoubtedly their downfall" - police
  
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• Watch: How to keep your property safe if you’re going away this summer

  04-08-2015 09:00
  
  Neighbourhood Watch warns properties at risk these holidays because of lack of neighbourhood spirit in British communities
  
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• Major blaze at former college in Smethwick

  04-08-2015 08:40
  
  30 firefighters tackle flames at the old Sandwell College in Smethwick
  
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• Morning news headlines: Last surviving Dambusters pilot dies aged 96, extra guards stationed at Calais as David Cameron urged to visit port

  04-08-2015 08:00
  
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• Live: Tuesday's news, weather, sport and travel updates for Birmingham and the West Midlands

  04-08-2015 07:52
  
  Local and national news, traffic latest, sports updates and weather outlook, as it happens on August 4th.
  
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• Sandwell's Strongest Man - All you need to know about the competition

  04-08-2015 07:30
  
  Could you do the overhead log lift, giant tyre flip or tractor pull?
  
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• Birmingham hit by invasion of travellers across the city

  04-08-2015 07:30
  
  Up to seven sites in city centre, Quinton, Longbridge and Aston are being illegally occupied by caravans
  
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• Two men arrested in Birmingham by counter terror officers

  04-08-2015 00:00
  Two men have been arrested on suspicion of distributing a terrorist publication (contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006).The men, both aged 18, were detained at their home addresses in the Alum Rock and Washwood Heath areas at approximately 7 am this morning (Tuesday 4 August).
  
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• Trio sought over canalside robbery

  04-08-2015 00:00
  Police have released CCTV images of three men who threatened and attacked a man as he walked in Birmingham City Centre. The trio grabbed the man and dragged him to a nearby canal towpath, before assaulting him to try and get his pin number. They then stole his bank cards.
  
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  04-08-2015 00:00
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  04-08-2015 00:00
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  04-08-2015 00:00
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• Summer Album #4: DC Sarah Vaughan – protecting vulnerable adults

  04-08-2015 00:00
  “Most of us have relatives who are frail, disabled or vulnerable…I relish bringing to task anyone who abuses vulnerable people in our community.”Those are the words of Detective Constable Sarah Vaughan who is part of West Midlands Police’s Vulnerable Adults Unit – a specialist team committed to protecting our elderly and disabled from abuse at home or in care facilities.
  
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• Police appeal on second anniversary of man's death

  04-08-2015 00:00
  Detectives investigating the murder of a Leicestershire man at a  Birmingham nightclub are urging people who witnessed what happened to do the right thing and come forward on the second anniversary of his death.
   
  Sylvester Koroma was shot at close range in the stomach just before midnight at the Rainbow Nightclub in Digbeth on Saturday 10 August 2013 and died from his injuries a week later.
   
  
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• Police appeal after woman approached child in Sandwell park

  04-08-2015 00:00
  Police in Sandwell are appealing for witnesses to contact them after a suspicious incident where a five-year-old girl was approached by a unknown woman, in Dartmouth Park, yesterday.The incident took place between 2.45-2.50pm Monday 3 August in Dartmouth Park, Sandwell Valley. The child was with her mother at the time.
  
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• Men charged over Watford fan assault in Wolverhampton

  04-08-2015 00:00
  Detectives investigating an attack in Wolverhampton – which left Watford FC fan Nic Cruwys with potentially life-changing injuries – have charged four men and two teenage boys over the assault. Nic, aged 44, received serious head injuries when he was assaulted on 7 March after travelling to the Black Country to watch his team take on Wolverhampton Wanderers.
  
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• Birmingham cash van robbers jailed for 35 years

  04-08-2015 00:00
  A group who robbed cash van drivers in Birmingham to fund a lavish lifestyle of designer clothes and champagne parties have been jailed for a combined total of 35 years.Emmanuel Koryang, 22, Peter White, 25, and 19-year-old Lance Cotterell attacked five security guards in the space of just over a month last summer, including a pub raid where they doused a customer in spirits and threatened to set him alight. West Midlands Police detectives recovered the cash-boxes, crucial DNA evidence, and an a
  
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