Solihull news

• Pensioner critically injured in Sedgley hit-and-run

  13-08-2015 23:00
  
  Police launch major appeal after 78-year-old hit by white van which failed to stop at the scene in Beacon Lane
  
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• Great Barr Asda shopper escapes jail for photographing a teenager and woman trying on clothes

  13-08-2015 22:00
  
  Matthew Aston was caught taking pictures of woman and 15 year-old in Birmingham Asda store
  
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• Double joy for Sutton Coldfield twins who celebrate top A level results

  13-08-2015 22:00
  
  Eleanor and Matilda Dowd are off to prestigious universities - but will be separated for the first time as one travels to America and the other goes to Cambridge
  
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• Opinion: A level results are not the be-all and end-all

  13-08-2015 20:00
  
  As 75,000 student in the West Midlands get their A-level results today, Education Correspondent Emma McKinney reveals its not the end of the world for those who don't get their desired grades
  
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• Harborne pensioner guilty of harassing woman into thinking she was cursed by spiders

  13-08-2015 20:00
  
  James Dennis, 75, sent victim poem saying: 'Spider, spider eyes so bright, in the bedroom late at night'
  
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• Bartley Green teenager suffers crushed finger on Somerset theme park ride

  13-08-2015 18:28
  Video footage shows Natalia Brown's ordeal on the Terror Castle ghost train at Brean Theme Park during her summer holiday
  
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• Kings Norton dad inspired to run Great Birmingham Run after son diagnosed with brain tumour

  13-08-2015 17:00
  
  Chris Santoriello-Smith hoping to raise £500 for Birmingham Children's Hospital where four-year-old Oliver was treated
  
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• I'll build Birmingham's high speed rail line and create Midlands jobs, says Labour leader candidate Liz Kendall

  13-08-2015 17:00
  
  Voting begins soon in Labour's leadership contest - and candidate Liz Kendall says she is the candidate who would create jobs in Birmingham
  
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• How VJ Day Day was celebrated in Birmingham 70 years ago

  13-08-2015 17:00
  
  Street parties and decorations and bonfires were again prepared throughout Birmingham and the churches were open in the morning with the services well attended.
  
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• Ex-boyfriend admits revenge porn offence after posting sex photo of former girlfriend on Facebook

  13-08-2015 16:52
  
  Alex Till, 25, first person in West Midlands to be charged under new legislation
  
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• A Levels: How new University of Birmingham students celebrated on social media

  13-08-2015 16:41
  
  See the #hellobrum messages and pictures posted on Twitter and Instagram on results day by new students coming to the city
  
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• Nominations open for Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sports Awards - Coventry Observer

  13-08-2015 16:15 via
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  Nominations open for Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sports Awards
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  The Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire Sports Awards are designed to celebrate those who have made a tremendous contribution to sport in professional and amateur fields. This year's ceremony will be the 11th staging of the annual event and will take ...and more »
  

• Miss Birmingham and Miss Black Country reveal why they want to be Miss England

  13-08-2015 16:05
  
  Birmingham and Black Country beauties in Miss England finals at Ricoh Arena today (August 13) and tomorrow
  
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• West Midlands Police trip to Magaluf to tackle drunken Brits will cost taxpayers £14K

  13-08-2015 15:59
  
  Foreign Office paying for week-long visit to party island by PC Martina Anderson and Sgt Brett Williams
  
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• Birmingham Community Health Care Trust health visitor struck off for fraud

  13-08-2015 15:00
  
  Dawn Margaret Court lied about being a course leader at Coventry University
  
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• Alum Rock man jailed for fooling home office he was a solicitor and delaying deportation of woman

  13-08-2015 13:55
  
  Mohammed Kabba even pulled wool over two senior judges
  
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• A level results: West Midlands sees an overall rise in A* to E grades

  13-08-2015 13:27
  
  We reveal the results of schools across Birmingham and the West Midlands
  
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• Birmingham is the birthplace of the balti

  13-08-2015 13:22
  
  While it's generally considered that curry houses began to appear in Birmingham in the 1960s and had become popular by the 70s, balti expert Andy Munro says it was in the late 1970s that the balti began to be served.
  
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• Two Black Country car-jackers jailed for more than 11 years

  13-08-2015 13:08
  
  Chad Davis and Jordan Jones took a car then tareted a cash deliveray van
  
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• Do the new West Midlands Travel Platinum buses get your vote?

  13-08-2015 12:58
  
  Walsall and Solihull to Birmingham services now have Wifi, leather seats amd extra leg room
  
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• Do the new Birmingham Platinum buses get your vote?

  13-08-2015 12:58
  
  National Express launch Walsall and Solihull to Birmingham services with Wifi, leather seats and extra leg room
  
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• Solihull Sixth Form enjoys best-ever results too - Solihull Observer

  13-08-2015 12:53 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull Sixth Form enjoys best-ever results too
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  The Sixth Form College, Solihull are celebrating exam success, as A level results were published nationwide today. The College has achieved a best ever 431 starred grades (A* at A level and Distinction* at BTEC level) and a pass rate of 98.2%. Among ...and more »
  
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• Solihull School celebrates best-ever A-Level results - Solihull Observer

  13-08-2015 12:45 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull School celebrates best-ever A-Level results
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  The 455-year-old school recorded its best ever A Level results, with 88 per cent of pupils achieving all A*- B grades and 35 pupils gaining 3 A*/A grades or better. Headmaster David Lloyd said: “We have broken previous records by some margin. These are ...and more »
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at August 13 in years gone by

  13-08-2015 12:43
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on August 13.
  
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• West Midlands officers in Magaluf criticised by ex-pats as 'publicity stunt'

  13-08-2015 12:09
  
  Spanish ex-pats hit out at move as West Midlands officers snapped posing for selfies and spotted swimming in sea
  
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• Star-gazers admire these shooting stars spotted over Midlands

  13-08-2015 12:00
  
  Perseids meteor shower spotted around Birmingham, Black Country and surrounding areas
  
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• Heavy defeat for Solihull Municipal at Olton - Solihull Observer

  13-08-2015 11:05 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Heavy defeat for Solihull Municipal at Olton
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  SOLIHULL Municipal fell to an eight-wicket defeat away at Olton in the Warwickshire League Premier Division. The visitors won the toss and elected to bat on a green tinged track but the bold decision by Kevin Bissett did not work out as Michael Collins ...
  
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• Back-to-back wins for in-form Solihull Moors - Solihull Observer

  13-08-2015 10:59 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Back-to-back wins for in-form Solihull Moors
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  MOORS continued their dream start to the 2015/16 campaign after coming away from Boston United with a convincing 4-1 victory, reports John Clothier. Marcus Bignot chose exactly the same team that dispatched AFC Fylde on Saturday for Moors' long trip to ...and more »
  
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• Aspiring Solihull TV producer dies in canal after suspected epileptic seizure - Birmingham Mail

  13-08-2015 10:58 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Aspiring Solihull TV producer dies in canal after suspected epileptic seizure
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  A devoted father has paid tribute to his 18 year-old daughter and “best friend” who drowned in a canal following a suspected epileptic seizure. The body of Sophie Leanne Drozdzik was found in Dickens Heath canal on July 3. Hours earlier the ...and more »
  
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• Aspiring Solihull TV producer dies in canal after suspected epileptic seizure

  13-08-2015 10:51
  
  Sophie Leanne Drozdzik died hours after receiving BTEC grades she needed for Bournemouth University
  
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• Iraq war families threaten legal action over Chilcot report delay

  13-08-2015 10:35
  
  29 families have issued a legal ultimatum, believing the law requiring inquiries to be concluded in a reasonable timeframe may have been breached
  
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• Millionaire greengrocer Joe Richards' funeral could be delayed for 3 months

  13-08-2015 09:52
  
  Police not treating 46 year-old businessman's death as suspicious but a post mortem has proven inconclusive
  
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• Tony Blair: Labour faces annihilation if Jeremy Corbyn is elected leader

  13-08-2015 09:00
  
  Mr Blair said the election to replace Ed Miliband as leader is now about whether Labour "remains a party of government"
  
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• World leading engineering firm Jacobs' 1,000 jobs hopes for Birmingham

  13-08-2015 08:53
  
  US giant Jacobs Engineering Group moving near HS2 HQ at Two Snownill
  
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• Birmingham A Level Results Day and Clearing 2015 LIVE - follow our coverage as students get their grades

  13-08-2015 08:33
  
  It's A-level results day in Birmingham, follow our live blog for all the latest updates...
  
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• Morning news headlines: More than 600,000 registered to vote in Labour leadership election, two teenagers down in Norfolk marshes

  13-08-2015 08:19
  
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• A-levels: Handsworth siblings score top marks as thousands get their results

  13-08-2015 08:00
  
  Siblings Yazan and Asail Hendi among Birmingham students waking up to discover whether hard work has paid off
  
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• WMPeople: Sergeant Andrew Wood – Protest Liaison Officer (PLO)

  13-08-2015 00:00
  Protest Liaison Officers were introduced to West Midlands Police nearly five years ago and now play a key role in the force’s management of demonstrations.Sergeant Andrew Wood is one of the most experienced PLOs having mingled with demonstrators campaigning over everything from nationalist issues and austerity cuts to fracking and badger culls! 
  
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• Trio arrested for fatal stabbing in Erdington

  13-08-2015 00:00
  Three people have been arrested by detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in Edgbaston on Friday night (7 August).A 27-year-old man from Edgbaston was arrested in Ledbury, Herefordshire at 10.40am this morning on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Trio arrested for fatal stabbing in Edgbaston

  13-08-2015 00:00
  Three people have been arrested by detectives investigating the fatal stabbing of a man in Edgbaston on Friday night (7 August).A 27-year-old man from Edgbaston was arrested in Ledbury, Herefordshire at 10.40am this morning on suspicion of murder.
  
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• Summer Album #13 - Special Constable Lee Page

  13-08-2015 00:00
  Special Constable Lee Page is one of around 350 people who dedicate some of their spare time to fighting crime and keeping communities safe.Lee joined West Midlands Police’s volunteer ranks just over a year ago and has since been involved in 12 arrests – including chasing down a phone snatch robber – in addition to patrolling neighbourhood beats and keeping order in nightlife hotspots.
  
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• Pair jailed for Black Country robberies

  13-08-2015 00:00
  Two men have been jailed for a total of more than 11 years for carrying out two robberies in the black country last year.Chad Davis and Jordon James were sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Friday 7 August having pleaded guilty to the crimes.
  
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• Back in time…stolen pocket watches returned thanks to Coventry Police

  13-08-2015 00:00
  A pensioner from a small Oxfordshire town has been reunited with his lifelong collection of over 100 pocket watches thanks to a partnership between Coventry Police and a local business.As a self-confessed ‘horologist’ Henry Peverill has a passion for the science of measuring time and the instruments used to measure it. But this came to an abrupt stop back in March 2014 when his time pieces were stolen during a burglary at his Banbury home.But after 17 months, or 12,418 hours as any horologis
  
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