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• Most read: Trio in mortgage scam, hero teen saves girl, New Street toilets

  27-08-2015 23:53
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Thursday, August 27
  
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• Celebrity Big Brother - Former Crossroads star goes into the house

  27-08-2015 23:30
  
  Sherrie Hewson warns she wants all the housemates to cook and clean
  
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• Support Solihull Age UK this Autumn - BalsallCom.Com

  27-08-2015 23:03 via
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  Support Solihull Age UK this Autumn
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  First off, a couple of afternoon tea events will host guest speakers to inform and entertain. The first event will welcome Bill Farnsworth to the new Marco's Italian restaurant at the Holiday Inn, Birmingham Airport on Friday September 25 from 2:30 ...
  

• National Dog Day: Pictures of your pooches prove why we love our four-legged friends

  27-08-2015 22:00
  
  It's National Dog Day - and what better way to celebrate than with pictures of your pooches.
  
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• Mum's plea: Help us find the driver who ran over my 15-year-old son and left him to die

  27-08-2015 22:00
  
  Mandy Ruston in emotional plea six months after tragic death
  
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• Birmingham soldier shot three times fighting for Afghan town horrified after Taliban recapture it

  27-08-2015 22:00
  
  Carlos Buckley was in coma after serious wounds in battle
  
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• Foals shine at Solihull Futurity *VIDEO* - Horse & Hound

  27-08-2015 21:06 via
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  Foals shine at Solihull Futurity *VIDEO*
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  The evaluators, David Trott, Lesley Peyton-Gilbert, Fred Bergendorff and Chris Hunnable awarded three dressage foals and one showjumping foal these sought after elite premiums. Heading the scores at Solihull 1 was Lynne Crowden's dressage colt foal, ...
  

• Kingstanding teenager saves drowning girl on holiday

  27-08-2015 20:00
  
  Barr Beacon Language College pupil Jack Haines pulled youngster from river
  
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• Call the Midwife! Three Birmingham babies reunite with woman who delivered them in Erdington after 50 years

  27-08-2015 20:00
  
  The Law family travelled to Ipswich to meet 98-year-old Hilda Weston who delivered them in Erdington in the 1960s
  
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• Muhhamad Zakariyya tragedy - aunt says two-year-old will 'always be missed'

  27-08-2015 18:54
  
  Toddler knocked down by car as he rushed to see his grandad
  
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• Stolen car smashes into bus after M6 drama

  27-08-2015 17:41
  
  Man, 21, arrested on suspicion of theft
  
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• Spend a penny? Toilets at New Street station raise £700,000

  27-08-2015 17:00
  
  Travellers have to pay 30 every time they use the loo
  
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• Isis hacker Junaid Hussain 'was radicalised by a computer', neighbour claims

  27-08-2015 16:56
  
  Kings Heath resident recalls polite young man who 'went off the rails'
  
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• Former Liberal Democrat MP from Solihull to enter House of Lords - ITV News

  27-08-2015 16:12 via
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  Former Liberal Democrat MP from Solihull to enter House of Lords
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  Lorely Burt, Liberal Democrats parliamentary candidate for Solihull, on a General Election campaign visit to Solihull College. Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire/Press Association Images. Lorely Burt, the former liberal democrat MP for Solihull, is to ...
  Lorely Burt secures lifetime peerage and title of Baroness Burt of SolihullSolihull Observerall 2 news articles »
  

• Frankfurt debut for new Solihull-built Jaguar - BQ Live

  27-08-2015 16:08 via
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  A Doncaster-based sports brand headed up by a team of ex rugby stars is celebrating its best year to date after launching in the UK three years ago. Yorkshire · News · 0 Comments · Have Your Say ...and more »
  

• Parents urged to check for One Direction fans self-harming

  27-08-2015 15:40
  
  Birmingham academic speaks after world's biggest band reveal they are to take a break
  
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• Ninestiles Academy apologises over six-day GCSE result delay

  27-08-2015 15:30
  
  Executive principal says problem lay in 'small component' of overall exam
  
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• Bishop left fighting for life after brutal attack now in stable condition

  27-08-2015 15:12
  
  David Charmbury was targeted as opened up Chelmsley Wood church
  
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• Ker-ching! Millionaires in Birmingham soar as region proves most prosperous outside South East

  27-08-2015 14:50
  
  32,000 West Midlands people are now classed as being worth more than £1 million
  
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• Most read: Mortgage scam, nappy sack tragedy and Christmas Day attack

  27-08-2015 14:35
  
  Our most read stories today include relatives of a tax fraudster known as The General facing jail over a multi-million pound mortgage scam
  
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• Look at Strictly star Helen George before she was famous

  27-08-2015 14:17
  
  Pictures show Call the Midwife actress - who dreamed of being Aston Villa's first woman bosss - as she climbed the showbiz ladder over the years
  
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• UK sees 41% rise in number of millionaires over the past five years

  27-08-2015 13:53
  
  There are now 715,000 millionaires living in Britain compared with 508,00 in 2010
  
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• Mum's warning after baby dies in nappy sack tragedy

  27-08-2015 12:59
  
  Little Maison Amison was found lying in cot with bag over his face
  
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• Showers to greet the Bank Holiday weekend

  27-08-2015 12:55
  
  Mixed forecast as thousands expected to hit the roads for extended break
  
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• 38,000 Brummies in Ashley Madison site hack shame snared by clever marketing

  27-08-2015 12:00
  
  Sex sells, says Birmingham academic - and website used sophisticated marketing techniques
  
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• Net migration hits 'deeply disappointing' new record of 330,000 a year

  27-08-2015 11:33
  
  It is the fifth consecutive quarterly rise in the index - raising new questions about the Tories' aim to bring the number below 100,000
  
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• Aston Expressway: Six miles of tailbacks reported as resurfacing takes place

  27-08-2015 11:22
  
  Just one lane open into city causing big jams
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at August 27 in years gone by

  27-08-2015 10:53
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on August 27.
  
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• Family celebrate running Solihull pub for 100 years - ITV News

  27-08-2015 10:52 via
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  Family celebrate running Solihull pub for 100 years
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  The Watson's first started working in the establishment in 1915 when Thomas and wife Fanny took over. Thomas and Fanny's son and daughter-in-law, Eric and Nellie, became pub bosses in 1959. Grandson Joe was the next Watson to assist in 1978 and took ...and more »
  

• M5 lorry fire: Drivers talk of feeling heat in their cars going past blaze

  27-08-2015 10:30
  
  Quick thinking trucker disconnected tractor from trailer to stop blaze spreading
  
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• Solihull Moors boss Marcus Bignot preparing for busy Bank Holiday weekend - Solihull Observer

  27-08-2015 10:04 via
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  Solihull Moors boss Marcus Bignot preparing for busy Bank Holiday weekend
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  TABLE-topping Solihull Moors will look to keep their unbeaten run going with back-to-back games over the Bank Holiday weekend. Marcus Bignot's side host Alfreton Town at The Automated Technology Group Stadium this Saturday (3pm kick-off) before ...and more »
  

• Police find 13-year-old illegal immigrant walking on M5 motorway

  27-08-2015 09:48
  
  Teenager had spent two days in back of lorry
  
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• Car jacker who dragged woman from Ford Mondeo and ran her over is jailed

  27-08-2015 09:27
  
  Richard Halford stole vehicle because victim owed friend £30 for groceries
  
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• Morning news headlines: Chilcot facing legal action from families over Iraq report delay, New figures set to show net migration at record levels

  27-08-2015 08:42
  
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• Three relatives of Mohammed Suleman Khan - the feared criminal known as The General - face jail over huge mortgage scam

  27-08-2015 07:30
  
  Two brothers and a sister-in-law of Mohammed Suleman Khan were brought to justice by the same police team which put the elusive and reclusive criminal behind bars for four years.
  
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• Family toast 100 years of running Dorridge pub

  27-08-2015 07:30
  
  Watson family set to celebrate centenary in charge of The Railway Inn with invitation-only bash
  
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• Most read: Hacker killed in drone strike, toddler road death, nightclub closures

  27-08-2015 00:40
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Wednesday, August 26
  
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• Summer Album #27: PC Dave Humpherson – Taxi Liaison & Enforcement Officer

  27-08-2015 00:00
  Dave Humpherson is the officer charged with putting the brakes on dodgy taxi drivers who operate illegally in the West Midlands and put passengers at risk.Dave and a team of specially trained officers – who go undercover to pose as customers on the lookout for cabbies breaking the rules – run regular operations alongside council officials to root out unlawful drivers. 
  
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• Man arrested after car ‘stung’ on M6 exit

  27-08-2015 00:00
  Police have arrested a man after a stolen vehicle was ‘stung’ in Great Barr this morning (27 August).The black Ford Fiesta failed to stop for officers just after 11am on the M6 northbound between junctions 6 and 7, so a stinger was deployed as it exited at junction 7.
  
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• Jail for robber who took £15k car over £30 food debt

  27-08-2015 00:00
  A man who car-jacked a £15,000 Ford Mondeo from a woman in lieu of a £30 grocery debt has been jailed for almost five years.Richard Halford was a rear passenger in 2014-plate vehicle in the early hours of 27 April this year when he grabbed the woman around the neck on hearing she owed a friend the modest sum following a shopping trip.
  
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