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• The Mail Says: Why Aston Villa v Birmingham City match must NOT be played on a weeknight

  28-08-2015 19:40
  
  As thousands of football fans look forward to next month's Second City derby, the Mail calls for the date and kick-off time to change to avoid violence
  
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• Watch: Police hunt violent thug who ran over mum as he stole her Mini car

  28-08-2015 19:30
  
  Shocking footage also shows dog Pippin running to help Nikki Law-Priddey
  
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• Revealed: The Birmingham restaurants where police found nine illegal immigrants

  28-08-2015 19:30
  
  String of raids conducted on diners across the city
  
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• Elvis has entered the scrapyard! Watch as groom surprises new wife with amazing serenade

  28-08-2015 19:30
  
  Dean Topham sang his wife's favourite Elvis has entered the scrapyard! Watch as groom surprises new wife with amazing serenade Elvis song in hilarious wedding video
  
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• Borough actress takes lead in Coventry musical - Solihull Observer

  28-08-2015 17:34 via
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  Borough actress takes lead in Coventry musical
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  SOLIHULL actress Kirsty Malpass is heading the cast of a new musical at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre. Crush opens on Friday (September 4) and will star the former Arden School and Solihull Sixth Form College pupil as the glamour games mistress Miss ...
  

• Glasgow bin lorry crash driver 'not lying or deceitful', inquiry hears

  28-08-2015 17:25
  
  Harry Clarke, 58, lost consciousness at the wheel of the truck on December 22 last year, leading to the deaths of six people
  
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• Rail station reopening at centre of pioneering plan for Balsall Heath

  28-08-2015 17:00
  
  Referendum on plans due in October alongside shadow vote for 16 and 17 year olds
  
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• Mum left with plastic tube in her stomach for a year after gastric surgery leaves her in agony

  28-08-2015 17:00
  
  Helen Reynolds suffered excruciating pain after blunder
  
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• HSBC customers facing Bank Holiday weekend without pay after IT glitch

  28-08-2015 16:14
  
  Have you been affected by BACS payment system error?            
  
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• Watch - fury as Birmingham-bound Monarch passengers face near-24-hour delay on Sharm El Sheikh flight

  28-08-2015 15:07
  
  Travellers claims they were left to 'sort the chaos' by Monarch Airlines staff
  
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• Police arrest 100 people using new crimefighting phone app

  28-08-2015 15:02
  
  Facewatch helps officers get images of wanted criminals out to the public directly
  
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• US rapper banned from UK by the Home Secretary

  28-08-2015 14:11
  
  American rapper Tyler, The Creator has been banned because of lyrics he wrote six or seven years ago.
  
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• Twin monkeys at Birmingham wildlife park in need of a name

  28-08-2015 13:47
  
  Staff at the Edgbaston park are asking for help to name the six-month old babies
  
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• Concern as numbers of asylum seekers housed in Birmingham rises

  28-08-2015 13:46
  
  14 per cent increase of people being put up in Home Office funded accommodation in city
  
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• Driver escapes serious injury after car ends up in roof in Small Heath smash

  28-08-2015 13:32
  
  Four people suffer minor injuries in Coventry Road collision
  
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• Most read: Kings Heath horror crash, train track stand-off and market plan

  28-08-2015 13:07
  
  Friday lunchtime's most read stories
  
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• Lecturer sent indecent images of children to student he was in fetish relationship with

  28-08-2015 13:03
  
  Martyn Lee handed community sentence and ordered to sign sex offender's programme
  
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• Suspected Sparkhill paedophile David Swift believed to be in Dublin

  28-08-2015 12:47
  
  Fugitive accused of downloading sickening images of children fled last December
  
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• Sixth Form College teacher publishes first novel - Solihull Observer

  28-08-2015 12:42 via
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  Sixth Form College teacher publishes first novel
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  A TEACHER at The Sixth Form College, Solihull, has turned published author after getting her first novel published. Therese Down, the Curriculum Leader for English at the College, has had her first novel 'Only With Blood' published by Lion Hudson ...
  

• Big Birmingham Record fair is set to hit right note

  28-08-2015 11:53
  
  For 15 years, the renowned, record-breaking Big Birmingham Record Fair was held at the NIA but this year it has moved to a new venue, Cocks Moors Leisure Centre, Kings Heath.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at August 28 in years gone by

  28-08-2015 11:48
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on August 28.
  
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• Litter to be turned into cash in radical clean-up of Birmingham city centre

  28-08-2015 11:16
  
  A radical plan to combat piles of litter in Birmingham city centre will see cash donations to charity if bins are kept filled.
  
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• Government pledge to remove unnecessary traffic signs and restore common sense to road safety

  28-08-2015 10:50
  
  Senior Tory MP Sir Alan Duncan will lead a taskforce which will suggest more ways of reducing roadside clutter and consider whether some signs can be removed altogether
  
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• Coca-Cola addict who guzzled four litres every day loses eight stone after ditching drink

  28-08-2015 10:31
  
  Sarah Turner, 27, from Kingstanding saw her weight balloon to more than 17 stone
  
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• Armed police tackle 'gunman on line' who caused shutdown of track into New Street station

  28-08-2015 10:24
  
  Two hour standoff finished as officers rush to arrest 26-year-old
  
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• Morning news headlines: Record high net migration deals blow to PM's aims of reducing arrivals, David Cameron announces 26 new Tory peers amid 'cronies' claims

  28-08-2015 10:16
  
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• Biker suffers 'life changing' injuries in Kings Heath horror crash

  28-08-2015 09:46
  
  Smash between motorcycle and car in Highters Heath Lane
  
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• Biker suffers 'life changing' injuried in Kings Heath horror crash

  28-08-2015 09:46
  
  Smash between motorcycle and car in Highters Heath Lane
  
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• Massive regeneration scheme paving way for Wholesale Markets plan set for green light

  28-08-2015 09:21
  
  Plan to build on 17 acres at land near Witton train station
  
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• Manhunt for convicted murderer with links to Birmingham after he goes missing

  28-08-2015 09:04
  
  David Mills was convicted of crime in 1979
  
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• Manhunt for convicted murderer with links to Birmingham after he breaches bail conditions

  28-08-2015 09:04
  
  David Mills was convicted of crime in 1979
  
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• Bungling drunken burglar left debit card at house he had just broken into

  28-08-2015 08:49
  
  Burglar Luke Jackson was traced by police after targeting two OAPs in raids
  
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• Man charged with manslaughter after Carl Tindall, discovered in street with head injuries, dies

  28-08-2015 08:29
  
  Jamie Sleigh, 35, will appear before magistrates
  
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• Northfield pub dubbed 'one of England's most sumptuous' granted extra protection

  28-08-2015 07:30
  
  Historic Black Horse in Bristol Road receives Grade II* listing
  
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• Mac production Tagore's Dance Drama: Valmiki Pratibha 'not meant to offend'

  28-08-2015 07:30
  
  Boss of dance company staging performance hits back over planned protest
  
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• University lecturer and student sentenced for possessing indecent images

  28-08-2015 00:00
  A former university lecturer has been given a three year community order and has to complete a sex offender work based programme after admitting possessing and distributing indecent images of children. Martyn Lee, aged 54, from Eaves Green Lane in Meriden was sentenced at Warwick Crown Court yesterday (Thursday 27 August) along with former student Sophie Nightingale, aged 23, from Bath Lane, Hixon in Stafford with whom he had struck up a relationship in December 2013.
  
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• Summer Album #28 - West Midlands Police helicopter

  28-08-2015 00:00
  The National Police Air Service (NPAS) helicopter is a familiar sight in the skies above the West Midlands – and last year was airborne for around 1,400 hours.Based at Birmingham Airport, it’s on standby 24-7 and plays a vital ‘eye in the sky’ role when ground troops are pursuing fleeing crime suspects or when searching for missing people.
  
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• Police appeal for information on court dodger

  28-08-2015 00:00
  A man who failed to appear at court in connection with downloading indecent images may have fled to Ireland as police renew their appeal for information.David Swift,  53 of  Phillip Sidney Road, Birmingham is believed to have fled the country after he failed to answer charges at Birmingham Crown Court in December last year.Officers alerted all police forces following Swift’s disappearance and in March they issued a public appeal for information.Since he failed to appear, officers
  
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• Crime-fighting ‘app’ leads to 100-plus arrests

  28-08-2015 00:00
  Criminals are being brought to justice by West Midlands Police thanks to a crime-fighting ‘app’ that allows the public to view CCTV of wanted people while on the move.The Facewatch application allows smartphone and tablet users to search for crime suspects thought to be operating in their area and to view their images; more than 100 people have now been arrested as a result of information provided by eagle-eyed members of the public.The technology is also being used by businesse
  
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