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• Driver dies after heart stops in Walsall crash

  08-09-2015 22:30
  
  Ambulance crews found man in cardiac arrest following collision on Willenhall Lane in Bloxwich
  
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• The Smiler will not be re-opening in the near future - Alton Towers

  08-09-2015 22:00
  
  Ill-fated ride likely to remain shut while investigation into horror crash continues
  
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• Racist thug banned from his own street for a second time

  08-09-2015 22:00
  
  New Anti Social Behaviour Injunction slapped on Quinton man
  
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• Levi-Blu Cassin - eight-month legal wrangle over tragic toddler's funeral

  08-09-2015 20:00
  
  His cruel mum battled from her prison cell to stop his grandma saying a last goodbye
  
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• Acocks Green gardeners end 110-year wait for a toilet break

  08-09-2015 20:00
  
  Gardeners' are now flush with excitement
  
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• Woman charged with murder of Weoley Castle toddler

  08-09-2015 19:00
  
  Kandyce Downer to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court charged with murder of 18-month-old Shi-Anne Downer
  
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• Birmingham leader commits to helping Syrian refugees

  08-09-2015 18:46
  
  Sir Albert Bore said staff at the city council were working to find a way to help house people fleeing Syria
  
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• Birmingham families will welcome refugees into their homes, says city MP

  08-09-2015 18:03
  
  MPs are backing calls for Birmingham to become a "City of Sanctuary" for refugees
  
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• 'World's oldest Koran' exhibition tickets have been released by University of Birmingham

  08-09-2015 17:14
  
  The University of Birmingham has made tickets to see their recently discovered Koran manuscript available.
  
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• Birmingham Heritage Week came to Parliament and it was great

  08-09-2015 17:00
  
  A Government Minister was told that Birmingham "can show the rest of the world how different peoples can live in harmony" when the city set up a display in Parliament
  
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• Daughter running Great Birmingham Run for dad diagnosed with dementia when she was 16

  08-09-2015 16:50
  
  Business development manager Rita Patel, 35, hopes to raise £500 for Alzheimer's Society which has helped her dad Narendra who has vascular dementia
  
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• Ex-Bishop of Lewes Peter Ball admits sex attacks on young men

  08-09-2015 16:46
  
  83-year-old failing in bid to get case thrown out on the word of Archbishop of Canterbury who was assured the matter was closed 20 years ago
  
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• New unit opens at Heartlands Hospital amid emergency department expansion plans - Solihull Observer

  08-09-2015 16:37 via
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  New unit opens at Heartlands Hospital amid emergency department expansion plans
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  A NEW adult Minors Unit has opened at Heartlands Hospital as part of expansion plans for the emergency department. As part of the hospital's plans to improve patient care and safety, the new 'Minors' area opened on Wednesday, September 9 in its new ...
  

• Should summer-born children be allowed when to start school

  08-09-2015 16:34
  
  School admission rules are flawed and must be changed according to schools minister Nick Gibb
  
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• Police officer arrested over kidnap threat is named

  08-09-2015 15:52
  
  Pc was among three men held on suspicion of conspiring to pervert the course of justice
  
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• Woman and child hurt in Oldbury house crash

  08-09-2015 15:23
  
  Pair taken to City Hospital but escaped serious injuries
  
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• Shocking moment RAF veteran was knocked down by speeding driver late for work

  08-09-2015 14:58
  
  Poundland worker Gurpreet Sandhu was doing almost double the limit
  
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• 'Jihadi bride' Angela Shafiq jailed for helping Birmingham man fight in Syria

  08-09-2015 14:20
  
  She praised Mohammed Nahim Ahmed for being 'prepared to act'
  
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• David Cameron praises Queen on eve of becoming UK's longest-serving-monarch

  08-09-2015 14:15
  
  Mr Cameron told Cabinet colleagues that the Queen had a "remarkable record" and was "a symbol of Britain's enduring spirit admired around the world"
  
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• Smiles all round as two new schools open in Chelmsley Wood - Solihull Observer

  08-09-2015 14:12 via
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  Smiles all round as two new schools open in Chelmsley Wood
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  CHELMSLEY WOOD is heralding an 'exciting new era for education' following the opening of two new schools this week. The new-look Fordbridge Community Primary School and Coleshill Heath Primary School opened on Monday, September 7 in time to ...
  

• Weoley Castle baby murder investigation - man bailed

  08-09-2015 13:24
  
  Suspect, aged 37, was quizzed over death of child
  
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• The Rotunda is fantastic at 50

  08-09-2015 13:12
  
  Birmingham's landmark building, The Rotunda, celebrates its 50th birthday.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at September 8 in years gone by

  08-09-2015 12:41
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on September 8
  
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• Eight week school holiday dubbed too long by parents

  08-09-2015 12:30
  
  More calls for a re-think over school summer holidays
  
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• Solihull pensioner named 'Mr Costa' for loyal service to coffee chain - Solihull Observer

  08-09-2015 12:21 via
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  Solihull pensioner named 'Mr Costa' for loyal service to coffee chain
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  A SOLIHULL pensioner has been dubbed 'Mr Costa' after visiting his local coffee shop for the past 15 years. Don Bridges has earned himself the title of one of Costa's most loyal customers after visiting the Mell Square branch every day bar Christmas ...
  

• Three men - including a policeman - arrested over terror plot to kidnap a West Midlands police officer

  08-09-2015 11:57
  
  It follows a false threat that a West Midlands officer was going to be kidnapped
  
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• More Syria drone strikes possible, says Defence Secretary

  08-09-2015 11:05
  
  Michael Fallon said the Government would "not hesitate" to repeat the action that led to Britons being killed by an RAF drone in the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqah
  
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• Pregnant woman forced to stand on packed Birmingham train after businessman refused to move

  08-09-2015 10:43
  
  Passenger 'laughed in my face' said furious mum-to-be
  
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• Morning news headlines: Killing of suspected British terrorist in Syria 'Dangerous precident', Cameron under pressure to do more to help refugees

  08-09-2015 10:24
  
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• Major factory fire being treated as arson

  08-09-2015 10:07
  
  Total of 25 firefighters at big blaze as flames shoot through the roof
  
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• Trojan Horse - Ex-Park View Trust chairman banned from schools

  08-09-2015 09:45
  
  Tahir Alam accused of 'undermining British values'
  
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• Rush-hour chaos as A38 junction closed after lorry crash

  08-09-2015 09:15
  
  Collision happened at Weeford at around 4am
  
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• Poundland worker mowed down RAF veteran as he rushed to work

  08-09-2015 09:00
  
  Gurpreet Sandhu was doing almost twice the speed limit because he was late for his shift
  
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• Heritage Week chairman: ‘Why I'm proud to be Brummie'

  08-09-2015 07:30
  
  Heritage Week chairman Waseem Zaffar talks about what it means to be a Brummie and why history is so important to a city's identity
  
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• Churches hire Bobby Ball and Don Maclean to teach vicars comedy to boost dwindling congregations

  08-09-2015 07:30
  
  David Cameron lookalike Bentley Browning makes up holy trinity of titter
  
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• Woman sentenced to 15 months after encouraging travel to Syria

  08-09-2015 00:00
  Angela Shafiq - 22 - from Hounslow has today been sentenced to 15 months at the Old Bailey, London after being found guilty of encouraging Birmingham man Mohammed Nahim Ahmed to travel to Syria to join Islamist rebel forces. Mohammed Nahim Ahmed and Yusuf Sarwar (both aged 22-years-old) were arrested when they returned to the UK in January 2014 having been in Syria for eight months. The pair were later jailed for a combined total of 25 years and two months.
  
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• Woman charged with murder of toddler

  08-09-2015 00:00
  Detectives have today (Tuesday 8 September) charged a woman with the murder of 18 month old Shi-Anne Downer. Shi-Anne’s guardian, 35 year-old unemployed Kandyce Downer from Beckbury Road in Weoley Castle, has been charged with murder/allowing or causing the death of a child. Toddler Shi-Anne, also known as Keegan Downer, died on Saturday morning at Birmingham Children’s hospital after a suspected cardiac arrest. Her death was immediately treated as suspicious and a murder i
  
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• Coventry restaurateur jailed for manslaughter

  08-09-2015 00:00
  A Coventry restaurateur has today (Tuesday 8 September) been jailed for 32 months after killing a Coventry man in his own home. Kirithas Sriskantharajah, aged 34, of no fixed address, a Sri-Lankan national, pleaded guilty yesterday to the manslaughter of 48-year-old Arunasalam Arunothayan in March this year and was sentenced at Leamington Justice Centre.Mr Arunothayan, also a Sri Lankan national, was taken to hospital after being found seriously injured at his home in Foleshill Road, Covent
  
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• Birmingham man jailed after collision with pensioner

  08-09-2015 00:00
  A Birmingham man has been jailed for three years for causing serious injury to an elderly man by dangerous driving in Sutton Coldfield last November.Gurpreet Sandhu of Church Lane, Handsworth, had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing at Birmingham Crown Court, to the offence after he hit 91-year-old Horace Downes as he crossed Brassington Avenue to go and place a bet on the horses. 
  
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• Arrests – False and Malicious Police Officer Kidnap Plot

  08-09-2015 00:00
  Three men have this morning (Tuesday 8th September) been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.The arrests follow an investigation into false and malicious information given to West Midlands Police on the 8th December 2014 which stated that an officer was going to be kidnapped as part of a terrorist plot.
  
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