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• Most read: 'Brutal' teachers jailed, stripper steals car, dad's baby song

  10-09-2015 23:57
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Thursday, September 10
  
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• Watch: Dad's heartwarming dream song to baby daughter goes viral

  10-09-2015 22:00
  
  Matthew Finch wrote tune for little Ivy and posted it on his Facebook page
  
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• Firefighters commended for Alton Towers Smiler rollercoaster crash rescue

  10-09-2015 22:00
  
  Top awards for crew members who dealt with horror crash at theme park in June
  
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• Would Birmingham commuters give up their seat for a pregnant woman?

  10-09-2015 20:00
  
  Reporter Emma James puts train and bus passengers to the test to find out if chivalry is still alive in Brum
  
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• City of Sanctuary group inundated with offers of help for refugees

  10-09-2015 20:00
  
  Brummies coming forward to offer homes, rooms, donations and volunteer say City of Sanctuary campaigners
  
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• Syrian refugee crisis around the world in numbers

  10-09-2015 18:22
  
  Use our interactive 3D globe to get a brief summary of the situation as campaign to make Birmingham a City of Sanctuary gathers pace
  
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• Most read: Stripper stole colleague's car, boss fined £3k over wrong bin bags

  10-09-2015 18:09
  
  Catch up on the most read stories today
  
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• Crime Commissioner office's contract farce as group which won £60k contract now turns it down

  10-09-2015 18:09
  
  Westside BID cites 'delivery' concerns, but still plans new joint application to win Home Office project
  
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• Grieving dad who lost fiancée in horror minibus motorway smash to sue driver

  10-09-2015 17:00
  
  Solihull cleaner Izabela Agachi, 25, died after lorry ploughed into her vehicle after it stopped on M40
  
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• City businessman in pledge to supply more than 50 homes to fleeing Syrian refugees

  10-09-2015 17:00
  
  Raja Khan said he has been moved at the heart rending pictures of the tragedy
  
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• 'Brutal' Islamic school teachers who beat boy with stick for not reading Koran properly jailed

  10-09-2015 15:39
  
  Mohammed Siddique and Mohammed Waqar battered 10-year-old with plastic poles and slapped him when he made mistakes
  
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• Selly Oak MP Steve McCabe blames BT billing error over unpaid debt claims

  10-09-2015 14:53
  
  Birmignham MP denies Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) allegations he refused to pay back £27 phone bill
  
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• Health chiefs hope child car smoking ban will reduce 4,500 deaths a year

  10-09-2015 14:51
  
  Huge number of people dying in city from illnesses related to cigarettes
  
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• Ex special constable poisoner Melissa Swift sent to high-security psychiatric unit

  10-09-2015 13:30
  
  24-year-old tried to kill three people and threatened to murder her own sister
  
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• Last call for Solihull residents to have their say on future of borough's ... - Solihull Observer

  10-09-2015 13:29 via
  Last call for Solihull residents to have their say on future of borough's ...
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  SOLIHULL COUNCIL is issuing a final call for residents to have their say on the future of transport in the borough. Following a series of roadshows throughout August, Silhillans are being encouraged to fill out an online poll before September 30 to ...
  

• Eric Yates sets the record straight about wartime Birmingham

  10-09-2015 13:17
  
  There are few written records documenting the lives of ordinary people growing up in war-torn Britain in World War II, let alone in Birmingham.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at September 10 in years gone by

  10-09-2015 12:41
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on September 10
  
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• Put up council tax to help West Midlands Police cope with cuts, say Tories

  10-09-2015 12:27
  
  West Midlands Police should raise more money from local taxpayers to make up for Government cuts, say Conservative MPs
  
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• Erdington man told probation officer he wanted to kill ex-girlfriend

  10-09-2015 12:20
  
  Danny Humphries was jailed for 17 months for breaching court order
  
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• MP expenses: Watchdog names Khalid Mahmood and Stephen McCabe over unsettled debts

  10-09-2015 12:07
  
  Selly Oak and Perry Barr MPs 'named and shamed' over unpaid credit card debts by Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA)
  
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• Mum and baby escape injury after M42 crash

  10-09-2015 11:43
  
  Van ended up on its roof in four vehicle collision
  
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• Stripper stole fellow lap dancer's car as she performed in club

  10-09-2015 11:29
  
  Charlene Allegrini-Scott, who took Vauxhall Corsa from fellow stripper and demanded £100 to return it, avoids jail term
  
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• Blaming badgers for decline in hedgehog population 'not a black and white issue'

  10-09-2015 11:00
  
  Labour MP calls for Government to use science to find out why the hedgehog population has fallen
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze as car torched in Selly Oak street

  10-09-2015 10:51
  
  Crews believe Shenley Fields Road incident was an arson attack
  
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• More than 1,000 complaints about homelessness and begging leads to new help team launch

  10-09-2015 10:20
  
  First week sees 69 people given assistance on streets
  
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• Driver escapes uninjured after car smashes into Small Heath internet cafe

  10-09-2015 09:55
  
  White Star Internet Cafe in Green Lane damaged after vehicle crashes through window
  
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• Winning mentality puts Solihull Moors top of the table - Solihull Observer

  10-09-2015 09:39 via
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  Winning mentality puts Solihull Moors top of the table
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  THERE are many qualities needed to propel a team to the top of the table – but none more important than a winning mentality. So says Solihull Moors player-coach Gavin Cowan who, having joined in the summer from Nuneaton Town, has helped the club to ...
  

• Three taken to hospital after Subaru Impreza involved in smash

  10-09-2015 08:38
  
  A man in his 20s, woman in 60s and teenaged boy all needed treatment
  
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• Morning news headlines: 'Seeds' of Alzheimer's 'might be transferred on medical instruments

  10-09-2015 08:20
  
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• Solihull solicitor Christopher Parry, found dead in river, had £50000 credit ... - Birmingham Mail

  10-09-2015 07:31 via
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  Solihull solicitor Christopher Parry, found dead in river, had £50000 credit ...
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  An unemployed Solihull solicitor with credit cards debts of up to £50,000 was found dead in a river, weeks after going missing following a job interview. The body of Christopher Parry, 54, was discovered in the River Severn near a village in ...and more »
  

• Solihull solicitor Christopher Parry, found dead in river, had £50,000 credit card debts

  10-09-2015 07:30
  
  Body of unemployed lawyer discovered weeks after he vanished following job interview
  
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• Birmingham mum told to stump up £3,300 for putting out rubbish in wrong bin bags

  10-09-2015 07:30
  
  Selly Oak salon boss Susan Le Poidevin says court action like using a 'sledgehammer to crack a nut'
  
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• Most read: Schoolgirl 'blackmail threat', mass brawl, freezing weather

  10-09-2015 00:30
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Wednesday, September 9
  
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• Man arrested in Romania on suspicion of West Brom murder

  10-09-2015 00:00
  Romanian Police have arrested a man for the murder of  Masoud Esmailian following the successful application of a European Arrest Warrant. 
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  Masoud Esmailian was found fatally stabbed in his home address at 5 Montgomery Walk, West Bromwich on Friday 28th August 2015. 
  
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• Homeless triage car to help rough sleepers and tackle nuisance begging

  10-09-2015 00:00
  A new service has been launched by Birmingham Police, Birmingham City Council, and homeless support agencies to help rough sleepers and tackle nuisance begging .The dedicated Homeless Street Triage (HOST) car will respond to the growing number of calls reporting homelessness, begging and anti-social drinking in the city centre. The compassionate service will get rough sleepers help - including temporary housing and substance abuse support - but also clampdown on problem beggars, some o
  
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