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• Opinion: What drives a teacher to cheat?

  11-09-2015 22:30
  
  Is the government placing so much pressure on schools to meet benchmark standards and pass rates that it is forcing teachers to do the unthinkable?
  
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• Solihull Moors success story: Meet the manager who checks the laundry and the ... - Birmingham Mail

  11-09-2015 20:47 via
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  Solihull Moors success story: Meet the manager who checks the laundry and the ...
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  The Conference North leaders sit top of the pile after an unbeaten start to the season which already sees them six points clear of second place AFC Fylde after just eight games. Managed by Birmingham-born Marcus Bignot - a manager who trains the team, ...and more »
  

• Ex jailed over 'revenge porn' Facebook picture of former lover

  11-09-2015 20:12
  
  Samuel Bishop, 29, posted the image on victim's account four years after split
  
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• Woodgate Primary teacher helped pupils cheat SATs and headteacher husband attempted cover-up

  11-09-2015 19:30
  
  Beverley and Robin Reynolds may now face a lifetime classroom ban over exam scandal
  
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• Parents spend £5,000 on private tutors in bid for 11-plus grammar school test success

  11-09-2015 19:30
  
  Chiefs at Birmingham's Schools of King Edward VI chain of grammars said private tutoring was a waste of money
  
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• Alexander Blackman jail row - Birmingham-educated colonel quits in protest

  11-09-2015 19:19
  
  Oliver Lee claimed court martial ignored 'serious mitigation' in case of soldier jailed for shooting Taliban fighter
  
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• Thirty traveller caravans invade Stechford rugby pitch

  11-09-2015 18:33
  
  More queueing to get on to field, according to witnesses
  
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• Birmingham council leader under fire over 'poor communication'

  11-09-2015 17:45
  
  Sir Albert Bore's Labour administration still not being open despite warnings says opposition Tory leader
  
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• When Brummie Labour MP Jess Phillips met Tory Etonian Jacob Rees-Mogg

  11-09-2015 17:35
  
  Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, travelled to the North East Somerset constituency of posh Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg to learn how Labour could win in Conservative seats
  
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• Fancy dress world record breaker hoping to smash another record at the Great Birmingham Run

  11-09-2015 17:29
  
  James Drakeford, from Birmingham city centre, is aiming to smash five half marathon world records while wearing fancy dress in five months
  
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• FIVE THOUSAND pints of beer seized in £30k swoops on bootleg booze and fags

  11-09-2015 17:18
  
  Illicit stash uncovered in raids in Walsall and Wolverhampton
  
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• Cabbies win delay in £1,000 New Street station passenger pick-up charge scheme

  11-09-2015 17:04
  
  Drivers previously threatened to boycott revamped interchange amid fury over Network Rail scheme
  
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• Balsall Health blackspot crash - days after being named among most dangerous roundabouts

  11-09-2015 17:00
  
  Locals demand action after 14 accidents since 2010, causing 18 injuries
  
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• Commons rejects new 'right to die laws' proposed by Black Country MP

  11-09-2015 16:23
  
  Edgbaston MP Gisela Stuart and Meriden MP Caroline Spelman were among those speaking out against "right to die" legislation in a House of Commons debate
  
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• Why every moment counts for the family of battling baby Alexis

  11-09-2015 16:10
  
  Parents praise Acorns for support given to them as their beautiful little boy gets weaker every day due to a rare genetic condition
  
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• Solihull curry boss Prashant Sengar jailed for groping women jobhunters - Birmingham Mail

  11-09-2015 15:36 via
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  Solihull curry boss Prashant Sengar jailed for groping women jobhunters
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  Solihull-based Prashant Sengar carried out a string of sex attacks on terrified young women who applied for jobs at his diner – called Spicy Affair. The “arrogant” businessman claimed all six victims were lying – and shook his head as a judge jailed ...
  Solihull curry house owner jailed for two years for slapping waitresses' bottomsDaily Mail
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• Solihull curry boss Prashant Sengar jailed for groping women jobhunters

  11-09-2015 15:31
  
  'Arrogant' boss with 'wandering hands' is jailed for 22 months
  
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• Refugees Welcome petition signed by 11,000 from West Midlands

  11-09-2015 14:39
  
  People from Hall Green are the most likely have called for greater support for refugees fleeing war-torn Syria - while Walsall North residents were least likely
  
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• Cure Leukaemia urge Solihull residents to back campaign to fund new blood ... - Solihull Observer

  11-09-2015 14:26 via
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  Cure Leukaemia urge Solihull residents to back campaign to fund new blood ...
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  A LOCAL blood cancer charity is asking Silhillians to dig deep this September and help fund a specialist research nurse. Cure Leukaemia is calling on local residents to spare £1 each in support of its largest-ever community fundraising campaign, 'Just ...and more »
  

• David Cameron triggers row with 'Yorkshire people hate each other' claim

  11-09-2015 14:19
  
  Prime Minister recorded making unguarded comment while discussing rival devolution bids from within Yorkshire while visiting Leeds
  
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• Bloomin' heck...another floral award for Birmingham

  11-09-2015 14:19
  
  Talented parks team scoops another gold gong
  
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• Lorry crash leaves long tailbacks on the M6

  11-09-2015 13:30
  
  Both drivers escape with minor injuries after crash on Black Country section
  
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• Grade II Listed Colton House wins duo award

  11-09-2015 13:03
  
  Colton House, which was given a new lease of life 10 years ago as a bed and breakfast, is celebrating its milestone anniversary with the news it's won a national accolade.
  
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• Man wanted in connection with violent outbreak which left father-of-four Ikram Elahi dead

  11-09-2015 12:57
  
  Police say Fasal Hussain is thought to have been involved in fighting in Sparkbrook
  
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• Super September drivers urged to leave the car at home

  11-09-2015 12:54
  
  Extra trains and buses laid on for Rugby World Cup, Grand Central, Birmingham Weekender and Style Birmingham visitors
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at September 11 in years gone by

  11-09-2015 12:19
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on September 11
  
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• Police boss: Boy racers will be prosecuted for anti-social behaviour

  11-09-2015 12:13
  
  David Jamieson speaks out after series of 'cruises' take place in Solihull
  
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• Stirchley MP urges Tesco to get going on long-awaited store

  11-09-2015 12:00
  
  MP Steve McCabe says Tesco insists the project will go ahead
  
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• Police help man to escape a factory fire - next to their station

  11-09-2015 12:00
  
  Blaze took hold in Summer Lane, near Newtown station
  
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• Football fan awarded compensation from Greater Manchester Police after arrest at game

  11-09-2015 12:00
  
  Liverpool FC supporter Kieth Culvin had been charged with assaulting a police officer after fixture at Manchester United in 2013
  
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• Prosecutors welcome prison sentence dished out to 'brutal' Islamic school teachers who beat pupil

  11-09-2015 10:17
  
  Judge overturned recommendation from probation service for suspended sentences
  
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• Romania arrest in investigation over 'loving, caring' dad-of-two's murder

  11-09-2015 09:57
  
  Masoid Esmalian was found fatally stabbed at his home in Mongomery Walk, West Bromwich
  
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• Man dies after falling from foot bridge at Smethwick Galton Bridge rail station

  11-09-2015 09:29
  
  Police are investigating death which they described as 'unexplained'
  
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• Chris Grayling warns media over Paula Radcliffe row

  11-09-2015 09:27
  
  Cabinet minister hits out at Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee for "effectively leaking" her identity during hearing into doping scandal
  
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• Morning news headlines: Arlene Foster takes reins in faltering powersharing government, David Cameron to go on attack as Labour prepares for new leader

  11-09-2015 09:20
  
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• Watch: Video of huge bonfire which got out of control in Solihull - Birmingham Mail

  11-09-2015 09:06 via
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  Watch: Video of huge bonfire which got out of control in Solihull
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  Firefighters attended the scene of a huge bonfire in a Solihull quarry which had got out of control. The 60ft x 60ft fire had broke out at a quarry at Armac, based on the Coventry Road. Firefighters from Sheldon Fire Station attended the incident at ...
  

• Watch: Video of huge bonfire which got out of control in Solihull

  11-09-2015 09:02
  
  Fire officers called to quarry at Armac, based on Coventry Road
  
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• Tax investigator tipped friends off when their £500,000 scam was uncovered

  11-09-2015 07:30
  
  Richard Barr from Kingstanding handed jail sentence
  
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• Music legends in Brum support Justice4the21 with new CD

  11-09-2015 07:30
  
  It will be released in November with all proceeds going to charity
  
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• Key city hospital misses cancer treatment target for four months in a row

  11-09-2015 07:30
  
  New figures show Queen Elizabeth Hospital failed to see more than 40 per cent within two months
  
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• Third man jailed after death of Bedworth teen in horror smash

  11-09-2015 00:00
  A third man has been jailed for causing the death of Bedworth teenager Lucy Commins in a three vehicle collision in Coventry last year.Lucy Commins, aged 16, was killed in the crash on Ansty Road in February 2014. Ross Clark, aged 38 of Sevenoaks in Kent, was sentenced to seven years today (Friday 11 September) at Warwick Crown Court after being found guilty by a unanimous verdict in June of causing Lucy’s death by careless driving and failing to provide a specimen of blood for analys
  
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• Man jailed for ‘revenge porn’ Facebook post

  11-09-2015 00:00
  A Stourbridge man has been jailed for posting intimate images of his ex-partner in a case of so-call ‘revenge porn’. Having pleaded guilty to disclosing private sexual photographs with intent to cause distress, magistrates ordered warehouseman Samuel Bishop (pictured), of Hamilton Drive, Wordsley, be jailed for 40 weeks, as well as pay £260 in fines to the court and £2,000 in compensation to his victim.
  
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• Image of man released sought in connection with Sparkbrook disorder

  11-09-2015 00:00
  Detectives investigating a large scale disorder in Sparkbrook last year in which a man died have released details of a man they want to trace.Fasal Hussain is thought to have been involved in the fighting which also left two men injured and needing hospital treatment on the evening of Wednesday 2 July 2014 in Grantham Road and Farm Road.
  
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• Birmingham police search for missing Michael Ogunbodede

  11-09-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police are searching for an elderly man who has gone missing in Birmingham.Michael Ogunbodede had been staying with family in Ashburton Road in Kings Heath but has not been seen since going for a walk at 3pm yesterday (Thursday 10 September).
  
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