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• Bournville - new bid to end 120-year booze ban inspired by Cadbury founding fathers

  24-09-2015 22:00
  
  Traders says customers 'just want somewhere to buy beer and wine'
  
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• Birmingham taxi driver scandal: 114 cabbies with criminal pasts granted council licences

  24-09-2015 22:00
  
  List of 300-plus offences include GBH, possessing drugs, dangerous driving and benefit fraud
  
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• Gran loses EAR after being run over by baseball thugs in Saltley

  24-09-2015 21:00
  
  Police hunting gang after car ran over Mary Ryan, 49, after first beating boy with baseball attack
  
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• TV star Connie Talbot transforms from tot to teenage YouTube make-up advice sensation

  24-09-2015 20:00
  
  The Britain's Got Talent star is virtually unrecognisable after transforming from a six-year-old crooner to a teenager with her own YouTube channel
  
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• How running saved the lives of Balsall Heath women training for the Great Birmingham Run

  24-09-2015 18:20
  
  Running has literally saved the lives of the once obese, unfit women from the Saheli Women's Group who have now done three half marathons
  
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• Why Solihull ranks highly on the happiness scale - Birmingham Mail

  24-09-2015 17:11 via
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  Why Solihull ranks highly on the happiness scale
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  Live in Solihull? Then you are likely to be a a happy person. Reporter Cathrina Hulse talks about why she loves the town. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe ...
  

• Felix Dennis auction will offer some gems Felix Dennis - Solihull Observer

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  A LARGE theatrical figure of Captain Hook complete with parrot on his shoulder sits alongside a fabulous silver Ascot Trophy modelled as Joan of Arc and a 1987 yellow Rolls Royce Silver Spirit in a diverse collection spanning the colourful lifetime of ...
  

• Why Solihull ranks highly on the happiness scale

  24-09-2015 17:00
  
  Live in Solihull? Then you are likely to be a a happy person. Reporter Cathrina Hulse talks about why she loves the town.
  
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• Scrap M6 Toll charges call from council bosses

  24-09-2015 17:00
  
  Transport bosses want free motorway to ease traffic congestion in Birmingham and the Black Country
  
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• Solihull Council to hold consultation over sale of school sports pitches - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 16:02 via
  Solihull Council to hold consultation over sale of school sports pitches
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  SOLIHULL COUNCIL is holding a consultation over the conversion of two former school sports pitches into housing. Following the completion of the new-look Fordbridge Primary School and Coleshill Heath Primary School sites, the Council is asking for ...
  

• Midland Metropolitan Hospital approved for Smethwick site

  24-09-2015 15:40
  
  Development will such in emergency and surgical services from City and Sandwell hospitals
  
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• Nandos, Giraffe, Mac and the other shops still to open at Grand Central Birmingham

  24-09-2015 15:30
  
  John Lewis, Cath Kidston and Jo Malone are going down a storm. And there is still more to come...
  
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• Over 700 killed in hajj pilgrimage stampede on the outskirts of Mecca, Saudi Arabia

  24-09-2015 15:16
  
  Second major disaster during this year's hajj season after a crane collapse in Mecca nearly two weeks earlier killing more than 100 people
  
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• Third place for teenager Liam Delves in Holland - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 14:59 via
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  Third place for teenager Liam Delves in Holland
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  TEENAGER Liam Delves registered another podium finish when he rode to a fine third place in round ten of the British Motostar championship at Assen in the Netherlands over the weekend. The Smiths Wood Sports college student was making his first visit ...
  

• Moors boss Marcus Bignot eager for a positive FA Cup run - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 14:36 via
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  Moors boss Marcus Bignot eager for a positive FA Cup run
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  FA CUP fever hits Solihull Moors again this Saturday when Marcus Bignot's side host Oadby Town of the United Counties league in the second round qualifying stage. They may be languishing near the foot of the table three levels below the Vanarama ...
  

• Winning start for Blossomfield hockey ladies - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 14:34 via
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  SOLIHULL Blossomfield Hockey Club made an excellent start to the season on Saturday with all three of their ladies' sides tasting success. The first team travelled to Harborne with new coach Alex Hill at the helm in was a a late push back in their last ...
  

• Solihull & Birmingham Bees taste heavy defeat at high-flying Hinckley - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 14:28 via
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  Solihull & Birmingham Bees taste heavy defeat at high-flying Hinckley
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  BIRMINGHAM & Solihull Bees suffered a comprehensive 41-10 defeat at the hands of high flying Hinckley, leaving the visitors winless from the first three games of the season in the National League 3 Midlands division. Hinckley – who maintained their ...
  

• Solihull Barons continue search for first league win - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 14:17 via
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  SOLIHULL Barons suffered a narrow 2-1 defeat away at Whitley Warriors in the NIHL North 1 division. The Barons made the long trip up to Whitley Bay on Saturday to renew acquaintance with the North East town's Warriors and while there were a number of ...
  

• Top award for England ace Karen Carney - Solihull Observer

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  BIRMINGHAM City Ladies and England midfielder Karen Carney is celebrating after being named the Professional Sportswoman of the Year at the Birmingham Sports Awards. The 27-year-old midfielder has been flying the flag for women's football in the area ...
  

• Medals galore for Blythe Barracuda swimmers in Coventry - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 14:03 via
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  Medals galore for Blythe Barracuda swimmers in Coventry
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  A SPECTACULAR day of swimming led to Blythe Barracudas being crowned top visiting club at the City of Coventry September Sprint Meet held at Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday. A total of 40 swimmers from the Solihull-based club took part ...
  

• Driver trapped in Knowle car crash

  24-09-2015 13:59
  
  Woman pulled from wreckage after rush-hour collision
  
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• Solihull Moors maintain bright start with Curzon win - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 13:56 via
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  Solihull Moors maintain bright start with Curzon win
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  Moors might have taken an early lead when Liam Daly back-heeled Connor Franklin's long throw from five yards out but keeper Burton was well placed. Curzon showed their intent immediately when sharp shooter Matty Warburton sent a miss-timed shot wide ...
  

• Manav Arora trial - Birmingham doctor guilty of sex attack on patient

  24-09-2015 13:37
  
  He was accused of groping and then assaulting man during medical procedure
  
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• Woman cut free from car after Knowle crash - Solihull Observer

  24-09-2015 13:30 via
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  Woman cut free from car after Knowle crash
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  A WOMAN had to be cut free and immobilised after the car she was driving collided with another in Knowle. West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to the junction of Warwick Road and Jacobean Lane in Knowle, Solihull shortly before 8.55am today.and more »
  

• Michelle Mone - Ultimo bra tycoon under fire over Jaguar tweet

  24-09-2015 12:33
  
  Tory peer accused of bragging over use of Government-issue motor
  
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• West Midlands Police praises 'spectacular' 80 per cent drop in stop and search

  24-09-2015 12:30
  
  Force says use of the controversial powers has plummeted since 2011 - but black and Asian men still more likely to be searched
  
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• Pictures inside Grand Central Birmingham shopping centre on opening day

  24-09-2015 12:30
  
  Pictures inside the new Grand Central Birmingham development which opened today for the first time.
  
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• Pictured inside Grand Central Birmingham shopping centre on opening day

  24-09-2015 12:30
  
  Pictures inside the new Grand Central Birmingham development which opened today for the first time.
  
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• Paraplegic man walks again after process to reconnect brain and legs

  24-09-2015 11:57
  
  Adam Fritz was confined to a wheelchair after severing his spinal cord in a motorcycle accident five years ago but has walked again after neurosurgeons made a modern miracle
  
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• Royal Mail international Christmas post deadlines are revealed

  24-09-2015 11:28
  
  Dates apply to 'surface mail' land and sea deliveries rather than airmail
  
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• Families paying too much for care of relative a report has found

  24-09-2015 10:50
  
  The report says families across England are overpaying because they have not received enough information about the costs in their area
  
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• Driver fights for life after road smash heart attack

  24-09-2015 10:36
  
  He went into cardiac arrest and was in a critical condition
  
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• One hundred M6 drivers delayed 999 dash

  24-09-2015 10:07
  
  Police condemn motorists who ignored stop signs - blocking paramedics' path
  
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• Freddie Starr 'suicidal' over £1 million legal bill

  24-09-2015 09:07
  
  Fears grow for Warwickshire-based comic after court wrangle
  
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• Morning news headlines: Biggest refugee tide on way, Europe's leaders warned, Paraplegic man walks again after pioneering 'neural bypass' procedure

  24-09-2015 08:19
  
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• Moped rider wins £145,000 compensation after Bournville horror crash left her partially paralysed

  24-09-2015 07:30
  
  Sarah Forbes won payout four years after car hit her moped on the Bristol Road near Northfield
  
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• Chinese firms asked to build HS2 rail line as Chancellor invites bids for £12 billion contracts

  24-09-2015 07:30
  
  The Government invited Chinese firms to bid for contracts worth £11.8 billion to build a high speed rail line between London and Birmingham
  
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• Teens arrested in drug dealer sting

  24-09-2015 00:00
  A 17-year-old is one of six men arrested in the latest round of raids on suspected drug dealers in Birmingham. The teen, from the Lee Bank area, was detained following a series of simultaneous dawn raids across the city this morning (Thursday 24 September).
  
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