Solihull news

• M40 car buff Alex Butwell's death was a 'tragic accident', judge says

  12-10-2015 22:00
  
  Trucker cleared of responsibility for the 25-year-old's death
  
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• Hockley Costcutter shooting victim: 'I was in shock - I thought I was going to die'

  12-10-2015 22:00
  
  Police hunt underway after four people, including store worker Amar Zamir, gunned down
  
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• What is the weight of the heaviest baby born in the West Midlands?

  12-10-2015 20:00
  
  Incredible size of beautiful bouncing babies revealed
  
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• More resignations likely as Birmingham City Council leadership crisis deepens

  12-10-2015 20:00
  
  Leader Sir Albert Bore away in Brussels while colleagues speculate
  
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• Man missing after leaving Erdington care home

  12-10-2015 19:48
  
  Police concerned for 69-year-old David Weaver who suffers with mental health issues and has not been seen since Monday morning
  
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• Nicola Payne's hairs found in alleged killer's tent, Birmingham Crown Court told

  12-10-2015 19:44
  
  Nigel Barwell and Thomas O'Reilly, both 51, both deny murder
  
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• Look - reckless driver rapped by police as baby driven round loose in car

  12-10-2015 18:31
  
  Tot left unrestrained in car seat - which is itself not secured to the vehicle
  
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• A38 fatal collision victim named by police

  12-10-2015 17:30
  
  50-year-old died after being struck by lorry near Swinfin last week
  
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• Sousse victim Joel Richards to be remembered in name of new leisure centre

  12-10-2015 17:12
  
  He died with his uncle and grandfather in terror outrage
  
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• Thugs try to blind pilots at Birmingham Airport with laser pens at least once a week

  12-10-2015 17:00
  
  New figures show extent of serious safety risk to flights
  
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• Handsworth crash victim Radoslaw Konisiewicz is named by police

  12-10-2015 16:10
  
  Tragic 27-year-old died in hospital after colliding with a Jaguar
  
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• West Midlands Police Forces's funding request is rejected by Home Office

  12-10-2015 16:02
  
  The Home Office has rejected a Freedom of Information request from West Midlands Police about how it will be funded in future.
  
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• Callous conman snatches 96-year-old's life savings after posing as plumber

  12-10-2015 16:01
  
  Man splashed water on bathroom ceiling to support story
  
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• Unique schoolboy launches Birmingham Children's Hospital Appeal for Rare Disease Centre

  12-10-2015 16:00
  
  The Big Hoot owl auction on Thursday October 15 will kick start the Star Appeal to raise £3.65 million for the pioneering new unit
  
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• Birmingham 'animal lover' neglected 69 cats

  12-10-2015 16:00
  
  Angela Guthrie 'herded' cats into her cramped home, court told
  
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• Solihull lifeboat fundraiser awarded Golden Badge by the RNLI - Birmingham Mail

  12-10-2015 15:58 via
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  Solihull lifeboat fundraiser awarded Golden Badge by the RNLI
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  Clive Buckley, Chairman of the Solihull Lifeboat Fundraising Branch, has been awarded the Gold Badge by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing!
  

• Solihull lifeboat fundraiser awarded Golden Badge by the RNLI

  12-10-2015 15:48
  
  Clive Buckley, Chairman of the Solihull Lifeboat Fundraising Branch, has been awarded the Gold Badge by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
  
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• Tom Watson should 'examine his conscience' over abuse claims, says David Cameron

  12-10-2015 15:42
  
  Black Country MP Tom Watson defends himself after David Cameron says he has "questions to answer" over the way he treated Leon Brittan, the politician who was eventually cleared of abuse claims.
  
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• Community gets a say on Solihull retirement village - Birmingham Mail

  12-10-2015 15:37 via
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  Community gets a say on Solihull retirement village
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  Developer McCarthy and Stone is looking to build 42 retirement apartments on land in Blossomfield Road. Share; Share; Tweet; +1; LinkedIn. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later.
  

• Community gets a say on Solihull retirement village

  12-10-2015 15:37
  
  Developer McCarthy and Stone is looking to build 42 retirement apartments on land in Blossomfield Road.
  
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• Supreme court battle for family of man attacked by petrol station attendant

  12-10-2015 15:29
  
  Ahmed Mohamud was assaulted at Morrisons Small Heath
  
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• Defibrillator donation from Solihull Lions helps save a life on its first day in service

  12-10-2015 15:26
  
  Solihull Lions donated nine defibrillators, worth over £10,000, to FastAid Community First Responders (CFRs).
  
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• Defibrillator donation from Solihull Lions helps save a life on its first day ... - Birmingham Mail

  12-10-2015 15:26 via
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  Defibrillator donation from Solihull Lions helps save a life on its first day ...
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  One of nine defibrillators donated to the borough helped to resuscitate someone in need on its first day of use. Solihull Lions donated the defibrillators, worth over £10,000, to FastAid Community First Responders (CFRs). The presentation of the ...
  

• Solihull author inspires new Civil Service award - Birmingham Mail

  12-10-2015 15:19 via
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  Solihull author inspires new Civil Service award
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  A blind motivational speaker and author from Solihull is behind the creation of a new Civil Service award. John Flanner's latest book Bitzaro to Buckingham , due to be published on October 12, gives special mention to John Dolan, former area director ...
  

• Solihull author inspires new Civil Service award

  12-10-2015 15:19
  
  Motivational speaker John Flanner is behind the creation of a new Civil Service award.
  
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• Pride of Britain winner took to the skies for her dad

  12-10-2015 15:10
  
  Pride of Britain winner Amelia Gebruers took to the skies - and dedicated her maiden flight to her late dad.
  
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• Nine-year-old scooter rider hit by car

  12-10-2015 14:47
  
  Child in a serious but stable condition in hospital
  
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• Gateshead to face either Solihull Moors or Worcester City in FA Cup - ChronicleLive

  12-10-2015 14:41 via
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  Gateshead to face either Solihull Moors or Worcester City in FA Cup
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  Gateshead have been drawn at home to either Solihull Moors or Worcester City in the fourth and final qualifying round of the FA Cup. The Tynesiders reached the third round of the FA Cup last season for the first time in 60 years, losing 7-0 at Premier ...
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• 'Shot fired' at driver near M6 service station

  12-10-2015 14:25
  
  Land and air search for suspected illegal immigrants believed to have been involved
  
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• Further pressure on Labour council leader Sir Albert Bore following second resignation

  12-10-2015 14:15
  
  Birmingham Labour group being urged to rally behind leadership challenger John Clancy
  
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• Ingemar Lindahl's views of inner city Birmingham life

  12-10-2015 14:10
  
  Photographer Ingemar Lindahl captured the lives of people in inner city Birmingham on camera. In association with Brum Pic.
  
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• Tamworth FC enjoy team-bonding to prepare for Solihull clash - Tamworth Herald

  12-10-2015 13:57 via
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  Tamworth FC enjoy team-bonding to prepare for Solihull clash
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  Tamworth FC boss Andy Morrell says his side's team-bonding session on Saturday had been a great exercise - if a little painful for himself! Without a game on Saturday, Morrell took his troops paintballing Nottingham before the squad enjoyed a meal to ...
  

• Birmingham MP Jess Phillips is right to stand up to Diane Abbott

  12-10-2015 13:30
  
  Discipline is collapsing in the Labour Party, with Shadow Cabinet Ministers taking to Twitter to attack their own backbench MPs
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder after body found at house

  12-10-2015 12:31
  
  Blackwood Avenue, Wednesfield: 42-year-old discovered dead
  
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• Australian rugby captain speaks of secret child agony whilst playing at Villa Park

  12-10-2015 12:00
  
  Dean Mumm's newborn baby was struggling to breathe in a London hospital whilst he was on the pitch playing Uruguay
  
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• Birmingham MP Jess Phillips accuses Diane Abbott of bullying over Syria vote

  12-10-2015 11:54
  
  MP Jess Phillips called for an end to "shouting and vitriol" as Labour MPs argued over proposals to bomb ISIL in Syria.
  
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• Crook who sold 85-year-old neighbour's telly to buy drugs has sentence cut

  12-10-2015 11:23
  
  Christopher Darby lived in same block of flats as victim
  
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• Protein shake leads to Birmingham city centre bomb alert

  12-10-2015 10:53
  
  Officers seal off road near city's crown court, but package found to be harmless
  
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• Facebook paid only £4,327 in UK corporation tax in 2014

  12-10-2015 10:16
  
  Facebook's payment of £4,327 is less than a single UK worker on an average salary of £26,500, who would pay £3,180 in income tax and £2,213 in national insurance contributions
  
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• Fears that landlord immigration checks could lead to 'widespread discrimination'

  12-10-2015 10:09
  
  West Midlands pilot scheme found rented homes 'much less likely' to be leased to non British tenants
  
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• Steven Tyler of Aerosmith asks Donald Trump to stop playing song on campaign trail

  12-10-2015 09:46
  
  Power ballad Dream On is used by Donald Trump at campaign events but lawyers for Tyler have sent a second cease-and-desist letter as Trump doesn't have permission to use the song
  
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• Morning news headlines: RAF pair killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash, Co Louth Garda shot dead by man facing IRA trial

  12-10-2015 09:10
  
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• Connor Smith Kings Norton shooting: Three men arrested on suspicion of murder

  12-10-2015 09:04
  
  19-year-old died after being shot in the stomach in Forde Way Gardens
  
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• Connor Smith Kings Norton shooting: Three men arrested

  12-10-2015 09:04
  
  19-year-old died after being shot in the stomach in Forde Way Gardens
  
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• Motocross rider seriously hurt in crash after being hit by three bikes

  12-10-2015 08:56
  
  Young man suffered injuries to his head, face and shoulders
  
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• Perry Beeches chain of schools in "financial irregularity" probe

  12-10-2015 07:30
  
  News is fresh blow for the chain and comes just months after Perry Beeches III was plunged in special measures by Ofsted
  
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• Helpless Muslim woman showered in alcohol in Islamophobic attack

  12-10-2015 07:30
  
  The woman's harrowing experience was highlighted in a report by a Birmingham City University expert being put before Parliament today
  
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• Three men arrested in Connor Smith murder investigation

  12-10-2015 00:00
  Three men have been arrested as part of the murder investigation into the death of Hawkesley teenager Connor Smith.Two Birmingham men aged 27 and 28 were arrested from an address in Corley, Coventry in the early hours of today (12 October) on suspicion of murder.And a 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.
  
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• Plea for witnesses after 9-year-old run over while playing on scooter

  12-10-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police are appealing for witnesses after a 9-year-old boy was left with serious head injuries following a collision in Smethwick yesterday (11 October).The boy was riding his electric scooter along Trafalgar Road - where it meets Windmill Lane - at around 3.45pm when he was hit by a blue Audi A3. 
  
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• Man arrested in Wolverhampton murder probe

  12-10-2015 00:00
  Police have launched a murder investigation after the body of a man was found at an address in Blackwood Avenue, Wednesfield yesterday morning (Sunday 11 October). Officers were called to the address at 5.50am where the body of a 42-year-old man was found.A post mortem will take place in due course to establish the cause of death.A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is helping police with their enquiries.
  
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