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• Opinion: Young people deserve a fairer deal

  31-10-2015 23:00
  
  Britain is getting richer but too many young people are low-paid, unemployed or in poverty
  
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• Hedgehogs in dire need of help - Solihull Observer

  31-10-2015 21:18 via
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  Hedgehogs in dire need of help
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  Hedgehogs have seen their numbers halve in the last 10 years, and as part of Wild About Gardens Week Warwickshire Wildlife Trust are encouraging Silhillians to do their bit to help the prickly critters. Observer reporter, Lauren Clarke, donned her ...and more »
  

• Police review into Antonio Boparan case continues after Cerys Edwards post-mortem

  31-10-2015 19:12
  
  Detectives looking to see if “causal link” between the speeding driver's crash in 2006 and her recent death
  
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• Moazzam Begg welcomes release of Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay

  31-10-2015 18:54
  
  Sparkhill campaigner was also held at US military Cuba camp for three years before his release
  
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• Solihull Moors 1 Stockport County 0: National League North match report - Manchester Evening News

  31-10-2015 18:11 via
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  Solihull Moors 1 Stockport County 0: National League North match report
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  Ten-man County slipped to a 1-0 defeat at high-flying Solihull Moors at Damson Park after a first half Andy Brown header. Ian Ormson's error in goal for The Hatters resulted in a free-kick just outside the area which was nodded in by Brown – and Neil ...
  

• Most Wanted: Potential suspects wanted by West Midlands Police - can you help to trace them?

  31-10-2015 17:00
  
  Take a look through our gallery and if you have information contact police on 101, quoting ID number shown.
  
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• Little Grace's adoption plea sparks world-wide response - including from family in Australia

  31-10-2015 17:00
  
  "One man contacted us to say he wanted to buy Grace lunch every day for the rest of her life''
  
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• Alex Faragher f-word voicemail police officers could face civil action

  31-10-2015 16:18
  
  Police officers involved in leaving abusive phone message for suspected domestic violence kept jobs
  
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• Police hunt sex attacker after female jogger assaulted while on evening run

  31-10-2015 14:20
  
  Victim, 35, targeted in alleyway off Westminster Avenue in Penn, Wolverhampton
  
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• Soho Hill murder: Man arrested by police investigating double shooting

  31-10-2015 13:41
  
  Suspect quizzed after victim, 25, died and second man left critical after shots fired in Hockley during 'disorder'
  
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• Birmingham named tattoo capital of UK, with almost half of adults getting inked

  31-10-2015 13:27
  
  City's most tattooed man is Matthew Whelan, of Bordesley Green, who has forked out £40,000
  
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• Read touching letter Aston Villa boss Tom Fox wrote to son of cancer-battling dad

  31-10-2015 12:00
  
  Lions boss wrote to Jason Lowe who is raising money for the charity Myeloma UK
  
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• Ex-Aston Villa star John Fashanu: 'I paid my brother £75k to keep quiet about being gay'

  31-10-2015 12:00
  
  Former striker made shock admission about tragic Justin after claims two footballers due to come out as gay
  
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• Taylor Anderson motorbike death: Police look to trace women who tried to save his life after Aston crash

  31-10-2015 11:30
  
  Biker, 22, died after a collision with a silver Honda FR-V estate on Queens Road
  
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• How affordable are homes in Birmingham and the Midlands?

  31-10-2015 10:00
  
  Comparing average incomes to average property price reveals many homes in two areas of S0lihull - Dorridge and Bentley Heath - cost ten times household salaries
  
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• 'Spiteful' BBC article could damage Solihull enterprise says MP - Solihull Observer

  31-10-2015 09:05 via
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  'Spiteful' BBC article could damage Solihull enterprise says MP
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  A 'SNEERING and spiteful' article by the BBC could 'potentially damage' an enterprise which brings hundreds of job to Solihull, claims one MP. Julian Knight wrote a letter to Lord Tony Hall, the BBC's director general, about the piece called 'Resorts ...
  

• Royal Marines pledge £40,000 to sponsor Fisher House which offers accommodation to military patients and families

  31-10-2015 09:00
  
  Mum of military patient says that the house has been a 'god send' since her illness
  
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• See the best and worst food hygiene ratings in Bullring Birmingham

  31-10-2015 07:30
  
  We map Food Standards Agency's food hygiene ratings at Birmingham's biggest centre and this is what we found
  
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• City and Sandwell Hospital patients could face 30-mile trip to Coventry for cancer treatment

  31-10-2015 07:30
  
  Anger after Trusts fail to reach fail to reach agreement over services, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy
  
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• Aston Villa chief Tom Fox's heartwarming letter to son of dad fighting cancer

  31-10-2015 07:30
  
  Villa fan Jason Lowe was diagnosed with cancer 12 months ago - so his 10-year-old son decided to show his solidarity
  
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• Witnesses urged to come forward after sexual assault in Wolverhampton

  31-10-2015 00:00
  Police in Wolverhampton are investigating after a woman was attacked as she was out running in Penn early on Wednesday evening.The 35-year-old woman was sexually assaulted as she walked along an alleyway off Westminster Avenue at 5pm on Wednesday 28 October.
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses who may hold vital information on Aston collision

  31-10-2015 00:00
  Police are appealing for key witnesses to come forward following the tragic death of Taylor Anderson last week. Taylor died during a collision with a car in Aston on Tuesday 20 October on Queens Road at the junction of Church Lane at around 8:30pm. 
  
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• Missing: Jacqueline Bache, Halesowen

  31-10-2015 00:00
  Police are growing increasingly concerned for a woman who has gone missing from an address in Halesowen.Jacqueline Bache was staying with a relative in Huntingtree Road last night but is believed to have left the house at around 5am this morning (31 October) and has not been seen since.
  
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• Man arrested as Hockley shootings investigation continues

  31-10-2015 00:00
  A man has been arrested in connection with a double shooting that happened in the Hockley area of Birmingham on Friday.Soho Hill remains closed while specialist officers remain at the scene this morning to continue to gather evidence and build a picture to explain what happened.
  
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• Appeal for witnesses after three injured in Walsall collision

  31-10-2015 00:00
  Police are appealing for witnesses after three people were injured when a car collided with a tree in Walsall in the early hours of this morning (31 October).The collision happened just before 1am in Pleck Road when a blue Ford Puma hit a tree near to the Bradford Arms Pub.
  
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