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• Wife loses 36 inch thighs after 12 litres of fat is sucked from her legs

  03-11-2015 22:00
  
  Astonishing transformation for housewife after 30-year weight battle
  
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• Family receive pay out after man suffered brain injury during hospital admission

  03-11-2015 22:00
  
  Ross Askew choked on his own vomit and was starved of oxygen to his brain at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in January 2010
  
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• Solihull cyclist takes on Death Valley challenge - Solihull Observer

  03-11-2015 21:01 via
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  Solihull cyclist takes on Death Valley challenge
  Solihull Observer
  A CYCLING enthusiast from Solihull will be pedalling his way across the United States' 'Death Valley' later this month to raise funds for the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity. Paul Heath, 46, will cover a nearly 400kilometres in five days starting on ...
  

• Foster carer set to lose her job and possibly her home - because she doesn't have a spare bedroom

  03-11-2015 21:00
  
  Rule changes may cost dedicated Theresa Griffiths the job she loves
  
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• Cult director Brian Yuzna to open horror school in Birmingham

  03-11-2015 20:00
  
  He says horror is the 'rock and roll of the cinema'
  
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• Superdog Annabelle voted Hero Hound after surviving puppy farm

  03-11-2015 19:00
  
  Seven year-old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Annabelle to be honoured at NEC show - in partnership with National Pet Show
  
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• Police name Soho Road death collision victim

  03-11-2015 16:37
  
  34-year-old Enza Short died after incident 
  
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• Woman desperate for love 'conned' by faith healer out of £3,000

  03-11-2015 16:20
  
  Victim had fallen for married man and wanted magic rituals performed to win his heart
  
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• Poppy Day Appeal takes over the city with aim to raise £50,000

  03-11-2015 15:44
  
  Military bands will be performing throughout the city centre
  
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• Birmingham 'gender abortion' doctor suspended for three months for lying

  03-11-2015 15:09
  
  Medical Practice Tribunal Serve Hearing finds Dr Rajmohan had agreed to give a false reason for termination
  
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• Extra police patrols after Soho Hill and Erdington shootings

  03-11-2015 13:53
  
  One dead and four injured in separate gun attacks
  
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• What's the weather going to be like for Bonfire Night in Birmingham?

  03-11-2015 13:52
  
  Forecasters warn of gales sweeping the region this weekend
  
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• MP 'disappointed' as museum snubs offer to display Margaret Thatcher's wardrobe

  03-11-2015 13:21
  
  Leading West Midlands Conservative Sajid Javid says Maggie Thatcher's clothes should be displayed in a museum
  
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• Beer and skittles evening fights against National Lung Cancer - Solihull Observer

  03-11-2015 13:03 via
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  Beer and skittles evening fights against National Lung Cancer
  Solihull Observer
  A FATHER and his four sons have come one step closer to reaching their colossal £18,000 charity fundraising target for National Lung Cancer. David Livingstone joined his four sons and 150 others at a beer and skittles evening at the Shirley RBL Club, ...
  

• Hatton Adventure World had a bumper pumpkin crop

  03-11-2015 12:13
  
  Hatton Adventure World is bucking the national trend, recording its best pumpkin harvest to date.
  
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• Vandalised Big Hoot owl finds a loving home in Shirley

  03-11-2015 12:07
  
  Wadsworth Solicitors, in Shirley, has purchased Saltley Stories at the Big Hoot Auction 2015, which raised over £500,000 for Birmingham Children's Hospital.
  
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• Solihull crack addict disembowelled girlfriend after she decided to leave him - Birmingham Mail

  03-11-2015 11:45 via
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  Solihull crack addict disembowelled girlfriend after she decided to leave him
  Birmingham Mail
  A crack addict jailed after disembowelling his girlfriend broke a court order by visiting a brothel within days of his release from prison. Mathew Tippett, from Solihull, slashed open his partner's abdomen, slashed at her throat and stabbed her ...and more »
  

• Solihull crack addict disembowelled girlfriend after she decided to leave him

  03-11-2015 11:40
  
  Mathew Tippett broke court order by visiting brothel within days of being released from prison 
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at November 3 in years gone by

  03-11-2015 11:36
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on November 3
  
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• Teenagers bailed over terror allegation

  03-11-2015 11:16
  
  Nineteen-year-olds from Ward End and Washwood Heath facing Old Bailey appearance
  
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• First picture of tragic dad killed in crash with daughter in his car

  03-11-2015 11:10
  
  Will Marren had just passed his driving test
  
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• 'Plebgate' MP speaks of battle with depression

  03-11-2015 10:52
  
  Andrew Mitchell backs calls for more spending on mental health services
  
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• The Co-operative withdraws Loved By Us chicken and chorizo paella meals from its shelves due to undeclared ingredients

  03-11-2015 10:36
  
  The supermarket and the Food Standards Agency is advising anyone who has already bought the product not to eat it due to wheat and prawn allergies
  
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• Builder's dramatic 75ft rescue as wall collapses on top of him

  03-11-2015 10:03
  
  He was working on third storey when he was hit by falling bricks
  
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• Teenagers arrested over knifepoint raid

  03-11-2015 09:15
  
  Boys aged 14 and 15 detained as officers probe five similar offences
  
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• Further West Midlands Combined Authority plans submitted to Government - Solihull Observer

  03-11-2015 08:41 via
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  Further West Midlands Combined Authority plans submitted to Government
  Solihull Observer
  The shadow board of the WMCA has sent its final Scheme and Governance Review to Westminster, setting out its proposed membership, geography, funding, powers, duties and management arrangements. The document also looks specifically at the ...and more »
  

• Living wage cleaner: "I thought it was a misprint on my pay slip"

  03-11-2015 08:00
  
  Office cleaner Kayann Martin won the pay rise after Birmingham cleaning contractor Servicemaster signed up for Living Wage accreditation
  
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• Thug broke into ex-girlfriend's home and attacked her mother

  03-11-2015 07:30
  
  Marius Morkvicius who was wielding a knife loses sentence appeal
  
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• Pregnant women speak of 'disgust' over anti-abortion protests

  03-11-2015 07:30
  
  New study is by academics at the University of Aston
  
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• MP Liam Byrne leads 'moderates' in battle to reclaim the Labour Party

  03-11-2015 01:01
  
  Birmingham MP Liam Byrne is setting set out his alternative vision to left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn.
  
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• Stockport County boss blasts linesman after bizarre sending off against ... - Manchester Evening News

  03-11-2015 00:21 via
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  Stockport County boss blasts linesman after bizarre sending off against ...
  Manchester Evening News
  With Stockport dominating the game in search of a late leveller, veteran midfielder Andy Robinson made his way on in the 85th minute in place of Danny Morton. But as Robinson stepped onto the pitch, he was immediately dismissed by referee Billy ...and more »
  

• Woman who died in a road traffic collision last month named by police

  03-11-2015 00:00
  A woman who died in a road traffic collision in Birmingham last month has been named as 34-year-old Enza Short.
  
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• Arrests made over series of Walsall robberies

  03-11-2015 00:00
  Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a series of robberies in the Park Hall area of Walsall.The male youths - a 15-year-old from Great Barr and a 14-year-old from Walsall - were detained by officers in Delves on Saturday night following reports of a man being robbed of his wallet at knifepoint.Meanwhile, two men and a male youth have been charged with robbery after a 15-year-old boy was robbed in Highgate, Walsall, also on Saturday evening. The men have been remended in
  
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