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• Stranded Sharm El Shiekh passenger 'asked to pay £20 bribe to skip Egyptian airport security'

  06-11-2015 22:00
  
  Emma Beeney, 45, is due to fly back into Birmingham Airport on Saturday night
  
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• Opinion: Why there SHOULD be such a thing as a free lunch for our children

  06-11-2015 22:00
  
  Safeguarding no-charge meals for primary-age kids is a no-brainer
  
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• Let's have straight answers on future of free school meals

  06-11-2015 22:00
  
  Fears for scheme which has saved parents almost £440-a-year per child
  
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• Birmingham doctor who treated Malala in Pakistan just hours after she was shot in the head, to star in new documentary

  06-11-2015 20:00
  
  Dr Fiona Reyolds features in the film explaining Malala’s injuries and treatment in the critical hours of her care
  
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• Cake International: Edible Prince George created by Lara Clarke

  06-11-2015 19:54
  
  Baker is famed for her wacky designs, including Harry Potter and Jack Sparrow
  
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• Soho Hill shooting: Derek Junior Myers named as victim

  06-11-2015 19:29
  
  Second man remains critically ill ater 4.30am gun attack
  
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• Solihull Moors president Geoff dies aged 91 - Birmingham Mail

  06-11-2015 18:12 via
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  Solihull Moors president Geoff dies aged 91
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  The former RAF officer became secretary of Moor Green, before its merger with Solihull Borough to become Solihull Moors, in 1969. Geoff, pictured above, played for Stechford Rangers, a Sunday league team, before and after the war. He became football ...
  

• Fire crews pelted with fireworks on 999 call

  06-11-2015 17:35
  
  Brave officers forced to dodge explosions just a metre away
  
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• Sharm El Sheikh crisis: Birmingham holidaymakers warned they may not return for SIX DAYS

  06-11-2015 17:30
  
  Towseef Hussain was on a lads’ holiday when return flights suspended after suspected terrorist plane bomb attack
  
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• Pay rise for 225 staff as first Birmingham health trust signs up to living wage

  06-11-2015 17:30
  
  Minimum pay of £8.25 an hour for Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals Trust staff
  
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• Munchkins Nursery Shard End: Boy of two fell 12ft from open nursery window

  06-11-2015 16:47
  
  Business owner ordered to pay £16k after toddler's miracle escape
  
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• Becky Watts murder case jury told to try Nathan Matthews only on evidence

  06-11-2015 15:48
  
  A jury of 10 women and one man heard the closing speech of Matthews's case in Becky's murder trial, following 21 days of evidence with Adam Vaitilingam QC, for Matthews, asking the jury to consider the evidence in the case instead of their emotions towards his client.A jury of 10 women and one man heard the closing speech of Matthews's case in Becky's murder trial, following 21 days of evidence with Adam Vaitilingam QC, for Matthews, asking the jury to consider the evidence in the case instead
  
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• Coldplay's new album Adventure of a Lifetime to be released on December 4th

  06-11-2015 15:19
  
  The album features more guests than any other Coldplay record, with Beyonce, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo and Merry Clayton appearing on the record.
  
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• Police find £1.3 million worth of cannabis in factory raid

  06-11-2015 15:01
  
  Drugs discovered behind false wall during immigration raid in Smethwick
  
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• Life sentence for arsonist who set fire to prison cell three times

  06-11-2015 14:25
  
  Charlene Tildsley's sentence will stand, rule judges
  
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• Student who took up-skirt photos at wedding is spared jail

  06-11-2015 14:03
  
  Collin Lieberg spotted leaning in towards girls in short dresses
  
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• Plans to convert Pype Hayes Hall into a four star hotel revealed

  06-11-2015 13:44
  
  Property developers reveal their revision to transform the mansion house in Pype Hayes Park in Erdington - in partnership with Pype Hayes Hall
  
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• Oldknow teacher skips 'Trojan Horse' disciplinary hearing and may now be living in Qatar

  06-11-2015 13:20
  
  Asif Khan was due before a National College for Leadership & Training panel in Bournville
  
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• Motorist rescued from car after two vehicle smash in Weoley Castle

  06-11-2015 13:06
  
  Road closed while emergency services deal with incident
  
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• Families turn to pay day loan companies to meet funeral bills of £6,000

  06-11-2015 13:00
  
  City MP Liam Byrne describes charges as 'unnacceptable' and will hold summit with council bosses and coroner today
  
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• Two-hour delays heading to Birmingham city centre after emergency gas work

  06-11-2015 12:59
  
  Massive problem at Garrison Circus paralyses key routes to central Brum
  
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• Birmingham's Labour council leader slams new Government union laws in final major speech

  06-11-2015 12:30
  
  Sir Albert Bore says the city council will use every legal means to oppose and work around the controversial Trade Union Bill going through Parliament
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at November 6 in years gone by

  06-11-2015 12:20
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on November 6
  
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• Cadbury announces new round of redundancies

  06-11-2015 12:11
  
  The number of office staff at historic base in Bournville could be reduced as owner Mondelēz International launches consultation this week
  
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• World War One poem became catalyst for symbol of remembrance

  06-11-2015 12:06
  
  The poppy is a symbol of remembrance the world over, here we discover where the origins of its use were sown.
  
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• Solihull doctors treat war victims in Sudan - Birmingham Mail

  06-11-2015 11:44 via
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  Solihull doctors treat war victims in Sudan
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  Kennedy Kaonga, Amir Salama and Dr Samia Fayek back from carrying out operations in South Sudan. A group of Solihull medics have braved a war zone city in South Sudan to treat the victims of the fighting. Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Samia Fayek, ...
  

• Birmingham Mail's Investigations Editor nominated for two national awards

  06-11-2015 11:40
  
  Jeanette Oldham shortlisted in Politics and Local Heroes categories in British Journalism Awards after exposing shocking extent of child sexual exploitation in Birmingham
  
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• Singer Adele not allowed to send her own tweets because of her "drunk tweeting"

  06-11-2015 11:23
  
  Adele, whose new single Hello has topped the iTunes chart in 102 countries, was speaking on Adele At The BBC, hosted by Graham Norton.
  
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• Anti-crime smoke screen fills CEX Northfield shop

  06-11-2015 10:59
  
  Dramatic pictures show smoke billowing out into street in incident
  
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• Morning news headlines: Most Sharm el-Sheikh Britons home by tonight, Sir Cliff Richard interviewed by police over 1980s sex claim

  06-11-2015 09:15
  
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• Sutton Coldfield holidaymaker stranded in Sharm El Sheikh speaks of his panic and confusion

  06-11-2015 09:11
  
  Thomas Truman, 25, said: 'I’m really quite nervous about the flight home'
  
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• Businessmen who promised elderly mobility aids and ripped them off are jailed

  06-11-2015 08:44
  
  Frank Walters and Mark Murphy sent to prison for total of nine and a half years
  
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• Solihull unites to fix school funding gap - Solihull Observer

  06-11-2015 08:35 via
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  Solihull unites to fix school funding gap
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  SOLIHULL has joined calls for Government reform to fix the funding gap which sees Solihull schools missing out on hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of funding. Local councillors and MPs are working together to lobby central Government to provide ...and more »
  

• Pedestrian dies after suffering multiple injuries in road collision

  06-11-2015 08:22
  
  Man confirmed dead at Queen Elizabeth Hospital after Wolverhampton incident
  
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• Patients call on fresh talks between City Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital on future of cancer services

  06-11-2015 07:30
  
  Cancer service contract due to end in April 2016 after discussions collapsed between the two Trusts
  
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• Harborne road rage victim 'failed by police' after attack left him needing metal plates in face

  06-11-2015 07:30
  
  Lecturer Peter Kurdali, 36, set upon by thug, yet police still not interviewed key witness after almost a year
  
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• Over 2,000 cannabis plants destroyed in Sandwell

  06-11-2015 00:00
  A total of 2,537 cannabis plants with an approximate street value of £1.3 million have been sent to the incinerator after being seized from an address in Smethwick.The horticultural haul was discovered by officers on Wednesday following a joint operation with the Home Office.
  
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• Man charged with Bilston removal theft

  06-11-2015 00:00
  A West Bromwich man will appear before magistrates later this month charged with theft after a Bilstons family's couple’s belongings were stolen in a removal fraud. Gas worker Lee Green, aged 32 from West Bromwich, has been bailed to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court on 23 November.
  
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• Coventry man jailed for assault with a metal crutch

  06-11-2015 00:00
  A Coventry man who used his metal crutch as a weapon in a vicious attack has been jailed.Unemployed Mark Dixon, 43, and of no fixed address was jailed for four and a half years for using the walking aid in the assault in which a man received a broken wrist and a large cut to the head.
  
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• Birmingham double-shooting: Second arrest made; victim named as Derek Junior Myers

  06-11-2015 00:00
  Detectives have arrested a second man in connection with a double shooting in Birmingham that left one man dead and another critical in hospital.Officers investigating the shooting, which happened in Soho Hill, Hockley, on Friday 30 October, can also now name the man who lost his life as 25-year-old Derek Junior Myers from Birmingham.
  
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