Solihull news

• Royal British Legion member reunited with lost Remembrance Day medal

  11-11-2015 22:30
  
  Unique medal returned to 67-year-old owner exactly one year to the day after it went missing in Dudley
  
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• Hope Fennell's mum evicted from Kings Heath home where she built shrine to tragic daughter

  11-11-2015 22:00
  
  Nazan Fennell, 49, left bedroom of 13-year-old untouched after she was killed by lorry while trying to cross road
  
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• A quarter of West Midlands restaurants warned over dodgy hygiene

  11-11-2015 22:00
  
  New data reveals the extent of poor food conditions across the UK with one in 4.2 premises across the region told to clean up their act
  
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• Solihull remembers the fallen - Solihull Observer

  11-11-2015 21:03 via
  Solihull remembers the fallen
  Solihull Observer
  HUNDREDS of people attended the special Remembrance Day parade and Service at St Alphege Church and the minute's silence at the Cenotaph. Support for Remembrance Day has never wained, but the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created a new ...and more »
  

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• Trojan Horse tribunal: 'Cultural division' between school staff, witness claims

  11-11-2015 21:00
  
  Witness says Muslim and non-Muslim staff sat separately at Oldknow Academy while some members of staff were excluded by Jahangir Akbar
  
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• Stepbrother of schoolgirl Becky Watts found guilty of murdering her

  11-11-2015 20:34
  
  Nathan Matthews's girlfriend Shauna Hoare was cleared of her murder but found guilty of manslaughter.
  
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• Solihull Christmas lights switch-on cancelled over crowd health and safety fears - Birmingham Mail

  11-11-2015 20:01 via
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  Solihull Christmas lights switch-on cancelled over crowd health and safety fears
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  Solihull will not be having an official Christmas lights switch-on this year - because of health and safety fears. Organisers say huge crowds expected in the town for the festive event would make it difficult to stage a traditional countdown and switch ...and more »
  

• Solihull Christmas lights switch-on cancelled over crowd health and safety fears

  11-11-2015 20:00
  
  Organisers say they had to 'make choices' but are still planning a ‘spectacular’ Christmas for the town
  
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• Ouch! Erdington CCTV footage shows cyclist crash through parked car's windscreen

  11-11-2015 20:00
  
  Watch the moment Birmingham cyclist slams into windscreen before walking away seemingly unhurt
  
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• Diver died in Sharm El Sheikh after 'panicking' and swimming to sea surface

  11-11-2015 20:00
  
  Halesowen finance manager Andrew Maybury, 34, had ‘deficiencies’ in his training, coroner court hears
  
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• Council leadership race: 'Don't turn to novices during a crisis' warns deputy leader

  11-11-2015 19:00
  
  Coun Ian Ward dismisses fellow Birmingham council leadership candidates as novices, while seven councillors come out in support of his rival John Clancy.
  
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• Crowds fall silent in Birmingham and Alrewas to honour the fallen on Armistice Day

  11-11-2015 16:24
  
  Memorial Day Parade held in Centenary Square, while Princess Royal attended National Arboretum
  
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• Muller the cat gets emergency first aid after West Heath blaze

  11-11-2015 16:16
  
  Pet moggy and man both avoid serious injuries in kitchen fire
  
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• Friday the 13th: Thirteen superstitions in Birmingham and the Black Country

  11-11-2015 16:00
  
  People in the West Midlands are a superstitious bunch - here's some of the bizarre beliefs and old wives' tales that used to be practised (and perhaps still are, in some cases!)
  
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• Woman hit by lorry near Morrisons in Solihull town centre

  11-11-2015 15:42
  
  Crash happened at rush hour on Tuesday close to showpiece mall
  
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• Man's body found at flat in Tipton

  11-11-2015 15:15
  
  Paramedics found remains and alerted police
  
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• See 21 stunning previously unpublished photographs of the Elan Valley Aqueduct and Frankley Reservoir being built at the turn of the 20th century

  11-11-2015 15:11
  
  Proud Welsh resident whose grandfather helped to build the EVA reveals his album - in partnership with Severn Trent Water
  
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• Sheriff Mbye: Three jailed for life over murdered teenager

  11-11-2015 14:50
  
  Nineteen-year-old died in knife fight sparked by mobile phone
  
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• Benefits Street star on trial over drugs and bullets charges

  11-11-2015 14:11
  
  Crack cocaine with more than £5k found in James Turner Street, jurors told
  
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• Foreign Office map reveals 18 most dangerous countries Brits are being told NOT to visit

  11-11-2015 13:51
  
  The map includes six countries in the Middle East, as well as 45 nations deemed partly high-risk due to unrest
  
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• West Midlands unemployment at its lowest for nine years

  11-11-2015 13:45
  
  There are now 157,000 people out of work in the region, an unemployment rate of 5.7 per cent. The last time it was this low was June 2006
  
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• Sparkle the cat impaled by 17 INCH pole

  11-11-2015 13:40
  
  Now the hunt is on to find recovering tabby's owner
  
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• Jurors in the Becky Watts murder trial have been sent out to consider their verdicts

  11-11-2015 12:40
  
  Nathan Matthews, 28, allegedly suffocated his 16-year-old stepsister in a sexually motived kidnap plot with his girlfriend, Shauna Hoare, 21.
  
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• Armistice day remembered as the country falls silent

  11-11-2015 12:34
  
  Schools, offices and churches up and down the country took part in the two minutes' silence at 11am, marking the time when Allied Forces declared an end to fighting with Germany 97 years ago.
  
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• Birmingham named a better place to invest than London or Berlin

  11-11-2015 12:30
  
  City comes out well in the World’s Most Competitive Cities Report 2015 – which ranks urban areas across the world
  
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• Man stabbed at 02 nightspot

  11-11-2015 12:22
  
  Victim had valuable gold chain ripped from his neck
  
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• London Midland Cross-City service axed as conductor is bombarded with abuse

  11-11-2015 12:10
  
  Commuter service ended journey early due to disruptive passengers
  
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• WATCH: Armed robbers Kurtis and Lewis Richards and teenager threaten victims with metal bars during crime spree

  11-11-2015 11:12
  
  Brothers and 15-year-old accomplice jailed after carrying out series of violent raids at homes, pubs and sports clubs
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at November 11 in years gone by

  11-11-2015 11:08
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on November 11
  
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• The day Villa star was shot dead by his neighbour

  11-11-2015 10:52
  
  On this day 92 years ago towering Aston Villa centre-half Tommy Ball was shot dead by his landlord and next-door neighbour.
  
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• Black Friday: John Lewis and Tesco will offer cut-price deals

  11-11-2015 10:26
  
  Rival Asda has already pulled out after chaos at Birmingham store last year
  
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• Thieves steal dying dad's cancer drugs as he slept

  11-11-2015 09:52
  
  Sick crime stuns pensioner's family
  
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• World War One: Use our search tool to discover fallen soldiers from your area

  11-11-2015 07:30
  
  On Remembrance Day use our tool to discover the records of one million casualties of World War One - searchable by name, street, town or city
  
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• Nearly 400 abortions carried out on women who had already had three terminations

  11-11-2015 07:30
  
  Experts explain that more long term contraceptive support needed as failures occur
  
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• JAILED: Birmingham brothers held up pubs then bragged 'They won’t catch me'

  11-11-2015 07:30
  
  Brothers Kurtis and Lewis Richards and a teenage schoolboy boasted of how much cash they were making
  
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• JAILED: Birmingham brothers and teenage schoolboy held up pubs then bragged, 'They won’t catch me'

  11-11-2015 07:30
  
  Kurtis and Lewis Richards and 15-year-old accomplice boasted of how much cash they were making to women
  
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• Most read: The Queen to visit Birmingham, parents jailed after baby dies, Black Friday sales scrapped

  11-11-2015 06:15
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Tuesday, November 10
  
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• Family plea after terminally ill father burgled

  11-11-2015 00:00
  The family of a terminally ill man are appealing for information after a callous thief burgled their father’s Dudley home while he was sleeping. The 75-year-old, who had recently been discharged from hospital, was sleeping in the living room in his Dixon Green home when the burglary took place. 
  
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• Armed robbers jailed for violent robberies across Birmingham and Staffordshire

  11-11-2015 00:00
  A trio of robbers who committed violent attacks on homes and businesses across the West Midlands have been jailed for a total of 24 years. Birmingham Crown Court heard how the trio carried out robberies in Sutton Coldfield, Walsall and Staffordshire and stole thousands of pounds in cash before being intercepted by a police operation.
  
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