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• 'Worst ever air-rage passenger' jailed after Birmingham flight rampage

  24-11-2015 22:00
  
  Jasbir Singh Bharaj, 46, abused staff, smashed up entertainment console and bit police officer
  
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• Labour MPs Gisela Stuart and Roger Godsiff defy leader Jeremy Corbyn over Trident

  24-11-2015 21:51
  
  Two Birmingham Labour MPs ignored orders to stay away from a Commons vote on whether to spend £31 billion renewing Britain's nuclear weapons system.
  
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• Alton Towers to close six rides next year after Smiler rollercoaster crash

  24-11-2015 21:45
  
  Six rides to be shut down in 2016 after Alton Towers confirms Smiler crash was caused by 'human error'
  
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• Watch: Video launches Birmingham Mail #HomeatChristmas campaign

  24-11-2015 20:00
  
  The video, filmed by city firm Blue Monday, follows a young man who falls out with his family and finds himself lost on the streets of Birmingham
  
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• Naked netball calendar launched by cheeky University of Birmingham team

  24-11-2015 20:00
  
  Daring sportswomen posed for risque photographs in aid of breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel
  
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• Hero Walsall dad drowned after trying to save daughter from River Esk, inquest hears

  24-11-2015 20:00
  
  Family man Dean Price, 32,  disappeared under the water after seven-year-old Delilah got into difficulty
  
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• Student Rebecca McManus killed after two men raced cars 'like Fast and Furious'

  24-11-2015 19:52
  
  Inderjit Singh on trial after 21-year-old died following crash in Hagley Road West
  
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• Don't look back in anger! Stolen Oasis picture returned to Lord Clifden pub and will now be sold for charity

  24-11-2015 19:07
  
  Limited edition caricature thought to be worth £1,500 to be auctioned off to raise money for new play area at Handsworth school
             
  
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• Birmingham's historic Grand Hotel to finally return

  24-11-2015 17:00
  
  One of the city's most long-awaited schemes is finally coming to fruition with a hotel to operate on Colmore Row in three years
  
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• 124 people charged in France since Paris attacks

  24-11-2015 16:39
  
  It is the first time authorities have announced charges since the attacks on November 13 that killed 130 people and wounded hundreds of others.
  
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• Small Heath: Darul Uloom School governor 'forced to sit out of sight' of men during meetings

  24-11-2015 16:11
  
  Inspectors blast practice at faith school as 'unacceptable'
  
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• Rapist finally jailed after 28 years following DNA breakthrough

  24-11-2015 15:55
  
  Steven Hearl from Erdington attacked 16-year-old in 1987
  
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• Boy of 12 stabbed twice in Wolverhampton city centre horror attack

  24-11-2015 15:49
  
  Police appeal for information over unprovoked assault in a Wolverhampton city centre shopping mall.
  
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• Watch: The moment robber tried to shoot shopkeeper - but gun didn't go off

  24-11-2015 15:30
  
  Terrifying footage of raid on A-Z News in Coventry Road, Small Heath
  
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• Why you are drinking dinosaur wee every day

  24-11-2015 14:09
  
  See the continuous water cycle that has been flowing for billions of years - in partnership with Severn Trent Water
  
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• The Smiler rollercoaster crash caused by 'human error', Alton Towers confirms

  24-11-2015 13:55
  
  Alton Towers ride will re-open next year, the theme park's owner Merlin Entertainments has said
  
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• 'Yodel left my duvet in the dog kennel!' More horror stories after courier threw parcel on the roof

  24-11-2015 13:32
  
  Mail readers share their tales of woe at the hands of delivery companies
  
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• TalkTalk: Free TV and mobile phone packages for customers after hack attack

  24-11-2015 12:30
  
  Here's what's on offer from embattled communications firm
  
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• Hundreds of jobs as Jaguar Land Rover reveals giant expansion

  24-11-2015 12:19
  
  The car giant said the move will create hundreds of new jobs at the plant at i54 in South Staffordshire
  
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• Travellers invade fields near churchyard for second time in a fortnight

  24-11-2015 12:13
  
  Anger among residents, who declare: 'Enough is enough'
  
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• Two arrested after man dies at banqueting suite

  24-11-2015 11:49
  
  Victim, 49, suffered serious head injuries in Oldbury attack
  
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• Solihull Paralympian picks up Sportsman of Year prize - Birmingham Mail

  24-11-2015 11:49 via
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  Solihull Paralympian picks up Sportsman of Year prize
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  Solihull Paralympic canoeist Robert Oliver has been crowned Sportsman of the Year at a top annual awards ceremony. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later.
  

• Winner John Clancy congratulated by runner up in Birmingham City Council leadership contest

  24-11-2015 11:48
  
  Councillor Penny Holbrook who came within a single vote of securing council leadership calls for unity among her Labour colleagues following bruising election
  
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• Solihull Paralympian picks up Sportsman of Year prize

  24-11-2015 11:36
  
  Solihull Paralympic canoeist Robert Oliver has been crowned Sportsman of the Year at a top annual awards ceremony.
  
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• The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull celebrate after National Dementia ... - Birmingham Mail

  24-11-2015 11:18 via
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  The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull celebrate after National Dementia ...
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  Celebrations were in order at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull after it scooped two awards at the sixth National Dementia Care Awards in Birmingham. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing!
  

• Solihull nurses are honoured for dedication to profession - Birmingham Mail

  24-11-2015 11:08 via
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  Solihull nurses are honoured for dedication to profession
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  Kirsty Millard, Caroline Kelle and Sue Nightingale have been recognised for their commitment to high standards of practice and patient-centred care through the Queen's Nurse programme. Shares; Comments ...
  

• Solihull nurses are honoured for dedication to profession

  24-11-2015 11:08
  
  Kirsty Millard, Caroline Kelle and Sue Nightingale have been recognised for their commitment to high standards of practice and patient-centred care through the Queen’s Nurse programme.
  
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• The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull celebrate after National Dementia Care Awards

  24-11-2015 11:05
  
  Celebrations were in order at The Royal Star & Garter Home in Solihull after it scooped two awards at the sixth National Dementia Care Awards in Birmingham.
  
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• Inspirational Solihull youngster awarded civic honour - Birmingham Mail

  24-11-2015 11:02 via
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  Inspirational Solihull youngster awarded civic honour
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  Inspirational youngster Charlie Fogarty has been given the Young Person of the Year Civic Award. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later. Charlie Fogarty with ...
  

• Inspirational Solihull youngster awarded civic honour

  24-11-2015 10:56
  
  Inspirational youngster Charlie Fogarty has been given the Young Person of the Year Civic Award.
  
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• Solihull filmmaker hopes to raise cash for next feature using crowdfunding - Birmingham Mail

  24-11-2015 10:49 via
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  Solihull filmmaker hopes to raise cash for next feature using crowdfunding
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  Award-winning Solihull filmmaker Steve Rainbow hopes to raise enough cash for his next feature using crowdfunding. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later.
  

• Grow a beard and help beat bowel cancer

  24-11-2015 10:49
  
  Hirsute Solihull dad Bill Lord is urging men of the borough to let the chin hair grow this December to help beat bowel cancer.
  
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• Solihull filmmaker hopes to raise cash for next feature using crowdfunding

  24-11-2015 10:36
  
  Award-winning Solihull filmmaker Steve Rainbow hopes to raise enough cash for his next feature using crowdfunding.
  
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• 10 Solihull schools are rated green and healthy - Birmingham Mail

  24-11-2015 10:29 via
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  Ten schools across Solihull have been recognised for their efforts in promoting green and healthy ways for their students to get to class. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe ...
  

• UNICEF recognition for Solihull Community Services team - Birmingham Mail

  24-11-2015 10:25 via
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  UNICEF recognition for Solihull Community Services team
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  Solihull Community Services has earned international recognition for its efforts to make the borough a place where babies get the best start in life. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not ...
  

• UNICEF recognition for Solihull Community Services team

  24-11-2015 10:25
  
  Solihull Community Services has earned international recognition for its efforts to make the borough a place where babies get the best start in life.
  
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• Russian military jet shot down over Turkey according to reports

  24-11-2015 10:21
  
  The Russian defence ministry said the plane was on a bombing mission in Syria and crashed after it came under artillery attack from the ground
  
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• 10 Solihull schools are rated green and healthy

  24-11-2015 10:21
  
  Ten schools across Solihull have been recognised for their efforts in promoting green and healthy ways for their students to get to class.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at November 24 in years gone by

  24-11-2015 09:52
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on November 24
  
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• British Fashion Awards 2015: The stars pull out all the stops on the red carpet but which designers won?

  24-11-2015 09:48
  
  The British Fashion Awards saw the likes of Victoria and David Beckham, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Orlando Bloom, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and the fashion industry's elite flock to London for the glittering ceremony
  
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• Queen Elizabeth Hospital patient threatened to have security guard 'blown up'

  24-11-2015 09:19
  
  Shocking scenes of abuse captured by TV documentary team
  
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• Morning news headlines: George Osborne agrees multi-billion NHS spending boost, Only one in eight child sex abuse victims known to authorities, study suggests

  24-11-2015 09:02
  
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• Council are 'fully prepared' for winter months ahead - Solihull Observer

  24-11-2015 08:42 via
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  Council are 'fully prepared' for winter months ahead
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  The Council and its highway delivery partner, Balfour Beatty Living Places, are finalising the gritting and snow clearing plans to keep the borough's roads moving. The service will see the gritting team on-call 24/7 until March with nine state-of-the ...
  

• How clean is YOUR favourite coffee shop?

  24-11-2015 07:30
  
  Hygiene watchdogs reveal cleanliness standards of the big High Street names
  
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• Christmas appeal on scourge of counterfeit cash

  24-11-2015 07:30
  
  Campaign launched on £8 million industry
  
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• Most read: Rooftop parcel blunder, driver critical after crash, police hearing

  24-11-2015 06:15
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Monday, November 23
  
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• MP Liam Byrne talks of his pain growing up as the son of an alcoholic father

  24-11-2015 01:01
  
  Birmingham MP Liam Byrne will reveal his father was an alcoholic and call for more help for the children of drinkers, in a highly personal Commons speech
  
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• George Osborne to pledge funding for new 670-bed superhospital

  24-11-2015 01:01
  
  The Chancellor is to announce funding for the new Midland Metropolitan Hospital in the Black Country in his Autumn Statement
  
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• New Labour leader of Birmingham City Council is John Clancy

  24-11-2015 00:42
  
  Councillor Clancy sees off three rivals in nail biting vote to win the Labour group vote and will officially replace Sir Albert Bore at City Council meeting on December 1
  
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• Find out all about the new leader of Birmingham City Council John Clancy

  24-11-2015 00:03
  
  Labour councillor John Clancy has been elevated from the relative obscurity of the back benches to one of the biggest jobs in local government
  
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