Solihull news

• St Basils SleepOut: Huge response to fundraising event for homeless charity

  27-11-2015 22:30
  
  Hundreds of volunteers sleeping rough in Digbeth car park for charity - with next year's event set to move due to growing participation
  
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• Tributes pour in for 'amazing' schoolboy Finlay Church who raised £90,000 for charity

  27-11-2015 22:00
  
  Former Aston Villa player Ian Taylor among those who paid tribute to the Pride of Birmingham winner
  
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• Bank worker caused "devastating" injuries to female passenger

  27-11-2015 22:00
  
  Amritpal Randhawa careered into a wall after night at club
  
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• Best places to celebrate Christmas in Solihull - Birmingham Mail

  27-11-2015 21:04 via
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  Best places to celebrate Christmas in Solihull
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  The Christmas tree at Touchwood shopping centre in Solihull which includes an owl and deer in a winter wonderland setting. Picture: Graham Young. Christmas in Solihull began in a controversial way for 2015 when the Touchwood shopping centre axed a ...
  

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• Judge condemns Burger Bar Boys leader and gun gang as he jails them for 128 years

  27-11-2015 21:00
  
  'Godfather' Nosakhere Stephenson, 41, led gang who dealt in death by selling weapons including machine gun
  
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• Watch as romantic boyfriend pops the question at Centenary Square Christmas ice rink

  27-11-2015 20:00
  
  David Owen spent months planning big surprise for Laura Davies
  
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• Brave schoolboy who battled cancer is given award backed by Wayne Rooney

  27-11-2015 20:00
  
  Ollie-Shea Quinn, 7, has won Cancer Research UK's Kids & Teens Star Award
  
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• Toddler blinded as drone slices his eye in half

  27-11-2015 19:54
  
  Oscar Webb lost the sight in one eye after horrific accident
  
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• Getaway driver jailed after pals hurled fireworks and Isis taunts at Army cadets

  27-11-2015 19:02
  
  Children as young as 12 were rehearsing for a Rembembrance Day parade
  
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• Rebecca McManus: Inderjit Singh cleared of causing death by dangerous driving

  27-11-2015 18:46
  
  Court heard he raced another motorist in scene 'out of The Fast and the Furious'
  
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• Mum dials 999 after finding herself locked out of flat - with her baby inside

  27-11-2015 17:52
  
  Fire crews wake up man who was asleep inside the address
  
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• Ex-police officer jailed for abusing boy and paying another child for sex

  27-11-2015 17:51
  
  Former ‘rookie of the year’ Chris Cambray, 42, sentenced to four years and two months
  
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• Fake ambulance gang smuggled £1.6 BILLION-worth of drugs into UK

  27-11-2015 17:04
  
  Racket was smashed after arrests in Smethwick
  
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• Burger Bar Boys-led gang who sold deadly guns jailed for more than 100 YEARS

  27-11-2015 16:54
  
  Nosakhere Stephenson, 41, was 'Godfather' of group who dealt in death by selling weapons including machine gun      
  
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• Call for action as childcare costs more than Midland parents earn

  27-11-2015 16:35
  
  A Mail investigation shows working mums are paying more than they earn for childcare – and a city MP has called for government action
  
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• Fury as former Birmingham Lord Mayor loses Labour selection vote

  27-11-2015 16:29
  
  Popular councillor Anita Ward loses vote by Hodge Hill Labour branch amid party in fighting
  
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• Solihull businesses and employees honoured in local awards - Birmingham Mail

  27-11-2015 15:57 via
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  Solihull businesses and employees honoured in local awards
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  A passionate apprentice is among a raft of winners at a recent awards ceremony in Solihull, attended by 600 people. The Solihull Business District (BID) awards celebrated 'all that is great' about the town centre , honouring dedicated and talented ...
  

• Happy New Year! Drivers face more M6 roadworks misery from January

  27-11-2015 15:13
  
  Slip road to be closed for six months for maintenance
  
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• Yellow storm warning for West Midlands as high winds expected

  27-11-2015 14:39
  
  50mph gusts to batter Birmingham and the Black Country
  
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• Rebecca Canty: Notorious drunk handed jail threat over wild behaviour

  27-11-2015 14:31
  
  Familiar face in town centre for demanding cash, swearing and hurling abuse
  
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• Met office issues a yellow weather warning for whole of England and Wales

  27-11-2015 14:11
  
  Scotland can expect snow on higher ground, even if the far north will be slightly less windy than the rest of the UK.
  
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• HS2 to pay damages to Staffordshire villagers it 'treated with contempt'

  27-11-2015 13:30
  
  Government watchdogs finds HS2 failed to consult properly with six families in Tamworth village whose homes are to be bulldozed
  
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• Parents of Briton killed in Paris attacks comforted by 'outpouring of love'

  27-11-2015 13:21
  
  The parents of Nick Alexander, who died in the Paris attacks, today said "words cannot express the sadness we feel at the loss of our precious Nick" as they prepared to attend a memorial service in the city.
  
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• Solihull students enjoy cycling sessions to promote healthy travel - Solihull Observer

  27-11-2015 13:00 via
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  Solihull students enjoy cycling sessions to promote healthy travel
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  STUDENTS from Solihull tackled ramps, balancing beams and see-saws in a cycling training course designed to promote healthy travel. The pupils from Grace Academy pitted their wits against a variety of challenges on a mountain-biking obstacle course ...
  

• Jobs boost as giant designer outlet village gets go-ahead

  27-11-2015 12:57
  
  The West Midlands' version of Bicester Village is a step closer after green light from councillors
  
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• Birmingham's most tattooed man becomes TV star in Ukraine!

  27-11-2015 12:13
  
  King of Ink Body Art - real name Matthew Whelan - has made series of TV appearances
  
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• Black Country Labour MP suggests Jeremy Corbyn should resign over Syria

  27-11-2015 12:01
  
  "If anyone should resign after this incident, it should be Jeremy Corbyn" said Black Country Labour MP John Spellar
  
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• Transport police warn of busiest day of year at New Street station

  27-11-2015 12:00
  
  More than 300,000 set to pass through in hunt of bargains
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at November 27 in years gone by

  27-11-2015 11:34
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on November 27
  
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• Rubbish strewn across road as car crashes into bin lorry

  27-11-2015 10:28
  
  Minor injuries after collision in Church Lane, Handsworth
  
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• Seven-year-old boy who was shot in leg asks Santa to help catch gunmen

  27-11-2015 10:16
  
  Christian Hickey was blasted in the leg last month alongside his mother Jayne, 29 when they were confronted by two men when they opened the door at their Salford home
  
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• Picture: Missing banker who disappeared after Broad Street meal

  27-11-2015 09:50
  
  Police have been searching canals after Inderjit Bhogal, 41, vanished
  
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• Ambulance £38 million drug smuggling case: Jury set to go out

  27-11-2015 09:06
  
  Two men charged with conspiracy to bring class A drugs into UK
  
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• 13 arrested in crackdown on foreign criminals in West Midlands

  27-11-2015 08:50
  
  Cars seized, cannabis farm uncovered and wanted people taken into custody
  
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• Dance pupils perfect their move under expert tuition - Solihull Observer

  27-11-2015 08:36 via
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  Dance pupils perfect their move under expert tuition
  Solihull Observer
  SOLIHULL dance pupils have been perfecting their pirouettes with one of the UK's leading dance companies. A-Level students at The Sixth Form College took part in a full-day workshop with Claire Benson, a dancer from Motionhouse Dance Company, ...
  

• Morning news headlines: Jeremy Corbyn faces shadow cabinet revolt over Syria IS air strikes, Shops open early but Black Friday gets off to a slow start

  27-11-2015 08:18
  
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• Restoration of Birmingham's historic Christopher Wray building get green light from council planners

  27-11-2015 07:30
  
  One of Birmingham city centre's oldest buildings will be brought back as part of a £15 million student apartment complex
  
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• One in four West Midland primary schools serving booze, figures reveal

  27-11-2015 07:30
  
  Charity Swanswell says it believes it exposes pupils to the risk of becoming alcoholics in later life
  
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• Wolverhampton man not guilty of causing the death of student Rebecca McManus

  27-11-2015 00:00
  A speeding driver who tore through a Birmingham street while racing another motorist − seconds before his rival’s car careered into a bus stop killing a student − has admitted dangerous driving but been cleared by a jury of causing the young woman’s death. Wolverhampton businessman Inderjit Singh, 31, of Cranbourne Avenue, was racing his car in Hagley Road West on the evening of 31 May last year alongside Sukvinder Mannan, of Roundhills Road, Halesowen, reaching spee
  
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• Retired cop Alfred takes on post office raiders

  27-11-2015 00:00
  The country’s most senior police officers have honoured a retired police officer who stopped post office raiders in their tracks.On Friday 21 March 2014, a robbery happened at a post office in Wall Heath whereby four masked men had stormed the store.
  
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• Have a cyber-safe Christmas

  27-11-2015 00:00
  Mums and dads buying digital presents this Christmas are being urged to talk to youngsters about online safety.With criminals, extremists and abusers exploiting social media to reach directly into the bedrooms and minds of young people, officers are appealing to parents in the West Midlands to make their children aware of the dangers and encourage them to talk about any concerns.To help get the conversation started, the force has produced a Christmas card with top tips to stay safe online, which
  
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• Former Coventry teacher jailed for sex offences

  27-11-2015 00:00
  A former Coventry school PE teacher has been jailed for sexually assaulting pupils in his care.Richard Maycock, aged 43 from Swanage Green, Walsgrave was sentenced to two and a half years behind bars at Coventry Crown Court today (Friday 27 November) after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a then 15-year-old girl in Coventry in 2013. He will also be placed on the Sex Offenders Register.
  
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• Coventry man jailed after killing pedestrian in high speed collision

  27-11-2015 00:00
  A Coventry motorist has been jailed for four years after causing the death of a pedestrian in a high speed crash.Terry Davies, from St Austell Way, was travelling at  a speed in excess of 86 miles per hour in a 40 limit on Fletchamstead Highway in the early hours of 21 June last year in his Audi RS6 Quattro when he hit 48-year-old Jayson Craven. 
  
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