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• Most read: Student punched for 'wearing hijab', revenge porn victim, fire destroys listed house

  30-11-2015 23:30
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Monday, November 30
  
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• Woman bounces TWO KILOMETRES on space hopper in memory of sister

  30-11-2015 22:00
  
  Rosie Davies is taking part in a series of challenges to raise money for child cot charity The Lullaby Trust
  
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• Interpol investigates alleged knife attack on Birmingham mum

  30-11-2015 22:00
  
  Mother-of-five said she was 'almost died' in Pakistan ordeal
  
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• Labour MP Tom Watson demands answers from David Cameron over Syria air-strikes

  30-11-2015 21:20
  
  Labour Deputy Leader and Black Country MP says there is a “compelling case” for bombing ISIL in Syria but demands answers to questions
  
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• Solihull to host international day of celebrating people with disabilities - Solihull Observer

  30-11-2015 21:02 via
  Solihull to host international day of celebrating people with disabilities
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  On Thursday, December 3 Solihull Council will join forces with partner organisations to honour the United Nations International Day of People with Disabilities at the Christian Renewal Centre on Lode Lane. The event, which is expected to be one of the ...
  

• Muslim student punched in face in broad daylight for 'wearing a hijab'

  30-11-2015 20:00
  
  Student, 18, was targeted in New Street by man wearing a grey hoodie
  
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• Bromford back garden Christmas display turned on - with 25,000 lights

  30-11-2015 20:00
  
  Dave Edwards reckons he's spent £12,000 on his passion over the years
  
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• Development plans for former Powergen site submitted - Solihull Observer

  30-11-2015 19:48 via
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  Development plans for former Powergen site submitted
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  PLANS for the future of the former Powergen site have been submitted to Solihull Council. Proposals to develop the infamous Shirley site into a retirement 'village', new homes and a petrol station have been submitted by Shirley Advance, the company ...
  

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• Knife raider strikes twice at shops in just five days

  30-11-2015 19:31
  
  Police say man threatened staff and demanded cash from the till
  
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• Children told that art is 'unislamic', teacher disciplinary panel hears

  30-11-2015 18:58
  
  Children at Golden Hillock School told to shout out 'Allah Akbar'
  
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• Three injured after car flips over in Nechells

  30-11-2015 18:45
  
  Three taken to hospital with minor injuries following crash on Sunday night
  
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• Rubbish, families, care for the elderly and jobs key say residents as Birmingham City Council braces itself for £250 million cuts

  30-11-2015 17:30
  
  Council bosses to consult residents over 2016/17 budget proposals at two public meetings and internet broadcast
  
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• Police appeal after man dies in Stourbridge collision

  30-11-2015 17:30
  
  Officers wish to speak to driver of a dark 4x4 after 66-year-old man died following collision on Sunday evening
  
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• Jamie Lee Sawyer inquest: Coroner to examine soldier's death in Cyprus

  30-11-2015 17:00
  
  Private was just 20 when he died in a canoeing accident
  
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• 500 axed PCSOs urged to apply for new police officer jobs

  30-11-2015 17:00
  
  West Midlands Police has extended its internal officer recruitment deadline to allow more than 500 under-threat PCSOs to apply for new police officer posts
  
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• OAP dies after being run over in hospital car park

  30-11-2015 16:20
  
  Ivan Tranter, 83, was hit by car reversing at Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley
  
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• Labour MPs to be offered free vote on Syria air strikes

  30-11-2015 15:42
  
  Leader Jeremy Corbyn will make it clear that the party's official policy is to oppose the military action
  
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• Monarch stop flights from Birmingham Airport to Sharm el-Sheikh

  30-11-2015 14:08
  
  Concerns after suspected bomb destroyed Russian airliner leads to ban
  
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• Hundreds left too poor to pay for their own funerals

  30-11-2015 13:50
  
  Big rise in 'pauper's funerals' in West Midlands, according to new figures
  
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• Grimsby Town drawn at home to Solihull in FA Trophy First Round - Grimsby Telegraph

  30-11-2015 13:47 via
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  Grimsby Town drawn at home to Solihull in FA Trophy First Round
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  FAMILIAR FACE: Grimsby Town striker Omar Bogle (right) could face former club Solihull Moors in the FA Trophy. Grimsby Town drawn at home to Solihull in FA Trophy First Round. X. Share Tweet Share Pin It Email. Copy link to paste in your message.and more »
  

• New Birmingham City Council leader to be grilled by Government watchdog panel

  30-11-2015 12:31
  
  Councillor John Clancy to appear before Birmingham Independent Improvement Panel a year after damning Kerslake report
  
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• Debris thrown 75 yards as car overturns and demolishes lamppost

  30-11-2015 12:30
  
  Streetsbrook Road, Solihull: Driver miraculously escapes with minor injuries after crash
  
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• Former New Zealand cricket star Chris Cairns acquitted in perjury trial

  30-11-2015 12:26
  
  Cairns, 45, faced trial after he successfully sued IPL chairman Lalit Modi for accusing him of match fixing on Twitter
  
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• Prince William to visit Birmingham next week

  30-11-2015 12:04
  
  Duke of Cambridge to visit football project among other schemes
  
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• Inderjit Singh Dhariwal: Tributes paid to 'kindest soul on the planet'

  30-11-2015 11:41
  
  Family say their lives will never be the same
  
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• Castle Vale carer launched lavish £12k spending spree with OAP's cash

  30-11-2015 10:49
  
  Debt-ridden Doreen Humpage blew the money on electronics and clothes
  
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• Sexting case damages awarded for the first time

  30-11-2015 10:24
  
  William Whillock the  former vice-principal of The New School in West Heath near Sevenoaks, Kent was handed a three-year community order in 2010 after admitting possessing indecent images of a female teenage pupil who he encouraged to send sexually-charged pictures.
  
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• Morning news headlines: Jeremy Corbyn set for shadow cabinet confrontation over Syria IS air strikes, Pressure grows on Tory chairman Lord Feldman over bullying allegations

  30-11-2015 09:52
  
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• Man dies in car crash tragedy

  30-11-2015 09:51
  
  Collision victim was pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• Pictures: Huge Four Oaks home gutted by massive blaze

  30-11-2015 09:18
  
  Thirty firefighters at the scene throughout the night
  
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• Four Oaks home gutted by massive blaze

  30-11-2015 09:18
  
  Thirty firefighters at the scene throughout the night
  
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• Solihull MP Julian Knight backs calls for new grammar school - Solihull Observer

  30-11-2015 08:31 via
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  Solihull MP Julian Knight backs calls for new grammar school
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  SOLIHULL MP Julian Knight has joined forces with a former UKIP Parliamentary Candidate to call for new grammar schools to be built in the borough. Mr Knight and defeated Solihull MP hopeful Phil Henrick, who stood in this year's General Election, have ...
  

• Solihull revenge porn victim: 'Ex-boyfriend posted pictures on Facebook after ... - Birmingham Mail

  30-11-2015 07:31 via
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  Solihull revenge porn victim: 'Ex-boyfriend posted pictures on Facebook after ...
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  A revenge porn victim has told how her ex-boyfriend posted explicit photographs of her on Facebook after she ended their relationship. Ella Robinson, 23, was left humiliated after twisted Richard Crabtree, 34, put naked pictures of her online when ...and more »
  

• The Mail's 10 demands of new Birmingham leader John Clancy

  30-11-2015 07:30
  
  The new Birmingham City Council leader needs to hit the ground running - or the city will pay the price
  
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• Solihull revenge porn victim: 'Ex-boyfriend posted pictures on Facebook after I dumped him'

  30-11-2015 07:30
  
  Richard Crabtree, 34, targeted care home worker Ella Robinson, 23, after they split up
  
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• Teachers should check pupil packed lunches to fight obesity, say MPs

  30-11-2015 01:01
  
  MPs demand action as new figures show nearly one in four Birmingham primary school children are obese.
  
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• HS2 Birmingham to Crewe super fast rail link to open six years early in 2027

  30-11-2015 01:01
  
  The high speed rail link to the north will open in 2027, a year after super fast trains start running between London and Birmingham Curzon Street
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses after a racial abuse incident

  30-11-2015 00:00
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was racially abused and threatened on a bus in Birmingham in what officers described as a “racist and Islamophobic” attack.A 22-year-old woman was travelling on the number 50 bus along Alcester Road, Moseley at 1.50pm on 24 November, when she was subjected to racist verbal abuse from another passenger.
  
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• Driver of 4x4 urged to come forward in Stourbridge fatal collision

  30-11-2015 00:00
  Police are appealing to the driver of a dark 4x4 to come forward after a man died in a Stourbridge collision last night (29 November). Officers were called to High Street Amblecote at the junction of Brettell Lane at around 6.50pm following reports that a car had hit a man and had driven away from the scene.A 66-year-old was treated by paramedics but despite their best efforts died a short time later.
  
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• Domestic abuse : Christmas campaign urges parents to put children first

  30-11-2015 00:00
  Parents caught in abusive relationships this Christmas are being urged to break free from aggressive partners with help from the police and support agencies.That’s the message from West Midlands Police in a seasonal domestic abuse campaign − launching today (Nov 30) in the countdown to Christmas − stressing how youngsters growing up in violent households can suffer long-term emotional and psychological damage.
  
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• Coventry man pleads guilty to murdering his friend

  30-11-2015 00:00
  A Coventry man has today pleaded guilty to the murder of his friend and neighbour. Unemployed Edwin Pyott,  aged 43 of Langlodge Road, Holbrooks, stabbed Danny McDermott to death on Tuesday 10 February. Mr McDermott,  aged 44, a father of one who lived in the same block of flats, died two days later. 
  
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• Children pay touching tribute to "the kindest soul on the planet"

  30-11-2015 00:00
  The children of a man killed when attending a charity function at have spoken about how their "lives will never be the same."Inderjit Singh Dhariwal, 49 and a production operative, died in hospital the day after he was attacked at Samsons Banqueting Suite in Rood End Road, Oldbury just before 2am last Sunday (22 November). He was from the Langley area of the town.
  
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• CCTV released after armed robberies

  30-11-2015 00:00
  Detectives are looking for a man armed with a knife who raided two Birmingham  stores in the last five days.CCTV has been released of the man who struck at Lloyds Pharmacy on Chester Road, Castle Bromwich around 3pm on Wednesday 25 November and again at Life Style Express on Tulip Walk, Chelmsley Wood just before midday today (Monday 30 November). On each occasion the man threatened staff with a knife and demanded cash from the till. 
  
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• Castle Vale carer jailed after stealing £12k

  30-11-2015 00:00
  A callous carer who stole nearly £12k from a vulnerable pensioner has been jailed.Doreen Humpage, 51, from Castle Vale worked independently as a carer for an 87-year-old woman, who following a fall needed help with cooking, cleaning and couldn't leave the house on her own.The pensioner relied on Humpage but instead of caring for the woman she used her position to steal her debit card and regularly withdrew large amounts of cash.
  
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• Appeal after pensioner dies following collision on hospital car park

  30-11-2015 00:00
  The family of a man who died as a result of a collision on a hospital car park earlier this month have paid tribute to their loving father.Ivan Tranter, from Kingswinford had parked his car on 3 November and was walking across the car park of Russells Hall Hospital when he was struck by a car reversing into a space.
  
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