Solihull news

• Polski Sklep: Two Birmingham stores banned from selling booze over illicit cigarette haul

  11-12-2015 22:00
  
  Under-the-counter smokes were being sold for just £4-a-pack
  
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• Medusa applies for licence to reopen as a burlesque club in Hurst Street

  11-12-2015 22:00
  
  The strip club made the application because a restaurant is set to open at its current home in Suffolk Street Queensway
  
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• Armed robbers jailed over terrifying raids across Midlands

  11-12-2015 21:15
  
  Trio threatened to behead staff and customers in one of nine robberies during three-month crimewave
  
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• Mail readers say overwhelming 'no' to Birmingham city centre congestion charge

  11-12-2015 20:00
  
  Hundreds took part in online poll after plans to introduce the policy were revealed in the council's budget
  
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• Little Julia is a drumming star despite mystery condition

  11-12-2015 20:00
  
  Six-year-old Julia Merk might be the size of a toddler due to an undiagnosed condition but she has a real flair for playing the African drum
  
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• 14 spooky sightings that show Pype Hayes Hall is haunted

  11-12-2015 20:00
  
  We examine the evidence claiming that the Erdington mansion has ghosts - in partnership with Pype Hayes Hall
  
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• Former Lord Mayor loses Labour Hodge Hill selection battle

  11-12-2015 19:00
  
  Despite widespread support from colleagues Councillor Anita Ward fails to win support of rank and file Labour members for a second time in two weeks
  
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• CCTV appeal after couple robbed at gunpoint on Dudley canal towpath

  11-12-2015 19:00
  
  Police release images of man suspected of robbing couple before plundering their bank accounts with stolen cards
  
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• Sutton Park sex attack: Police hunting four men

  11-12-2015 18:02
  
  Victim, 20, was assaulted near Town Gate entrance
  
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• London Midland passengers stranded miles from home as carriage doors won't open

  11-12-2015 17:00
  
  Firm apologises as travellers stuck on train and forced to miss their station
  
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• Glimmer of hope for hundreds of PCSOs facing the axe

  11-12-2015 17:00
  
  West Midlands Police is looking again at its plans to cut hundreds of Police Community Support Officers in light of the government's new police funding pledge
  
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• Teenage customer plunges 6ft into Winson Green newsagent's basement

  11-12-2015 16:49
  
  Accident happened during maintenance work, Birmingham Magistrates' court heard
  
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• Boy of 13 shot in Nechells street

  11-12-2015 16:15
  
  He was taken to hospital with facial and head injuries
  
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• Police reassure shoppers over terror attack threat

  11-12-2015 15:16
  
  West Midlands force says rumours of strike on Saturday are 'unhelpful'
  
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• Former Aston Villa goalkeeper David James joins Samantha Cameron on Sport Relief's celebrity Bake Off

  11-12-2015 14:37
  
  West Brom Olympic Gold medalist Denise Lewis is to feature on Sports Relief 2016 also - in partnership with Sport Relief
  
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• 70 years for drugs gang involved in 'colossal' £1.6 BILLION fake ambulance racket

  11-12-2015 14:35
  
  They smuggled cocaine and heroin into the UK before they were busted in the Midlands
  
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• Birmingham motorists fuel bonanza as price at pumps drops to 99.9p

  11-12-2015 14:31
  
  Asda and Morrisons in petrol wars as cost of unleaded drops to a 2015 low
  
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• Solihull Council joins the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme - Solihull Observer

  11-12-2015 13:48 via
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  Solihull Council joins the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme
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  Following approval at Solihull's Cabinet decision making session last night (Thursday, December 10), the Council will now work with the West Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership to organise hosting five families. It is anticipated Solihull could ...
  

• Poll: Should there be a congestion charge for Birmingham City Centre?

  11-12-2015 12:01
  
  The council has outlined proposal for a city centre congestion charge hidden in the back of its new budget. We ask is it a good idea, would you pay it and what are the alternatives?
  
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• Jewellery Quarter designed pendant to be auctioned to raise funds for Birmingham Children's Hospital

  11-12-2015 11:28
  
  18 carat gold tourmaline and sapphire butterfly pendant to be auctioned by Fellows
  
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• Indiga Daniel Wallace: Second man charged with 24-year-old's murder

  11-12-2015 11:02
  
  Sam Arnold, 21, of Great Bridge in Tipton, was re-arrested on Thursday
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at December 11 in years gone by

  11-12-2015 10:49
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on December 11
  
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• FA Cup violence: Six arrested after disorder at Sporting Khalsa v FC United

  11-12-2015 10:48
  
  Black Country match had been marred by trouble involving rival supporters
  
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• Legendary crooner Frank Sinatra was born 100 years ago

  11-12-2015 10:38
  
  This year marks the centenary of the birth of Frank Sinatra back on December 12, 1915, during World War One.
  
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• E-petition to ban Donald Trump from UK passes 500,000 signatures

  11-12-2015 10:00
  
  US presidential hopeful for Muslims to be barred from entering America
  
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• Birmingham city centre congestion charge plan hidden in budget small print

  11-12-2015 10:00
  
  New Labour leader forced to distance himself from congestion charge after Tories highlight the 'anti-car' policy
  
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• The morning news headlines: Obesity and its effect on women must be a national priority, PM accused of gutless move as airports decision delayed

  11-12-2015 09:54
  
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• Heavy rain and possible snow on way for Birmingham and West Midlands

  11-12-2015 09:44
  
  Damp and freezing countdown to Christmas continues with weekend washout predicted
  
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• M6 crash sees pregnant woman rushed to hospital and motorway temporarily closed

  11-12-2015 09:00
  
  Midnight smash took place between junction 11A for M6 Toll and junction 12 at Gailey
  
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• Neighbour fence row woman could lose home after £50,000 legal bill

  11-12-2015 07:30
  
  Carole Green left with massive bill over 15 inches of land
  
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• Fiona Reid inquest: Devoted mum had been 'dubious' about tragic Jamaica holiday

  11-12-2015 07:30
  
  Aston healthcare assistant, 31, 'talked into' trip as she did not want to leave her children behind        
  
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• Bat sighting blocks Kings Norton VIP housing development

  11-12-2015 07:30
  
  Planners refuse five luxury homes after surveyors find pipistrelle bat at the site
  
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• Chaotic Home Office can't be trusted to get police funding right, says inquiry

  11-12-2015 01:01
  
  The Government got its sums wrong and promised cash-strapped West Midlands Police a massive funding windfall - only to take most of the money away again.
  
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• Twenty-four years jail for Coventry shop robbers as police grip tightens on crime gangs

  11-12-2015 00:00
  Three men who carried out a series of shop and post office robberies across Coventry have been jailed for a total of 24 years after being caught in a West Midlands Police sting.Anthony Bell, Roy Lewis and Leyton Clare attacked small convenience stores between October and December last year armed with an imitation handgun, hammers and machetes - making off with around £10,000 in cash from nine raids.
  
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• Statement on social media reports around safety and security in Birmingham

  11-12-2015 00:00
  Once again we are aware of rumours circulating online about the safety and security of visitors to Birmingham, its shops and other crowded places.The latest rumours relate specifically to a suggestion that something could happen in the city on Saturday 12 December.
  
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• Six men arrested in connection with disorder at FA Cup tie

  11-12-2015 00:00
  Police have arrested six men in connection with disorder at the Sporting Khalsa vs. FC United of Manchester FA Cup tie on Saturday 24 October. Those arrested by officers this morning were two men aged 24 and 21 from Willenhall; two men aged 21 and 26 from Bilston a 28-year-old man from Wolverhampton and an 18-year-old from Wednesfield. They have all been bailed pending further enquiries.
  
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• Second person charged with murder of Indiga Daniel Wallace

  11-12-2015 00:00
  Police have charged a second person with the murder of Indiga Daniel Wallace.Unemployed Sam Arnold, aged 21, from Slater Street, Great Bridge in Tipton, is due to appear at Wolverhampton Magistrates Court this morning (11 December).
  
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• Police appeal to trace Dudley canal armed robbers

  11-12-2015 00:00
  CCTV has been released of a man suspected of robbing a teenage couple on a Dudley towpath at gunpoint and then plundering their bank accounts.On 23 November the couple, both aged 19, were standing underneath Primrose Bridge on the canal near Cradley Road, Netherton when they were approached by four Asian men at approximately 8pm.
  
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• Pensioner hit by van in Wolverhampton

  11-12-2015 00:00
  Witnesses are being urged to come forward after an elderly woman was left seriously injured following a collision in Wolverhampton on Wednesday (8 December).Eileen Davies is thought to have been on her way to a local shop when she was hit by a white Citroen dispatch van as it reversed on Johnson Street, Woodcross at around 4pm.
  
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• Key conference on new laws to stop domestic abuse

  11-12-2015 00:00
  New laws aimed at helping people caught in abusive, controlling relationships is the focus of a national conference being hosted by West Midlands Police on Monday (Dec 14).More than 200 representatives will attend the event in Edgbaston to highlight the damaging impact of ‘coercive control’ on victims.The conference will allow the force and other key partners to share views on the pending law change which will make the psychological and emotional aspect of domestic abuse – like
  
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• Coventry man jailed for the murder of his neighbour

  11-12-2015 00:00
  A Coventry man who murdered his friend has been jailed for life and will spend a minimum of 20 years behind bars.Unemployed Edwin Pyott, aged 43 of Langlodge Road, Holbrooks, stabbed Danny McDermott to death at his home in February.
  
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