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• Most read: Duo guilty over stabbing, Redditch murder probe, Villa fans meeting

  14-12-2015 23:30
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Monday, December 14
  
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• BWW Review: ALADDIN, Solihull Arts Complex, December 11 2015 - Broadway World

  14-12-2015 22:06 via
  BWW Review: ALADDIN, Solihull Arts Complex, December 11 2015
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  Mr Solihull panto himself Malcolm Stent is back for his 25th consecutive pantomime at Solihull Arts Complex this year which he writes and directs - and in which he stars. Aladdin sees a talented cast of both familiar and fresh faces returning to the ...
  

• Mystery surrounds death in sea of Solihull grandmother - Birmingham Mail

  14-12-2015 22:03 via
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  Mystery surrounds death in sea of Solihull grandmother
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  A Solihull grandmother disappeared while walking next to the sea while on holiday, sparking a huge search operation, an inquest heard. Suzanne Hughes' body was found washed up in the sea off the coast of Holland after she vanished at the seaside resort ...and more »
  

• Number of pupils in over-sized classes shoots up

  14-12-2015 22:00
  
  More young pupils than ever are taught in classes with more than 30 children
  
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• Mystery surrounds death in sea of Solihull grandmother

  14-12-2015 22:00
  
  Body of Suzanne Hughes found 75 miles off the coast of Holland
  
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• Man charged with Christmas party attack on Solihull father - Solihull Observer

  14-12-2015 21:10 via
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  Man charged with Christmas party attack on Solihull father
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  A MAN has been charged in connection with the assault which left a 52-year-old with a serious head injury. Daniel Ward, aged 27 from Cock Hill Lane in Rubery, Birmingham, was charged last night (December 9) with inflicting grievous bodily harm with ...
  

• Victims as young as 13 suffer revenge porn attacks

  14-12-2015 20:00
  
  Data from West Midlands Police shows 52 attacks since April as nuimbers of incidents soar
  
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• Sir Cliff Richard hit keeps Birmingham Dogs' Home pooches calm this Christmas

  14-12-2015 20:00
  
  Four-legged residents love Mistletoe and Wine - and that's no shaggy dog story
  
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• Teenagers murdered man in street in 'chilling' act of random violence

  14-12-2015 19:08
  
  Lukasz Furmanek died just 31 seconds after violence broke out
  
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• Perry Barr man jailed for more than seven years after raping student

  14-12-2015 18:40
  
  Awais Khan befriended woman at railway station before sneaking into her back garden and raping her a week later
  
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• First picture of woman allegedly murdered in YMCA building

  14-12-2015 18:20
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after Stacey Sollis' body was found at the building
  
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• Conmen used unemployed to steal more than £700,000 from victims

  14-12-2015 17:40
  
  Marvin Campbell and Henry Ogunde jailed for 14 years in total for exploiting 'money mules'
  
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• Ofsted reports improvement at 'Trojan Horse' school

  14-12-2015 17:00
  
  Rockwood Academy, the former Park View Academy, has started to turn the corner after being rated "inadequate" 18 months ago
  
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• 'Birmingham social workers ignored me' says heartbroken grandmother

  14-12-2015 17:00
  
  Staff need to show respect to citizens new council leader John Clancy tells gran during meeting of the council's Independent Improvement Panel
  
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• Redditch murder: Woman's body found at YMCA flat

  14-12-2015 16:06
  
  Neighbours stunned by death of 27-year-old
  
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• Birmingham Central Library torn down forever as diggers begin work

  14-12-2015 16:06
  
  The Paradise Circus building is being replaced with offices and a hotel
  
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• Dumped in front garden by landlord - everything a mum and 11-year-old son own

  14-12-2015 15:53
  
  Sead Alimajstorovic convicted of illegal eviction and handed hefty fine after chucking possessions out
  
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• Lily and Shelly Wu: Michael Junior in court charged with causing death by dangerous driving

  14-12-2015 15:33
  
  Young sisters died in road crash in Grove Lane, Handsworth, in June
  
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• I'll become Labour leader if it helps us win the election says Birmingham MP Jess Phillips

  14-12-2015 15:24
  
  Birmingham Labour MP Jess Phillips says she'll 'knife Jeremy Corbyn in the front' if she thinks Labour are set to lose
  
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• Screwed up! Manufacturing firm's 2016 calendar is turning heads

  14-12-2015 13:51
  
  Birmingham-based company Non Standard Socket Screw Ltd creates iconic images using their screws for company calendar
  
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• Solihull students see work on display at Birmingham Mailbox - Solihull Observer

  14-12-2015 13:32 via
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  Solihull students see work on display at Birmingham Mailbox
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  PHOTOGRAPHY students at Solihull School have caught the eye of onlookers at Birmingham's Mailbox as A-Level pupils have had their work displayed. As part of the new-look retail mall, a series of photographs taken by the students have been on display ...
  

• Redditch: Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman's body found

  14-12-2015 13:26
  
  Officers discovered 27-year-old dead early on Sunday
  
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• Teacher stabbed at Paris school in ISIS-linked attack

  14-12-2015 13:23
  
  Masked attacker stabbed a nursery school teacher in Paris before declaring: "This is for Daesh [Islamic State]"
  
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• Manhunt as teen hit in drive-by shooting improves

  14-12-2015 12:30
  
  19-year-old was gunned down in Lozells Road, Handsworth
  
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• Aston Lane Tesco security guard subjected to racist abuse

  14-12-2015 11:59
  
  Police looking for a woman in connection with the incident
  
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• Tinder teams up with NHS to raise awareness of organ donation

  14-12-2015 10:52
  
  Users who swipe right to match three personalities will be reminded of the delay many people face in finding a suitable organ match
  
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• Gang wrecks Nechells TSB cash machine in botched bids to steal money

  14-12-2015 10:33
  
  They targeted the same dispenser twice in two days - but failed both times
  
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• Morning news headlines: Children's service risking lives of young will be taken over, says Cameron; Shaker Aamer tells of brutal treatment at Guantanamo Bay

  14-12-2015 10:07
  
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• Mother has 16 babies taken into care amid surge in newborn removals since 2007

  14-12-2015 10:00
  
  Number of newborn babies taken into care in England has soared in recent years, according to a report
  
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• Commissioners sent in to Sandwell Council's 'inadequate' children's services department

  14-12-2015 09:41
  
  Officials could take it over within a year
  
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• New speed cameras to be installed in Solihull in new year - Solihull Observer

  14-12-2015 08:36 via
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  New speed cameras to be installed in Solihull in new year
  Solihull Observer
  NEW digital average speed cameras will be coming to Solihull and Birmingham in the new year – it has been announced. These cameras will replace nine obsolete 'wet film' safety camera sites. Rather than replace the old 'spot speed' units with similar ...
  

• Stun gun supermarket raider Patrick Green sent back to jail

  14-12-2015 07:30
  
  Career criminal will be in prison until 2020 for heroin and crack cocaine dealing
  
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• Lollipop patrol cuts: 'Disgraceful' decision will cost lives, furious parents warn

  14-12-2015 07:30
  
  Crossing patrols face the axe as part of massive council savings plan
  
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• Teenagers guilty of the murder and attempted murder of two men in an unprovoked and random attack

  14-12-2015 00:00
  Two teenagers, including a 16-year-old boy, have been jailed after being found guilty of stabbing a young Polish man and leaving his friend seriously injured in an unprovoked and random attack in a Birmingham street. A third man was found guilty of helping an offender.
  
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• Rapist who sneaked into student’s garden jailed for seven years

  14-12-2015 00:00
  A man who befriended a student by offering to carry her shopping bags at the railway station has been jailed for sneaking into the 20-year-old’s back garden and raping her.
   
  Awais Khan targeted the young woman as she caught the last train home from Witton on 2 July 2015, where she had been for a late-night shopping trip at the nearby 24-hour supermarket.
   
  
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• Police vow to continue search for Nicola on anniversary of her disappearance

  14-12-2015 00:00
  Police investigating the disappearance of Nicola Payne have vowed to continue their efforts to finding her remains and bring closure to the family of the Coventry mum. Tomorrow (Monday 14 December) marks the 24th anniversary of Nicola ’s disappearance and the officer leading the investigation into her death, has appealed for anyone who still has information to come forward.
  
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• Body found by police searching for Filip Kalinowski

  14-12-2015 00:00
  Police searching for missing Coventry man Filip Kalinowski have today (Monday 14 December) found a body.A specialist water search team recovered the body from Swanswell Pool in the city centre at around 10:45am.No formal identification has yet taken place and the area remains cordoned off pending a thorough forensic examination of the scene.
  
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