Solihull news

• Drug-running mum jailed over cocaine plot hatched by her son from behind bars

  22-01-2016 20:17
  
  She sourced narcotics for criminal racket - funded by sale of legal highs smuggled into jail
  
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• Gun and ammo stolen in house raid

  22-01-2016 19:51
  
  Raiders also made off with cash and jewellery worth thousands of pounds
  
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• Solihull: Girl of four hit by car - Birmingham Mail

  22-01-2016 19:16 via
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  Solihull: Girl of four hit by car
  Birmingham Mail
  The force said the girl was taken to hospital but her injuries were not life-threatening. It happened days after it emerged that seven school crossing sites in Solihull may no longer be manned by lollipop wardens in a £18,000 cost-cutting exercise. Six ...
  

• Solihull: Girl of four hit by car

  22-01-2016 19:11
  
  Town's MP demands answers amid concerns over 'lack of a crossing point'
  
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• Birmingham Central Mosque Chairman calls for boycott of 'racist' Prevent programme

  22-01-2016 19:00
  
  Muhammad Afzal also labelled David Cameron an ‘Islamophobe’ for anti-terror scheme, which now includes Ofsted inspections of madrassas
  
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• Aston's Six Ways Express shut down after mouse droppings found on crisp packets

  22-01-2016 19:00
  
  Environmental health inspectors also saw live mouse at store in Birchfield Road
  
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• Knives in schools: Three separate incidents confirmed in a matter of hours

  22-01-2016 18:52
  
  Unrelated alerts at two secondaries and a primary in Birmingham
  
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• Midland Metropolitan Hospital: 'Glass palace' will be up and running in 1,000 days

  22-01-2016 17:10
  
  New medical centre will cost an eye-watering £588 million
  
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• Birmingham's cab drivers to be trained to spot child sexual exploitation and report paedophiles

  22-01-2016 17:00
  
  Licensing committee also calls for stronger action to tackle street grooming in light of Rotherham scandal
  
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• Boy of ten suspended for bringing KNIFE into Maypole school

  22-01-2016 15:51
  
  He had the blade in his bag at St Jude's Catholic Primary for the entire day
  
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• FOURTEEN Birmingham shops found selling 'legal highs' which carry cocaine and ecstasy-style effects

  22-01-2016 15:00
  
  Stores set to be banned from selling them from April
  
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• Tareena Shakil trial: Mum claims she posed toddler son in Islamic State clothes as he 'loved wearing hats'

  22-01-2016 14:54
  
  Tareena Shakil denies joining proscribed terrorist group, and encouraging acts of terrorism through Twitter
  
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• Birmingham Pub Bombings: Army to look for fresh evidence

  22-01-2016 14:23
  
  Soldiers will use specialist equipment in bid to unearth new forensic clues
  
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• Watch: Painter's laptop pinched as cheeky thief wanders into house as victim works upstairs

  22-01-2016 13:59
  
  Decorator did not realise it was gone until he came downstairs
  
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• First waste disposal unit for Solihull gets the green light - Birmingham Mail

  22-01-2016 13:16 via
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  First waste disposal unit for Solihull gets the green light
  Birmingham Mail
  A new waste disposal facility which could harm the green belt is set to be built in Solihull to help the council meet its recycling targets. The unit, to be built at the Meriden Quarry site off Cornets End Lane, will be capable of processing waste ...
  Waste treatment plant at Meriden Quarry to open early 2017Solihull Observerall 2 news articles »
  

• No more #BrumCuts: Where Birmingham City Council gets revenue from – and how it is declining

  22-01-2016 12:42
  
  Local government correspondent Neil Elkes looks at the funding backdrop with the Mail campaigning for a re-think to drastic cuts
  
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• Gridlock fears as Sheldon Mosque gets planning permission

  22-01-2016 12:31
  
  Concerns that 41 parking spaces is not enough as mosque relocates to empty car worshop on busy Coventry Road
  
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• US blizzards cause flight from Birmingham to be cancelled

  22-01-2016 12:17
  
  Concerns over weekend travellers because forecast is set to worsen
  
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• Government cash to target rogue landlords in Birmingham

  22-01-2016 11:55
  
  Birmingham City Council given £110,000 to fund more raids on squalid and overcrowded properties and prosecute landlords
  
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• Staff sickness costs Solihull Council in the region of £1.7m - Birmingham Mail

  22-01-2016 11:39 via
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  Staff sickness costs Solihull Council in the region of £1.7m
  Birmingham Mail
  Solihull Council is clamping down on staff sickness after it was revealed that the authority loses an estimated £1.7 million each year because of absences. Council bosses say they want to reduce the cost of staff sickness by ten per cent and save £170 ...
  

• Asda cuts the price of diesel as oil prices fall

  22-01-2016 10:06
  
  Asda become the first supermarket to lower diesel fuel to its lowest price in six years
  
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• 16-year-old fighting for life after hit by car outside pub

  22-01-2016 09:55
  
  Collision happened outside Gospel Oak pub, Bilston Road, Tipton
  
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• Hoaxer said he had planted a bomb at Birmingham Airport

  22-01-2016 09:53
  
  Robert Boyd-Stevenson has been jailed for making fake threat
  
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• Morning news headlines: David Cameron orders clampdown on Iraq war legal claims; George Osborne: Changes in global economy may create more market shockwaves

  22-01-2016 09:13
  
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• Grand Central shopping centre SOLD for massive £335 million

  22-01-2016 09:03
  
  Birmingham City Council sells flagship centre to Bullring owner Hammerson
  
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• Convicted murderer on the run for six weeks found in Birmingham

  22-01-2016 08:39
  
  James Casey brutally battered a father of two to death in a robbery
  
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• Sport Relief Mile returns to Solihull for fifth time - Solihull Observer

  22-01-2016 08:31 via
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  Sport Relief Mile returns to Solihull for fifth time
  Solihull Observer
  2016 will be the fifth time Solihull has hosted the event, and organisers are calling for local people to come together and sign up to take part. Taking place on Sunday (March 20) the fun run will start at Tudor Grange Leisure Centre and pass through ...
  

• Unclaimed £33 million Lotto jackpot ticket was bought in Midlands

  22-01-2016 08:25
  
  Camelot urges local people to recheck their numbers to see if they had the huge win
  
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• Title favourites Solihull Moors "hard nut to crack" for Harrogate Town - Weaver - Harrogate Advertiser

  22-01-2016 08:20 via
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  Title favourites Solihull Moors "hard nut to crack" for Harrogate Town - Weaver
  Harrogate Advertiser
  Simon Weaver urged his Harrogate Town side to impose themselves early when title favourites Solihull Moors arrive at the CNG Stadium on Saturday. Moors lead the way by four points at the top of the National League North table and sit ten points above ...
  Solihull Moors boss Marcus Bignot set for tough Harrogate encounterSolihull Observerall 4 news articles »
  

• Ski mask robbers targeting University of Birmingham students

  22-01-2016 07:30
  
  Detectives hunting robbers who have struck four times in Selly Oak in just a week
  
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• Man who blinded victim in Nuvo Bar bottle attack has sentence appeal thrown out

  22-01-2016 07:30
  
  Theodore Mullings-Fairweather took part in brutal assault in city centre nightspot
  
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• Friends to run London Marathon to raise money for Smiler ride crash victim Leah Washington

  22-01-2016 07:30
  
  They praise paramedics who used "military trauma techniques" during rescue operation
  
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• Twenty-two bullets taken off Coventry streets in latest #OpBlueSteel success

  22-01-2016 00:00
  
  Twenty-two bullets have been taken off the streets of Coventry after a raid. Police in Coventry carried out the warrant at a house in Nickson Road, Tile Hill at around 2pm on Thursday 21 January. 
  
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• Police move to reassure worried parents

  22-01-2016 00:00
  
  Police have moved to reassure parents in Birmingham after a highlighter pen which had a pencil sharpener blade attached to it was confiscated from a student in the city.Last Friday (15 January) officers were made aware of a student at a Birmingham school who was found with one of the make-shift items. It was taken away from him and enquiries are on-going. 
  
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• Police appeal after shotgun stolen in Kingswinford burglary

  22-01-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for information after a shotgun was stolen during a burglary in Kingswinford.Burglars prised open a kitchen window to gain entry to a house on Ploverdale Crescent at some time between 1.30pm and 9.00pm on Wednesday 20 January.
  
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• Man jailed for child rape

  22-01-2016 00:00
  
  A man has been jailed for 19 years for raping an underage girl and making indecent images. Darius Majchrzak was sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court for 12 counts of rape across a six year period. 
  
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• Fifteen bullets taken off Coventry streets in latest #OpBlueSteel success

  22-01-2016 00:00
  
  Fifteen .22 calibre bullets have been taken off the streets of Coventry after a raid. Police in Coventry carried out the warrant at a house in Nickson Road, Tile Hill at around 2pm on Thursday 21 January. 
  
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