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• Far-right group Pegida to stage first UK protest in Solihull borough - Solihull Observer

  25-01-2016 21:09 via
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  Far-right group Pegida to stage first UK protest in Solihull borough
  Solihull Observer
  A FAR right-wing group, founded by the former English Defence League (EDL) leader, is set to stage its first protest in Solihull borough, police have confirmed. Pegida UK will host a 'silent protest' against 'mass immigration and the islamification of ...
  

• Danny Hackett funeral fund smashes £2k target

  25-01-2016 20:00
  
  Huge response to death of 'dear, sweet' man who found himself on the streets
  
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• Your memories of Birmingham in the 90s

  25-01-2016 19:54
  
  Our flashback to the things you did in Brum during the 90s prompted loads of responses - what are your memories of the decade?
  
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• Young Birmingham City hooligans banned from pub by licencing bosses

  25-01-2016 19:00
  
  Bainsy’s Bar repeatedly warned about serving alcohol to under-age 'risk supporters'
  
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• Sutton Coldfield shopping centre to be snapped up by Birmingham City Council

  25-01-2016 19:00
  
  Council to buy Red Rose shopping centre to free it from 'onerous' Library and car park leases and save taxpayer £10 million per year
  
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• The Apprentice's Gary Poulton to run Great Birmingham 10K in mankini - if people sponsor his charity

  25-01-2016 18:00
  
  Gary Poulton pledges to 'bring Mr Mankini out of retirement' if he can raise £2K for GOSH and Liam's Smiles
  
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• Three men jailed for evading duty on 10 MILLION smuggled cigarettes

  25-01-2016 17:46
  
  The trio were all arrested after raids on industrial estates in Tyseley and Redditch in 2012
  
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• Storm Jonas to batter Birmingham, bringing heavy rain and 50mph gusts but NO snow

  25-01-2016 17:00
  
  Weathermen warn of torrential downpours in region, but no US-style snowstorms
  
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• No More #Brumcuts: "Birmingham deserves more money, it is the engine of the UK economy," says Tory chief

  25-01-2016 16:54
  
  Birmingham's Conservative leader Robert Alden backs Mail's No More #brumcuts call saying city needs a better deal from Government
  
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• Former Tory cabinet minister Cecil Parkinson dies after cancer battle

  25-01-2016 16:31
  
  The Tory grandee served in a variety of senior posts in Margaret Thatcher's governments
  
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• Laser tag player, 11, needed 60 stitches after horror arena fall

  25-01-2016 16:19
  
  Firm which ran venue at the time ordered to pay almost £15k in fines and costs
  
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• Burger Bar Boys members jailed as police smash gun gang who dealt in deadly weapons

  25-01-2016 15:45
  
  Darren Mentore, Clinton Officer and Jamal Shaka Smith among criminals jailed for more than 150 years
  
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• Tile Cross Road machete attack: Victim was 'targeted', police believe

  25-01-2016 15:16
  
  Armed officers surround address amid hunt for second suspect
  
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• Sport Relief helps youngsters to learn how to ride horses in Yardley Wood

  25-01-2016 14:08
  
  Extra sessions offered at Summerfield Stables thanks to community cash grant from Sport Relief/Comic Relief - in partnership with Sport Relief
  
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• Your stunning sunrise pictures

  25-01-2016 11:05
  
  Mail readers capture Monday's majestic light show
  
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• Headcam shows biker speeding at 150mph

  25-01-2016 10:46
  
  Clips on a memory card from Robert Hammond's headcam showed him doing a wheelie in a housing estate before hitting more than 110mph in a 30mph zone.
  
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• Tile Cross Road: Man stabbed in rush hour machete attack

  25-01-2016 10:15
  
  He was attacked as commuters headed to work on Monday morning
  
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• Tile Cross Road: Man stabbed in rush hour knifing

  25-01-2016 10:15
  
  He was attacked as commuters headed to work on Monday morning
  
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• The morning news headlines: Google row - Boris Johnson say corporate giants should pay more tax; Campaigners condemn ' appalling' wristbands for asylum seekers

  25-01-2016 09:06
  
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• Tributes to banker turned homeless man Danny Hackett as mum launches funeral appeal

  25-01-2016 07:30
  
  Mum Donna Hackett reveals how Danny went from working in a bank to life on the streets
  
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• Mum's pride as miracle meningitis boy Josh Moseley joins the Army

  25-01-2016 07:30
  
  They said Castle Vale tot would not survive but now he drives a tank
  
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• Campaign launched in a bid to recruit 70 new teachers in Birmingham

  25-01-2016 07:30
  
  Charity Teach First has joined forces with the Birmingham Mail calling for people to swap their current careers for the classroom
  
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• Birmingham deputy head backs campaign to recruit 70 new teachers

  25-01-2016 07:30
  
  Hannah Isaacs has seen her own career flourish through the Teach First scheme
  
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• Birmingham is a city of low wages and high welfare bills, warns major new study

  25-01-2016 01:01
  
  Despite all the recent good news Birmingham is still lagging behind other cities, experts warn
  
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• Traffic officer to face misconduct proceedings after drink driving

  25-01-2016 00:00
  
  A serving West Midlands Police traffic officer has been banned from driving for two years and fined £1,425 after admitting drink-driving.PC Chris Blount, who is currently off work for an extended period, was arrested on 6 November last year after being stopped by officers from West Midlands Police at around 2:30am on the Black Country Route.
  
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• Mother jailed as part of cocaine ring with son

  25-01-2016 00:00
  
  A Birmingham mother who dealt drugs as her son masterminded a cocaine-selling ring from prison has been jailed for 12 years.Sharon McKeown would travel to Liverpool and buy Class A drugs as part of the illegal business with her son Reece Doulay and his accomplice Danny Stenson.Doulay, aged 24, and Stenson, 28, were both serving in HMP Swinfen Hall in Lichfield when the plan to sell on the streets of Birmingham was forged in 2014.
  
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• Man arrested after machete attack in Birmingham

  25-01-2016 00:00
  
  A man has been arrested after an attack in Birmingham this morning (25 January) which has left a man with serious injuries.Officers were called to Tile Cross Road just after 8.10am following reports that a 50-year-old man had been attacked with a machete. He suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital for treatment.
  
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• 'Legal highs’ seized in crackdown ahead of Spring law change

  25-01-2016 00:00
  
  Trading Standards officials have seized 298 ‘legal highs’ in a joint operation with West Midlands Police in the first blitz of its kind anywhere in the region.Seventy shops were visited in all towns and cities in the West Midlands with representatives for each of the seven councils backed up by local officers during the joint day of action last Thursday (21 January). 
  
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• JAILED: Omar Tariq jailed for Peter Price road death

  25-01-2016 00:00
  
  A 31-year-old man from Stourbridge has today (Monday 25 January) been jailed for causing death by dangerous driving.Omar Tariq was jailed for a total of three years and four months for the death of Peter Price, 39, who was killed when he was hit by the white Mercedes E250 convertible being driven by Tariq.
  
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• Final three members of Birmingham gun gang jailed for almost 30 years

  25-01-2016 00:00
  
  Three gang members who were involved in the supply of illegal firearms across Birmingham have been jailed for almost 30 years – the last of 18 men to be sentenced.Darren Mentore, Clinton Officer and Jamal Shaka Smith were handed prison terms of 12, 11 and six years respectively at the city’s Crown Court on Friday (22 January).
  
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