Solihull news

• Akhtar Javeed murder: Family man 'executed' in Digbeth armed robbery horror

  04-02-2016 23:00
  
  Witness reveals how businessman was led away by gunmen before being shot dead
  
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• Players Bar bouncer jailed after stamping on reveller's head, causing brain damage

  04-02-2016 20:45
  
  Tony Henson was off duty when he attacked Steven Hartland, 23, fracturing his skull
  
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• Saltley Academy is latest school targeted in bomb hoax

  04-02-2016 20:06
  
  Police were alerted at around 11am on Thursday
  
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• Watch: Drivers trapped for SEVEN HOURS in nightmare M6 closure

  04-02-2016 19:40
  
  Chaos on Birmingham's roads after 2am fatal collision
  
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• Small Heath School to close for a further NINE days as teachers plan strike

  04-02-2016 18:10
  
  Pupils will have missed 20 days of school since May last year through strike action
  
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• Karl Ricketts tragedy: Relatives release heartbreaking pictures of 'true gentleman'

  04-02-2016 17:53
  
  More than £11,000 raised in just three days to support his wife and daughters
  
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• Have your say in the Solihull Together for better lives awards – get voting now - Solihull Observer

  04-02-2016 17:13 via
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  Have your say in the Solihull Together for better lives awards – get voting now
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  TO CELEBRATE the launch of the second annual Solihull Together for better lives awards, we will be taking a look at some of the winners of last year's inaugural event. This week we are looking at the winner of the Care Professional of the Year Award ...
  

• Bournville: Out-of-control bin lorry misses hair salon by inches

  04-02-2016 16:23
  
  Witnesses said it was amazing that no-one was hurt
  
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• £7.5m Balsall Heath Mosque plan approved by Birmingham council planners

  04-02-2016 15:29
  
  Member of congregation complains that development is too large as planning committee give the Clifton Road mosque the green light 
  
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• New co-host Matt LeBlanc challenges Stephen Mangan to a duel, on Top Gear

  04-02-2016 15:24
  
  LeBlanc's first appearance in 2012, saw him set the fastest-ever time for a celebrity lap around the Top Gear track.
  
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• Luke Busy hammer attack: Teenage victim 'haunted by memories' of horrific beating

  04-02-2016 14:59
  
  Boy of 16 left in a coma after savage onslaught as he protected his girlfriend
  
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• Will the Zika virus spread to Europe? And should I cancel my holiday if I am pregnant? Everything you need to know about the disease

  04-02-2016 14:00
  
  The World Health Organisation has declared an "international emergency" over the Zika virus, and warned it could hit Britain by carrier Aedes mosquitos stowed away in baggage or in the blood of infected travellers
  
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• Transport Secretary 'happy' to examine M6 Toll use after motorway nightmare

  04-02-2016 13:43
  
  Patrick McLoughlin acknowledges problems caused by major smash on motorway today and will look at role of M6 Toll at times of emergencies
  
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• 'Straight men-only' gatherings organised by 'legalise rape' blogger cancelled amid huge backlash

  04-02-2016 13:42
  
  Hate figure known as Roosh V said he could not guarantee safety of those who attended
  
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• M6 likely to remain closed for most of the day for repair work after fatal crash

  04-02-2016 13:31
  
  M6 has been closed for several hours after a man died in the crash between junction 5 and 6
  
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• Pictures: How the Birmingham Canal further powered Tipton's growth

  04-02-2016 12:28
  
  This week we are celebrating the Midlands' man-made waterways that played such a big part in our industrial past. Today it's the turn of the Birmingham canal that runs through Tipton.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn joins opposition to Pegida UK's Birmingham march

  04-02-2016 12:16
  
  Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn joins Birmingham church leaders and politicians opposing a march against "radical Islam" which critics say is an attempt to spread hate and fear.
  
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• 40 miles of Solihull and Coventry road used to test self-driving car technology - Birmingham Mail

  04-02-2016 11:22 via
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  40 miles of Solihull and Coventry road used to test self-driving car technology
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  More than 40 miles of road around Solihull and Coventry will be used to test a new generation of “smart” cars as part of a £20 million Government scheme backed by Jaguar Land Rover to develop vehicles which drive themselves. New roadside ...and more »
  

• Yardleys School in Tyseley closed after receiving 'a number of' bomb threats

  04-02-2016 11:20
  
  Police said they were not treating the threats as "credible"
  
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• 40 miles of Solihull and Coventry road used to test self-driving car technology

  04-02-2016 11:12
  
  West Midlands roads to be fitted with technology used by "smart cars" in Government and Jaguar Land Rover-backed project to develop cars which drive themselves
  
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• Make the M6 Toll free says Birmingham's former public protection chief

  04-02-2016 11:09
  
  It will not only relieve traffic congestion, but could help city combat pollution says Lib Dem councillor
  
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• Man shot dead in Digbeth warehouse robbery

  04-02-2016 10:14
  
  The victim, Akhtar Javeed, 56, was killed at the Direct Source 3 Ltd, in Rea Street South
  
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• 1,500 pupils set to compete in Birmingham School Games

  04-02-2016 10:00
  
  The event will see children from over 100 Birmingham schools competing against each other
  
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• Carluccio's confirms its arrival in Solihull - The Business Desk

  04-02-2016 09:30 via
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  Carluccio's confirms its arrival in Solihull
  The Business Desk
  ITALIAN restaurant and deli chain Carluccio's is to set up a base in Solihull. It has been secured as a tenant by IM Properties at its Mell Square shopping centre. The restaurant will be taking a 3,444 sq ft restaurant on the ground floor of a brand ...
  

• Solihull group snaps up Redditch counterpart - Insider Media

  04-02-2016 09:17 via
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  Solihull group snaps up Redditch counterpart
  Insider Media
  A Redditch-based IT services business with operations across the UK has been acquired by a Solihull-headquartered counterpart. Network services provider Convergence Group has purchased Networks First, which has offices in Redditch, London, Fareham, ...
  

• The morning news headlines: Cancer death rates fall by 10% but number of cases continues to rise; David Cameron pledges money for Syrian refugees as leaders gather for talks

  04-02-2016 09:05
  
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• Vulnerable expectant mums in Balsall Heath receive vital help with assistance of Sport Relief

  04-02-2016 07:30
  
  The Bethel Health and Healing Network helps pregnant asylum seekers and refugees - in partnership with Sport Relief
  
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• International Development Minister: The world must help Syria

  04-02-2016 07:30
  
  International Development Minister Desmond Swayne writes for the Birmingham Mail on the scale of the situation in Syria
  
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• HS2 high speed rail's national headquarters opens in Birmingham

  04-02-2016 07:30
  
  Birmingham council leader John Clancy says HS2 high speed line will "super-charge" Birmingham as the national HQ, which will employ 1,000, is officially opened in the city.
  
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• Edgbaston Auschwitz survivor shares her harrowing experience with school pupils

  04-02-2016 07:30
  
  Mindu Hornick was just 13 years old when she was sent to the notorious concentration camp
  
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• Brother of Birmingham hero pilot thanks public after £39,000 donated in his memory

  04-02-2016 07:30
  
  Roger Gower was killed by ivory poachers who shot down his helicopter in Tanzania
  
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• Academic arrested and forced to leave the country promises: I'll be back

  04-02-2016 07:30
  
  Shakespeare expert Dr Paul Hamilton was thrown in police van in front of neighbours
  
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• 18 times the population of Birmingham are starving in Syria, minister reveals

  04-02-2016 07:30
  
  Government minister writes for the Mail to reveal scale of problems in war-torn country
  
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• The moment for Martineau Galleries is now

  04-02-2016 06:50
  
  Community leaders are demanding action on a giant regeneration site in Birmingham city centre - agenda editor Graeme Brown looks at why it is so important
  
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• MPs demand urgent action at "eyesore" Martineau Galleries

  04-02-2016 06:50
  
  Councillors and MPs have called for the owners of Martineau Galleries to get moving and redevelop the site, which is larger than the Bullring
  
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• Murder investigation launched after man shot dead during Digbeth warehouse robbery

  04-02-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives have launched a major investigation after a man was shot dead during an attempted robbery at a warehouse in Digbeth last night (February 3).Officers were called to Direct Source 3 Ltd, at 66 Rea Street South, just before 6.40pm, after receiving reports that several masked men were robbing the premises.
  
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• Most read: Dominatrix filmed walking man on lead, drugs and crime blitz, M5 crash video

  04-02-2016 00:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Wednesday, February 3
  
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• Man faces Walsall canal theft and attempted rape claims

  04-02-2016 00:00
  
  A man has appeared before Walsall Magistrates today (Thursday 4 February) charged with theft, possession of a knife and attempted rape.The appearance of jobless Mircea Raicu, 31, of Village Road in the Witton area of Birmingham comes after a 59-year-old Walsall woman was attacked on the canal towpath near the Sutton Road bridge at around 3.30pm on Tuesday.
  
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• Appeal for witnesses to fatal M6 crash

  04-02-2016 00:00
  
  Crash investigators are appealing for witnesses to a collision on the M6 near Birmingham in the early hours of this morning (Feb 4) that left a man dead.The man, who was driving a blue Saab 9-3, collided with a lorry just before 2am in the northbound stretch between junctions 5 and 6. He was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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