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• Support group appeal for new chairperson to help support stroke survivors - Solihull Observer

  14-02-2016 20:41 via
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  Support group appeal for new chairperson to help support stroke survivors
  Solihull Observer
  A SOLIHULL support group is appealing for a new chairperson to help it continue to support local stroke survivors on their road to recovery. The Solihull Stroke Survivors group was formed three years ago, and meets each Thursday from 10am until 12pm at ...
  

• The scandal of 1960s slums in Birmingham

  14-02-2016 18:04
  
  SHOCKING photographs showing scandalous living conditions in 1960s Birmingham have spurred a search for the children and families they portray.
  
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• Secrets of 1960s gangland Birmingham set to be laid bare in TV film

  14-02-2016 17:40
  
  TV company takes up book about club owner Eddie Fewtrell
  
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• Revealed: The real Midland hero horse who inspired the War Horse play and movie

  14-02-2016 17:30
  
  Christ Church swapped running with hounds for blood and mud of Western Front.
  
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• Hundreds of unsafe hoverboards set to be sold in Birmingham have been seized

  14-02-2016 17:28
  
  Trading Standards officers stopped nearly 1,800 unsafe ‘hoverboards’ from being sold in Birmingham in the run up to Christmas.
  
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• Dental warning over illegal tooth whitening after beauty salon treatment court case

  14-02-2016 17:04
  
  A WOMAN who pleaded guilty to carrying out illegal tooth whitening at a beauty salon in Redditch has been handed a three-year conditional discharge.
  
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• Amazing story of adopted nurse's search for mum to be published

  14-02-2016 16:57
  
  IT was the Sunday Mercury exclusive that moved the world.
  
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• Family devastated by theft of unique Churchill exhibit in museum

  14-02-2016 16:33
  
  THE loss to the local community of an incredibly rare, Winston Churchill document – stolen by former shamed broker Neil Thorneywork – has been described as “horrendous” by the museum where it was kept.
  
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• Lost buildings of Birmingham - the landmarks that have gone forever or soon will be

  14-02-2016 15:30
  
  Birmingham's motto of 'forward' has meant the loss of many of our treasured buildings - which ones do you miss most?
  
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• Three teenagers stabbed - one seriously - in incident in Solihull - Birmingham Mail

  14-02-2016 15:12 via
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  Three teenagers stabbed - one seriously - in incident in Solihull
  Birmingham Mail
  The teenagers turned up at a local hospital with stab injuries at around 6.30pm on Saturday. A 16-year-old is being treated for serious injuries and his condition is described as stable and two 15-year-old boys were treated for minor injuries. It is ...
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• Three teenagers stabbed - one seriously - in incident in Solihull

  14-02-2016 15:11
  
  Detectives have launched a major investigation after three teenagers were stabbed in Solihull.
  
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• Akhtar Javeed murder - police win more time to quiz suspects

  14-02-2016 14:08
  
  Two men, aged 18 and 26 are being held
  
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• New police blitz snares more than two dozen boy racers

  14-02-2016 13:16
  
  SPECIALIST traffic police have seized 10 cars in a blitz against boy racers.
  
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• The muscle behind Mayweather!

  14-02-2016 12:30
  
  THE slab of muscle and sinew, a man mountain possessing the proportions of a commercial freezer unit, wedged his bulk in the frame of the “green room” doorway.
  
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• Widow's Valentine tattoo tribute to Wizzard's sax star

  14-02-2016 11:59
  
  THE widow of a former musician with glam rock legends Wizzard has shown her tattoo true love for the musician – by having his portrait inked on her back.
  
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• 7 ways you know you're a Solihull mum - Birmingham Mail

  14-02-2016 11:02 via
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  7 ways you know you're a Solihull mum
  Birmingham Mail
  And it's more than just knowing the best changing facilities and places to shop with a pushchair, it's how to fit in with that special mummy clique. Solihull mum Jessica Brown writes a blog called Jessica Loves all about her adventures round Solihull ...
  

• Give a Child Health Fund: Meet the trustees

  14-02-2016 10:00
  
  The Sunday Mercury's Give a Child Health fund has been helping young people from Birmingham for generations - here we look at its board of trustees
  
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• Give a Child Health fund: Eight ways the charity has made Birmingham a better place

  14-02-2016 10:00
  
  The fund, founded in 1953, has given far in excess of £1 MILLION to help needy children in the city, including £600,000 in recent years
  
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• Give a Child Health Fund: All you need to know

  14-02-2016 10:00
  
  A look at the Sunday Mercury fund, which has given more than £1m to good causes improving the lives of ill youngsters in Birmingham
  
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• Birmingham Children's Hospital ward to be transformed thanks to Give a Child Health fund

  14-02-2016 10:00
  
  The Give A Child Health fund is to invest £124,000 – cash Sunday Mercury readers have raised – in the Ocean Ward at the city’s Children’s Hospital
  
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• Man charged with stalking gypsy church pastor Davey Jones before he killed himself

  14-02-2016 07:30
  
  Much-loved father-of-three’s funeral in Essington had attracted 5,000 travellers
  
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• Investigation launched into Solihull stabbing

  14-02-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives have launched an investigation after three teenagers were stabbed in Solihull last night (Saturday 13 February).Three teenagers presented themselves at a local hospital with stab injuries at around 6.30pm.A 16-year-old is currently being treated for serious injuries where his condition is described as stable and two 15-year-old boys were treated for minor injuries.It is believed that the attack happened at around 6pm on grassland around the Hobs Meadow area near to Westcote Close.
  
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• Extra time granted to question man arrested in Akhtar Javeed murder investigation

  14-02-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives investigating the death of Akhtar Javeed continue to question two men on suspicion of his murder.Mr Javeed, 56, was shot dead as masked men attempted to rob Direct Source 3 Ltd in Rea Street South on Wednesday 3 February.An 18-year-old man remains in custody and an application for further time to question a 26-year-old man arrested in Leicester on suspicion of murder has been granted today (14 February).
  
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• Coventry woman thought to have been abducted found safe and well

  14-02-2016 00:00
  
  A woman who was thought to have been abducted from a Coventry street has been located safe and well.A major investigation was launched after a woman was seen to be forced into a car on Foleshill Road on Friday 12 February by four men.Following a large-scale search for the woman she voluntarily attended a police station in London yesterday evening (13 February), where she told officers that she was unharmed and had not been abducted.
  
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• Cars seized and drivers fined during street racing blitz

  14-02-2016 00:00
  
  Ten vehicles were seized and more than 30 motorists face being fined and having points on their licence following a blitz on street racers and anti-social drivers.Officers from the Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) - a partnership of West Midlands, West Mercia and Staffordshire forces - plus Warwickshire Police teamed up on Sunday (February 7) in a united front against road menaces.Codenamed Operation Hercules, the campaign sees traffic cops patrolling major trunk roads popular with car cruis
  
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