Solihull news

• Tower Ballroom loses licence after noise and parking complaints

  24-02-2016 21:30
  
  Iconic dance venue cannot "co-exist" with residents say councillors
  
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• Chelmsley Wood kids' football coach freed from road rage jail sentence

  24-02-2016 20:45
  
  Benjamin Andrew Williams, from Chelmsley Wood, had punched women in face
  
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• West Midlands to lose six MPs in boundaries shake-up

  24-02-2016 18:56
  
  Officials launch two-year review to decide how constituencies should change.
  
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• Syria terror mums face jail after police smash Walsall Jihadist cell

  24-02-2016 18:46
  
  Lorna Moore and Kerry Thomason convicted of terrorism offences with two others
  
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• Black Country firm fears it could go bust after travellers set up home in car park

  24-02-2016 18:43
  
  And company says police made threat to arrest its contractors during dispute which has already cost £7k
  
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• Brave mum tells how she is winning battle against post-natal depression to help others

  24-02-2016 18:13
  
  Amy Dyer met other mum's suffering from post natal depression at group boosted by Sport Relief - in partnership with Sport Relief
  
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• Birmingham City Council leader: I promise to build more houses

  24-02-2016 18:00
  
  Pension funds and investors being brought in to kick start revolution in city housing development says Labour leader John Clancy
  
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• MP's fury as BBC plans Scottish news show while Midlands is 'left with the scraps'

  24-02-2016 17:00
  
  The BBC plans a dedicated Scottish news show as pressure continues to invest in the West Midlands.
  
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• Schoolgirl rapist who was caught after 28 years has jail sentence increased

  24-02-2016 16:19
  
  Steven Hearl, 63, of Erdington, attacked the 16-year-old in Alvechurch in 1987
  
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• Man arrested after teenager killed in Birmingham Road crash

  24-02-2016 15:58
  
  Victim, 17, died in hospital following rush hour collision
  
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• Baverstock Academy shoes row: Head in partial U-turn over footwear fracas

  24-02-2016 15:27
  
  Some pupils allowed into lessons in SAME shoes they were sent home for wearing on Tuesday
  
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• Birmingham Road crash: Residents stunned as teenage girl fights for life

  24-02-2016 14:08
  
  She was hit by a van at around 8.30am on Wednesday
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at February 24 in years gone by

  24-02-2016 14:05
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on February 24.
  
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• WATCH: Craig David's emotional video to terminally ill Solihull mum Kellie Wheeler - Birmingham Mail

  24-02-2016 13:51 via
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  WATCH: Craig David's emotional video to terminally ill Solihull mum Kellie Wheeler
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  Singer Craig David sent a heartfelt message to Solihull cancer sufferer Kellie Wheeler after hearing about her plight. The star recorded a video for brave Kellie, 35, telling her he was sending her all his “love and positive energy”. Kellie was ...and more »
  

• WATCH: Craig David's emotional video to dying Solihull mum Kellie Wheeler - Birmingham Mail

  24-02-2016 13:51 via
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  WATCH: Craig David's emotional video to dying Solihull mum Kellie Wheeler
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  Singer Craig David sent a heartfelt message to Solihull cancer sufferer Kellie Wheeler after hearing about her plight. The star recorded a video for brave Kellie, 35, telling her he was sending her all his “love and positive energy”. Kellie was ...and more »
  

• WATCH: Craig David's emotional video to terminally ill Solihull mum Kellie Wheeler

  24-02-2016 13:48
  
  Mother-of-three has posted inspirational messages to family and friends as she battles terminal skin cancer
  
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• WATCH: Craig David's emotional video to dying Solihull mum Kellie Wheeler

  24-02-2016 13:48
  
  Mother-of-three has posted inspirational messages to family and friends as she battles terminal skin cancer
  
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• Biker Robert 'Claude' Christopher died helping a friend, inquest heard

  24-02-2016 13:22
  
  Much-loved dad had been out looking for a pal's wallet
  
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• Birmingham man Anthony Wills named as Weymouth crash victim

  24-02-2016 12:37
  
  He was celebrating relative's birthday in seaside town
  
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• Former Tory housing chief backs pay to stay plan to raise council rents for high earners

  24-02-2016 11:56
  
  Coun John Lines says it is right those on higher incomes should pay more for their council houses while others get a one per cent cut
  
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• Solihull's Conservative MP Julian Knight will vote to stay in Europe - Solihull Observer

  24-02-2016 11:46 via
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  Solihull's Conservative MP Julian Knight will vote to stay in Europe
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  SINCE the Prime Minister returned from Brussels with his new deal for Britain in the European Union, many of you have been asking me how I will vote in the upcoming referendum. There are strong arguments on both sides, and I have thought hard on them ...and more »
  

• Teenage girl fighting for life after Birmingham Road crash

  24-02-2016 10:53
  
  Accident happened on key commuter route at 8.30am
  
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• Great Barr firm Coleman and Company caught up in Didcot power station tragedy

  24-02-2016 10:07
  
  One dead, three missing in boiler house collapse as it was being prepared for demolition
  
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• Elle Style Awards 2016 held at Tate Britain in London

  24-02-2016 09:35
  
  Karlie Kloss, Annie Lennox and Stella McCartney triumph at the Elle Style Awards 2016.
  
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• The morning news headlines: One dead, three missing in Didcot power station building collapse; European Court of Justice 'not bound by' Camerons's EU deal - Gove

  24-02-2016 08:48
  
  ONE DEAD, THREE MISSING IN DIDCOT POWER STATION BUILDING COLLAPSE
  
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• Doctor banned over 'gender abortion' is allowed to return to his job

  24-02-2016 07:30
  
  Palaniappan Rajmohan, who worked at Calthorpe Clinic in Edgbaston. had been barred for three months
  
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• EU referendum: Four out of ten Birmingham employers say they'd be better off OUT of the EU

  24-02-2016 07:00
  
  Campaigners insist the EU is good for business - but in the nation's manufacturing heartland, four out of ten firms want to leave
  
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• Thousands of staff at EIGHT West Midlands colleges strike

  24-02-2016 06:50
  
  Major knock-on effect to studies for students across the Midlands as a result of bitter pay row
  
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• Most read: Terminally ill mum's message, tyre plant fire, school shoes row

  24-02-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Tuesday, February 23
  
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• Most read: Dying mum's message, tyre plant fire, school shoes row

  24-02-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Tuesday, February 23
  
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• Major Birmingham jobs blow as Aston Martin reveals Wales plant

  24-02-2016 01:01
  
  Sutton Coldfield has lost out in the race to attract the James Bond car-maker after a factory in Glamorgan was revealed
  
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• How private school education could clinch you a BAFTA or BRIT award

  24-02-2016 01:01
  
  Research discovers almost half of BAFTA winners are privately educated
  
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• Walsall group convicted of terror offences

  24-02-2016 00:00
  
  Four people, two men and two women from Walsall, have been convicted of Syria related terrorism offences at court today (Wednesday 24 February).Read the full story about the three week counter terrorism trial that has been taking place at the Old Bailey in London.
  
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• Three people charged in connection with music shop owner’s murder

  24-02-2016 00:00
  
  Two teenagers and a man will appear in court today (24 February) in connection with the murder of music shop owner Tanveer Iqbal.Gul Nawaz, 43 of Arundle Way, Stoke-on-Trent was arrested yesterday and later charged with his murder.A 16-year-old Birmingham schoolboy who cannot be named for legal reasons will also stand accused of murder.
  
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• Teenage girl dies in Walsall collision

  24-02-2016 00:00
  
  A man has been arrested after a teenage girl died in a collision on Birmingham Road this morning (Wednesday 24 February).The 42-year-old Walsall man was arrested at the scene of the collision just after Merrions Close on the city bound carriageway of Birmingham Road around 8.30.The 17-year-old local girl was taken to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where, despite the best efforts of medical staff, she died from her injuries a short while later.
  
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• Police officers commended for their actions as man threatens them with knife

  24-02-2016 00:00
  
  Three police officers have been commended for their actions in arresting a Coventry man who threatened them with a kitchen knife, while holding his six week old baby as a shield. Constables Nathan Gibbs and Thomas Reid were first on the scene of a domestic assault in Bridgecote, Willenhall back in December 2014, where an inebriated 23-year-old man had attacked his partner. They tried to reason with the man, but he continued to hurl abuse at the officers and threatened them with the kni
  
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• Police appeal for information to help trace man wanted for domestic violence offences

  24-02-2016 00:00
  
  West Midlands Police is trying to trace Derlip Kumar , a prolific domestic violence perpetrator who is wanted for 15 outstanding domestic violence offences. He has breached a restraining order banning him from contacting the victim on multiple occasions in a bid to continue terrorising the woman. 
  
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