Solihull news

• Birmingham households face 3.9 per cent council tax rise as council approves £88m cuts package

  01-03-2016 21:00
  
  Despite major cuts there were none of the protests which have hit previous Birmingham City Council budget meetings
  
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• Jealous boyfriend jailed for 20 years after crash left girlfriend's dad paralysed

  01-03-2016 20:45
  
  Samuel Rogers deliberately drove into his ex-partner's car in horror smash which left her dad with 'catastrophic' injuries
  
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• Primark clothes sold for £1 in scam run by till worker

  01-03-2016 20:00
  
  Linda Imonike helped accomplices leave with full bags after under-charging them
  
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• Historic day for Sutton Coldfield as UK's largest Town Council is launched

  01-03-2016 20:00
  
  Ceremony as Birmingham hands over old Sutton Coldfield mayoral chains and mace to new town council
  
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• Fake beggars 'making up to £800 a day on Broad Street'

  01-03-2016 20:00
  
  Claims ‘confidence tricksters’ pretending to be homeless in order to dupe kind-hearted public
  
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• WATCH: Homeless woman's emotional reunion with best friends after 10 years

  01-03-2016 19:45
  
  Homeless Lisa Moore was reunited with Amanda Phillips and Ann Marie Preece thanks to Red Bag Company
  
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• Lotto loser gran Susanne Hinte 'stole Xbox controller from dating app man'

  01-03-2016 18:07
  
  Hinte, 48, also in court accused of swiping a purse from home of elderly Good Samaritan
  
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• Stalwart Carl Rice to become next Lord Mayor of Birmingham

  01-03-2016 17:18
  
  Ladywood Labour councillor Carl Rice selected as city's First Citizen for 2016/17
  
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• Aston Martin unveils new DB11

  01-03-2016 16:50
  
  Midland manufacturer heralds 'most significant new launch' since the introduction of the DB9
  
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• 10,000 migrants camped at the Greece-Macedonia border

  01-03-2016 16:48
  
  Border officials have not allowed anybody to pass for 24 hours, citing a similar policy by Serbia
  
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• National Offer Day: Why the school admissions system feels so unfair

  01-03-2016 16:34
  
  Can you really blame parents who are pushed to extremes of trying to cheat the system simply because they, justifiably, want the best for their child?
  
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• Birmingham secondary school places: How do I appeal? When is the deadline?

  01-03-2016 14:55
  
  What to do if your child has not been offered their first choice school
  
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• Danielle Lloyd gets a Brazillian bum lift and films it for everybody to see

  01-03-2016 14:44
  
  Model shares video clip with her followers on Instagram
  
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• Sparkhill street stabbing leaves mystery man fighting for life

  01-03-2016 14:37
  
  Police appeal after unidentified victim attacked and up to 12 men spotted fleeing from scene
  
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• Greggs set to close three bakeries with the loss of 355 jobs

  01-03-2016 14:19
  
  The Newcastle upon Tyne-based chain, which currently runs 12 bakeries and just under 1,700 shops, said the posts will be axed as a result of the reorganisation.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at March 1 in years gone by

  01-03-2016 14:16
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on March 1.
  
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• Watch: Dramatic footage as 20 firefighters tackle Stirchley pizza takeaway blaze

  01-03-2016 14:03
  
  Caspian Pizza in Pershore Road went up in flames
  
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• Secondary school D Day: Nearly one in three Birmingham kids missed out on first choice pick

  01-03-2016 14:03
  
  And almost 1,000 ten and 11-year-olds not offered place at ANY of their six selections
  
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• Solihull Council crackdown on drivers who fail to stop at school crossing patrols - ITV News

  01-03-2016 13:14 via
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  Solihull Council crackdown on drivers who fail to stop at school crossing patrols
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  Solihull Council is warning drivers of the penalties for those who do not stop for school crossing patrols. Anyone who is caught failing to stop for the patrols can be fined up to £1,000 and three points on their licence. They say there's been an ...
  

• What is Super Tuesday 2016? Everything you need to know about the US election event

  01-03-2016 12:47
  
  Today sees 12 states casting their votes for candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties
  
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• Jogger knocked down in dark Sutton Coldfield street

  01-03-2016 12:31
  
  Victim, 32, suffered a broken leg and nose
  
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• League leaders Solihull Moors slip up at home to Tamworth - Solihull Observer

  01-03-2016 12:17 via
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  League leaders Solihull Moors slip up at home to Tamworth
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  MOORS fell to only their third defeat of the season in the Vanarama National League North after losing 2-1 at home to play-off chasing Tamworth at the Automated Technology Group Stadium on Saturday. Steven Leslie came in for the injured Jimmy Anderson ...
  

• Roy Rogers and Trigger top bill at the Birmingham Hippodrome

  01-03-2016 12:09
  
  March 1, 1954, was the day that Stetson-wearing, gun-toting Wild West idols rode off the silver screen – and into Birmingham.
  
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• Teen arrested after police called to Four Oaks house party

  01-03-2016 11:48
  
  Bottles allegedly thrown and man, 52, injured
  
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• Revised version of investigatory powers bill will see safeguards strengthened

  01-03-2016 10:57
  
  The clarification on the approach to encryption is one of a string of changes to the Bill after three parliamentary inquiries on the first draft sparked calls for Home Secretary Theresa May to return to the drawing board
  
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• Police looking for man over No.33 bus sex attack

  01-03-2016 10:19
  
  Sisters targeted on service from Kingstanding
  
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• The morning news headlines: Firms will face 'years of uncertainty' if we exit EU, warns Lord Mandleson; Jeremy Corbyn rules out sharing a platform with David Cameron for EU vote

  01-03-2016 08:53
  
  The latest news from around the world
  
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• Barrows Lane playing fields in Yardley set to be saved after massive campaign

  01-03-2016 07:30
  
  Plans to build homes on site used by Premier League stars due to be rejected
  
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• Huge £1m airbridge goes up at Birmingham Airport with Airbus A380 en route

  01-03-2016 06:50
  
  Some major infrastructure work has been taking place to prepare for the world???s largest passenger airliner
  
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• Most read: Guns found in house, Aston Villa star's luxury pad, firefighters launch industrial action

  01-03-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Monday, February 29
  
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• Police appeal for witnesses following collision in Sutton Coldfield

  01-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses following a collision in Sutton Coldfield in which a jogger was injured.The collision took place at 6.30pm Monday 22 February in Fox Hollies Road near to the junction with Thimble End Road.
  
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• Plea to help trace missing Walsall man

  01-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for help to trace a man who went missing from a Walsall hospital over a week ago.Vaclav Vondracek, 42, was last seen by staff at Walsall Manor Hospital at around 1pm on 21 February where he attended the accident and emergency department.Before he could be treated he left the hospital and now police are growing increasingly concerned for his welfare.
  
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• Detectives appeal for help to identify Birmingham stabbing victim

  01-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for help to identify a man who is critically ill in hospital after being stabbed in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham last night (29 February).Emergency services were called to the scene on Percy Road at just before 10pm after a passer-by found him badly injured in the street.
  
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• 20 years jail for driver who used car “as a weapon”

  01-03-2016 00:00
  
  A jealous father who deliberately rammed his ex-partner’s car while his own children were on board – and left her father paralysed following a second high-speed shunt – has been jailed for 20 years.Samuel Rogers (pictured), from Redford Drive in Walsall, was nearly twice the drink drive limit when he ploughed into his former girlfriend’s Vauxhall Corsa following a blazing phone row in which he said he “wanted her dead”.
  
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