Solihull news

• M6 northbound chaos as two accidents close motorway

  03-03-2016 23:20
  
  Separate incidents see northbound carriageway closed near Coventry and Cannock
  
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• Former Big Brother contestant loses unfair dismissal tribunal

  03-03-2016 23:00
  
  Richard Newman had claimed his employer wanted to get rid of him
  
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• M6 closure hell could have caused 'risk to life' if weather had been colder

  03-03-2016 21:15
  
  Police chiefs say day-long drama could also have become  ‘humanitarian crisis’
  
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• Badly-injured Birmingham councillor loses his job - because Labour didn't write a sick note

  03-03-2016 20:00
  
  Councillor Phil Walkling was so badly injured last summer he was unable to attend public meetings - and ended up losing his seat
  
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• Watch: Moment police worker ends up on car bonnet as woman tries to flee petrol station

  03-03-2016 19:45
  
  Leah Marks had daughter, 6, sitting next to her as she desperately tried to escape
  
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• Watch: Mum's organ donor plea after son, 15, who died saves three lives

  03-03-2016 19:00
  
  Harry Kirkham suffered fatal injuries after being struck by a police car in Erdington
  
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• Brand new cars stolen in Redditch burglary

  03-03-2016 18:19
  
  Police appealing for information after new vehicles stolen during burglary in Astwood Bank
  
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• Crooked driver who tried to pin speeding offences on innocent man is jailed

  03-03-2016 18:00
  
  Mattansar Mahmood blamed a Polish man who had misplaced his driving licence
  
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• Kings Heath grime artist jailed after being found with gun and £4k of cocaine

  03-03-2016 17:58
  
  Aaron 'Flama' Robinson and accomplice Christopher Wells were arrested after ramming police car in Winson Green 
  
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• Housing plan rejected for Yardley playing fields which launched Premier League stars

  03-03-2016 17:39
  
  “We need exceptional reasons to build on playing fields and I cannot see any in this case," said planning committee member Keith Linnecor
  
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• EU referendum: Support Midland jobs by voting to stay in the EU, say manufacturers

  03-03-2016 17:00
  
  Motor manufacturers and suppliers across the West Midlands says the UK must stay in the European Union
  
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• EU referendum: European Union has caused poverty and unemployment, says Labour MP

  03-03-2016 17:00
  
  The EU makes people poorer and left-wingers should vote to leave, says Birmingham Labour MP Gisela Stuart
  
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• Two injured as cars crash into wall in Bloxwich

  03-03-2016 16:53
  
  Vehicles ran into wall outside house after collision at junction of Field Road and Victoria Avenue
  
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• Cure Leukaemia Team CCH join London 2 Paris cycle race to raise £40K to fund a specialist research nurse

  03-03-2016 15:55
  
  Footballer, professor and hospital staff to cycle 500km to raise funds to treat blood cancer patients in Birmingham - in partnership with Cure Leukaemia
  
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• Queen Elizabeth Hospital: Alert over high death rates for heart surgery

  03-03-2016 15:28
  
  17 people died in last three years 'who should not have'
  
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• Controversial Powergen plans for Solihull given the green light - Birmingham Mail

  03-03-2016 15:23 via
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  Controversial Powergen plans for Solihull given the green light
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  Councillors has slammed a move to build a block of high-rise flats for the elderly in place of the former Powergen site in Solihull. Solihull Council's planning committee finally approved plans last night for the 'eyesore' Powergen building on Haslucks ...
  Green light for £75m Solihull housing schemeProperty Weekall 2 news articles »
  

• Watch: Brazen laughing flytippers caught on crystal clear video

  03-03-2016 13:55
  
  Pair are fined after being admitting dumping buiilding waste
  
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• Devastated Solihull family call for police action after vicious dog attack - Solihull Observer

  03-03-2016 13:28 via
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  Devastated Solihull family call for police action after vicious dog attack
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  THE GRANDSON of an elderly woman whose dog was savagely killed in an unprovoked attack by another dog is calling on police to investigate. John Price's infirm grandmother Kathleen has been left devastated after her beloved dog Jambo was viciously ...
  

• Man dies after devastating fire sweeps through his flat

  03-03-2016 13:26
  
  Firefighters in breathing apparatus rescue him, but he suffered cardiac arrest moments afterwards
  
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• Aspiring model tells how she was targeted by online frausters

  03-03-2016 13:00
  
  Imogen Clarke-Cox was messaged by scammers on professional casting website One Model Place
  
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• Treasury Minister hails HSBC's 1,000-job Birmingham move as 'major boost'

  03-03-2016 11:00
  
  Treasury Minister Harriet Baldwin visits HSBC's national HQ in Birmingham which will create up to 1,000 jobs
  
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• Drivers who used Red X lanes on M42 set to be hit by massed fines

  03-03-2016 10:51
  
  Police going through camera footage after motorists ignored blocked carriageway signs
  
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• Look: When slapstick kings of silver screen played The Birmingham Hippodrome

  03-03-2016 10:45
  
  Hollywood came to Birmingham almost 70 years ago, when classic comedy double act Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy arrived to play the Birmingham Hippodrome.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at March 3 in years gone by

  03-03-2016 10:44
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on March 3.
  
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• Man repeatedly stabbed in street attack in 'stable' condition

  03-03-2016 10:00
  
  Attack took place in Eastwood Street near Edgbaston Cricket Ground
  
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• Mum: 'My sons died from heroin overdoses but I believe drug must be legalised'

  03-03-2016 09:44
  
  Rose Humphries who lost her boys Roland and Jake says current government policy isn't working
  
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• New Zealanders voting on whether to change their flag

  03-03-2016 08:58
  
  New Zealand has started voting on changing the Union Jack to a native silver fern
  
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• The morning news headlines: David Cameron - Being in the EU gives us greater security; Jeremy Corbyn to criticise City firms amid calls for greater state investment

  03-03-2016 08:51
  
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• Dad-of-14 love rat fraudster ordered to pay £100,000 to victims

  03-03-2016 08:37
  
  Former Birmingham used car salesman Matthew Bart Samuels targeted women through dating websites
  
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• Solihull road to be named after heroic WWII pilot who hid from Germans in forest - Solihull Observer

  03-03-2016 08:34 via
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  Solihull road to be named after heroic WWII pilot who hid from Germans in forest
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  A WAR hero whose plane was shot down, leaving him stranded and hiding from Germans in a Belgian forest, living on rotten potatoes, is having a Solihull road named after him. Ken Trueman, who passed away last month at the age of 93, was a flight ...
  

• Solihull Moors skipper looks back on a busy week for the league leaders - Solihull Observer

  03-03-2016 08:24 via
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  Solihull Moors skipper looks back on a busy week for the league leaders
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  Solihull Moors skipper Theo Streete will be expressing his views on the club throughout the season in a regular column for the Observer. This week he takes a look back on the importance of Monday's 3-1 win over Curzon Ashton and also discusses the ...and more »
  

• MP Tom Watson wants rules to stop Labour members abusing each other online

  03-03-2016 07:30
  
  Black Country MP Tom Watson is asking Labour members to help write rules to stop them abusing each other on Twitter and Facebook
  
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• Motorist clocked at 92mph on residential Birmingham road during 'suicidal driving'

  03-03-2016 07:30
  
  Driver was doing more than double the limit on built up part of the Birmingham New Road
  
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• Former Big Brother star sues Birmingham firm for unfair dismissal

  03-03-2016 07:30
  
  Richard Newman claims company did not follow redundancy process properly
  
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• Watchdog to grill city council leaders again

  03-03-2016 06:00
  
  Next week's meeting of government-appointed improvement panel could be the final one as leaders hope the threat of intervention will finally be lifted
  
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• Public square with cinema screen part of new vision for Birmingham's Eastside

  03-03-2016 06:00
  
  Major regeneration plans for Eastside district would see Typhoo Wharf brought back to life, new public realm and city parks and cultural quarter with cinema screen
  
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• Most read: Stafford warehouse fire, Balsall Heath stabbing, council bailiffs row

  03-03-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Wednesday, March 2
  
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• Masterplan unveiled to build Birmingham's hub of knowledge

  03-03-2016 06:00
  
  Major regeneration plans for Eastside district would see Typhoo Wharf brought back to life, new public realm and city parks and cultural quarter with cinema screen
  
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• Thousands of cannabis plants seized by police during February

  03-03-2016 00:00
  
  Thousands of cannabis plants worth more than £2.3million were seized during raids on addresses across the region during February. The force’s Cannabis Disposal Team, which is responsible for dismantling and destroying cannabis factories once discovered, attended 17 different set-ups during the month.
  
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• Police appeal after car driven deliberately at man

  03-03-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives have issued CCTV images after a man was driven into at a BP petrol station on Alwold Road, Weoley Castle on Sunday 14 February.The 36-year-old man was struck by the car at approximately 00.28am and carried on the bonnet for 15 metres before he fell off.
  
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• Pair jailed for possession of gun and drugs

  03-03-2016 00:00
  
  Two men who rammed a police car and were later found to have a handgun and Class A drugs in their car have been jailed.Christopher Wells, from Upper Meadow Road in Quinton, was sentenced to nine and a half years behind bars and Aaron Robinson, from Parker House in Kings Heath, was handed a total of seven years during a hearing at Birmingham Crown Court today (Thursday 3 March).
  
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• Lying driver jailed after blaming innocent man for speeding offences

  03-03-2016 00:00
  
  A motorist who tried blaming an innocent man for his speeding offences after getting hold of his lost driving licence has been jailed for lying to police.Mattansar Mahmood was clocked going 41mph in a 30-zone in Sandwell Road, Handsworth, on 19 November 2014 and again in Soho Way on 6 March last year when he activated a roadside camera travelling at 48mph.
  
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• Huge fall in metal theft as grip tightens on rogue dealers

  03-03-2016 00:00
  
  Rates of metal theft across the region have plummeted following a West Midlands Police crackdown on the illegal scrap trade. In late 2012 the force was registering an average of more than 350 metal crimes a month - but that figure fell to just 60 a month at the end of last year.
  
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