Solihull news

• Tom Ross column: Christian Benteke's dive plumbed new depths

  09-03-2016 22:22
  
  Players do not 'have the right to go down' when there is minimal contact, says Tom Ross
  
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• Trio being touted for deputy police role ahead of election

  09-03-2016 21:00
  
  Three contenders are in the frame following rumours that deputy police commissioner Yvonne Mosquito will be replaced after May 5 vote
  
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• Amazing new Google tool lets you take virtual tour of 25 Birmingham landmarks

  09-03-2016 21:00
  
  Launched to help autistic children prepare for visits to venues including Grand Central, Science Museum and Town Hall
  
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• Back to back wins for Solihull Barons - Solihull Observer

  09-03-2016 20:59 via
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  Back to back wins for Solihull Barons
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  SOLIHULL Barons were back on form with a convincing pair of wins against Telford Tigers and Sheffield Senators over the weekend which saw them resolidify their hold on third place in the Moralee division. The weekend began on Saturday with a 7-4 win ...
  

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• Birmingham & Solihull Bees maintain winning form with victory at Peterborough - Solihull Observer

  09-03-2016 20:42 via
  Birmingham & Solihull Bees maintain winning form with victory at Peterborough
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  A SIXTH win in seven league matches for Birmingham & Solihull Bees away at Peterborough Lions has pushed Ian Matthews' side up to eighth in the National League Three Midlands league. The Bees showed that they are increasingly a force to be reckoned ...
  

• Sutton Coldfield pregnant woman stabbed improves and moves out of critical care

  09-03-2016 19:24
  
  Natalie Queiroz suffered multiple wounds to her abdomen
  
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• MP calls Solihull suburb a 'brutalist horror' in House of Commons - Birmingham Mail

  09-03-2016 19:10 via
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  MP calls Solihull suburb a 'brutalist horror' in House of Commons
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  A Conservative MP took a pot shot at Chelmsley Wood as he spoke in the House of Commons. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later. MP calls Chelmsley Wood a ...
  

• We trust the police - but the public MUST know about officers' disciplinary hearings

  09-03-2016 19:07
  
  Disciplinary hearing back behind closed doors just months after the Home Secretary demanded transparency
  
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• Mail banned from police misconduct hearing over officer's 'inappropriate relationship'

  09-03-2016 19:07
  
  Hearing held behind closed doors - despite Home Secretary saying they needed to be held in public
  
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• Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart 'to head up Vote Leave'

  09-03-2016 19:07
  
  Edgbaston Labour MP Ms Stuart has become one of the most prominent advocates of a departure from the European Union in recent weeks
  
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• MP calls Solihull suburb a 'brutalist horror' in House of Commons

  09-03-2016 19:03
  
  A Conservative MP took a pot shot at Chelmsley Wood as he spoke in the House of Commons.
  
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• Watch: Northern Lights captured across Birmingham skies

  09-03-2016 18:51
  
  Did you miss the stunning Aurora Borealis display last night?
  
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• Car dealer jailed for selling 'death-trap' motors, including former police BMW

  09-03-2016 18:50
  
  Mohammed Kahbeer, from Hodge Hill, also ordered to pay £27k after selling unroadworthy vehicles 
  
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• Lotto results: What were the winning National Lottery numbers on March 9?

  09-03-2016 18:49
  
  Need to check the winning UK lottery numbers on Wednesday, March 9, 2016? Find every result of the year here
  
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• American descendants slam Solihull Touchwood plans - Birmingham Mail

  09-03-2016 18:35 via
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  American descendants slam Solihull Touchwood plans
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  American descendants of the Griswold family who helped to settle and construct Solihull in the 15th century have slammed part of the Touchwood extension plans. The Griswold Family Association (GFA) of America was founded in 1930 to preserve the history ...
  

• Police hunt Aldridge armed robbers after NatWest bank raid

  09-03-2016 18:32
  
  Two gunmen escaped with 'quantity of cash' after targeting Anchor Road branch just before 2pm
  
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• Watch: Birmingham father leads Syrian aid mission in memory of his riots victim son

  09-03-2016 18:00
  
  Tariq Jahan speaks of heartbreak at seeing plight of Syria war refugees on Lesbos as he hands out aid packages donated by Brummies
  
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• Enterprising St Thomas Aquinas pupils win competition to represent West Midlands

  09-03-2016 17:29
  
  Youngsters beat teams from 17 other schools in the West Midlands to reach the final of Mosaic’s 2016 Enterprise Challenge competition
  
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• Weeks of strikes at University of Birmingham threatened in bitter cuts row

  09-03-2016 17:14
  
  Union members have voted for weeks of strike action in April, June and beyond over plans for cuts to pharmacology, engineering, and modern languages
  
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• Watch: Dramatic moment runaway car smashes into front of bakery

  09-03-2016 17:05
  
  Miraculously no-one seriously injured in horror crash in Coleshill
  
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• It's either horrific or elegant: Opinion divided over Smallbrook Queensway plans

  09-03-2016 16:44
  
  Subject of city centre regeneration has become 'Marmite' topic on social media with some keen to see the back of landmark building and others opposed to its replacement
  
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• Two bodies found in car in Bushbury

  09-03-2016 15:29
  
  Dog found alive inside vehicle
  
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• Brewin Dolphin headline London 2 Paris Bike Ride sponsorship for Cure Leukaemia

  09-03-2016 15:25
  
  Leading wealth management team proud to sponsor 500km ride - in partnership with Cure Leukaemia
  
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• Is this scummiest video ever? Doctor catches people urinating next to clinic

  09-03-2016 14:32
  
  Furious man sets up camera because of thugs using his wall as toilet
  
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• David Cameron attacks Labour's segregated Birmingham rally for making women 'second class'

  09-03-2016 14:32
  
  Watch: David Cameron says Labour gave in to 'religious bigots' by holding a segregated political rally.
  
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• Small Heath School strikes suspended after head's crisis talks with union

  09-03-2016 14:17
  
  Teachers had carried out 24 days of protests following suspension of teacher over academy plans
  
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• Burger Bar Boys 'Godfather' Nosa Stephenson and henchmen to spend over 200 YEARS in jail

  09-03-2016 14:13
  
  Sixteen criminals get almost 52 years in prison as 'lenient' sentences are beefed up
  
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• Vote for who YOU think should be crowned Miss Birmingham 2016

  09-03-2016 14:02
  
  The beauty contestants have made it through to the final, but which girl would you like to see crowned as the winner?
  
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• Watch: Amazing ladder rescue attempt as van stuck in raging flood

  09-03-2016 13:43
  
  Incredible scenes as he risks a soaking in bid to save tools
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at March 9 in years gone by

  09-03-2016 12:43
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on March 9.
  
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• The Staffordshire designer behind the creation of the Spitfire

  09-03-2016 12:33
  
  The Supermarine Spitfire was the brainchild of brilliant Staffordshire designer Reginald J Mitchell.
  
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• Is Smallbrook Queensway REALLY Birmingham's answer to Regent Street?

  09-03-2016 11:09
  
  Architect launches passionate defence of 1960s construction earmarked for redevelopment
  
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• Birmingham Flybe flight abandoned because of grieving drunken passenger

  09-03-2016 11:00
  
  Funeral-bound Keith Elliott, 48, was sitting in wrong seat and could not do up his seatlbelt
  
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• Junior doctors on 48-hour strike over new contract

  09-03-2016 10:12
  
  Junior doctors will provide emergency care only on Wednesday and Thursday, with two further 48-hour strikes planned from 8am on April 8 and April 26.
  
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• Torrential rain sparks rush-hour chaos as drivers face long Perry Barr tailbacks

  09-03-2016 09:39
  
  Heavy overnight downpours trigger nightmare rush hour
  
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• Mercedes owner in £30k crash-for-cash scam because he could not make car repayments

  09-03-2016 09:30
  
  Mohammed Munir, 28, was ringleader of gang who staged fake smash in Lea Hall Road 
  
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• The morning news headlines: 'Fifth Beatle' George Martin dies at 90, Ringo Starr announces; Eurosceptic rant by Queen 'nonsense' - Nick Clegg

  09-03-2016 09:26
  
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• Sir George Martin dies peacefully at home, aged 90

  09-03-2016 09:07
  
  The 90-year-old helped The Beatles achieve global success as the head of the Parlophone record label after hearing their demo tape in 1962.
  
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• Beatles producer Sir George Martin dead at 90

  09-03-2016 08:36
  
  Music legend was known as 'fith member' of world's biggest band
  
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• Call to change Gun Quarter name amid concerns over gangs and violence

  09-03-2016 07:30
  
  Let us ditch the Gun Quarter name and celebrate the businesses and workers instead says councillor
  
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• Make the M6 Toll free when other roads are jammed, Government urged

  09-03-2016 06:50
  
  Solihull MP Julian Knight is asking Transport Ministers to make the M6 Toll road free for motorists when needed, following a day of chaos on the M6 in February
  
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• Labour's Sion Simon off to an early start in campaign to be first West Midlands Mayor

  09-03-2016 06:50
  
  Former Labour MP Siôn Simon is rallying councillors - and even party leader Jeremy Corbyn - to his side as he battles to become the party's candidate for West Midlands mayor
  
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• Plans to transform historic Smallbrook Queensway building

  09-03-2016 06:00
  
  Curved complex which stretches from Holloway Circus to Bullring is to be partially demolished to make way for new 22-storey apartment tower and offices
  
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• Most read: John Lewis workers scam, Redditch break-in CCTV, tributes to Bullring crash victim

  09-03-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Tuesday, March 8
  
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• Police investigate robbery in Aldridge

  09-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police are investigating a robbery at a bank in Aldridge earlier today (Wednesday 9 March).Officers were called to Natwest in Anchor Road at just after 1.45pm this afternoon.Two men threatened staff and a quantity of cash was stolen. No-one was injured.
  
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• Investigation launched after bodies found in car in Bushbury

  09-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police are investigating after two bodies were found in a car on Cat and Kittens Lane in Bushbury this lunchtime (Wednesday 9 March). The bodies have not been formally identified and we cannot release the gender at this stage. Officers are currently in the process of tracing family members.
  
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• Ground-breaking car cruise ban continued by High Court

  09-03-2016 00:00
  
  A ground-breaking injunction banning car cruising in the Black Country has been permitted to continue.The High Court, sitting in Birmingham yesterday (Monday 7 March, 2016), heard the introduction of the injunction in February 2015 had significantly reduced the problem across much of the region – and eradicated it altogether in many areas.
  
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• Concerns grow for missing Sheldon teenager

  09-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police are searching for a teenager who has gone missing from the Sheldon area of Birmingham. Tamarah Gad was last seen in at the 94 bus stop in Chelmsley Wood shopping centre at around 10pm on Tuesday 8 March.
  
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• CCTV appeal after 86-year-old has credit card stolen

  09-03-2016 00:00
  
  We want to speak to this man after an 86-year-old woman’s bank card was stolen outside Tesco supermarket in Knowle.The man approached the pensioner on St. Johns Way at around 11.30am on 23 February, adamant that she had dropped her purse.
  
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• Birmingham gun gang to spend extra 51 and a half years behind bars

  09-03-2016 00:00
  
  A gang of men from Birmingham who were jailed for supplying guns and ammunition to criminals across the country are going to spend an extra 51 and a half years in prison following a decision by the Court of Appeal today (9 March).
  
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