Solihull news

• M40 lorry crash: Drivers trapped for more than SEVEN hours

  11-03-2016 22:51
  
  Long delays on motorway south of Birmingham after lorry crashed through central reservation and hit bridge before overturning
  
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• Solihull gangster may have been murdered by professional hitman - Solihull Observer

  11-03-2016 21:06 via
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  Solihull gangster may have been murdered by professional hitman
  Solihull Observer
  It is rumoured the 65-year-old criminal was shot because of his links to the Hatton Garden heist. Palmer was found dead in the garden of his country mansion off Sandpit Lane in South Weald, Essex, on June 24 last year – two months after the £14million ...and more »
  

• Solihull accountant fell to death from New York building one week into US placement - Birmingham Mail

  11-03-2016 21:03 via
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  Solihull accountant fell to death from New York building one week into US placement
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  A hard-working Solihull accountant who fell to his death on a business placement to New York had committed suicide, a coroner ruled. Duncan Hodgetts, a tax advisor at Ernst & Young in Birmingham, died on April 6 last year after falling from his 14th ...
  

• Solihull accountant fell to death from New York building one week into US placement

  11-03-2016 21:00
  
  Duncan Hodgetts, 25, took his own life while working for Ernst & Young, coroner rules
  
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• Duo jailed after cannabis farms discovered around Midlands

  11-03-2016 20:53
  
  Oliver Ngo and Thang Le both handed jail terms after factories found in Halesowen and Derbyshire
  
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• Charity workers make a splash with fundraising event

  11-03-2016 18:08
  
  Cancer Research UK fundraisers encourage more people to join Big Breakfast event
  
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• Inmate hunger strike after burglar's death at troubled G4S-run HMP Oakwood

  11-03-2016 18:00
  
  Privately run jail has previously seen a riot and rooftop protests
  
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• Watch as hero shop worker fights off armed robber with BEARHUG

  11-03-2016 17:52
  
  Metal bar wielding thug put to flight by brave store assistant in Small Heath raid
  
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• Birmingham student makes her own bath tub from plastic container

  11-03-2016 17:00
  
  Here is how to make your own Selly Oak soak solution
  
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• Victims of paedophile Scout leader Mike Medhurst to sue Scout Association

  11-03-2016 15:12
  
  Evil 61-year-old has been jailed for more than five years
  
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• Watch: CCTV of gunman fleeing from scene of Handsworth triple shooting

  11-03-2016 15:06
  
  Bike rider calmly gets off, shoots three people, before cycling away again
  
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• Lorry smashes into motorway bridge - and driver walks away with minor injuries

  11-03-2016 14:35
  
  Huge delays caused by crash on the M40 as structural tests take place
  
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• £50k reward to catch hitman who killed Solihull gangster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer - Birmingham Mail

  11-03-2016 14:31 via
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  £50k reward to catch hitman who killed Solihull gangster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer
  Birmingham Mail
  The son of notorious Solihull-born gangster John “Goldfinger” Palmer has told for the first time how he fought to save his father's life. James Ketley spoke as his family offered a £50,000 reward to catch the hitman who killed him . The 65-year-old ...
  

• £50k reward to catch hitman who killed Solihull gangster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer

  11-03-2016 14:27
  
  Cash put up by family of career criminal who was worth £300 MILLION
  
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• Watch: Thug stamps on sleeping homeless victim in random attack

  11-03-2016 13:39
  
  Brutal early hours violence near nightclub
  
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• Stan Collymore condemns 'hypocrite' vicar who raised star's dogging and domestic violence issues on Twitter

  11-03-2016 13:19
  
  Fr Oliver Coss said he acted 'beneath the dignity expected of vicars and of the situation'
  
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• See the cute, the cuddly and the bizarre looking dogs at this year's Crufts

  11-03-2016 12:35
  
  More than 22,000 pooches at the event at the NEC
  
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• Crufts 2016: Brilliant pictures of dogs enjoying the event

  11-03-2016 12:35
  
  More than 22,000 pooches at the event at the NEC
  
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• Homeless charities join forces with city council on soup kitchen project

  11-03-2016 12:27
  
  Deal between SIFA Fireside, MLSS and city council comes as homelessness is again in the national spotlight through Sport Relief documentary
  
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• Council tax to rise by up to 4% for those outside London

  11-03-2016 12:11
  
  Many councils outside the capital are planning to take full advantage of the 1.99% maximum increase permitted without a local referendum
  
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• Europe's historic search for life on Mars to take off Monday

  11-03-2016 12:06
  
  If the scientists find evidence of life - even primitive life that existed billions of years ago - it will be one of the biggest discoveries of all time.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at March 11 in years gone by

  11-03-2016 12:00
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on March 11.
  
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• Gavin Cowan – Solihull Moors prepared for tough Lowestoft Town test - Solihull Observer

  11-03-2016 11:53 via
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  Gavin Cowan – Solihull Moors prepared for tough Lowestoft Town test
  Solihull Observer
  SOLIHULL Moors player coach Gavin Cowan knows his side are in for a difficult match when they face Lowestoft Town this Saturday. The 'Trawler Boys' are set for their second visit to the Automated Technology Group Stadium in only their second season in ...
  

• Dear Trumpy ... read a Solihull mum's amusing plea to Donald Trump but with a serious message - Birmingham Mail

  11-03-2016 11:46 via
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  Dear Trumpy ... read a Solihull mum's amusing plea to Donald Trump but with a serious message
  Birmingham Mail
  Alison Bloomer's tongue-in-cheek letter asks the American candidate to persuade David Cameron to give her a job as a newly created Minister of Children with Special Needs. Her five-year-old son Gabriel suffers from global development delay, meaning he ...
  

• Balsall Heath remembered: Exhibition of stunning photographs proves popular

  11-03-2016 11:29
  
  Janet Mendelsohn's exhibition depicting life in Balsall Heath when it was a notorious red light district is proving incredibly popular.
  
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• Look: 15 facts on the plane that won the Battle of Britain

  11-03-2016 10:56
  
  As part of the Mail's Spitfire Week, we reveal some of the facts about the plane that won the Battle of Britain
  
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• Teenager threatened with fake gun TWICE in three hours

  11-03-2016 10:53
  
  He was targeted in his car and then at nearby house
  
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• The morning news headlines: US reaffirms 'special relationship' with UK after Obama's Libya criticism; People are entitled to fear impact of an influx of migrants says Archbishop

  11-03-2016 08:28
  
  The latest news from around the world
  
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• Sparkbrook football pitch left like 'war zone' by 30 traveller caravans

  11-03-2016 07:30
  
  Ackers Pitch devastated amid claims that gas bottles and rubbish were dumped
  
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• Parents of brave Finlay Church take funding campaign to Westminster

  11-03-2016 07:30
  
  They join campaigners and charity Brain Tumour Research in fight for cure
  
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• Is the Government's economic plan for the Midlands a load of hot air?

  11-03-2016 07:30
  
  MPs are to hold an inquiry into whether the Government's flagship policy to create jobs in the West Midlands is any good.
  
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• Bus, train and tram crimes fall as live CCTV feed scares off yobs and thieves

  11-03-2016 07:30
  
  Crime Commissioner David Jamieson praises the work of Safer Travel team after offences drop
  
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• Most read: Driveway carjacking video, mum-of-eight facing eviction over arrears, Cadbury scraps Time Out

  11-03-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Thursday, March 10
  
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• Pair jailed after cannabis farms discovered across Birmingham and Derbyshire

  11-03-2016 00:00
  
  Two men who ran cannabis farms across Birmingham and Derbyshire have been jailed for nine years after a joint investigation by West Midlands Police and the National Crime Agency.Oliver Ngo and Thang Le were caught after officers from both agencies linked the pair to two factories − one of which contained cannabis with a street value of more than half-a-million pounds.
  
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• CCTV image released following attempt armed robbery in Yardley

  11-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police have released a photo of a man they want to speak to in connection with an attempted armed robbery in Yardley, Birmingham yesterday (10 March).
  
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