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• Coventry children to back fundraising for Plas Dol Y Moch - Solihull Observer

  16-03-2016 21:09 via
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  Coventry children to back fundraising for Plas Dol Y Moch
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  COVENTRY children are being encouraged to run, jump and cycle their way to the other side of the world to raise £250,000 to help keep Plas Dol Y Moch's doors open. As part of the Route to Rio campaign, city children are being challenged cover the ...
  

• High-flying King Edward VI Five Ways School sixth former found hanged by his horrified dad

  16-03-2016 20:00
  
  Mani Singh Dulay, 17, seemed to have the world at his feet before his sudden death
  
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• Assistant manager Simon Redhead wants Solihull Moors to bounce back at Gloucester - Solihull Observer

  16-03-2016 19:53 via
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  Assistant manager Simon Redhead wants Solihull Moors to bounce back at Gloucester
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  SOLIHULL Moors must bounce back from the disappointment of Tuesday's defeat at home to FC United Of Manchester by returning to winning ways when they travel to Gloucester City this Saturday, insists Moors assistant Simon Redhead. Jerome Wright fired ...and more »
  

• Solihull Blossomfield keep league leaders Leek at bay - Solihull Observer

  16-03-2016 19:52 via
  Solihull Blossomfield keep league leaders Leek at bay
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  SOLIHULL Blossomfield ladies were made to settle for a draw following an entertaining 1-1 draw at home league leaders Leek. Bloss were determined to make amends for a series of recent lacklustre displays in recent weeks but they knew they had it all to ...
  

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• Boxer Elise Glynn set for Junior School Girl showdown - Solihull Observer

  16-03-2016 19:52 via
  Boxer Elise Glynn set for Junior School Girl showdown
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  TEENAGER Elise Glynn will be hoping to deliver a knockout punch this weekend when she takes to the ring for the England ABA Junior School Girl quarter-finals in Grantham, Lincolnshire. The 14-year-old will be the youngest fighter competing in the ...
  

• Watch: Motorist drives wrong way on dual carriageway and crashes into traffic lights

  16-03-2016 19:30
  
  Incredible footage as drivers jam on brakes to stop head on crashes with Honda Jazz
  
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• Amy McKenzie tragedy: Parents' tribute to 'happy, bubbly' teen who loved to laugh

  16-03-2016 19:03
  
  Fund to raise cash for 18-year-old's funeral on course to break £5k target
  
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• Watch: Solihull schoolgirl interviews Hollywood stars Jack Black and Kate Hudson - Birmingham Mail

  16-03-2016 18:30 via
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  Watch: Solihull schoolgirl interviews Hollywood stars Jack Black and Kate Hudson
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  Solihull schoolgirl Megan Ashman, 12, is one step closer to her dream job after winning the chance to become a film reporter for the day. The Lyndon School student entered a competition organised by Into Film to have the opportunity to travel to London ...
  

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• Watch: Solihull schoolgirl interviews Hollywood stars Jack Black and Kate Hudson

  16-03-2016 18:30
  
  The lucky Year 8 student won a competition to quiz the actors about upcoming movie Kung Fu Panda 3
  
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• Budget 2016: George Osborne's message is 'don't blame me when it goes wrong'

  16-03-2016 18:07
  
  Chancellor George Osborne wants us all to know he's not to blame if the economy collapses.
  
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• £5m kickstart for Selly Oak's hi-tech facility for medical research companies

  16-03-2016 18:00
  
  Enterprise Partnership grant will help develop life science campus at Battery Park site
  
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• Why Coventry University is proud to sponsor Birmingham Mail Pride of Nursing Awards 2016

  16-03-2016 17:19
  
  Coventry University’s head of nursing, midwifery and healthcare practice Steve O’Brien explains why it is important to recognise exceptional work of nurses as the education institution backs our Pride of Nursing Awards for a second year
  
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• Budget 2016: Firms accuse Chancellor of shunning Midlands for his Northern Powerhouse dream

  16-03-2016 16:33
  
  “There’s more to England than the North and London" blasts Chamber of Commerce director
  
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• Listen: 999 operator stops mum and three sons jumping from window of burning house

  16-03-2016 16:28
  
  Mum panics as room fills with smoke during dramatic audio of emergency call
  
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• Budget 2016: Sweet drinks hit but beer and petrol frozen as Osborne misses debt target

  16-03-2016 15:41
  
  Chancellor was forced to admit that government debt will rise as a proportion of GDP this year and growth forecasts have been sharply revised down
  
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• Five reasons you're better off after Budget 2016 - and five reasons you aren't

  16-03-2016 15:37
  
  Ten things that will make a difference to your life from today's Budget - as the Chancellor gave with one hand, he took away with another
  
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• Budget 2016: Chancellor puts up the cost of a can of pop by 8p to fight obesity

  16-03-2016 15:30
  
  Chancellor George Osborne also announces millions of pounds to help Midlands businesses - and £11 million to fill in potholes
  
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• Budget 2016: Pay boost for Brummies as tax allowance rises to £11,500

  16-03-2016 14:56
  
  The allowance is already set to rise to £11,000 in two weeks and will go a step further towards the Government’s target
  
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• Clubber attacked in Broad Street venue Popworld

  16-03-2016 14:30
  
  Victim was repeatedly hit before other club goers intervened
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at March 16 in years gone by

  16-03-2016 14:15
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on March 16.
  
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• Look: Birmingham's Golden Age of cinema

  16-03-2016 14:10
  
  By 1938, at the height of the Golden Age of cinema, Birmingham boasted no fewer than 98 picture palaces, some holding up to 4,000 people.
  
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• Solihull residents urged to support anti-child sexual exploitation campaign - Solihull Observer

  16-03-2016 13:54 via
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  Solihull residents urged to support anti-child sexual exploitation campaign
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  BOROUGH residents are being urged to make a personal pledge to help tackle child sexual exploitation. The call comes from Solihull Council and other local authorities in the region which have been driving the Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) awareness ...and more »
  

• Speeding fines 'Mr Fix-It' jailed over £100k scam to make tickets 'disappear'

  16-03-2016 13:36
  
  Ramesh Jhalli fitted double garage extension with luxury gym with proceeds of his crimes
  
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• Anne Dunkley: Nephew admits manslaughter of retired deputy headteacher

  16-03-2016 13:28
  
  Church warden, 67,  was killed at Marston Green home by paranoid schizophrenic Gareth Emery
  
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• Trucker drives wrong way on M6 toll and carries out THREE U-turns

  16-03-2016 12:58
  
  Road users dial 999 as they see articulated lorry coming towards them
  
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• Ring of steel to stop travellers returning to Birmingham leisure centre park

  16-03-2016 12:30
  
  Some 20 caravans moved onto the park next to Stechford Cascades leisure centre last month and spent a weekend camped there
  
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• £200m deal struck for 16-storey Snow Hill tower block

  16-03-2016 12:06
  
  Confirmation that long-awaited tower will be built welcomed by Chancellor George Osborne
  
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• Plan to turn Birmingham's markets into 24-hour-a-day attraction

  16-03-2016 11:57
  
  Birmingham Smithfield proposals put markets at centre of city centre regeneration - and city leaders want them operating throughout the day
  
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• Just one West Midlands MP voted against the Government's 'snooper's charter'

  16-03-2016 11:48
  
  Black Country MP was one of only two Labour MPs across the country to vote against the controversial legislation.
  
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• Metro to Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Edgbaston cricket ground takes step closer with Birmingham Smithfield plans

  16-03-2016 10:52
  
  New tram route forms part of wholesale markets vision, while new roads will be created and others pedestrianised
  
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• Schoolboy, 11, suspended after classmate stabbed at Black Country school

  16-03-2016 10:50
  
  Student suffered injury to leg in 'isolated' incident at Moseley Park School in Bilston
  
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• Opportunity for huge sports and music festivals on Wholesale Markets site

  16-03-2016 10:36
  
  Clearance of giant site opens up unique opportunity to bring huge events into Birmingham city centre
  
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• New Birmingham city centre park revealed as part of Smithfield plans

  16-03-2016 10:11
  
  Thousands of people signed an online poll calling for a major public open space on the giant wholesale markets plot - and they influenced the council
  
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• Teenager in hospital with head injuries following 3.15am crash in Stirchley

  16-03-2016 10:01
  
  Collision took place on Pershore Road, which was closed off by police
  
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• Thunderbirds creator Sylvia Anderson and real-life Miss Penelope dies, aged 88

  16-03-2016 09:59
  
  In previous Birmingham Mail interview she told how puppet show became a world-wide smash - but did not make her a fortune
  
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• Sylvia Anderson, voice of Thunderbirds' Lady Penelope, dies at 88

  16-03-2016 09:40
  
  A producer and writer, Ms Anderson created the Supermarionation puppet series with husband Gerry
  
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• Giant plaza called Festival Square aims to become Birmingham's version of South Bank

  16-03-2016 09:25
  
  The square – which is so large you can fit the entire German Market in it – aims to become an exemplar for international cities
  
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• Ex Aston Villa midfielder URINATES in pint glass at Cheltenham Festival

  16-03-2016 08:13
  
  Photographs appear to show ex Aston Villa youngster Samir Carruthers relieving himself before laughing at the vile act with pals
  
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• The morning news headlines: Osborne to unveil £1.5bn additional funding for education in budget

  16-03-2016 08:05
  
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• Cerys Edwards: Driver Antonio Boparan could face new charge after death officially linked to crash

  16-03-2016 07:30
  
  Post mortem confirms nine-year-old died as a result of catastrophic injuries from 2006 smash
  
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• Councils should be free to boycott firms in Israeli occupation, says Birmingham MP

  16-03-2016 06:50
  
  Birmingham MP Richard Burden spoke in the House of Commons to criticise Government attempts to ban councils from boycotting businesses connected to illegal Israeli settlements
  
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• Park, museum and attractions - the plan to transform a huge part of Birmingham city centre

  16-03-2016 01:01
  
  Sensational Birmingham Smithfield vision for giant wholesale markets site revealed, including family and leisure hub, improved markets, hotels, restaurants and and new residential neighbourhood
  
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• Speeding fine “Mr Fix-It” jailed after WMP expose scam

  16-03-2016 00:00
  
  A speeding fine ‘Mr Fix-It’ has been jailed after a West Midlands Police probe uncovered a systematic phantom driver scam that’s understood to have helped hundreds of motorists dodge penalty points.Ramesh Jhalli, from Ventnor Avenue in Hodge Hill, charged up to £200 to take prosecution notices off the hands of speeders and invent bogus drivers to take the rap.
  
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• Man charged with attempted murder in Sutton Coldfield

  16-03-2016 00:00
  
  A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was stabbed at an address in Sutton Coldfield.Administration worker Matthew Bennett, aged 31, of Blaydon Avenue, will appear before Birmingham Magistrates Court this morning (16 March).Police were called to Blaydon Avenue at 7.30pm on Monday (14 March) to reports a 59 year-old woman was injured.
  
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• CSE survivor tells her story at event tackling exploitation

  16-03-2016 00:00
  
  West Midlands Police hosts a major conference this week (Thurs 17 March) aimed at better understanding child abuse and protecting vulnerable youngsters.
      
  The event brings together 200 child protection professionals from police, local authorities, charities and specialist support groups and will examine ways agencies can identify early abuse warning signs...and act on those to safeguard children and apprehend offenders.Among the speakers is CSE survivor Adellah Snape;
  
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• Appeal to find missing 87 year-old Birmingham man

  16-03-2016 00:00
  
  Police are concerned for the whereabouts of 87-year-old dementia sufferer Michael Rose who has gone missing from Acocks Green in Birmingham.Michael, who uses a walking stick, was last seen at 4pm yesterday (Tuesday 15 March) and is described as black, 5ft 6ins tall, bald, clean shaven and wears glasses.He was last seen wearing a long black coat and black baseball cap.
  
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