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• Troll abuse forces mum of tragic schoolgirl Hope Fennell to quit road safety campaign

  18-04-2016 22:15
  
  Nazan Fennell had set up campaign after daughter, 13, was killed by truck in Kings Heath
  
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• Cyclists scratching heads over Birmingham's shortest 'cycle lane'

  18-04-2016 21:15
  
  Markings have appeared next to the tram lines in Corporation Street, but are NOT cycle lanes
  
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• TV personality Jeremy Kyle opens Solihull clinic - Solihull Observer

  18-04-2016 21:05 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  TV personality Jeremy Kyle opens Solihull clinic
  Solihull Observer
  POPULAR TV personality Jeremy Kyle visited Solihull on Wednesday (April 13) night to cut the ribbon and officially open Brandwood Clinic. Kyle opened the new state-of-the-art cosmetic treatments facility in Monkspath and joined Deputy Lord Mayor Kate ...
  
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• M6 northbound to stay closed for TWELVE hours after diesel spill

  18-04-2016 20:08
  
  Stretch of motorway at Spaghetti Junction to remain closed throughout Monday after lorry spills 450 litres of diesel
  
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• Car ploughs into house in Tividale

  18-04-2016 19:06
  
  Residents have been evacuated after the crash in Barnett Street, Tividale
  
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• David Jamieson launches election campaign and vows to recruit 550 extra officers

  18-04-2016 18:00
  
  Mr Jamieson has also vowed to protect neighbourhood policing at the launch of his manifesto
  
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• £500k car theft gang who rammed police car jailed for more than 20 years

  18-04-2016 16:20
  
  Seven-strong gang stole string of high-end cars in just a month
  
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• What to expect at Solihull Fashion Week - Birmingham Mail

  18-04-2016 15:04 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  What to expect at Solihull Fashion Week
  Birmingham Mail
  Solihull Fashion Week kicks off this week (April 21-24) with a series of shows in the town based on the great British summer. Audiences will get a glimpse of key looks for a day at the races, tennis matches and the Grand Prix fashion circuit among ...
  
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• 'Childish and ridiculous' - what one Tory MP said about George Osborne's EU scare stories

  18-04-2016 14:26
  
  Conservative Chancellor George Osborne says taxes will go up, NHS funding will go down and we'll all be poorer if we leave the European Union
  
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• Two women taken to hospital after Ward End house blaze

  18-04-2016 14:24
  
  Fire service probes cause of blaze which gutted home
  
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• Danielle Lloyd quits Twitter after ex-Jamie O’ Hara reveals he's paying her £16k every month

  18-04-2016 14:14
  
  Former Wolverhampton Wanderers footballer goes public about finances in bitter rant
  
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• Bullring owner to build giant retail park in Oldbury

  18-04-2016 14:10
  
  Hammerson gets green light from Sandwell Council chiefs to push on with long-awaited regeneration which has been mooted for more than 15 years
  
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• Mum tells would-be police chiefs there was 'no officer available' after her daughter was assaulted

  18-04-2016 14:00
  
  Emotional plea to Police and Crime Commissioner candidates in front of 400 people at the Citizens UK Birmingham assembly
  
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• One in four West Midlands primary schools is full or has too many pupils

  18-04-2016 13:30
  
  As parents learn whether their child will get into the school of their choice, Government figures reveal that many West Midlands schools are overflowing
  
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• Stranger danger alert after pupil approached on way to school

  18-04-2016 12:53
  
  Child raised the alarm after escaping unharmed
  
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• George Osborne warns of £36 billion cuts to public services with Brexit vote

  18-04-2016 12:14
  
  Chancellor warned the price of leaving European Union would be paid by British families
  
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• Man jailed for life for decapitating wife and flushing her head down toilet

  18-04-2016 12:08
  
  Cancer sufferer claimed he had acted in self defence, but a jury found Nibbs guilty of murder of Meals On Wheels worker Judith Nibbs, 60
  
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• Young Sport: Gloucester Schools share cup with Solihull - Gloucester Citizen

  18-04-2016 11:54 via gloucestercitizen.co.uk
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  Young Sport: Gloucester Schools share cup with Solihull
  Gloucester Citizen
  Gloucester Schools shared the SG Cup with Solihull, as an equaliser midway through the second half gave the West Midlands association a share of the spoils. The hosts got off to the best possible start when Matt Gore picked out Luke Coldridge who cut ...
  
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• Date set for Oscar Pistorius sentencing for girlfriend's murder

  18-04-2016 11:38
  
  Judge Aubrey Ledwaba said the sentencing hearing for Pistorius will be held from June 13 to 17.
  
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• Lord Aleem on wrecked supercar: 'I'll have £240k Ferrari back on the road in three weeks'

  18-04-2016 11:22
  
  Bullish vlogger responds to spectacular crash involving wedding couple
  
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• Man arrested on suspicion of murder over Smethwick internet cafe stabbing

  18-04-2016 10:38
  
  Victim, 38, pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• The morning headlines: Brexit will leave Britain permanently poorer, George Osborne warns; EU leaders 'killing migrants by neglect' after cutting med rescue missions

  18-04-2016 08:36
  
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• I smoked 20 legal high joints a day - and it made me paranoid and delusional

  18-04-2016 07:30
  
  Birmingham student reveals her problems after being overwhelmed by drugs
  
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• Delivery driver admits causing death of pensioner in handbrake horror

  18-04-2016 07:30
  
  Matheeb Iqbal's refrigerated van rolled across pub car park and hit passing pedestrian
  
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• Sutton Coldfield care home go ahead at sixth attempt

  18-04-2016 06:00
  
  Narrow vote sees plans passed for new care home despite vehement objections from residents and councillors
  
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• Primary school places for 2016 revealed - and how many missed out

  18-04-2016 01:01
  
  The number of children securing their first choices has increased - and there was a fall in those getting none of their preferences
  
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• Wolverhampton man in court charged with burglaries

  18-04-2016 00:00
  
  A man is due in court today charged with two counts of burglary in Wolverhampton, including one during which an elderly couple were assaulted.William Dimmock, aged 24, of no fixed address, will appear before magistrates in the city this morning (18 April).He is accused of breaking into a home on Crowther Street, last Monday (11 April) and attacking a man, aged 72, and a woman, aged 76, who tried to detain him.Dimmock is also accused of a second burglary on Meadow View Terrace 10 minutes after th
  
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• Officers hailed for giving CPR and saving a life 

  18-04-2016 00:00
  
  Bobbies have been hailed as life-savers after helping to revive a driver who suffered a heart attack and crashed into a tree. Grateful Andrew Johnson has thanked PCs Alan Hawthorne and Christopher Whitehead for their quick actions after he collapsed at the wheel and was left with just a slim chance of survival.PCs Hawthorne and Whitehead were among the first on the scene in Langbank Avenue, Binley, and took turns to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the stricken 52-year-old unt
  
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• Man arrested following Smethwick murder

  18-04-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives investigating the murder of a 38-year-old man in a Smethwick internet café have arrested a man.A 39-year-old Birmingham man was detained last night (Sunday) on suspicion of murder.The investigation continues after officers were called on Saturday afternoon by the ambulance service at around 12.50pm following reports of a man with a stab wound at the Internet Cafe on Cape Hill.The man was treated by medical staff but he was pronounced dead at the scene.A post mortem was conducte
  
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• Jail for £500k car theft ring busted by West Midlands Police

  18-04-2016 00:00
  
  A car theft ring that stole luxury vehicles worth more than £500,000 in the space of just a month have been jailed after West Midlands Police linked them to burglaries across the Midlands.Mohammed Khan, Kieran Gordon, Callum Brown, Reiss Dunn, Jason Hadley, Aaron Simpson and Conrad Ashe were involved in a racket that saw high-end cars stolen in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Warwickshire from August 8 to September 11 2014.Most thefts were carried out following early morning burglarie
  
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• Factory worker admits stabbing partner to death in Tipton 

  18-04-2016 00:00
  
  A factory worker who went on a drinking session and then stabbed his partner to death at their home in Tipton has pleaded guilty to murder.Cezary Sobiewski stabbed Barbara Baraniecka in the neck a number of times in the front bedroom of their house on Standbridge Way on 12 November last year.It is believed that drunken Sobiewski launched his attack on 43-year-old Barbara at around 9:30am that morning following an argument.Neighbours described hearing a commotion at the time but thought nothing o
  
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• Coventry dance teacher charged with neglect 

  18-04-2016 00:00
  
  Police have charged a Coventry dance teacher with the wilful neglect of a child. Leeroy Bailey was arrested in February this year after ambulance colleagues were called to his address after concerns for the safety and welfare of a child entrusted to his care at the time. The 35-year-old was released on police bail while an investigation was carried out. He was charged on Friday 15 April with wilfully neglecting a child under 16 and causing that child unnecessary suffering or injury.&nb
  
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• Concerns grow for missing man from Sutton Coldfield

  18-04-2016 00:00
  
  Police are growing increasingly concerned for the welfare of a man who has gone missing from his home in Birmingham.Anthony Davis, aged 49, from the Walmley area of Sutton Coldfield was last seen at just before 9am on Thursday 14 April.He is described as white, 6ft tall, medium build, short grey hair, blue eyes and clean shaven. Sergeant Matthew Henney, from Birmingham Police, said: “Anthony is known to suffer with depression and we’re really concerned about him.“We’
  
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