Solihull news

• Gatecrasher bouncer jailed after knocking out customer in brutal street attack

  20-04-2016 20:14
  
  Glenville Harris, 44, left victim Nazmal Mumin with fractured eye sockets and broken nose 
  
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• Why Tamworth's Queen lookalike is missing the party as monarch turns 90

  20-04-2016 20:00
  
  Windsor woe for Patricia Ford as nation celebrates Her Majesty's landmark birthday
  
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• Watch: Birmingham comic Shazia Mirza causes storm with Islamic State jokes

  20-04-2016 20:00
  
  Viewer complaints over comments made on Loose Women TV show
  
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• Concerns as Birmingham Women's Hospital plunges into the red

  20-04-2016 18:22
  
  NHS Improvement announces investigation after Trust predicts £3.4 million loss for 2015/16
  
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• Huge cut in Birmingham chuggers - and plans to slash more

  20-04-2016 17:53
  
  Council rules only 12 charity fundraisers on Birmingham's streets - but it wants even fewer
  
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• Comedy legend Victoria Wood dies, aged 62, after cancer battle

  20-04-2016 16:39
  
  Agent confirms much-loved former Birmingham University graduate has passed away
  
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• Comedian Victoria Wood dies aged 62 after short battle with cancer

  20-04-2016 16:28
  
  Multi Bafta award-winning writer, director, actor and comedian died at home in London surrounded by her family
  
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• CCTV: Attempted rape of woman at Birmingham hotel after night out

  20-04-2016 16:07
  
  Birmingham Police have released footage of a man they would like to speak to about the incident
  
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• Driver, 15, who mowed down and killed grandmother-of-10 is jailed

  20-04-2016 15:51
  
  Court told youth didn't even slow down - he only sounded the car horn
  
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• Groom who crashed Solihull businessman Lord Aleem's Ferrari into a house could face £25k bill - Coventry Telegraph

  20-04-2016 15:41 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Groom who crashed Solihull businessman Lord Aleem's Ferrari into a house could face £25k bill
  Coventry Telegraph
  A driver who crashed a £240,000 Ferrari rented from Solihull entrepreneur Lord Aleem could face a £25,000 repair bill. It's suggested that the powerful car was being driven by tyre fitter Usman Ali when it crashed into a friend's house on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Armed supermarket raider 'staggered' under weight of stolen coins

  20-04-2016 14:31
  
  Co-op in High Street, Pelsall targeted by gun wielding man
  
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• Watch: David Cameron vows to help 700 British Gas workers threatened by job losses

  20-04-2016 14:26
  
  Prime Minister says there will be help for Black Country workers who could lose their jobs.
  
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• Biker's lucky escape in crash near Chris 'Stig' Clarke fatal collision scene

  20-04-2016 14:22
  
  Motorcyclist, 22, 'amazingly' avoided serious injury in pile-up
  
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• Thousands of firms 'could go bust due to cost of living wage'

  20-04-2016 14:14
  
  Data from Begbies Traynor shows that 60,000 companies were already in a "dire financial state" before the scheme was introduced
  
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• Google abusing dominant position of Android operating system, says EC

  20-04-2016 14:11
  
  EU Anti-Trust Commission has alleged the technology giant has breached competition rules
  
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• Watch: Midland rescue pets 'sing' happy birthday to the Queen

  20-04-2016 13:51
  
  Homeless animals at Blue Cross centre take part in heartwarming video
  
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• Labour MP slams his own party's 'snobby' attitude to McDonalds

  20-04-2016 13:45
  
  Black Country MP Ian Austin says his first job was at McDonalds and he's proud of it.
  
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• Watch: M&S delivery lorry transformed into HOUSE complete with shower, dishwasher and even a lift

  20-04-2016 13:34
  
  But amazing refit is branded an 'eyesore' after owner dumped it in mum's front garden
  
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• Fundraising ball helps raise £10000 for St Catherine's Day Service - Solihull Observer

  20-04-2016 13:24 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Fundraising ball helps raise £10000 for St Catherine's Day Service
  Solihull Observer
  AN ANNUAL fundraising ball has helped raise over £10,000 for St Catherine's Day Service in Coleshill to fund vital refurbishments. The 112th annual ball took place at the National Motorcycle Museum on Coventry Road and attracted people from across the ...
  
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• British Gas to axe almost 700 Black Country jobs

  20-04-2016 13:01
  
  Utility firm confirms it is in talks with office and call centre staff about closing the Oldbury base in response to the "changing needs of customers"
  
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• Mr and Mrs Birmingham stillborn baby tragedy fund set up

  20-04-2016 12:21
  
  High cost of funeral leads to kind hearted friends to raise cash for devastated couple
  
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• Bike rider badly hurt in major pile-up near Birmingham Airport

  20-04-2016 11:48
  
  Cyclist was rushed to hospital after crash which closed A45
  
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• Stunning model who suffers from Cystic Fibrosis reveals health battle

  20-04-2016 11:39
  
  Cassie Hawthorne is urging people to take a selfie with straw to raise awareness of disease
  
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• Watch: Armed driver smashes into police car in 75mph chase

  20-04-2016 09:51
  
  Police found gun in motor crashed by teenage motorist
  
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• Morning news headlines: Jean-Claude Juncker admits EU 'interferes too much'

  20-04-2016 08:08
  
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• Homeless families moved out of Birmingham because city is full

  20-04-2016 07:30
  
  Birmingham City Council is putting homeless families in nearby towns and cities because there's no room here - while London sends 130 families to Brum.
  
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• Council slammed after Chester Road improvement work overruns by a year

  20-04-2016 06:50
  
  The road improvement scheme around Spitfire Island has was beset by a series of ‘clashes’ between council contractors
  
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• Patients forced to wait a week to see a GP in Birmingham

  20-04-2016 06:15
  
  One in four of us have to wait more than a week to see a GP in Birmingham but Labour warns we need a "big debate" about how to fund the NHS.
  
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• Solihull BID chief joins town's chamber - Birmingham Post

  20-04-2016 06:05 via birminghampost.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post
  Solihull BID chief joins town's chamber
  Birmingham Post
  Solihull Business Improvement District director Melanie Palmer has joined the executive committee of the town's chamber of commerce. Ms Palmer has been executive director of the business improvement district for three years and was named Solihull ...
  
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• Most read: 'Eyesore' trailer row, Aston Villa jobs axed, plane tyre blowout video

  20-04-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Tuesday, April 19
  
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• Teenager jailed for gun possession after Birmingham car chase

  20-04-2016 00:00
  
  Dramatic footage of a teenager who loses control of his car in an attempt to evade police has been released after he was jailed for possessing a handgun. The chase happened in the Maypole area of Birmingham in the early hours of 3 September last year.The car was seen by officers from the Central Motorway Police Group (CMPG) acting suspiciously and when they tried to stop the car it sped away, leading to a pursuit through Birmingham’s residential areas and clocking speeds of over 75mph
  
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• Teenage driver locked up for fatal hit-and-run in Birmingham

  20-04-2016 00:00
  
  An underage hit-and-run driver who mowed down and killed a grandmother-of-10 in Birmingham has been locked up.West Midlands Police launched an investigation after Zainab Bibi was struck by a Fiat Marea while trying to cross Burney Lane, Alum Rock.The illegal driver, who was 15 at the time, sped away following the collision at around 2pm on 14 July last year before abandoning the car in a street in Ward End.Mrs Bibi, aged 68 from Birmingham, was taken to hospital with serious injuries but died ho
  
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• Police appeal after Pelsall Co-op robbery

  20-04-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives have launched an investigation after an armed robbery at Co-op in Pelsall this morning (Wednesday 20 April).
   
  The lone offender threatened staff at the store on the High Street around 6.20am with what is believed to have been a handgun. He left on foot with cash in a holdall.
   
  Detective Constable Neil Cunnington, from Walsall Police’s Investigation Team, said: “We would like to hear from anyone who was in the area of Co-op this morning and saw a man dressed in
  
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