Solihull news

• Parent power saves 21 playgrounds from closure as council boss admits 'huge mistake'

  24-04-2016 19:00
  
  Council leader says list of sites at threat, which sparked family protests, was wrongly issued by parks staff
  
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• Dad condemns M6 services hooligan brawl: 'People were panicking, we were terrified'

  24-04-2016 18:46
  
  Father was on way to Everton v Man United clash with young daughter when violence flared at Cannock
  
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• Vaisakhi: 57 wonderful pictures of Birmingham's spectacular parade

  24-04-2016 17:12
  
  Thousands turn out for the annual Sikh festival in Handsworth Park
  
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• The dramatic moment angry van driver hits out at cyclist after narrow miss

  24-04-2016 17:00
  
  The incident took place on Atherstone Street in Tamworth after the bicycle and vehicle almost collided
  
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• Hundreds of BHS jobs at risk in Birmingham and West Midlands as stores 'set to close'

  24-04-2016 15:33
  
  Reports claim high street company is set to plunge into administration, affecting 11,000 UK staff 
  
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• Birmingham fund paid Portuguese cop £50k for legal battle with Madeleine McCann’s parents

  24-04-2016 14:16
  
  Goncalo Amaral received the cash after fundraising page was set-up by Leanne Baulch
  
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• Detective reveals having baby saved her life after brain tumour discovery

  24-04-2016 13:36
  
  Police officer Catherine Dell, 39, suffered a seizure soon after daughter Jessica was born
  
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• Watch: First tram runs on Corporation Street in more than 60 years

  24-04-2016 12:41
  
  Footage of testing of passenger services on Midlands Metro extension to New Street, due to start running next month
  
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• Small Heath armed robber jailed after being caught hiding in garden SHED

  24-04-2016 11:46
  
  Ahmed Harun Ahmed, 23, sentenced to 12 years after shop and house raids
  
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• Inspirational borough woman defies doctors to run London Marathon - Solihull Observer

  24-04-2016 09:14 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Inspirational borough woman defies doctors to run London Marathon
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  AN INSPIRATIONAL borough runner who defied predictions from doctors that she'd never be able to walk admitted she will crawl across the line if she has to when lining up at this weekend's London Marathon. Emma Cartland has suffered from cerebral palsy ...and more »
  
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• Watch: Incredible old footage of Birmingham City Centre in 1964

  24-04-2016 07:30
  
  This amazing video shows what Birmingham streets looked like over 50 years ago
  
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• Nonsuch Primary School in crisis and failing pupils, says damning report

  24-04-2016 07:30
  
  Review of Woodgate Valley school highlights bad behaviour, lack of respect and exclusion seen as normal
  
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• A-Level student pretended to be a GIRL to abuse boys online

  24-04-2016 07:30
  
  More than 80 youngsters were targeted in sick deception by 19-year-old Thomas Pryce 
  
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• Jail sentence for robber armed with imitation firearm

  24-04-2016 00:00
  
  A man who tried to commit robberies while armed with an imitation firearm has been jailed for 12 years - after being found hiding in a shed by West Midlands Police.Ahmed Harun Ahmed threatened a shop worker and was part of a gang who left a family terrified in their own home as they tried to steal cars.Balaclava-clad Ahmed demanded cash from a staff member at Shah Foodstore in Bordesley Green on 22 March last year.Ahmed said he would fire the weapon, which was wrapped in a carrier bag, but fled
  
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• Interview: “My baby saved my life" - docs found brain tumour after officer’s 38-hour labour 

  24-04-2016 00:00
  
  A labour lasting almost 40 hours is the stuff of nightmares for most expectant mums - but for West Midlands Police detective Catherine Dell her exhausting stay in the maternity unit was a life saver.That’s because just hours after daughter Jessica was born Catherine suffered a seizure - and when doctors ran tests they found a golf-ball sized tumour on her brain.It meant her maternity leave away from the force’s Economic Crime Unit - where she tackles fraud cases and has helped put se
  
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