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• Mystery of car encased in CLING FILM in Selly Oak

  25-04-2016 21:27
  
  Police officers spot work of suspected student pranksters while on patrol
  
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• Budding businessmen raise funds for Age UK Solihull - Solihull Observer

  25-04-2016 21:13 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Budding businessmen raise funds for Age UK Solihull
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  BUDDING businessmen and women at Balsall Common Primary School are hoping to put their entrepreneurial skills to good use and raise money for Age UK Solihull. Year 5 pupils at the primary school have each been given a £5 note as part of the charity's ...
  
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• Parents plan to take children out of schools on STRIKE over new SATs tests

  25-04-2016 19:50
  
  Anger over tougher exams at younger aged and academies plan
  
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• See where Birmingham universities ranked in the latest league tables

  25-04-2016 19:13
  
  See where Birmingham. Aston, BCU, Newman and UCB placed in leading website's 2017 league table
  
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• Teacher's life ban from classroom over 'sexually motivated' touching allegations

  25-04-2016 19:00
  
  Disciplinary panel finds five claims proven - two years after he was cleared at crown court
  
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• Outlaws biker gang member convicted of shooting pub DJ in the face

  25-04-2016 18:57
  
  Victim has had bullet lodged in brain after attack in car park 
  
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• Children love pole dancing classes for five-year-olds

  25-04-2016 18:45
  
  Parents flock to sign youngsters up for Birmingham group 
  
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• Watch: Alison Hammond gets stuck in doorway on This Morning

  25-04-2016 18:31
  
  Fellow presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby collapse with laughter at Brummie's mishap
  
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• Birmingham's Labour group makes election pledge to build 2,000 council homes

  25-04-2016 17:30
  
  Ruling group at city council launches manifesto with bold vision for Birmingham's housing shortage
  
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• Work starts on new £37.5 million cancer and rare diseases centre

  25-04-2016 17:25
  
  Youngsters, aged six, who are treated at Birmingham Children's Hospital attend ceremony
  
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• Let child refugees into the UK, pleads Birmingham MP

  25-04-2016 17:12
  
  MP Liam Byrne has been leading calls to allow children fleeing wars in the Middle East into the UK.
  
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• West Midlands Police commissioner candidates vow to scrap deputy role

  25-04-2016 16:56
  
  The £65,000 a year job seems set to go following the May 5 election
  
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• Running champion appears in court charged with attempted murder at the Alexander Stadium

  25-04-2016 16:09
  
  Lauren Jeska appeared at Birmingham Crown Court charged with attempting to kill Ralph Knibbs
  
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• National Stop Snoring Week: Top 10 remedies to buy to help you quit snoring

  25-04-2016 15:11
  
  Do you need something to help you stop snoring and get a better night's sleep? Give these remedies a go and see if they can help
  
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• Beaming Birmingham bride marries Sir Mick Jagger's son

  25-04-2016 14:19
  
  Anoushka Sharma had shop job before she married into rock royalty
  
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• Hillsborough inquest jury verdict to be given on Tuesday

  25-04-2016 14:14
  
  Jury have reached verdict following longest inquest in British legal history
  
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• Pensioners flee 1am blaze sparked by illicit cannabis factory next door

  25-04-2016 13:16
  
  Couple alerted by smell of smoke and crackling 'like a bonfire'
  
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• Look: 50 years of learning at Aston University

  25-04-2016 13:11
  
  Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of Birmingham's Aston University.
  
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• Woman tried to snatch baby from mother's arms in park

  25-04-2016 13:10
  
  Police hunt attacker in her mid 20s after terrifying incident in Harry Mitchell Park, Smethwick
  
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• BHS minutes from collapse putting hundreds of West Midlands jobs at threat

  25-04-2016 12:56
  
  The beleaguered high street department chain has been a feature of Birmingham’s streets for 88 years and still has stores in the city centre and Sutton Coldfield
  
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• BHS collapses putting hundreds of West Midlands jobs at threat

  25-04-2016 12:56
  
  The beleaguered high street department chain has been a feature of Birmingham’s streets for 88 years and still has stores in the city centre and Sutton Coldfield
  
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• £35 million drugs gang pair claimed they were 'innocent dupes'

  25-04-2016 12:40
  
  Court decides Tarandeep Singh Gill and Baldip Singh Bains helped launder huge amounts of cash for organised crime bosses
  
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• Me and Mrs Jones singer Billy Paul dies at 80

  25-04-2016 11:50
  
  Paul, 80, whose career spanned for more than 60 years, died at his home in Blackwood, New Jersey
  
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• Midlands on SNOW alert as Met Office warns of cold snap

  25-04-2016 10:49
  
  Respected forecast body warns of chilly end to April - as summer appears a long way off
  
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• How you can run to the beat of a Dhol Drum this Bank Holiday weekend

  25-04-2016 10:42
  
  Youngsters aged from 11 to bring a taste of India to streets of Birmingham
  
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• Bacteria from FAECES found in ice at Birmingham KFC branch

  25-04-2016 09:37
  
  Fast-food chain investigates grim find at restaurant
  
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• Junior doctor resigns over new contract on live TV

  25-04-2016 09:00
  
  Dr Ben White told viewers of ITV's Good Morning Britain that he would be leaving his post as a trainee doctor to join the legal campaign against the contract
  
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• Shirley special needs playgroup receives much-needed cash boost - Solihull Observer

  25-04-2016 08:41 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Shirley special needs playgroup receives much-needed cash boost
  Solihull Observer
  KNOWLE and Dorridge Roundtable have made a generous £2,000 donation to the Solihull Special Needs Playgroup in Shirley. Looking after children from the age of two to five with severe health and learning difficulties, Solihull Special Needs Playgroup is ...
  
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• Morning news headlines: Brexit's Gove and Johnson turn spotlight on immigration

  25-04-2016 08:00
  
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• Grandad suffers SUNBURN every time he uses his computer

  25-04-2016 07:30
  
  Dan Reddington has electrosensitivity but doctors are baffled by the rare condition
  
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• Astonishing 300,000 West Midlands jobs at threat from robots of the future

  25-04-2016 06:50
  
  Oxford University academics study looks at types of jobs likely to be automated in years to come
  
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• Police appeal to trace thieves who targeted elderly man

  25-04-2016 00:00
  
  Police investigating the theft of £250 from an elderly dementia sufferer, have issued CCTV stills of two men they want to trace.
   
  The 76-year-old man was targeted by the thieves after they stopped him in an alleyway Market Street, Kingswinford on the afternoon of Saturday 2 April.
   
  They showed him a map and asked for directions and while he was distracted stole £250 from his pocket.
   
  PC Paul Bunford from Dudley Police said, “We want people to come forward and
  
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• Body found in search for missing Coventry student Ozi Akerele

  25-04-2016 00:00
  
  A body found in a disused churchyard in Coventry on Thursday (21 April) is thought to be that of missing student Ozi Akerele.Officers were called to the Foleshill area of the city after human remains were found by a member of the public in dense undergrowth off Albert Fearn Gardens.Formal identification will happen at the earliest opportunity but detectives believe it to be Ozi.A post mortem carried out on Friday was inconclusive and further tests will be carried out to establish the cause of de
  
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• Birmingham teenager in court on terror charge

  25-04-2016 00:00
  
  A Birmingham teenager has been charged with a Syria-related terror offence. Humza Ali, from Bromford Lane in Ward End, appeared at Birmingham Crown Court today (Mon 25 April) to face one count of preparing for acts of terrorism contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act.The 19-year-old has previously been charged with distributing a terrorist publication contrary to Section 2 of the Act and a separate offence under Section 1 of the Malicious Communications Act.He was remanded into custody a
  
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