Solihull news

• Chaotic scenes after crash involving SIX cars in Tyseley

  10-05-2016 22:10
  
  Kings Road closed for hours after multi-vehicle collision - but no-one seriously injured
  
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• Teachers to strike at Kings Norton Boys School over planned redundancies

  10-05-2016 20:10
  
  Union anger as 13 members of staff due to take voluntary redundancy
  
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• Kellie Wheeler tragedy: Husband says doctors missed three chances to diagnose skin cancer

  10-05-2016 19:30
  
  Solihull mum-of-three was told she was suffering from anxiety or had pulled a muscle
  
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• Police probe after Q Club customer claims reveller assaulted by security staff

  10-05-2016 18:45
  
  Birmingham venue posted an apology and claimed 'those responsible dismissed' 
  
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• Gordon Brown to back EU membership in major speech in Birmingham

  10-05-2016 17:40
  
  The former Labour Prime Minister throws his weight behind the "remain" campaign in a speech aimed at Brummie families
  
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• Watch: Sneak peek inside Danielle Lloyd's lavish engagement party at The Cube

  10-05-2016 17:34
  
  The reality TV star celebrated with friends at the A-list studded bash
  
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• Watch: Man arrested after bus full of passengers stopped by cops

  10-05-2016 17:01
  
  Police dogs called in after incident in Bristol Road, Edgbaston
  
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• Watch Birmingham City fan have a smashing time celebrating Aston Villa's relegation

  10-05-2016 16:27
  
  Brett Price had his own way of marking Villa's demise
  
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• Boost to hopes of bringing Channel 4 to Birmingham

  10-05-2016 16:22
  
  Early-stage discussions about relocating Channel 4 from its Westminster home to the city have taken place in recent months
  
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• Thieves snatch firefighting kit as crews tackle major blaze

  10-05-2016 16:02
  
  Fire hydrants tampered with at 999 call in Darlaston
  
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• Businessman's £100k bill after 90 PER CENT of designer stock was fake

  10-05-2016 15:55
  
  Kingstanding store Akee's sold rip-off versions of adidas, Louis Vuitton and Hugo Boss
  
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• Massive increase in car number plate thefts puts lives at risk

  10-05-2016 15:37
  
  Criminals put stolen number plates on their cars to avoid detection.
  
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• Student honoured by Lord Mayor following sports personality award - Solihull Observer

  10-05-2016 15:07 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Student honoured by Lord Mayor following sports personality award
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  A SOLIHULL student and budding sportsman has been presented with a coveted award by Lord Mayor of Birmingham. Harjan Gahir, who lives on Station Road, was one of a select group of students nominated by teachers for his achievements and praised for ...
  
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• Terrific for Moseley, anger in Erdington and a Selly Oak mess: Mixed response for latest Birmingham boundary changes

  10-05-2016 14:43
  
  An improvement on the last plans, but not all parts of the city are happy with the revised city council ward boundaries
  
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• Joetta Shumba tragedy: Killer Edgbaston driver 'should have got life' for 160mph smash

  10-05-2016 14:22
  
  Devastated friend demands tougher sentence for Martin Grant, 30
  
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• Connor Smith murder: Mum's loving tribute to son she will 'never get chance to hold in my arms'

  10-05-2016 14:21
  
  Leon Frye and Philip Baillie jailed for total of 50 years after 19-year-old was shot in Hawkesley
  
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• Brave cancer bride Karen to lead ceremony at Race For Life event

  10-05-2016 14:00
  
  The mum found a lump on her breast just three weeks before her wedding
  
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• Anger after Virgin Media install cable box in front of 1,000 year-old Yardley Church

  10-05-2016 13:22
  
  Birmingham City Council now set to ask the media giant to move the box
  
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• Watch: Young dancers sleep on the FLOOR next to cockroaches after New York hotel booking wrangle

  10-05-2016 13:01
  
  Reservation was allegedly cancelled months earlier - but tourists were not told
  
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• Find Fabbo: Can you tell Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant's blonde locks from Boris Johnson or Donald Trump?

  10-05-2016 12:52
  
  We have our very own blonde bombshell politician in the West Midlands - but can you pick him from the Mayor of London or US Presidential candidate?
  
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• Solihull Moors cap off a fine season by completing the double - Solihull Observer

  10-05-2016 12:32 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull Moors cap off a fine season by completing the double
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  FOR Marcus Bignot, there was no better stage to end the best season in Solihull Moors' history with another record-breaking win . He readily admits St Andrew's holds a special place in his heart, having been a Bluenose growing up, watching his boyhood ...
  
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• Three arrests after trio of SHEEP spotted in the back of a Ford Galaxy in Yardley

  10-05-2016 11:23
  
  Suspected rustlers held after police chase in early hours
  
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• Ozzy Osbourne breaks his silence after marriage split claims

  10-05-2016 11:16
  
  Wife Sharon missed hosting duties on chat show after claims rocker had affair with hairdresser        
  
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• Birmingham school rapped for food hygiene standards tells parents: 'Come dine with us'

  10-05-2016 10:13
  
  Mums and dads invited to Anderton Park by supervisor
  
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• English test due to be taken by year six pupils published online

  10-05-2016 08:48
  
  The Department for Education (DfE) said it was urgently investigating how the tests appeared on the site for exam markers
  
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• Morning news headlines: Former Nato chiefs back David Cameron oner EU security; Key stage two English tests accidentally published online

  10-05-2016 08:31
  
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• Donald Trump could be a great US President, predicts MP

  10-05-2016 07:30
  
  Midlands MP says controversial US politician Donald Trump could be one of the greats - if he abandons his hardline views.
  
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• Most read: Driver jailed over 160mph crash, Islamic Relief poster campaign, school food hygiene ratings revealed

  10-05-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Monday, May 9
  
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• Flythrough video reveals future for Birmingham's HS2 College

  10-05-2016 06:00
  
  The video shows the new college which will train thousands of youngsters in engineering and is on track to open its doors to students in September 2017
  
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• You complained and they listened - 11 changes to the map of Birmingham following outcry

  10-05-2016 01:01
  
  A second attempt to re-draw city council boundaries aims to deal with complaints from more than 2,000 people
  
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• Barmy plans to redraw Moseley, Erdington and Hall Green scrapped as new Birmingham maps are unveiled

  10-05-2016 01:01
  
  The Boundary Commission has redrawn the political map of Birmingham for the second time after the first attempt attracted more than 2,000 complaints
  
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• Sheep rustling suspects behind baa-rs after police chase

  10-05-2016 00:00
  
  Three suspected poachers have lost their sheep but West Midlands Police knows where to find them… in the back of a people carrier in Birmingham!
   
  Officers spotted three woolly back-seat passengers being driven in a Ford Galaxy along Hob Moor Road, Yardley, in the early hours of this morning (May 10).(Inspector Clive Baynton is pictured)The vehicle tried making off but moments later rammed into a parked car in Rosedale Road where three men leapt from the car and fled.
   
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• Police appeal after woman robbed at knifepoint in Stetchford

  10-05-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was robbed at knifepoint in Stetchford.The woman, aged 43, was approached by a man as she got into her car at Stetchford Retail Park, Birmingham, at 4.55pm on 27 April.He held a knife to her throat and stole her handbag before running off. He was later captured on CCTV trying to dispose of the handbag. The woman was left shaken but uninjured.Detective Constable John Demers, who is investigating the attack, said: “I am anxious for anyone
  
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• Appeal to help find missing 14 year-old Coventry girl

  10-05-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for help in tracing a 14-year-old girl who has gone missing from her home in Coventry.
   
  Manpreet Garcha, from the Stoke Aldermoor area, was last seen at around 1pm on Sunday (8 May).
   
  The teenager is described as Asian, 5ft 4ins tall, slim build, with brown shoulder length wavy hair. Manpreet was last seen wearing a pink dress, black shoes and with a gold handbag.
   
  She has never been missing before and police are urging Manpreet, or anyone who may know of h
  
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