Solihull news

• WATCH: Huge queues as M6 blocked after van overturns

  31-05-2016 22:13
  
  Northbound carriageway closed after accident between junctions five and six
  
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• Calls to suspend Birmingham Labour councillor over anti-Israeli comments

  31-05-2016 22:00
  
  Birmingham council cabinet member for equalities becomes latest figure exposed in Labour party anti-semitism row
  
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• Lorry gets stuck after hitting railway bridge in Oldbury

  31-05-2016 20:45
  
  Bromford Road partly blocked after vehicle becomes trapped under bridge near railway station
  
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• Teenager killed in Dudley crash named by police

  31-05-2016 19:08
  
  Brandon Holt, 17, died after collision on Wrens Nest Road on Sunday
  
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• Watch: Crazed driver JUMPS red light after flying past two cars

  31-05-2016 19:03
  
  Footage captured on dashcam in Stirchley High Street by law-abiding motorist
  
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• You can burn your EU passport says Nigel Farage as he tells Bull Ring traders to vote for Brexit

  31-05-2016 19:00
  
  UKIP leader goes on market walkabout with his band of supporters
  
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• Watch: One car in flames and another pushed into river in Hamstead

  31-05-2016 18:38
  
  Residents shocked after hearing loud explosion and finding the wreckage
  
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• Midland EastEnders star urged to 'send Phil Mitchell round' in Twitter BT phone bill row

  31-05-2016 17:34
  
  Actor threatens to put company's 'billing mistakes' on his timeline for 300,000 followers to read
  
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• Police rescue GOLDFISH from car after suspected drink-driver arrested

  31-05-2016 16:49
  
  Bowl retrieved from motor following 5am drama
  
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• Migrant death toll in Mediterranean Sea 'tops 1,000 in a week'

  31-05-2016 16:48
  
  Updated tally was drawn from the accounts of survivors who were saved at sea or landed in Italy in recent days
  
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• We raced the Midland Metro tram from Snow Hill to New Street station - this is what happened

  31-05-2016 16:16
  
  Is it quicker to complete the new Midland Metro extension on foot or on the Metro?
  
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• Jess Phillips 'may quit Twitter' over 600 rape threats

  31-05-2016 16:15
  
  Yardley MP targeted by vile trolls she said were 'talking about my rape'
  
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• Austin Reed to close Birmingham store as 1,000 jobs are shed

  31-05-2016 15:32
  
  Troubled high street fashion retailer will shut the vast majority of its estate across the UK as administrators fail to find a buyer for the business
  
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• Marcus Rashford given England Euro 2016 spot as Townsend and Drinkwater miss out

  31-05-2016 15:30
  
  Hodgson's men begin Group B against Russia on June 11 in Marseille
  
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• Simply Local shopkeeper threatened with axe in Redditch store raid

  31-05-2016 15:17
  
  Two masked men fled with cash from the till after daylight robbery
  
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• Baby joy for Rolling Stones star at 68 as his Moseley-born wife has twins

  31-05-2016 14:47
  
  Ronnie and Sally Wood celebrate the safe arrival of twin daughters
  
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• Medic in hospital after ambulance crash in Erdington

  31-05-2016 14:45
  
  Ambulance and car collide on busy road
  
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• Body pulled from lake at Kings Norton Nature Reserve

  31-05-2016 13:57
  
  Police called to scene after discovery at beauty spot
  
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• Claiming benefits is EASY, says £31k-a-year 'octomum' Marie Buchan

  31-05-2016 13:32
  
  She tells pop star Myleene Klass during new TV documentary
  
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• Sovereignty and trade high on Birmingham EU referendum debate

  31-05-2016 12:46
  
  Edgbaston MP Gisela Stuart and Aston University professor Simon Green join 80 guests for referendum debate
  
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• EU referendum: 'Tell us the truth about immigration, Mr Cameron'

  31-05-2016 11:46
  
  Birmingham MP Gisela Stuart challenges the Prime Minister to admit that EU membership means open borders
  
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• Man seriously hurt in robbery at Lozells store

  31-05-2016 11:20
  
  Victim in hospital with serious head injury
  
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• Suspected pervert flasher is snapped by brave teenager

  31-05-2016 10:32
  
  She takes photo after a man exposes himself near park
  
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• Actors to play Harry Potter's wife and son in The Cursed Child revealed

  31-05-2016 09:32
  
  Potter fans who have wondered what Harry and Ginny's offspring might look like need imagine no more
  
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• Two killed after light aircraft crashes in Midland field

  31-05-2016 09:28
  
  Eyewitness describes how it "nosedived" before the tragedy
  
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• Tributes paid to Solihull schoolboy who died in Turkish swimming tragedy - Solihull Observer

  31-05-2016 08:38 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Solihull Observer
  Tributes paid to Solihull schoolboy who died in Turkish swimming tragedy
  Solihull Observer
  HEARTFELT tributes have been paid to teenager with “good heart” who tragically died while on holiday with friends in Turkey on May 18. Solihull student Subhan Khan had his life cut short on the Aegean Coast of Altinkum after an alleged swimming accident.
  
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• Morning news headlines: Leaving EU is 'reckless risk', say Dragons' Den stars

  31-05-2016 08:00
  
  Latest headlines from around the world
  
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• Win a facial from celebrity beauty guru Deborah Mitchell at Santai Spa at Resorts World Birmingham

  31-05-2016 07:30
  
  Your chance to be treated like a celebrity with a luxury spa experience in Birmingham's newest entertainment destination, near the NEC
  
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• Police mock 'real don' fraudster Jahangir Khan - by taking the mickey out of his RAPPING

  31-05-2016 07:30
  
  He posed as criminal Mr Big - as he ripped off OAPs with his gang
  
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• Police mock 'real don' fraudster Jahangir Khan - by tacking the mickey out of his RAPPING

  31-05-2016 07:30
  
  He posed as criminal Mr Big - as he ripped off OAPs with his gang
  
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• How to get on Antiques Roadshow when filming comes to Solihull - Birmingham Mail

  31-05-2016 07:30 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  How to get on Antiques Roadshow when filming comes to Solihull
  Birmingham Mail
  Ever wondered how much that car boot sale painting you bought last year is actually worth? Or do you have an heirloom which might be worth a lot of money? Well now you may have the chance to find out as BBC Antiques Roadshow is filming at the National ...and more »
  
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• Teenager who died in Dudley collision named

  31-05-2016 00:00
  
  A teenager who died in a collision in Dudley over the weekend has been named.Brandon Holt, 17, was riding on Wrens Nest Road at around 6.15am on Sunday 29 May when his motorbike collided with a stationary car.He was treated by paramedics at the scene and taken to hospital but he died later that day.Officers are now appealing to anyone who may have been in the area at the time or who witnessed the collision to come forward.PC Damian Gibson, from the Regional Collision Investigation Unit, said: &l
  
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• 40 years jail for armed robbery duo

  31-05-2016 00:00
  
  Armed robbers who threatened women in their own homes - including a mother with her two-year-old child - have been jailed for 40 years after being tracked down by West Midlands Police.The pair had an imitation gun and a knife as they targeted three homes in Birmingham between 24 and 25 April last year; before making off with Ipads, phone and a credit card.Officers used CCTV, DNA evidence and phone records to connect Donroy Joseph and Kendell Farrell , both aged 25, to the crimes - which saw two
  
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