Solihull news

• Famous Skittles dress designed by Birmingham mum accidentally destroyed

  17-06-2016 22:45
  
  Sarah-Louise Bryan, 28, had used 3,000 of the sweets and took 180 hours to make outfit
  
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• Traffic warden branded 'diabolical' after flooded car given parking ticket

  17-06-2016 21:15
  
  Mum forced to leave car after canal burst its bank on Pershore Road and flooded the engine
  
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• Q Club licence suspended after 'bouncers kicked customer unconscious'

  17-06-2016 20:30
  
  Corporation Street venue ordered to close for three months as police probe attack
  
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• Watch: Man strips off, dances and swims in flood

  17-06-2016 19:00
  
  Mystery man has a splashing time in flooded Alum Rock Road
  
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• Train thieves steal war hero's medals just hours after his funeral

  17-06-2016 19:00
  
  Son was returning home with father's honours when crooks struck in Birmingham
  
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• Will it rain in Birmingham on Sunday? Full weather forecast for the area

  17-06-2016 18:26
  
  Keeping you updated with the latest weather in Birmingham and the West Midlands on Sunday, June 19
  
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• Will it rain in Birmingham on Saturday? Full weather forecast for the area

  17-06-2016 18:25
  
  Keeping you updated with the latest weather in Birmingham and the West Midlands
  
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• Two in hospital after dramatic Kingsbury crash

  17-06-2016 17:48
  
  Van and car both left the road after collision on Trinity Road
  
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• Watch: Birmingham dad's viral song video supporting England

  17-06-2016 17:00
  
  Catering firm boss John McEvoy's performance takes Facebook by storm
  
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• Yates pub customer fights for life after being floored by single punch

  17-06-2016 16:48
  
  Victim, 30, suffered bleed on the brain after attack at Walsall venue
  
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• Former Auschwitz guard, 94, jailed for five years

  17-06-2016 16:32
  
  Reinhold Hanning had been found guilty of more than 170,000 counts of accessory to murder
  
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• Harborne Carnival 2016 road closures and bus diversions - full list here

  17-06-2016 15:45
  
  Find out the road closures and bus diversions for Harborne Carnival, the second largest street party in Britain
  
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• Birmingham gridlock confirmed as Aston Expressway closures revealed

  17-06-2016 15:28
  
  Spaghetti Junction and M6 junction closures also set to add to commuter misery
  
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• Four teens arrested at Alton Towers as schoolboy airlifted to hospital after 'assault'

  17-06-2016 14:45
  
  Victim, 15, was  airlifted to the Royal Derby Hospital after the incident
  
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• Watch: Nursery hit by six feet of water sends SOS on Facebook

  17-06-2016 13:56
  
  More than 100 people respond to call for help from Tiggy Winkles in Castle Vale
  
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• The West Midlands Combined Authority's delayed launch is confirmed kickstarting £8 billion investment

  17-06-2016 13:50
  
  Devolution deal finally confirmed giving Greater Birmingham councils more funding and power
  
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• Eleven MORE places in Birmingham always called by the 'wrong' name

  17-06-2016 12:37
  
  Another look at the less formal names Brummies give to places around the city
  
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• Birmingham Floods: 1,000 homes were at risk - firefighters

  17-06-2016 12:24
  
  Brigade deals with more than 1,000 999 calls in gruelling nine hour emergency period
  
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• Birmingham floods: Watch students help man cross flooded street on AIRBED

  17-06-2016 11:53
  
  BCU students use DIY lilo in Hubert Road near Selly Oak railway station
  
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• Watch: Punters and extra staff pitch in to save Prince of Wales pub from flooding

  17-06-2016 11:36
  
  Flooding hits popular Moseley pub in wake
  
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• Birmingham floods: Sixteen flood alerts in place as Midlands braced for more rain

  17-06-2016 09:51
  
  City battered again by torrential downpours
  
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• Lisa Bulcock lifting her way to World Domination after European success - Solihull Observer

  17-06-2016 09:20 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Lisa Bulcock lifting her way to World Domination after European success
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  POWERLIFTING: LISA Bulcock is still scratching her head wondering how she has become European Powerlifting champion after taking up the sport just TEN months ago. The 27-year-old, from Earlswood, only took up powerlifting last September after initially ...
  
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• Bad weather set to continue as severe weather warnings are issued

  17-06-2016 09:07
  
  The Environment Agency issued 10 flood warnings suggesting immediate action is required and 35 alerts meaning flooding is possible
  
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• Tributes continue for murdered Labour MP Jo Cox

  17-06-2016 08:43
  
  Witnesses said her assailant kicked and stabbed her and then shot her several times, the final shot aimed at her head
  
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• Morning news headlines: Tributes continue for murdered Labour MP Jo Cox; Man quizzed over abusive phone call to office of Labour MP Ben Bradshaw

  17-06-2016 08:30
  
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• Ex BRMB radio presenter and wrestler dies after 'battle with inner demons'

  17-06-2016 07:30
  
  Mark Gedge, known as Mark Benson, was found dead over the weekend according to his family
  
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• Watch: Can a Land Rover tow a 100-tonne train truck?

  17-06-2016 06:50
  
  Can the Solihull-built vehicle pull a carriage weighing the equivalent of a Boeing 757?
  
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• Thousands petition with Hall Green greyhound stadium facing demolition

  17-06-2016 06:50
  
  Hall Green MP Roger Godsiff says stadium is as much a part of city's sporting heritage as Villa Park, Edgbaston and St Andrew's and should be saved
  
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• Channel 4 should follow me to Birmingham, Peaky Blinders founder says

  17-06-2016 06:50
  
  Steven Knight wants to bring major Hollywood production to Birmingham - and he thinks it is a good time for Channel 4 to follow suit
  
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• Balsall Heath threat sparks social media campaign

  17-06-2016 06:50
  
  Residents join protest against the Boundary Commission's plans to redraw the political map of Birmingham
  
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• Government promises to listen following anger over planned West Coast Main Line cuts

  17-06-2016 06:00
  
  Rail Minister urges commuters to speak out about planned cuts to services at Birmingham International, Coventry, Rugby and the Black Country
  
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• Birmingham floods: Fire crews hit with more than NINE HUNDRED calls after latest deluge

  17-06-2016 01:00
  
  South Birmingham worst affected as River Rea becomes raging torrent after more huge downpours
  
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• Sandwell Community Matters Cafe event a huge success

  17-06-2016 00:00
  
  The room was packed and the conversation flowed at the first ‘Community Matters’ event in Sandwell at the weekend. 
   
  The innovative event represents a refreshing new approach adopted by the police and partners in getting the local community involved with shaping their future.
   
  Hundreds of people attended the informal event at Tipton Sports Academy on Saturday (11th June) which was part of the ‘Love Tipton’ initiative that is aimed at bringing people toget
  
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• Man critically ill after single punch in Walsall 

  17-06-2016 00:00
  
  A man is critically ill in hospital after being floored by a single punch in a Walsall bar last night (16 June) and police have released images of the prime suspect.The 30-year-old suffered a bleed on the brain following the attack in Yates on Leicester Street at around 9.30pm.Anyone who recognises the man in the CCTV images is urged to contact detectives as soon as possible.Detective Inspector Greg Evans said: “We have a man who is currently fighting for his life in hospital and it’
  
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• Hospital order for teen who launched “frenzied" knife attack 

  17-06-2016 00:00
  
  A teenager who attacked a 65-year-old man on his own doorstep in a botched car robbery has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order in a secure unit after West Midlands Police traced him from bloodied fingerprints found at the scene. Tommy Smith left Peter Churm, from Owen Street in Kates Hill, with multiple stab wounds to the back of his head and neck following the assault on 24 February last year. At one stage the handle of a kitchen knife used by Smith - who was just 17 at the
  
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