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• Iconic Aston Villa: Bumper selection of classic claret and blue archive images

  25-06-2016 21:03
  
  We delve into our Aston Villa picture library to bring you claret and blue images from different decades
  
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• Shard End car fanatic with the cleanest set of rare cars in the UK

  25-06-2016 18:00
  
  ‘Obsessed’ Bob reveals his flawless fleet of country’s cleanest cars.
  
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• Schoolboy kicked out of school for visiting dying grandad

  25-06-2016 17:45
  
  Josh Palfrey was carrying out his grandad's dying wish
  
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• Heartbreak dad who has dedicated his life to finding lost children appeals for support

  25-06-2016 17:30
  
  Sean Felton set-up Abducted Angels, a charity dedicated to locating lost children, on the back of his own experience.
  
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• Boy, 9, critically injured in Handsworth road accident

  25-06-2016 15:11
  
  It happened yards from where two little girls were killed last year
  
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• Students shine at sports masterclass - Solihull Observer

  25-06-2016 14:12 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Students shine at sports masterclass
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  A TEAM of students from The Sixth Form College have stretched themselves to the limit to take part in a Sports Science Masterclass at Birmingham City University. The sporting BTEC students took part in a whole host of sports science tests and tested ...
  
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• Watch: Quad bike narrowly avoids HEAD ON crash with driver

  25-06-2016 13:00
  
  Rider was overtaking queue of traffic on wrong side of road in rush hour
  
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• Dudley Zoo's Spurred Tortoises venture out for the first time

  25-06-2016 13:00
  
  Our friends at Dudley Zoo bring you all the latest news about their animals.
  
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• Birmingham Pub Bombings - without truth there is no peace for victims

  25-06-2016 12:44
  
  The dreadful, ongoing impact of the attacks revealed by a victim's family
  
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• Hit-and-run driver jailed for six months

  25-06-2016 12:26
  
  Victim's family say they are "satisfied" with the sentence
  
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• Swimming pool opens again after being closed following sickness outbreak

  25-06-2016 12:14
  
  Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre given clean bill of health after being shut for month
  
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• RSPCA West Midlands: Three great characters, Tyson, Penny and Shadow are waiting to be adopted

  25-06-2016 11:00
  
  Charity trying to find homes for those at its Animal Centre at Newbrook Farm, Frankley Green.
  
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• Solihull college welcomes MP Julian Knight for tour of campus - Solihull Observer

  25-06-2016 09:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Solihull college welcomes MP Julian Knight for tour of campus
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  SOLIHULL College & University Centre welcomed the Education Secretary and local MP as they toured the campus and met with students. Nicky Morgan, Secretary of State for Education, and Solihull MP Julian Knight visited the campus prior to last week's ...
  
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• Watch: Crime on the railways - police appeal after assaults and thefts

  25-06-2016 07:30
  
  British Transport Police reveal train manager attack and New Street assault
  
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• Teenage robbers jailed after beating up Snobs reveller in alleyway

  25-06-2016 07:30
  
  Yobel Werie and Jabraan Shabir stole phone and bank cards after 'befriending' student
  
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• Aliens and martians touch down at St Alphege junior school - Solihull Observer

  25-06-2016 00:29 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Aliens and martians touch down at St Alphege junior school
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  ALIENS, MARTIANS and spaceships touched down in St Alphege's Junior School on June 10 for the launch of Jo Franklin's new children's book – Help! I'm an Alien. The planet-fanatic pupils pitched ideas on way to travel to space and debated what it would ...
  
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• Pupils learn new skills at West Midlands Police ‘Boot Camp’

  25-06-2016 00:00
  
  A group of primary school pupils are being put through their paces during a police ‘Boot Camp’.
  The 10 and 11-year-olds are taking on activities and problem-solving tasks as part of a six-week programme organised by Sandwell Police.
  The West Bromwich Boot Camp was launched earlier this month and officers are working with West Midlands Fire Service, Sandwell Council and schools to develop new skills for young people.
  Nine pupils from three borough schools have signed up for sessions w
  
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• Birmingham men jailed for bottle attack

  25-06-2016 00:00
  
  A Birmingham man who inflicted devastating injuries on a sleeping man with a broken bottle has been jailed for over 17 years.Michael Jeffers, from Hamstead Road, Handsworth, burst into the bedsit of his 23-year-old victim in the early hours of 27 November last year and attacked him as he slept. As he struck him with the bottle, it broke and he stabbed him with it, causing multiple lacerations to his face and chest.The young man, from the same address, managed to escape from his room and ran into
  
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• Appeal following a collision in Handsworth

  25-06-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after a boy suffered serious head injuries following a collision in Handsworth yesterday (Friday 24 June).The boy, a pedestrian, aged 9, was in a collision with a Ford Focus on Grove Lane near to the junction with Douglas Road and Hinstock Road at around 5.55pm Friday.He was taken to hospital with serious head injuries, where he remains in a critical condition.The driver of the car, a 23-year-old man was spoken to at the scene by officers and is assisting the e
  
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