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• Final touches added to today's Temple Balsall flower festival - Solihull Observer

  26-06-2016 21:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Final touches added to today's Temple Balsall flower festival
  Solihull Observer
  THE FINAL touches are being put into place ready for a flower festival in Temple Balsall this weekend. St Mary's Church will be smelling of roses to celebrate the recent opening of the South door, which has not been opened in living memory, from ...
  
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• What's it like to stay overnight at Warwick Castle?

  26-06-2016 18:48
  
  We road test the new Knight's Village at the historic Midlands location
  
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• Bravery of our soldiers remembered in Armed Forces Day in Brum

  26-06-2016 17:47
  
  Choirs, bands and parades involved in celebrations in Centenary Square
  
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• Watch: See the suspects Most Wanted by West Midlands Police

  26-06-2016 17:45
  
  Watch our video of possible suspects wanted by police, if you have information please contact them on 101, quoting the ID number shown.
  
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• Your chance to have dinner with heavyweight great Lennox Lewis for just £5,000!

  26-06-2016 17:30
  
  Fight fans are being offered the chance to have dinner with heavyweight great Lennox Lewis. But it comes at a cost.
  
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• Benefits mum-of-eight Marie to have a boob job

  26-06-2016 17:06
  
  Her boyfriend will pay for the £4,500 operation
  
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• Benefits mum-of-eight Marie Buchan to have a boob job

  26-06-2016 17:06
  
  Her boyfriend will pay for the £4,500 operation
  
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• Two arrests after English Defence League protest outside Birmingham mosque

  26-06-2016 15:43
  
  Police said there was no serious disorder
  
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• Travellers return to Stirchley park for second time in six weeks

  26-06-2016 15:11
  
  Residents dismayed as caravans return to Hazelwell park
  
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• Travellers return to Stirchley beauty spot for second time in six weeks

  26-06-2016 15:11
  
  Residents dismayed as caravans return to Hazelwell park
  
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• Detectives launch investigation into Co-op attack in Shirley - Solihull Observer

  26-06-2016 14:08 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Detectives launch investigation into Co-op attack in Shirley
  Solihull Observer
  DETECTIVES have launched an investigation after a trio of thugs stormed the Co-op store in Shirley on Monday night (June 20). The three men entered the Farmhouse Way store and threatened staff with what is believed to be a stanley knife and a hammer at ...
  
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• Brexit - the way forward according to wannabe West Midlands Mayor

  26-06-2016 13:47
  
  Ambitions for the region remain achieveable - Sion Simon
  
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• Brexit: the night the music died for Labour's Tom

  26-06-2016 13:34
  
  West Bromwich MP hears of Labour civil war in a muddy field at Glastonbury
  
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• Tunisian massacre is marked one year after 30 Brits were killed

  26-06-2016 11:55
  
  Several victims were from the West Midlands
  
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• WWII’s Greatest Escaper - the Midland RAF hero the Nazis couldn't keep locked up

  26-06-2016 10:18
  
  Try as they might, the Nazis could not keep Jimmy James under lock and key
  
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• Machete, axe and knives seized after street fight in Castle Vale - Solihull Observer

  26-06-2016 10:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Machete, axe and knives seized after street fight in Castle Vale
  Solihull Observer
  A MACHETE, an axe and knives were seized after a street fight in Castle Vale. Police arrested five men after the brawl in Chigwell Close at 7.50pm on Tuesday, June 14. One man was treated for a head injury following the fight and no other injuries were ...
  
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• Thug caged for 17 years over dreadful broken bottle attack

  26-06-2016 07:30
  
  Victim was left needing more than 200 stitches
  
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• Protest in Sheldon passes off without major incident

  26-06-2016 00:00
  
  A protest by the English Defence league passed off without any major incident yesterday (Saturday 25 June) with only two arrests and no reports of disorder or injuries.Around 30 people staged a rally on the Coventry Road, Sheldon, in Birmingham, between 1pm and 2.30pm; however resources were in place to ensure the event passed off safely and people could go about their business as usual in the area.There were no reports of serious disorder or injuries; a 30-year-old man was arrested fo
  
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• Protest in Sheldon passes off without incident

  26-06-2016 00:00
  
  A protest by the English Defence league passed off without incident yesterday (Saturday 25 June) with only two arrests and no reports of disorder or injuries.Around 30 people staged a rally on the Coventry Road, Sheldon, in Birmingham, between 1pm and 2.30pm; however resources were in place to ensure the event passed off safely and people could go about their business as usual in the area.There were no reports of serious disorder or injuries; a 30-year-old man was arrested for a public orde
  
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• Police hit the right beat with children

  26-06-2016 00:00
  
  A police orchestra hit the right note with schoolchildren in Birmingham after hosting music workshops at schools.The British Police Symphony Orchestra − which includes members from the West Midlands Police band − introduced youngsters to instruments and the influence of music.Members of the group went to three primary schools including The Oval in Yardley as part of the Play Out project earlier this month.The hour-long workshops for more than 20 children at a time saw musical games b
  
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