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• Acocks Green nursing home to close its doors - Solihull Observer

  10-07-2016 21:08 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Acocks Green nursing home to close its doors
  Solihull Observer
  AN ACOCKS Green Nursing Home – which failed to give medication and administered wrong doses of antibiotics to residents under the noses of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors last year – is set to close its doors due to a shortage of nurses.
  
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• Watch: Red light jumper almost mows down mum and child

  10-07-2016 17:30
  
  Shocking dashcam footage emerges of near miss in Hall Green
  
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• Jailed in June: See the criminals that were locked up by the courts last month

  10-07-2016 17:15
  
  Take a look through our list of offenders that were locked up during June.
  
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• Schoolboy gets own football pitch in his back garden - with Albion star Craig Gardner as playmate

  10-07-2016 17:00
  
  The footballer turned up at nine-year-old Oliver Rock's house to make a dream come true
  
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• Car smash victims "very lucky" as impact wrecks vehicles

  10-07-2016 16:55
  
  Two people were cut free from the vehicles
  
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• Paramedic kicked and spat at in latest city centre attack

  10-07-2016 16:20
  
  Mike Duggan reveals it's the second attack he's experienced this week after his colleague was kicked and punched by disabled woman
  
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• Council leader appointed as chair of West Midlands Combined Authority - Solihull Observer

  10-07-2016 14:54 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Council leader appointed as chair of West Midlands Combined Authority
  Solihull Observer
  SOLIHULL council leader Bob Sleigh has been appointed as chair of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA). Following on from his role as former chair of the shadow WMCA board, Coun Sleigh has been now appointed chair of the newly-formed ...
  
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• Brummie parents splash out £200 more on summer hols for kids than Xmas according to survey

  10-07-2016 14:18
  
  Research also found they struggle to keep children entertained
  
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• Memorial for terror victims will be created at Midland site

  10-07-2016 14:11
  
  David Cameron announced that the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire will house the memorial
  
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• Police investigating machinery fire at site close to train line

  10-07-2016 12:54
  
  Arsonists are blamed for incident at Dunton Environmental in the early hours of Sunday
  
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• Read hilarious TripAdvisor-style review prisoner gives new police cell

  10-07-2016 12:08
  
  The 24-year-old put pen to paper during his 16-hour detention for criminal damage
  
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• Do you remember the swinging sixties Brumbeat bands that time forgot?

  10-07-2016 11:00
  
  From the Applejacks to the Montanas, these Birmingham beat bands have faded from history
  
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• Ex-boxer Billy targeted by thugs twice in a few weeks

  10-07-2016 10:33
  
  He struggles to cope after break-in double whammy
  
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• Amazing story of the gangster appointed as a bounty hunter by the Government

  10-07-2016 10:30
  
  Jonathan Wild turned from thief to thief-taker - but he stitched up the innocent to make a fortune
  
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• U's start with a draw against Solihull - Vitalfootball

  10-07-2016 09:42 via oxford.vitalfootball.co.uk
  U's start with a draw against Solihull
  Vitalfootball
  In front of 603 fans the match ended in a draw 1-1 as both teams started their preseason programme. Solihull Moors who last season won the conference north will be playing in the top non league division, the same as Oxford were in until 2010. The Moors ...and more »
  
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• How does your GP surgery rate? Find out what patients think

  10-07-2016 08:30
  
  Use our interactive gadget to find out what other patients think of your local GP surgery and how to compares to others in the West Midlands
  
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• Birmingham boxing hero caught up in terror attack

  10-07-2016 07:30
  
  City's hottest boxing prospect was in Saudi Arabian Mosque which was attacked by suicide bomber
  
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• Detainee praises new police cells in Trip Advisor inspired review! 

  10-07-2016 00:00
  
  West Midlands Police’s new state-of-the-art custody suite in Perry Barr has won praise from an unlikely source − a detainee who’s written a Trip Advisor style review on his overnight cell stay!The man arrived at the purpose-built, 60-cell facility on the evening of 29 June after being arrested for criminal damage at a property in Erdington.He was charged the following day but before his release the 24-year-old, from Erdington, took time to compose a review detailing observation
  
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• Appeal for information to find missing Wolverhampton man

  10-07-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for help to find a man who has gone missing from his Wolverhampton home.Clarence Roberts was last seen in the early hours of Sunday morning.  The 82-year-old suffers with dementia and police believe he may try to use public transport to travel towards Birmingham Airport.He is described as black, 5ft 6ins tall, medium build, short grey hair, clean shaven, brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a grey checked suit, a white shirt and a hat. He also wears glasses.PC Dan
  
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