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• WATCH: Two jailed after knife raid at Wombourne store

  09-09-2016 23:53
  
  Pair jailed for total of 14 years after staff member attacked in robbery at Costcutter store
  
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• Bus sex attacker caught flouting TEN YEAR public transport ban

  09-09-2016 21:00
  
  Stefan Sabo, 30, previously barred from using public transport after schoolgirl attack
  
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• Walsall brothers jailed for sending cash to Islamic State fighter sibling

  09-09-2016 19:31
  
  The dry cleaners sent £10k to brother, who was fighting for IS in Raqqa
  
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• Restaurant and takeaway fined over rats and filthy kitchens

  09-09-2016 19:04
  
  Appalling conditions in food preparation areas including mould on floor and walls and rotting vegetables
  
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• Probe launched after man found with head injuries in Halesowen

  09-09-2016 18:48
  
  Man in critical condition in hospital while New Road cordoned off
  
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• Husband jailed for attempting to murder wife is online singing sensation

  09-09-2016 18:40
  
  Dan Draghici originally from Romania, stabbed Elena 15 times
  
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• Drugs gang jailed for 121 years after major Pakistan heroin bust

  09-09-2016 17:57
  
  Seven men smuggled Class A substances to Birmingham hidden in industrial equipment
  
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• WATCH: Moment schoolboy, 13, left rival football fan in coma after cowardly gang attack

  09-09-2016 17:43
  
  Joe Wood and fellow Wolves yobs left dad Nic Cruwys with brain injuries after sickening assault
  
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• Breadline Brummies is the latest TV documentary to follow benefit claimants

  09-09-2016 17:30
  
  The Channel 5 series On Benefits features more Brummies claiming welfare
  
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• Interview: Solihull-comedian Gary Delaney speaks ahead of Wolverhampton Slade Rooms show - expressandstar.com

  09-09-2016 16:27 via expressandstar.com
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  Interview: Solihull-comedian Gary Delaney speaks ahead of Wolverhampton Slade Rooms show
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  When it comes to telling jokes, Gary Delaney is up there with the best of them. Gary D Gary Delaney from Solihull. 0. Comments. The comic, who grew up around Dorridge, near Solihull, has been on the comedy circuit for almost 20 years and will headline ...
  
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• Strong reaction to pub's closure threat over fights and drug dealing claims

  09-09-2016 15:58
  
  Readers divided over Acorn pub threat: From "I have never seen trouble" to "This pub is shocking"
  
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• Birmingham weather: Heavy rain to hit region this weekend

  09-09-2016 14:36
  
  But hot and humid conditions to return to region from next week
  
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• Pershore Road tragedy: Biker killed in crash named by friends as Daniel Hanks

  09-09-2016 14:06
  
  Man, 45, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving
  
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• Tesco feeds thousands of people in need through community food ... - Solihull Observer

  09-09-2016 13:49 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Tesco feeds thousands of people in need through community food ...
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  TESCO stores across Solihull have donated an incredible 3,850 meals to local people in need thanks to Tesco's surplus food redistribution programme, ...and more »
  
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• Tesco feeds thousands of people in need through community food programme - Solihull Observer

  09-09-2016 13:49 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Tesco feeds thousands of people in need through community food programme
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  TESCO stores across Solihull have donated an incredible 3,850 meals to local people in need thanks to Tesco's surplus food redistribution programme, Community Food Connection, in partnership with FareShare FoodCloud. This contribution from stores in ...and more »
  
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• Flights from Birmingham to New York are scrapped

  09-09-2016 13:49
  
  American Airlines has revealed the disappointing news its New York JFK service from Birmingham Airport will cease
  
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• Market trader has £7k of stock stolen from van parked at NEC

  09-09-2016 13:43
  
  Boxes of goods mean family business is now under threat
  
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• Tesco is stopping 24-hour trading in dozens of stores - these are the ones affected in the West Midlands

  09-09-2016 13:31
  
  The supermarket giant had already stopped all-day trading at 20 stores - now it has revealed 30 more
  
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• John Lewis chief will step down for West Midlands mayor bid

  09-09-2016 12:33
  
  Managing director of John Lewis Andy Street confirms he wants to be mayor
  
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• West Midlands Police 'would consider' allowing women cops to wear the burka

  09-09-2016 12:31
  
  Some women recruits have already asked to wear the hijab
  
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• West Brom team news: Tony Pulis on which new signings are likely to face Bournemouth

  09-09-2016 12:06
  
  Albion boss Tony Pulis is likely to turn to his deadline day additions at the Vitality Stadium
  
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• Gary Rowett on his Birmingham City selection dilemmas - including Paul Caddis

  09-09-2016 11:15
  
  Blues boss Rowett faced the media ahead of the trip to Fulham
  
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• Why Birmingham will be the 'rail city' of the future

  09-09-2016 11:00
  
  Once branded as UK's motor city, Birmingham leader John Clancy says that city economy is swinging back towards railways
  
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• RIP Dan: Tributes paid to biker killed in Edgbaston

  09-09-2016 10:03
  
  Motorcyclist, 25, died in collision with car
  
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• Bristol City fans suing West Midlands Police for 'false imprisonment'

  09-09-2016 09:42
  
  The claim relates to more than 50 Bristol fans who say they were stopped from attending a match last season
  
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• The morning news headlines: Theresa May: New grammar schools will end selection by postcode and wealth; North Korea carries out fifth nuclear device test

  09-09-2016 09:07
  
  The latest news from Britain and around the world
  
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• Solihull relocation creates 9 jobs with Blink Medical - BQ Live

  09-09-2016 08:10 via bqlive.co.uk
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  Solihull relocation creates 9 jobs with Blink Medical
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  Shares in Newbury-headquartered technology company Micro Focus International soared by nearly 20% following news that it is to buy the software arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) in a £6.6bn deal. London & South · News · 0 Comments · Have Your ...
  
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• Mum claims daughter left without school place after 'council bungle'

  09-09-2016 07:30
  
  Ruby Warren, four, is being kept at home by mother Fiona until appeal hearing
  
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• More pressure to treat pub bombing families fairly as Lib Dem leader backs campaign

  09-09-2016 07:30
  
  Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron backs the Justice for the 21 campaign calling for legal funding for new inquests into the Birmingham pub bombing deaths
  
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• Female genital mutilation: Birmingham has highest number of UK cases

  09-09-2016 07:30
  
  Police say victims in city now more confident in reporting the horrific crime
  
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• Could a six-hour working day come to the UK?

  09-09-2016 07:30
  
  Six-hour day appears to make some sense
  
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• Future for Moseley becomes clearer as Marks & Spencer scheme takes shape

  09-09-2016 06:50
  
  Changing face of popular Birmingham suburb as work progresses on food store and health centre
  
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• £4m flood defence plan for city - but it comes with student flats attached

  09-09-2016 06:30
  
  Cost of new flood defence at Pebble Mill will be covered by construction of 340 flats
  
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• Historic Birmingham hotel set for revamp

  09-09-2016 06:00
  
  Business focus for landmark city centre hotel which hosted Laurel & Hardy and Enoch Powell's famous speech
  
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• Theresa May launches plan for Birmingham-style grammar schools nationwide

  09-09-2016 01:01
  
  Birmingham grammars reserve places for low-income children - now Theresa May wants to see it happen across the country
  
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• Teenage group jailed for attack on Watford fan in Wolverhampton  

  09-09-2016 00:00
  
  A group of teenagers have been jailed today (Friday 9 Septemember) for over eight years for attacking Watford fan Nic Cruwys after a football match in Wolverhampton last year. Five teens pleaded guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court on 18 August, while a 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to his involvement at an earlier hearing. Nic was left for dead by his attackers after he left the Molineux and walked back towards Wolverhampton train station with friends on Saturday 7 March last yea
  
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• Statement about police officers wearing the burka

  09-09-2016 00:00
  
  Chief Constable Dave Thompson said: “We would need to consider our own rules and cultural sensitivity. We don’t have any barriers relating to the burka. “As it stands we have not had any approaches from potential recruits asking to wear the burka, but if such an approach was made it is something we would have to consider.“Serving the people of the West Midlands is at the heart of what we do and I would need to carefully consider anything that could be seen as standin
  
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• Police launch investigation after man found with head injuries

  09-09-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives have launched an investigation after a man was found with head injuries on New Road, Halesowen.Officers were alerted to the incident by Ambulance colleagues at around 12:30am this morning (Friday 9 September).The 35-year-old man was taken to hospital, where he remains in a critical condition.An investigation was launched and an area of New Road has been cordoned off whilst forensic experts examine the scene.Detective Inspector Warren Hines, from Force CID, said: “We are in the e
  
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• Motorcyclist dies in Birmingham collision  

  09-09-2016 00:00
  
  A man has been arrested after a motorcyclist died in a collision in Selly Oak yesterday (Thursday 8 September). The collision happened on Pershore Road between Oaklands Road and Pebble Mill Road at around 2.45pm involving a motorbike, a BMW X5 and a double decker bus. The driver from the BMW, a 45-year-old man, was arrested at his home address a short time later and released on police bail pending further enquiries. The 25-year-old motorcyclist was treated by paramedics but despit
  
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• Black Country trio jailed after funding Daesh fighter

  09-09-2016 00:00
  
  Three Black Country men have today (Friday 9 September) been jailed after being found guilty of helping to fund a Walsall man who is currently fighting in Syria with Daesh. The three, including two brothers, transferred money and sold items on eBay to raise cash to send to Musadikur Rohaman, who is believed to have joined Daesh after travelling to the conflict zone. Brothers Mohammed Iqbal Hussain, aged 26 and Mohamed Suyaubur Rohaman, aged 32, both of Castle Road, Walsall, were arrest
  
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