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• Police hunt duo after hundreds of pounds stolen from Bilston pensioner's home

  13-10-2016 22:05
  
  Phillip Purcell and Johnny Connors identified as suspects after elderly woman's handbags stolen in 'distraction burglary'
  
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• M5 lorry crash: Motorway to be closed overnight after oil spillage

  13-10-2016 19:30
  
  Northbound carriageway set to be shut for resurfacing work following accident which blocked road for hours
  
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• Birmingham Tesco stores running out of Flora as Unilever row continues

  13-10-2016 18:42
  
  Stores across the country are low on Marmite, Flora and other Unilever brands
  
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• Ban after man found guilty of fox hunting incident which injured two dogs

  13-10-2016 18:36
  
  He was arrested after his two terriers got injured when he sent them down a hole
  
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• Help us fund Commonwealth Games bid

  13-10-2016 18:14
  
  Not only would donations help the cash-strapped city bosses finance the bid, but would also demonstrate to the Commonwealth Games authorities there is genuine grass roots support.
  
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• Council bill for pothole damage in Birmingham rises four-fold

  13-10-2016 18:09
  
  Just 24 per cent of drivers claiming for damage were successful with the claim
  
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• A garden square plan for the edge of Birmingham city centre

  13-10-2016 18:00
  
  New apartments, commercial units and leisure facilities will be based around the garden square on a 10.7 acre site off Hagley Road between the Plough and Harrow pub and Five Ways Island.
  
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• The length of your your index and ring fingers reveals a LOT about your personality

  13-10-2016 17:17
  
  Finger length is decided in the womb and can tell us an awful lot about you, apparently
  
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• Firefighters cut man from lorry after M5 crash closes motorway near Oldbury

  13-10-2016 17:11
  
  Traffic has been building on M5 all afternoon
  
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• M5 closed: Watch fuel cover motorway causing traffic and delays

  13-10-2016 16:49
  
  Long delays expected this rush hour
  
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• Man dies in recycling centre tragedy: Police make arrest

  13-10-2016 16:44
  
  Investigation launched after death in Liverpool Street, Digbeth
  
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• Acocks Green man found guilty on suspicion to engage in terrorism - Solihull Observer

  13-10-2016 16:38 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Acocks Green man found guilty on suspicion to engage in terrorism
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  AN ACOCKS Green man has been found guilty on suspicion of travelling to Syria to engage in terrorism during a hearing at the Old Bailey in London. Anas Abdalla, 26, of Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green, planned his trip to Syria with a second man, Gabriel ...and more »
  
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• Famous faces out to support The Brummies 2016 awards

  13-10-2016 15:53
  
  Celebrities hit red carpet at Birmingham Town Hall
  
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• Fury over 'soft' 130mph street race jail sentences after mum left brain damaged

  13-10-2016 15:52
  
  Mum left disabled after horror crash involving crazed drivers
  
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• Bob Dylan becomes first musician to win Nobel Prize in literature

  13-10-2016 15:34
  
  American singer-songwriter cited by Swedish Academy for "new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"
  
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• Jihadist: MI5 spies hounded me out of country into Islamic State

  13-10-2016 15:04
  
  Undercover officers taped terrorist Anas Abdalla saying 'September 11 was so good'
  
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• New gadget could trick kids into eating their greens, say scientists

  13-10-2016 14:45
  
  It is claimed the device will transform bland tofu into juicy steak - or conjure up chocolate broccoli
  
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• Cat killer hunted as pets found hanged in SAME city street

  13-10-2016 14:14
  
  Horrific discovery for owners
  
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• Nurse takes on gruelling run in aid of liver charity

  13-10-2016 14:04
  
  Katerina's daughter Daisy has rare liver condition that was diagnosed when she was five weeks old
  
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• A little ambition to scale up our firms

  13-10-2016 13:13
  
  Gavin Petken, regional director, South at the Business Growth Fund looks at the importance of small businesses
  
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• Brexit Marmite shortage 'is only the start'

  13-10-2016 13:02
  
  Consumers face higher food prices as the Pound falls because of Brexit, warns Birmingham MP
  
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• Unilever product prices to rise due collapse of sterling

  13-10-2016 12:53
  
  Since the EU referendum on June 23, the pound has lost nearly 18% of its value against the dollar.
  
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• Teenager charged after schoolboy stabbed on No.74 bus

  13-10-2016 12:51
  
  He was due before magistrates on Thursday
  
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• HGV driver who saved schoolboy from bus stop attack is a HERO say readers

  13-10-2016 12:45
  
  Outpouring of support after brave actions when young lad was attacked
  
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• THIS is where David Beckham stayed during his trip to Birmingham

  13-10-2016 12:25
  
  The 41-year-old was in Birmingham to help launch the new Haig Club Clubman, a new whisky product from the Haig Club
  
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• Hate crimes soared after Brexit vote

  13-10-2016 12:21
  
  Birmingham MP Jack Dromey says series of racist incidents in the city shows that hatred and prejudice has returned - and new figures confirm it
  
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• Brexit campaigners 'bought 1930s-style racism back to the UK'

  13-10-2016 12:21
  
  Birmingham MP Jack Dromey says series of racist incidents in the city shows that hatred and prejudice has returned
  
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• Do we want rank amateurs, or do we want to pay our leaders properly?

  13-10-2016 12:00
  
  Brigid Jones comments about maternity rights highlight a massive divide between the assumed role of councillors and the reality.
  
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• Father's Barn Market in Rubery gutted in 3.30am blaze

  13-10-2016 11:59
  
  Popular shopping arcade shut after early-morning fire
  
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• 'Phenomenal' Jessica Ennis-Hill announces retirement from athletics

  13-10-2016 11:11
  
  Gold and silver medal-winning Olympian and two-time world champion calls time on illustrious career
  
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• This beautiful Birmingham cinema could soon be showing films again

  13-10-2016 10:49
  
  The derelict Royalty Cinema in Harborne is being lined up for restoration and conservationists approve
  
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• Legal challenge to Brexit to begin at High Court

  13-10-2016 09:00
  
  Opponents are fighting to stop Theresa May triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty without the prior authorisation of Parliament
  
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• Young cricketers bowled over by awards success - Solihull Observer

  13-10-2016 08:50 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Young cricketers bowled over by awards success
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  FIVE young Solihull School cricketers have seen their fine seasons recognised with awards at the Warwickshire County Cricket Club (WCCC) annual presentation evening. Sam Graham, Ashish Chakrapani, Alfie Blundell, Ethan Plain and Ethan Brookes all ...
  
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• Facebook Workplace aims to make work emails a thing of the past

  13-10-2016 08:48
  
  Rather than interacting with friends, it will allow work colleagues to communicate in real time from either a desktop or a mobile phone
  
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• Five Birmingham City players get England Next Gen call-up - Solihull Observer

  13-10-2016 08:47 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Five Birmingham City players get England Next Gen call-up
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  FIVE Birmingham City Ladies players have been named in Marieanne Spacey's 16-player Next Gen squad for a training camp at St. George's Park. Sophie Baggaley, Sophie Baggaley, Aoife Mannion, Mel Lawley and Freda Ayisi have all been selected for the ...
  
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• Watch: Inventor claims he's found a way of turning old potatoes into CHEESE

  13-10-2016 08:41
  
  Food scientist says he has a new way of making use of unwanted spuds
  
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• Police officer charged with gross misconduct over alleged fuel theft - Solihull Observer

  13-10-2016 08:37 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Police officer charged with gross misconduct over alleged fuel theft
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  A POLICE officer will appear in front of a misconduct panel today (Thursday) charged with gross midconduct. PC Michelle Felton, who is based in the Coventry and Solihull areas, allegedly stole fuel while off duty. The panel, chaired by legally ...and more »
  
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• Watch: The tie hack which will give you an extra minute in bed

  13-10-2016 08:36
  
  Learning how to create a Windsor Knot is a rite of passage many a young boy will need to master
  
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• Over a third of people would be put off dating someone for being a vegan

  13-10-2016 08:33
  
  34 of singletons would not want to date a vegan, according to a new study
  
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• Why eating chocolate for breakfast is actually a good idea

  13-10-2016 08:29
  
  This news is bound to go down well with those Birmingham residents who like to indulge in a spot of Dairy Milk every now and again
  
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• Thousands of families set to lose weekly bin collections

  13-10-2016 07:30
  
  Council admits it can't afford to keep current service
  
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• Schools obesity crisis as 100,000 Year 6 kids classed overweight

  13-10-2016 07:30
  
  Health warnings as children in Birmingham and West Midlands pile on the pounds
  
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• Roger Gower: Brothers of murdered helicopter pilot to rebuild school in Africa in his memory

  13-10-2016 07:30
  
  Brummies award winner was shot down and killed by poachers in Tanzania
  
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• Opinion: Hooray! Theresa May loves Birmingham as much as Manchester

  13-10-2016 06:15
  
  Birmingham is no longer playing second fiddle to Manchester in the Government's affections.
  
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• Police step up search for missing man in Birmingham

  13-10-2016 00:00
  
  Police are urgently searching for a man who has been missing in Birmingham since yesterday (Wednesday 12 October)Muhammed Khedri Maayoufi, aged 61, is visiting family from Tunisia, but has left the address and was last seen near Five Ways around 6pm.Police Constable Marianka Bowles, from the force’s Locate Team, said: “Mr Maayoufi has dementia and is likely to get confused so we are now extremely concerned for his welfare.“His family are desperate to find him and we would urge
  
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• Police release images following Coventry disorder

  13-10-2016 00:00
  
  Police have released the images of five men suspected of being involved in a disorder shortly before a Coventry City football match.It is believed that trouble broke out between Coventry City and Northampton Town fans near to R.A.O.B Social Club, Foleshill Road, Coventry at around 2.45pm on 27 August.A 62-year-old man was assaulted and needed hospital treatment for a head injury.Following the attack officers have been trawling CCTV and continuing enquiries and have released CCTV images of men th
  
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• Detectives name two suspects in hunt for cruel distraction thieves

  13-10-2016 00:00
  
  Police hunting two cruel conmen who posed as council staff to steal savings from inside a pensioner’s home have named men they believe are responsible.The two suspects struck in Baldwin Street, Bilston, at around 5.30pm on 25 August after claiming they’d been sent to carry out building work.It’s understood the 79-year-old victim let the men into her home and later discovered two handbags, containing several hundred pounds, had been swiped from a sofa.Detectives have identified
  
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• Birmingham man convicted on terror charges

  13-10-2016 00:00
  
  A Birmingham man who was stopped at Dover trying to travel to Syria to engage in terrorism has today (Thursday 13 October) been convicted.Anas Abdalla (above) was found guilty at the Old Bailey in London following an almost six week trial. A second man, Gabriel Rasmus (below) pleaded guilty to the charges at an earlier hearing.The court heard how Rasmus, 29, from Chain Walk, Lozells and Anas Abdalla, 26, of Fox Hollies Road, Acocks Green planned their travel to Syria in a bid to join Islami
  
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