Solihull news

• Jaguar Land Rover wins trademark battle over Defender

  02-01-2017 17:49
  
  Luxury car maker takes action against a Canadian company which named its new off-road vehicle Defender
  
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• £70,000 Maserati smashed up in collision which caused M6 delays

  02-01-2017 16:58
  
  The smashed happened on the northbound carriageway of the M6 between Great Barr and Spaghetti Junction
  
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• This job will pay you to drink gin and travel Europe

  02-01-2017 16:35
  
  The role sounds fun - it involves travelling around Europe tasting spirits and visiting distilleries
  
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• Hunt is on for supermarket Shakespeare behind Tesco poetry

  02-01-2017 16:25
  
  Ditties left on shelves found by stunned shoppers
  
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• Why flight from Birmingham to New York was forced to u-turn

  02-01-2017 16:24
  
  American Airlines takes passengers back to the capital after plane suffers mechanical issue
  
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• How Deal or No Deal contestant given IVF money by George Michael will honour him

  02-01-2017 16:09
  
  Lynette Gillard travelled 400 miles to pay tribute
  
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• City cop heading to Far East for Triad crime probe

  02-01-2017 16:00
  
  Pc's fact-finding tour part of new role as Chinese community liaison officer
  
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• All the latest on Celebrity Big Brother

  02-01-2017 15:54
  
  From who's going in to the size of the beds, we've got the gossip
  
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• Relatives devastated as grandmother dies in Bordesley Green fire

  02-01-2017 15:34
  
  She was killed in New Year's Day tragedy
  
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• Learner drivers to be allowed on motorways for the first time

  02-01-2017 15:33
  
  At the moment, you can only have driving lessons on motorways after you’ve passed your driving test but it is all change
  
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• Drug-dealer who paid for wife's BOOB JOB in £2m dirty money crackdown

  02-01-2017 15:12
  
  Ashley Wilkin was jailed over massive criminal empire
  
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• This is how Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell actually drowned in Eastenders

  02-01-2017 15:01
  
  Viewers were confused about why they couldn’t get out of the pool
  
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• EastEnders' alternate ending sees Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell suffer a completely different fate

  02-01-2017 14:58
  
  EastEnders waited a while before the BBC uploaded the clip to Snapchat
  
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• Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell hit by EastEnders New Year curse

  02-01-2017 14:31
  
  The sisters join a list of those struck down on January 1
  
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• New garden village coming to West Midlands

  02-01-2017 13:50
  
  Government announces site in Warwickshire will be one of 14 to host the so-called garden villages which will create more than 48,000 homes
  
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• MINUS THREE forecast for big return to work

  02-01-2017 13:37
  
  Misery as millions hit the road after extended festive break
  
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• How to manage your new year debt hangover

  02-01-2017 13:33
  
  Worried about the state of your credit card bill after a party-filled Christmas? Then help is at hand
  
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• Doing this simple thing every day can DOUBLE your muscle strength, a new study says

  02-01-2017 13:31
  
  Elderly women in particular can benefit most from this easy, straightforward task
  
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• Teenage pregnancies fall across Birmingham and the West Midlands

  02-01-2017 13:30
  
  Huge fall in the annual figures follows drive to increase awareness and availability of contraception
  
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• Religion has same impact on brain as sex, drugs and gambling

  02-01-2017 13:29
  
  Those who feel the spirit of the almighty one are stimulated in a similar way to the more earthly desires
  
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• The shocking number of people being treated for substance misuse in the West Midlands

  02-01-2017 13:28
  
  The number seeking treatment in 2015/16 is more than double the 2005/06 figure
  
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• Why we cannot give up 200 years of press freedom without a fight

  02-01-2017 13:26
  
  Birmingham Mail editor Marc Reeves spells out why regulatory changes could threaten press freedom
  
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• These are the ages when people are most likely to cheat on their partners

  02-01-2017 13:18
  
  A new year is approaching - and it's bad news if your partner is turning one of these ages in 2017
  
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• Ambulance staff flooded with calls as 2017 arrives

  02-01-2017 12:54
  
  Staff deal with more than 4,500 emergency calls
  
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• Quitting smoking: What happens to your body after days, weeks, months and years

  02-01-2017 12:46
  
  Without question, giving up smoking is the best thing any smoker can do for their health
  
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• George Michael died alone as his boyfriend slept in the car, he claims

  02-01-2017 11:58
  
  Fadi Fawaz, who found him the next day, said he fell asleep outside and will never again see his boyfriend
  
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• All the celebrities that died in 2016 - from Carrie Fisher to George Michael

  02-01-2017 11:50
  
  The past 12 months has robbed us of many a talent - from Alan Rickman and Terry Wogan, to Muhammad Ali and Gene Wilder
  
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• This is why you should NEVER add milk to your scrambled eggs

  02-01-2017 11:31
  
  Chefs have now shocked us by revealing that milk doesn't make our eggs fluffier - it's culinary sin in fact
  
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• Plastic £5 note worth £50,000 discovered in Christmas card

  02-01-2017 11:28
  
  There are just four Jane Austen £5 notes in circulation
  
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• Huge leap in people leaving A&E without being treated

  02-01-2017 11:26
  
  The number leaving before treatment is more than triple the figure in September 2015
  
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• Biker arrested for drink-driving - after crashing into police car

  02-01-2017 11:17
  
  He smashed into back of marked BMW X5
  
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• Ten once-popular cars that people aren't driving anymore

  02-01-2017 11:01
  
  Everything from the Zafira to the Megane features - but is your motor on the list?
  
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• The new 12-sided £1 coin and why you only have months to spend your old ones

  02-01-2017 10:38
  
  Its anti-counterfeiting features include its distinctive multi-sided shape and dual-metal design
  
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• Raiders target entire street as lead stripped from homes

  02-01-2017 10:22
  
  Two charged over early-morning raids
  
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• Train fares set to rise by average of 2.3%

  02-01-2017 10:20
  
  The average increase across Britain of 2.3% came into force on Monday morning, although the figure varies between operators, with fares on Virgin Trains East Coast services up by 4.9%.
  
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• 2017 starts with a cold snap as Britain wakes to ice

  02-01-2017 09:39
  
  A "yellow" weather warning for ice has been issued for Scotland, Northern Ireland, the North and the East Midlands, the Met Office said.
  
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• Man charged over knife attack at Wetherspoons pub

  02-01-2017 09:24
  
  Paul Masters due in court over William Tyler pub fracas
  
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• Morning news headlines: Rail fares hike 'another kick in the teeth'; Manhunt continues for Istanbul nightclub gunman

  02-01-2017 09:15
  
  The latest news from Britain and around the world
  
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• Protests at Birmingham’s New Street station as commuters face ticket price hike

  02-01-2017 07:30
  
  Ticket increases described as “another kick in the teeth” for passengers
  
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• Suspected knifeman in court over Birmingham pub attack 

  02-01-2017 00:00
  
  A man has been charged with wounding over a knife attack in a Birmingham pub that left a man in hospital.Paul Masters was arrested from his home address in Croft Road, Yardley, at around 1am on New Year’s Eve shortly after it’s alleged he lashed out with a knife in the William Tyler pub in nearby Church Road.The 49-year-old factory worker was charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, plus another count of making threats with a bladed article.He was remanded in
  
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• Crime doesn’t pay as police recover ill-gotten gains 

  02-01-2017 00:00
  
  Almost £2 million of ill-gotten gains has been recovered in less than a year as West Midlands Police proves that crime doesn’t pay! The ‘dirty money’ has been paid back under the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) which gives police forces the power to seize assets or cash from crooks that’s believed to have been accrued through criminality. West Midlands Police and the Regional Organised Crime Unit (ROCU) have taken a tough stance to recoup cash - with those wh
  
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