Solihull news

• Mum caught bigamist husband with 'new' wife after sat-nav clues

  06-02-2017 23:31
  
  Caroline Lacey's husband Michael Hardy handed suspended jail sentence after she found him with his 'new' wife in Birmingham
  
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• Dead puppy 'found in bag' during RSPCA Solihull inspection - BBC News

  06-02-2017 21:59
  
  BBC News
  Dead puppy 'found in bag' during RSPCA Solihull inspection
  BBC News
  A dead puppy was found in a bag in a van during an inspection of an alleged dog breeding farm, a court heard. Puppies were also on floors coated with faeces and bedding soaked with urine when more than 30 animals were found at a West Midlands farm ...and more »
  
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• Murder probe launched after woman stabbed in Rowley Regis

  06-02-2017 21:03
  
  Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman arrived at Hawes Lane doctors surgery with stab wound
  
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• Teenage shoplifter who used fake baby in pram scam says: 'I won't stop stealing'

  06-02-2017 21:00
  
  Saffron Curtiss-McGinty, 18, had used bra and dog teddy in bizarre bid to fool staff
  
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• Children's hospital surgeon told to get a lawyer after fears he could be kicked out by Brexit

  06-02-2017 19:39
  
  Hospital trust urges surgeon to get legal advice about whether he will be thrown out thanks to Brexit
  
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• Takeaway wins licence despite police claims about 'gang and drug links'

  06-02-2017 19:11
  
  Hockley's Inner Circle Caribbean takeaway denied crime-link claims from police
  
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• Wife stabbed ex-husband and tried to pull out his intestines after luring him to her flat, court hears

  06-02-2017 18:56
  
  Dalya Saeed allegedly used meat cleaver, bat and kitchen knife to attack Mohammed Bilal Miah
  
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• Ministers told they have betrayed Baverstock Academy parents

  06-02-2017 18:40
  
  MP condemns proposed closure of Baverstock Academy.
  
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• Why two Birmingham libraries have been saved but a third is in the firing line

  06-02-2017 18:12
  
  Aston Library saved while future of Sutton Coldfield Library looking more secure following £150,000 funding pledge.
  
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• Police appeal for information after bus driver assaulted in Solihull - Birmingham Mail

  06-02-2017 17:27
  
  Birmingham Mail
  Police appeal for information after bus driver assaulted in Solihull
  Birmingham Mail
  Detectives have released this photo of three people they want to identify after a bus driver was assaulted in Solihull last November. (Photo: West Midlands Police). Share. Get daily updates directly to your inbox. + Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing!and more »
  
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• Police appeal for information after bus driver assaulted in Solihull

  06-02-2017 17:27
  
  The driver was verbally abused, pushed to the floor and assaulted
  
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• Tributes to driver whose body lay undiscovered for three weeks after M6 crash

  06-02-2017 17:25
  
  Zahid Mirza's body lay undiscovered by police after crash on January 15
  
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• Busy M6 junction to undergo £64m facelift

  06-02-2017 17:18
  
  Route used by 8,000 vehicles an hour at peak times will be redesigned to expand capacity and improve safety
  
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• New £5 notes selling on eBay - how plastic notes are going for thousands

  06-02-2017 16:59
  
  Collectors are looking for five pound notes with the lowest serial numbers as these attract the highest bids
  
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• X-rated Amir Khan 'sex tape' video leaked online

  06-02-2017 16:58
  
  It is believed to have happened just weeks after boxer's wedding to Faryal Makhdoom
  
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• From Trump being president to mutant tomatoes: 10 times The Simpsons predicted the future

  06-02-2017 16:56
  
  'Simpsons did it'
  
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• Kodi TV: All you need to know about the streaming craze

  06-02-2017 16:55
  
  Digital platform security company Irdeto claims that more than 20million Brits a month are looking online for tutorials
  
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• Those who misuse Kodi may soon be getting a very letter from Sky, BT or Virgin Media

  06-02-2017 16:50
  
  BT, Sky, Virgin Media and TalkTalk to contact users over illegal streaming when they detect that a broadband connection has been used to watch pirated TV shows or film
  
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• Alcester Town's new signings play their part in Solihull draw - Redditch Advertiser

  06-02-2017 16:47
  
  Alcester Town's new signings play their part in Solihull draw
  Redditch Advertiser
  ALCESTER Town included a string of new signings as they obtained a 1-1 draw with AFC Solihull in Midland League Division Three. Player-manager Danny Janes brought in goalkeeper Richard Layton, midfield man Danny Byford and striker Matt Chambers ...
  
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• Celebrity deaths in 2016 - famous people who died from David Bowie to Muhammad Ali

  06-02-2017 16:45
  
  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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• Some things will never change as our history turns to dust

  06-02-2017 16:03
  
  Architect and columnist Joe Holyoak laments the lack of love for Birmingham's mid-20th century architecture
  
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• Staff at alleged puppy farm 'told not to let dogs bark', court hears

  06-02-2017 16:02
  
  Noisy animals were 'squirted with water', magistrates told
  
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• Staff at alleged puppy farm 'told not to let dogs back', court hears

  06-02-2017 16:02
  
  Noisy animals were 'squirted with water', magistrates told
  
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• See celebrities prepare to take on tough African roads for 6 day Red Nose Convoy

  06-02-2017 15:59
  
  Stars set out on their gruelling six day journey from Kenya to Uganda today (Monday, February 6)
  
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• Further arrests after man shot in leg during disorder at Second City Suite

  06-02-2017 15:57
  
  The man, aged 30, remains in a stable condition in hospital.
  
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• Robots could replace 250,000 civil servants and NHS wokers by 2030 says think tank

  06-02-2017 15:49
  
  Jobs in Government, councils and the NHS will be lost to automation and we must plan for it now says Reform
  
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• The new Facebook 'discover people' feature is pretty creepy - and here's why

  06-02-2017 15:30
  
  The feature appears to be a cross between LinkedIn and Tinder
  
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• Virgin Media and Sky users given 20-day warning to stop using Pirate Bay

  06-02-2017 15:28
  
  The warnings, which are part of the government-backed Get It Right campaign, will inform customers they have 20 days to stop downloading content illegally
  
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• New £1 coin ALREADY selling for hundreds on eBay - months ahead of release

  06-02-2017 15:28
  
  A number of 12-sided £1 coins have just sold on eBay for as much as £200 - despite not being in circulation yet
  
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• Man with 90p in bank account claims he's now gone £1.2MILLION overdrawn

  06-02-2017 15:28
  
  Barclays is conducting a fraud investigation and his account is frozen in the meantime
  
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• Jamie O'Hara says Bianca Gascoigne is 'the one' - as he goes out partying without her

  06-02-2017 15:28
  
  Celebrity Big Brother star revealed that he could see a future with the model
  
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• Jamie O'Hara brands Phillip Schofield a 'phony' after Kim Woodburn interview on This Morning

  06-02-2017 15:27
  
  The former Wolves midfielder made the comments on social media after Kim Woodburn appeared on the ITV daytime show
  
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• How YOU can stay in the First Dates Hotel and where to find it

  06-02-2017 15:27
  
  The romantic French hotel has provided the perfect setting for love to blossom, with many successful matches already being made
  
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• Man quizzed over murder of Solihull mobster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer - Coventry Telegraph

  06-02-2017 15:24
  
  Coventry Telegraph
  Man quizzed over murder of Solihull mobster John 'Goldfinger' Palmer
  Coventry Telegraph
  A man has been questioned by murder detectives over the killing of Solihull gangster John “Goldfinger” Palmer. The 65-year-old was gunned down in the grounds of his secluded cottage in South Weald, Essex, in June 2015. It has emerged that officers ...and more »
  
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• New husband killed in horror crash involving OAP

  06-02-2017 15:16
  
  Grieving widow says pensioner has never apologised
  
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• Do you HAVE to pay Parking Charge Notices? The law and your rights explained

  06-02-2017 15:11
  
  These bodies are granted powers by legislation passed by Parliament and cover various parking misdemeanours
  
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• Parents baffled by booster seat law change - here's what you need to know

  06-02-2017 14:49
  
  Worryingly, new research reveals two thirds (66%) of parents do not understand the current car booster seat regulations
  
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• Jailed: Paedophile care home boss abused boy on first night at Harborne centre - and on family holidays

  06-02-2017 14:05
  
  Frederick Cranston, 90, carried out grooming and abuse over a number of years
  
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• Man killed in West Bromwich car crash

  06-02-2017 13:24
  
  Pedestrian was knocked down in late-night collision
  
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• Pir Alauddin Siddiqui: More than 50,000 people attend funeral service in Pakistan

  06-02-2017 13:02
  
  Huge crowds of mourners turn out to attend service in spiritual home of Azad Kashmir
  
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• Driver’s body lay near the M6 for THREE WEEKS after police failed to find him

  06-02-2017 12:25
  
  Zahid Mirza’s car is believed to have crashed on the southbound carriageway between junctions 4A and 5 near Coleshill, on 15 January
  
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• Pervert fondled himself in Home Bargains

  06-02-2017 12:03
  
  Dad-of-four had done the same thing in Sainsbury's, court told
  
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• Two friends fly to SPAIN to meet because it was cheaper than one Birmingham to Newcastle train fare

  06-02-2017 11:55
  
  The pair booked two return flights to Malaga, rather than one round trip train ticket between the English cities
  
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• Alastair Cook steps down as England Test cricket captain

  06-02-2017 11:18
  
  32-year-old is England's most-capped Test captain as well as their most prolific batsman
  
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• Fare-dodging thug jailed for 15 weeks after launching attack on ticket inspector

  06-02-2017 11:07
  
  The 32-year-old was jailed for trying to avoid a £2.20 fare
  
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• Katherine Jenkins issues David Beckham response after he allegedly brands her OBE a 'f****** joke'

  06-02-2017 11:03
  
  Beckham is reported to have wrote: 'Katherine Jenkins OBE for what? Singing at the rugby and going to see the troops plus taking coke. F****** joke.'
  
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• 15% of England's A&E departments face closure or being downgraded

  06-02-2017 10:23
  
  Research by the Health Service Journal (HSJ) shows around 15% of the total number of A&Es in England could be closed or downgraded, affecting 33 hospitals.
  
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• Britain's Got Talent embroiled in FAKERY storm as serial prankster Simon Brodkin exposes "contrived and manipulative" show

  06-02-2017 10:18
  
  Channel 4 documentary Britain’s Greatest Hoaxer claims the hit series, created by Simon Cowell, is “manipulative” and “contrived” and very different to what viewers see
  
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• Cyclist dies in crash in Alum Rock

  06-02-2017 10:12
  
  Victim, in his 30s, died at the scene
  
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• Cyclist dies in collision in Alum Rock

  06-02-2017 10:12
  
  Victim, in his 30s, died at the scene
  
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