Solihull news

• Jason Jones is through to the quarter finals of The Voice

  11-03-2017 22:47
  
  He was the first one through
  
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• Jason Jones has so much soul, he made Will.i.am dance on The Voice

  11-03-2017 22:21
  
  He also revealed the "Jason Jones stamp"
  
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• Sweet success for Solihull's fairtrade Cake Off - Solihull Observer

  11-03-2017 21:09 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Sweet success for Solihull's fairtrade Cake Off
  Solihull Observer
  THERE was not a soggy bottom in sight as Silhillians rose to the occasion to take part in the Fairtrade Cake Off. To mark the annual event bakers were challenged to bake and decorate a cake using at least two ingredients that were marked as Fairtrade ...
  
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• These 'potentially lethal' teddy bears are being urgently recalled

  11-03-2017 21:01
  
  Products withdrawn after tot found with electrical wiring around neck
  
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• Drug dealer called tragic addict's phone - three days after he was found dead in a Tesco store

  11-03-2017 19:56
  
  Former public schoolboy Alastair Hawkins doted on his kids - but 'took the wrong route'
  
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• No DSS: More landlords in Birmingham would rather accept pets than housing benefits tenants

  11-03-2017 19:51
  
  Tenants on housing benefits face tough times on the rental market
  
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• What should I do if I've been involved in a crash?

  11-03-2017 19:32
  
  Official police advice about what you need to do after a shunt
  
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• Solihull Moors 3-3 Braintree Town - BBC News

  11-03-2017 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Mail
  Solihull Moors 3-3 Braintree Town
  BBC News
  Solihull hit back from three goals down inside the first 25 minutes to earn an incredible draw against Braintree. The visitors had lost their past two games, but got off to a great start when Reece Hall-Johnson's free-kick from the left evaded everyone ...
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  Solihull Moors 3 Braintree 3: Moors stage remarkable comeback to claim a pointBirmingham Mailall 9 news articles »
  
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• Give us a bank holiday for the Queen's jubilee

  11-03-2017 19:00
  
  The Queen is celebrating 65 years on the throne and MPs have been debating whether or not there should be a bank holiday for her Sapphire Jubilee.
  
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• Star Wars and Italian Job star John Forgeham dead at 75

  11-03-2017 18:43
  
  Devastated sister pays tribute to 'brilliant performer'
  
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• Meet Britain's smallest professional boxer - Birmingham's 'The Showman'

  11-03-2017 18:40
  
  Britain’s smallest professional boxer – 4ft 11ins Showy ‘The Showman’ Taylor – is aiming to be a big hit in the ring
  
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• Who is Jason Jones from The Voice UK?

  11-03-2017 18:00
  
  Everything you need to know about the Walsall call centre worker
  
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• Investigation into claims that care firm workers 'sold topless sex chats' from Walsall office

  11-03-2017 17:39
  
  Caremark staff are being investigated by watchdog the Care Quality Commission
  
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• First transgender girl on Britain's Next Top Model admits 'I start most of the rows'

  11-03-2017 17:00
  
  Brummie beauty queen Talulah-Eve Brown causes fireworks on the reality TV show
  
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• Landmark pub is up for let in Smethwick - but wait until you see inside

  11-03-2017 16:25
  
  Here is a chance to restore a legendary hundred year old Waterloo Hotel building to its former glory
  
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• Tycoon Jody Sanders '£110,000 out of pocket' after driver smashes his Porsche 911 into a tree

  11-03-2017 15:20
  
  Motorist fled the scene after smash at 3am
  
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• £76k of drugs money found in police raid on Birmingham hotel room

  11-03-2017 13:34
  
  Suspect told police he inherited from Saudi Arabian estate
  
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• Ann Summers store raided a week before Valentine's Day

  11-03-2017 13:13
  
  Men were filmed clutching lingerie in early morning CCTV footage
  
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• Colourful artwork featuring Dudley Zoo animals go on show

  11-03-2017 13:00
  
  Our friends at Dudley Zoo bring you all the latest news about their animals.
  
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• Post Office gang jailed for nearly 30 years after using ANGLE GRINDER to cut their way inside

  11-03-2017 12:25
  
  One had just been released from jail
  
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• Fighter jets escort plane to Birmingham Airport - Solihull Observer

  11-03-2017 11:17 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Fighter jets escort plane to Birmingham Airport
  Solihull Observer
  The RAF Typhoon refuels mid-air shortly after safely escorting the plane to Birmingham Airport. Picture courtesy of @fredharley. Chris Willmott 11th Mar, 2017. FIGHTER jets were called to intercept a flight from Bucharest to Birmingham on Tuesday after ...
  
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• RSPCA West Midlands: Lovely little guys Casper, Ceci and Lucky need to find a happy home

  11-03-2017 11:00
  
  The RSPCA charity are trying to find homes for those at its Animal Centre at Newbrook Farm, Frankley Green.
  
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• Why Brummie comedy creation Barbara Nice is throwing herself into her new radio sitcom

  11-03-2017 09:00
  
  Barbara Nice, created by Janice Connolly, performs her trademark stage dive, even on Radio 2
  
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• Handsworth's historic New Inns clock restored in pub's transformation

  11-03-2017 09:00
  
  Refurbishment of the New Inns pub in Handsworth has also seen its original staircase, ornate ceilings and facade restored to their former glory.
  
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• Mum who hid cocaine in her private parts fails in bid to get jail term cut

  11-03-2017 07:30
  
  Sharon Ann McKeown claimed her 'severe' 12-year prison term was too tough
  
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• Recalled: Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Quorn, Pets at Home, Co-op, Waitrose and Thorntons remove potentially dangerous items

  11-03-2017 07:00
  
  Everything called back in 2017: Beef contaminated with listeria, dangerous cat food and blue chicken sarnies
  
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• Police investigating disorder in Smethwick

  11-03-2017 00:00
  
  Police have launched an investigation and are appealing for information after disorder broke out at a birthday party in Smethwick in the early hours of this morning (Saturday 11 March).
   
  Officers were called to the CAP centre on Windmill Lane at around 1.19am following reports shots had been fired at the location.
   
  Specialist units were immediately deployed and a search of the area was conducted by officers who found what appear to be a bullet and a shotgun casing.
   
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• Cash haul found in hotel room − seized under Proceeds of Crime

  11-03-2017 00:00
  
  A rucksack found in a hotel room stuffed with £76,000 in used notes has been seized by West Midlands Police under the Proceeds of Crime Act − after officers disproved claims the cash was inheritance money from a Saudi estate.Officers found the stash − largely in Scottish bank notes − in an east Birmingham hotel room after alert staff raised child exploitation fears when two men and a young woman checked into a double room.A 46-year-old man from Kilmarnock − and with
  
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• ATM attack gang jailed for 28 years for raid on post office

  11-03-2017 00:00
  
  Sparks fly as a gang targeting in-shop cash points use an angle grinder to slice through shutters at a Black Country post office − but just minutes after their raid was caught on camera all four were arrested by West Midlands Police.CCTV footage shows Simon Phillips using a circular saw to attack metal security screens at Wollaston post office in the early hours of 1 September before Terry McMahon smashes open the front door with a sledgehammer.Along with fellow gang members Adrian Peach a
  
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