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• Jamie Lee Sawyer inquest: Kayaker tells of storm surge terror after soldier drowned in canoeing tragedy

  13-06-2017 22:02
  
  Former private speaks at inquest into death of Jamie Lee Sawyer after rowers hit by storm surge off Cyprus coast
  
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• Great-grandmother celebrates her 100th birthday - Solihull Observer

  13-06-2017 21:00 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Great-grandmother celebrates her 100th birthday
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  A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER spent the day surrounded by family and friends in celebration of her 100th birthday. Ivy Gladys Olds marked becoming a centenarian on Sunday with a weekend of celebrations – starting with a small party at her home in Shirley ...
  
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• Police in manhunt after bus passenger threatened with knife in Winson Green

  13-06-2017 19:53
  
  Officers attempting to track down man who fled from number 11 bus after incident near Birmingham prison
  
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• Solihull celebrates National Carers' Week with range of events and activities - Solihull Observer

  13-06-2017 19:49 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Solihull celebrates National Carers' Week with range of events and activities
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  SOLIHULL Council is supporting Carers Week and encouraging people to get involved with local events and activities. Carers Week, which runs until Sunday (June 18), is a national campaign which aims to raise awareness of unpaid caring, the challenges ...
  
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• Ofsted praises improvements at Birmingham's children's services

  13-06-2017 19:42
  
  Government inspector says things are improving at troubled city council department which has been rated 'inadequate' since 2009
  
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• 'No second night on streets' for city's rough sleepers

  13-06-2017 19:33
  
  City council plans new policy to tackle problem of homelessness which has sky rocketed since 2011
  
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• Duo jailed for 31 years after sexually abusing three children

  13-06-2017 19:11
  
  Nadia Floan and Nicholas Lucas were found guilty of string of sex offences including rape
  
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• Armed robbers threaten staff with meat cleaver in Kings Heath Post Office raid - West Midlands Police appeal

  13-06-2017 19:08
  
  Staff members were threatened with violence and forced to open the tills during robbery on Sunday June 4 just before 10pm
  
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• BBC's Any Questions set to broadcast from WMG Academy Solihull - Solihull Observer

  13-06-2017 18:44 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  BBC's Any Questions set to broadcast from WMG Academy Solihull
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  Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby is set to host a special edition of Any Questions on the first anniversary of the EU referendum. (s). Sarah Mason 14 hours ago. POPULAR BBC radio programme Any Questions will be broadcast live from WMG Academy ...
  
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• Health clinic for men set up in Birmingham city centre cafe

  13-06-2017 18:40
  
  Brummies can pop in for a free health MOT at 200 Degrees on Colmore Row during Men's Health Week
  
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• New Birmingham funder launches with first deal

  13-06-2017 18:33
  
  Frontier Development Capital backs team at digital agency Ingenuity to undergo a management buyout
  
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• Battered woman hurled down stairs by brutal thug left homeless after attack

  13-06-2017 18:12
  
  Victim who bravely released CCTV of her ordeal has been forced to 'sofa-surf'
  
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• Elderly man in hospital after severe fire rips through Castle Vale house

  13-06-2017 17:48
  
  Fire crews tackle blaze at terraced property on Rye Grass Walk
  
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• Teenager arrested over Corporation Street machete alert

  13-06-2017 17:42
  
  Seventeen-year-old detained in connection with city centre incident
  
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• Police find GOLDEN EAGLE tied to wooden stake inside Birmingham factory

  13-06-2017 17:21
  
  Zahid from Flora Road in Small Heath, admitted failing to register a Schedule 4 Bird under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
  
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• Charlie Gard to be kept on life support as European Court of Human Rights considers case

  13-06-2017 17:20
  
  The case comes after numerous fiercely-contested failed legal challenges
  
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• Brit dubbed 'Jihadi Jack' speaks from Kurdish prison after fleeing ISIS

  13-06-2017 17:20
  
  Letts, from Oxford, is suspected of going to the war-torn country to fight for ISIS
  
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• London Bridge terror attack victims' families hear how they died at inquest

  13-06-2017 17:16
  
  Three terrorists stabbed people in the neck, back and chest during a rampage which left eight dead on June 3
  
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• New York explosion in Tribeca leaves dozens injured after carbon monoxide leak in apartment block

  13-06-2017 16:58
  
  The building has been evacuated due to the high levels of the poisonous gas
  
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• Police appeal after OAPs targeted in cashpoint offences

  13-06-2017 16:53
  
  Police issue picture of man they want to speak to
  
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• Children locked in library after man attacked with knife outside

  13-06-2017 16:47
  
  Police responded to reports of a disturbance at Glebefields Children's Library
  
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• 'Mum, I'm sat next to a boy with a shotgun' - daughter's horrifying text message as gun seized from Higham Lane School

  13-06-2017 16:44
  
  An anonymous parent only heard about the incident when her daughter texted her
  
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• Armed police storm Weoley Castle home amid gun fears

  13-06-2017 15:47
  
  Officers believed there was a weapon inside
  
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• West Midlands Police staff crisis as 711 officers off work with depression, stress and anxiety

  13-06-2017 15:42
  
  Unions say osing 2,000 staff since 2010 amid multimillion-pound budget cuts had 'taken its toll'
  
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• Look: Crook caught after posing with thumbs up inside STOLEN car

  13-06-2017 15:42
  
  The image found on the burglar's phone has been released by police after they seized his mobile
  
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• Driver escapes with minor injuries after lorry overturns in Walsall causing huge delays

  13-06-2017 15:37
  
  Firefighters were called at 1.10pm to reports of a truck on its side just off the Rising Sun Island
  
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• Watch: Cars swerve around riders on WRONG SIDE of Aston Expressway

  13-06-2017 15:30
  
  Breathtakingly dangerous stunts as bikers pull wheelies while dicing with death
  
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• Shopkeeper behind £100k tax dodge disguised smuggled fags and booze as SAUSAGES

  13-06-2017 15:14
  
  Arkani Muradi jailed for massive scam
  
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• Boy arrested after shotgun and ammunition seized from Warwickshire school - what we know so far

  13-06-2017 15:07
  
  Warwickshire Police said a teenage boy had been arrested after officers were called to Higham Lane School in Shanklin Drive, Nuneaton
  
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• These are the most Labour and Conservative parts of the West Midlands

  13-06-2017 15:05
  
  Only six constituencies in the whole of England saw a higher Labour vote share than Ladywood
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo accused of four accounts of tax fraud

  13-06-2017 15:02
  
  A statement from the prosecutor said Ronaldo used what it deems a shell company in the Virgin Islands to "create a screen in order to hide his total income from Spain's Tax Office".
  
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• These are the places on Earth where you're most likely to see alien life, scientists say

  13-06-2017 14:54
  
  The top three locations with the highest numbers of established alien species have been identified
  
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• Why modern dads are stressed and misunderstood - but happy

  13-06-2017 14:52
  
  Modern dad juggles kids, housework and job – but many feel stressed and undervalued
  
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• How likely are you to miss out on your preferred school in Birmingham?

  13-06-2017 14:52
  
  The area had one of the highest proportions in England of children offered either no place or a school other than one of their six choices
  
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• Coronation Street spoiler: Nathan plots to sell Bethany Platt into slavery

  13-06-2017 14:52
  
  The 16-year-old will be at the centre of an evil plot from grooming gang leader Nathan Curtis
  
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• Brummies wanted for Channel 4's Love it or List it with Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer

  13-06-2017 14:51
  
  Applications are now open for people who are deciding whether to renovate their house, or sell it on
  
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• Big Brother star Arthur Fulford says BULLYING caused him to quit show

  13-06-2017 14:51
  
  The show's Twitter account said: "Arthur has left the Big Brother house and will not be returning"
  
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• DUP leader Arlene Foster arrives at Downing Street for crunch talks with Theresa May

  13-06-2017 14:37
  
  The Prime Minister will be desperate to get agreement from the DUP to back her legislative programme
  
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• Watch: Police wrestle huge machete from man in Corporation Street alert

  13-06-2017 14:02
  
  Several officers involved in city centre incident
  
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• Brawl-hit pub saw police called out 35 times - and ambulances ferried ten people to A&E

  13-06-2017 13:51
  
  Ambulances called at the rate of one per month for a year at the Knights Quest
  
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• Teenage boy arrested after shotgun and ammunition recovered from Nuneaton school

  13-06-2017 13:40
  
  Officers from Warwickshire Police responded to a report at 9.15am that a boy was in possession of a firearm on the school site
  
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• Ten great jobs for women looking to get into football

  13-06-2017 13:02
  
  Liverpool FC, the FA, Chelsea and Middlesbrough all have vacancies
  
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• Foster parents put at risk as council hands over confidential names and address in shocking blunder

  13-06-2017 13:02
  
  It apologises 'unreservedly' and blames 'human error'
  
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• Commonwealth election observers are concerned about the conduct of last week's general election

  13-06-2017 12:52
  
  Secrecy of the vote was 'compromised' in nearly one in ten polling stations, say observers from Commonwealth nations
  
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• Byrne confirms his Moors departure - Vitalfootball

  13-06-2017 12:40 via solihullmoors.vitalfootball.co.uk
  
  Byrne confirms his Moors departure
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  Jack Byrne has confirmed that he has now departed Solihull Moors after two seasons with the club. The midfielder took to his Twitter account this morning to announce his departure and had this to say in a short statement: 'Sad to be leaving Solihull ...
  
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• Solihull police appeal for information after thieves steal money and jewellery from elderly Shirley couple - Solihull Observer

  13-06-2017 12:37 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Solihull police appeal for information after thieves steal money and jewellery from elderly Shirley couple
  Solihull Observer
  POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a robbery at an elderly couple's home in Shirley. Three men burst into the Haslucks Green Road house where the couple were sitting and demanded money and jewellery shortly after 10pm on May 31. The man ...
  
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• What is ghost broking? The fake car insurance scam sweeping UK

  13-06-2017 12:19
  
  One victim was inundated with more than 120 insurance documents for policies he had not taken out
  
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• Watch: Audi driver jams on brakes in front of HGV and flips middle finger

  13-06-2017 12:11
  
  Shocking road rage incidents sparks warnings about dangers around lorries which can't stop quickly
  
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• Who is Sam Gowland? Love Island 2017 hunk is cousin of Birmingham City player

  13-06-2017 12:02
  
  The 21-year-old, from Middlesbrough, says he doesn't like girls with a potty mouth
  
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• Blast at British military's Dhekelia base in Cyprus

  13-06-2017 11:59
  
  The explosion took place on the southeast coast of the country on Tuesday
  
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