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• Driver killed in Staffordshire crash named by police

  29-06-2017 22:50
  
  Police still appealing for witnesses after Malcolm Aplin, 59, died at scene of accident near Brewood
  
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• Hundreds of cannabis plants seized in dawn raid at warehouse

  29-06-2017 21:30
  
  Arrests made following intelligence-led raid at property on Coleshill Industrial Estate
  
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• Your guide to the ELEVEN new contestants on Love Island

  29-06-2017 21:00
  
  The ITV2 show is about to get a huge shake-up
  
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• Fans' favourite Jack Byrne not part of McDonald's 2017 plans - Solihull Observer

  29-06-2017 20:12 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Fans' favourite Jack Byrne not part of McDonald's 2017 plans
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  FOOTBALL: FANS' favourite Jack Byrne will not feature in Liam McDonald's Solihull Moors side next season. The 28-year-old midfielder joined Moors at the start of the 2015/16 promotion season following a five-year stint at Kidderminster where he made ...
  
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• MP Jess Phillips defies Jeremy Corbyn to back 'soft' Brexit and Single Market membership

  29-06-2017 19:47
  
  Birmingham Yardley MP Jess Phillips was one of 49 Labour rebels to back staying in the EU Single Market after Brexit despite orders from Jeremy Corbyn not to
  
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• Teenager injured in suspected drive-by shooting in Hockley

  29-06-2017 19:30
  
  Police examining CCTV footage after 17-year-old hit by shot fired from passing car in Mosborough Crescent
  
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• Solihull's Race for Life set to raise £100000 - Solihull Observer

  29-06-2017 18:43 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Solihull's Race for Life set to raise £100000
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  MORE than 1,500 women took part in Cancer Research UK's Race for Life at Malvern Park – and the charity hopes to raise in the region of £100,000 from the event. Emily Thompson, Cancer Research UK event manager for Solihull Race for Life, said: “We ...and more »
  
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• Driver jailed after M5 race crash killed brother and two friends

  29-06-2017 18:36
  
  Sabbir Sedoo was told by a judge that he had driven ‘like an idiot’ for 29 miles along the M5 from Birmingham to North Gloucestershire, where the triple death crash occurred near Strensham Services
  
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• Man arrested after Castle Vale care home pensioner 'battered with bedside lamp'

  29-06-2017 18:00
  
  Victim, 75, said to have been repeatedly hit around head in early hours attack
  
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• Raid on Barclays bank in Sparkbook: Everything we know so far

  29-06-2017 17:48
  
  The men wanted are still on the run, police have confirmed
  
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• Pupil injured in attack outside Sedgley school

  29-06-2017 17:30
  
  Officers called to scene after 'disorder' outside High Arcal School
  
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• Door staff BANNED from working at ALL branches of Wetherspoons after homeless man brutally beaten

  29-06-2017 17:28
  
  Shocking footage captured the vicious attack on Broad Street
  
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• TV star Scarlett Moffatt spotted filming Channel 4 show Streetmate in Birmingham

  29-06-2017 17:23
  
  The Gogglebox star has been playing Cupid in the city
  
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• Mercedes 4x4 in Barclays bank ram raid: New footage emerges

  29-06-2017 17:23
  
  Shocking scenes as crowd watches in horror as robbery takes place
  
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• Weeping driver jailed for TEN YEARS after killing family man during 110mph police chase

  29-06-2017 17:06
  
  Connor McCaugherty, 23, crashed into Dil Bahadur Subedi on pedestrian crossing after jumping red light
  
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• City playing 'fast and loose' with bin workers' jobs

  29-06-2017 16:52
  
  Trade union Unite goes on the offensive ahead of series of strike among city council refuse workers
  
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• CCTV appeal over robber who rips earrings out of women's ears

  29-06-2017 16:49
  
  CCTV appeal over robber who rips earrings out of women's ears
  
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• Love Island spoiler: Jonny REGRETS kissing Tyla after Camilla dumping

  29-06-2017 16:47
  
  In scenes set to be aired on Thursday, June 29 Jonny will bare his soul to the villa's resident therapist, Marcel
  
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• Murder victim James Brindley had won modelling job day before being stabbed to death

  29-06-2017 16:27
  
  Heartbroken best friend pays tribute to much-loved 26-year-old, as police hunt his killers 
  
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• Birmingham International Marathon: Training tips from Liz McColgan help 'beat the wall'

  29-06-2017 16:22
  
  Running legend Liz McColgan is helping Birmingham Mail reporter Annette Belcher train for her first marathon. 
  
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• Gang leader needs testicle removed after accidentally shooting himself in groin

  29-06-2017 16:21
  
  The 30-year-old was transported to hospital as blood poured from his crotch
  
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• How Theresa May's DUP deal gives Northern Ireland 18 times as much funding as the West Midlands

  29-06-2017 16:04
  
  How new funding for Northern Ireland dwarfs the devolution deals given to English regions
  
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• Pictured: Sparkhill Imam facing extradition on terror charges had 'raised one million Euros in a year'

  29-06-2017 15:57
  
  Tarik Chadlioui, 44, allegedly preached at a Paris mosque attended by Bataclan terrorist Omar Mostefai
  
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• Men wanted for Birmingham bank raid 'are still on the run'

  29-06-2017 15:34
  
  An eyewitness spoke of 'five or six' men outside the bank
  
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• The Birmingham city centre roads closed ahead of Colmore Food Festival

  29-06-2017 15:15
  
  Organisers take decision to close parts of city centre streets to provide an extra level of security ahead of popular two-day festival
  
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• Sparkbrook bank raid: Witnesses talk of gang of masked men

  29-06-2017 15:13
  
  Barclays targeted in robbery which was caught on camera in astonishing footage
  
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• Sick Grenfell Tower 'joke' photograph on Facebook slammed by furious social media users

  29-06-2017 14:42
  
  The poster is refusing to remove it, insisting anyone who doesn't get the "humour" just shouldn't look at it
  
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• Sainsbury's spark supermarket petrol war by slashing 2p off pump prices

  29-06-2017 14:41
  
  Sainsbury’s is cutting the price of both diesel and unleaded petrol by up to two pence per litre across all of its 309 forecourts around the UK
  
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• Why smiling too widely can be a social handicap

  29-06-2017 14:35
  
  Researchers tested the reactions of 802 volunteers to a series of computer-generated 3D faces with varying kinds of smile
  
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• Watch: Shock moment raiders smash silver 4x4 into Barclays bank

  29-06-2017 14:25
  
  Watchers shout in shock as dramatic robbery is caught on camera
  
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• Pub bombings families face fresh wait to see if suspects will be named at new inquest

  29-06-2017 14:17
  
  Coroner set to make a decision within a week
  
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• Staff evacuated from Evans Halshaw after car inside workshop catches fire

  29-06-2017 13:33
  
  Staff were evacuated from  the car dealership, on the Lichfield Road, at 10.05am on Thursday morning
  
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• Man sought following 'racially motivated' assault - Solihull Observer

  29-06-2017 13:26 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Man sought following 'racially motivated' assault
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  BRITISH Transport Police want to speak to this man after a passenger was punched in what is thought to be a racially motivated assault on a train in Birmingham. The victim, a 24-year-old man, was travelling between Birmingham New Street and Birmingham ...
  
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• Katie Price sparks outcry as daughter Bunny pictured drinking juice from a bottle

  29-06-2017 13:03
  
  The mum-of-five shared a picture of her young daughter covered in mud and holding a bottle of juice after playing outside
  
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• Thousands face NO bin collection as binmen strike tomorrow

  29-06-2017 13:01
  
  Council warns of two days of chaos because of walkout over job loss fears
  
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• The Cube reveals it is building a new attraction

  29-06-2017 12:55
  
  Landmark building announces biggest change since launching in 2010
  
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• Concern over £5.5 billion contract to provide NHS services in the Black Country

  29-06-2017 12:39
  
  Private firms from across the world as well as public sector bodies have been invited to bid for a 15-year contract to provide NHS medical treatment
  
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• Love Island's Camilla says she is quitting show as angry viewers label Jonny 'most hated person in Britain'

  29-06-2017 12:37
  
  Heartbreak for the spurned 27-year-old as she says she wants to leave the villa and go home
  
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• Bodybuilder who claimed for holiday food poisoning pictured tucking into chips and pudding

  29-06-2017 12:36
  
  Bodybuilder Leon Roberts, from Alvaston, in Derby, claimed he had been struck down by food poisoning while holidaying in Turkey
  
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• Solihull children urged to remain after vigilant after another Stranger Danger incident - Solihull Observer

  29-06-2017 12:34 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Solihull children urged to remain after vigilant after another Stranger Danger incident
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  CHILDREN in Solihull are again being urged to remain vigilant following another 'stranger danger' incident. The alarm was raised and warnings were issued to parents by Hockley Heath Academy on Friday (June 23) after a child was approached on their way ...
  
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• Grenfell Tower hero who tried to help people on top floor found dead outside block

  29-06-2017 12:28
  
  Westminster Coroner's Court opened and adjourned inquests into seven Grenfell Tower victims, including baby Leena Belkadi and her eight-year-old sister Malak
  
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• Grenfell Tower survivors shut out of council meeting 'over protest fears'

  29-06-2017 12:26
  
  Attempts by protesters to storm Kensington Town Hall on June 16, two days after the tragedy, are cited as reasons why the public will be shut out
  
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• Netflix film To The Bone will 'trigger' anorexia, experts say

  29-06-2017 12:10
  
  Some eating disorder experts have suggested it should come with a 'trigger warning', and risks 'glamorising' the condition
  
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• Fierce response after Birmingham's best-paid teachers revealed

  29-06-2017 11:31
  
  Kings Norton Girls' School is one of just five state-funded secondary schools outside the capital where the average teaching salary tops £47,000
  
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• Conservatives break manifesto pledge on free TV licences for over-75s

  29-06-2017 11:30
  
  Tory manifesto guaranteed free TV licence scheme would say but Ministers now admit it could be scrapped
  
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• Why we get red bumps on our arms - and how to avoid them

  29-06-2017 11:16
  
  It can look like you've got embarrassing permanent goose pimples, but there's nothing to worry about
  
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• Adele tells heartbroken fans she may never tour again

  29-06-2017 11:05
  
  The Hello singer, 29, shocked fans by hinting that she could call an end to life on the road with a signed, handwritten note published in the programme
  
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• Policeman blinded in one eye by London Bridge attackers tells of heroic struggle

  29-06-2017 10:42
  
  Wayne Marques said he thought he was going to die after being stabbed multiple times
  
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• Grenfell Tower six-month-old baby found dead in mother's arms

  29-06-2017 10:27
  
  Westminster coroner Dr Fiona Wilcox opened and adjourned the inquests of seven people including Leena and Malak on Wednesday
  
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• Teenager stabbed in legs in late-night attack in Cofton Park

  29-06-2017 09:56
  
  Victim, 17, rushed to hospital after attack in Edgewood Road on Monday night
  
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