Solihull news

• Review launched after rapist attacked two Kidderminster women following release from prison

  09-08-2017 22:56
  
  Serious case review launched after Ashley Shuck attacked two victims while being managed on licence
  
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• The most valuable plastic £5 notes revealed: Are you carrying any of these in your pocket right now?

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  Some of the new polymer fivers are selling for £200 and up - but what serial numbers should you be looking out for?
  
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• The 50p coins worth way more than face value - do you have any of these?

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  Experts estimated one in 300 people currently have a Kew Gardens 50p – which means there’s probably about 4,000 in Birmingham
  
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• Ten times The Simpsons predicted the future - including Donald Trump becoming US president

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  The show has a weird habit of getting things right
  
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• National Lottery set for a shakeup - how the changes will affect you

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  Camelot, who organise Lotto, say ticket prices could be cut - and extra balls discarded
  
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• Most valuable coins in the UK: Check if you've got any of these in your pocket

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  You might be richer than you think - see some of the coins which are worth rather more than they say
  
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• Is streaming on Kodi illegal? Advice to help keep you on the right side of the law

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  A trader is being hauled to court in a landmark case over the legality of selling boxes loaded with Kodi
  
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• Installing Kodi: How you can get the app on your Android phone or tablet

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  Kodi is available on the Google Play store, meaning installation couldn't be simpler
  
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• How much money do strippers earn? Find out how much lapdancers were making at Birmingham's Legs 11 club

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  Famous Legs 11 club in city’s Broad Street closed after a probe into ‘criminal operation run from business’
  
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• Britain First: Who they are and what they believe

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  West Midlands Police said there would be a “highly visible” police presence in the city on Saturday
  
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• Astral sex: All you need to know about new trend that 'could protect you from pregnancy and STDs'

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  You can train yourself to experience an out-of-body moment when, er, in the moment
  
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• Are you allowed to drive in flip-flops or barefoot? The law explained

  09-08-2017 21:00
  
  Is this legal - and what does the law state around driving in particular pieces of footwear?
  
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• Machete burglar jailed for 12 years over terrifying raid on family home

  09-08-2017 20:41
  
  James Smith threatened family of four with huge knife in Hall Green burglary
  
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• Police chief calls on parents to help tackle Birmingham's knife crime epidemic

  09-08-2017 20:05
  
  Chief Constable Dave Thompson reveals many suspects in recent wave of stabbings are teenagers from caring homes
  
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• Woman taken to hospital after substance attack outside Waitrose store

  09-08-2017 18:47
  
  Emergency services sent to the scene after incident in car park at supermarket in Harborne
  
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• Former athletics starlet wanted over attempted murder

  09-08-2017 17:58
  
  Police believe ex-Birchfield Harriers member Abdi Abdi may have been involved in attempted murder of man in Stechford
  
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• Ex-police chief Norman Bettison and four others in dock over Hillsborough disaster

  09-08-2017 17:50
  
  No formal pleas were entered by the defendants
  
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• First picture of British tourist who died after falling through Ibiza hotel skylight

  09-08-2017 17:34
  
  The Foreign Office has confirmed it is providing assistance to his family
  
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• Tackling sexual exploitation is 'challenge of our generation'

  09-08-2017 17:22
  
  Chief Constable Steve Ashman of Northumbria Police also said strong punishments are needed to deal with the "vile" individuals who target vulnerable people, and to act as a deterrent
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence lifts lid on Darren Aronofsky relationship for first time

  09-08-2017 17:18
  
  Praising Aronofsky, 48, who has a son with actress Rachel Weisz as an "amazing father"
  
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• Bin strike: The areas which will see clean up crews this week

  09-08-2017 17:00
  
  Sixteen wards across the city should get collections say bosses
  
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• Another traveller invasion in Solihull - Birmingham Mail - Birmingham Mail

  09-08-2017 16:49 via birminghammail.co.uk
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  Caravan families move on to Shirley Park.
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• Another traveller invasion in Solihull - Birmingham Mail

  09-08-2017 16:49 via birminghammail.co.uk
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• Another traveller invasion in Solihull

  09-08-2017 16:46
  
  Caravan families move on to Shirley Park
  
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• Police swoop on Birmingham hotel and find 800 child porn images on Solihull businessman's laptop

  09-08-2017 16:28
  
  Court told he had already taken steps to tackle child porn habit
  
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• Child porn Solihull businessman spared an immediate jail sentence

  09-08-2017 16:28
  
  Court told he had already taken steps to tackle child porn habit
  
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• Police paid child rapist £10,000 to watch over girls at parties, court told

  09-08-2017 16:27
  
  He was recruited despite being a sex offender who had drugged an under-age girl and invited another man to rape her after he had done so, a court heard
  
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• Tiger Woods pleads not guilty to impaired driving

  09-08-2017 16:26
  
  Douglas Duncan, the attorney for the 41-year-old golf superstar, entered the plea
  
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• First picture of dog walker, 83, who was stabbed to death and found in woodland

  09-08-2017 16:25
  
  Peter Wrighton, from Banham, Norfolk, was repeatedly stabbed in the neck and head on Saturday morning
  
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• Porsche crashes into nursery wall following three-vehicle crash in Quinton

  09-08-2017 15:38
  
  One person taken to hospital after crash in Hagley Road West, Quinton, on Wednesday morning 
  
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• NHS pays £17million in compensation to Ian Paterson victims

  09-08-2017 15:38
  
  The figure, first reported in the Health Service Journal, may increase as private patients have launched a legal bid against the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust
  
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• Pub bombing campaigners smash first £10k crowd-funding target

  09-08-2017 15:36
  
  They need cash for vital legal appeal over naming of bombing suspects
  
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• Police officers interviewed under criminal caution over Taser death of Dalian Atkinson

  09-08-2017 15:29
  
  Former footballer was shot by a police Taser outside his father’s house in Meadow Close, Telford
  
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• Dad's horror at discovering sexual messages sent to his daughter, 11, from paedophiles

  09-08-2017 15:21
  
  The dad-of-four reportedly found sexually explicit messages from men on the night that the 11-year-old girl had agreed to meet one of them
  
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• Two 'potentially habitable' Super-Earths found orbiting star

  09-08-2017 15:20
  
  British-led astronomers speculate that the system might be a potential candidate for future interstellar colonisation
  
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• This is how much is owed in mortgage debt in Birmingham

  09-08-2017 15:20
  
  The amount owed on mortgages in Ws7 3 has risen by more than a third in a year, up from £16.2m to £21.9m, one of the biggest rises in UK
  
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• Making drugs illegal has failed to stop people taking them

  09-08-2017 15:15
  
  The Home Office has admitted attempts to stamp out the drugs trade have failed, and there are growing calls for a new approach
  
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• West Midlands Police officers left suicidal due to rising stress levels, claim union

  09-08-2017 15:09
  
  Stark claims came as new figures revealed staff sick days in the force have cost taxpayers £14 MILLION in last year
  
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• Factory worker dies after explosion at Oldbury recycling plant

  09-08-2017 14:45
  
  Two others hurt in the incident
  
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• Loose Women stars break silence on Ruth Langsford joining Strictly

  09-08-2017 14:42
  
  The TV star is the third celebrity to be unveiled on the dancing show line-up
  
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• Eamonn Holmes backs Ruth Langsford to 'inspire' women on Strictly

  09-08-2017 14:16
  
  Loose Women star Langsford, 57, said her "dream has come true" as she joined the billing for the dancing competition
  
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• The daytime TV hosts who've appeared on Strictly over the years

  09-08-2017 13:53
  
  This Morning star Ruth Langsford will swap the sofa for the salsa
  
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• Ruth Langsford joins Strictly Come Dancing 2017 line-up

  09-08-2017 13:50
  
  The daytime TV star announced she would be taking part in the dancing competition during This Morning
  
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• Why Birmingham bin strike may be about to get even worse

  09-08-2017 13:31
  
  Binmen to stagger walkouts from Friday
  
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• Chloe Ayling 'ditches glamour modelling and signs to international celebrity agency'

  09-08-2017 13:21
  
  Italian police said Chloe Ayling was snatched last month by a group calling itself Black Death
  
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• Goods seized from £730,000 fraudsters are donated to women's refuge

  09-08-2017 13:04
  
  Refuge benefits from ill-gotten gains of cruel pair who targeted vulnerable people
  
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• Third man arrested after schoolgirl raped twice in separate attacks in Aston

  09-08-2017 13:01
  
  The 22-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday morning by British Transport Police
  
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• The Sixth Form College Solihull has become and academy - Solihull Observer

  09-08-2017 12:59 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  The Sixth Form College Solihull has become and academy
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  THE SIXTH Form College Solihull has become an academy after merging with the Ninestiles Academy Trust. It is the first sixth form in the country to take up a government option of joining with an existing Multi-Academy Trust to become an academy ...
  
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• The eight rights every parent has at work - but may be unaware of

  09-08-2017 12:58
  
  Mums and dads across Birmingham are not making the most of their rights at work, according to a charity
  
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• Jodie Whittaker BBC drama Trust Me debuts to huge ratings

  09-08-2017 12:58
  
  The first episode of the four-part BBC One series drew in an average of 4.3 million viewers, and a peak of 4.4 million, when it aired at 9pm on Tuesday
  
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