Solihull news

• Fire crews called after blaze breaks out on Broad Street

  29-09-2017 23:00
  
  Three crews called to the scene after blaze broke out in extractor unit
  
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• This is who won at The Brummies 2017

  29-09-2017 22:00
  
  See some of the inspiring heroes who took home awards at The Brummies 2017 tonight
  
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• African footballers to benefit from Tamworth donation

  29-09-2017 19:13
  
  The donation has been made possible after the team secured a new sponsor
  
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• Tamworth 'eyesore' precinct could get facelift with new signs

  29-09-2017 18:57
  
  The dilapidated text and tiles could be replaced with smarter signature-like designs
  
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• Watch: Shocking new footage of inmates rioting inside HMP Birmingham

  29-09-2017 18:38
  
  Footage released as six men found guilty of taking part in riots at HMP Birmingham
  
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• Pop-up driving test centre to open at leisure centre to cope with high learner demand

  29-09-2017 18:18
  
  The new DVSA test centre will be based at Wyndley Leisure Centre in Sutton Coldfield
  
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• Three people killed in horror M5 crash named by police as family from Liverpool

  29-09-2017 18:14
  
  Richard Henry Evans, 66, known as Harry, his wife Elaine, 62, and her mother Audrey Hodge, 84, were all killed
  
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• Six inmates guilty of taking part in HMP Birmingham riots - including posing for SELFIES

  29-09-2017 18:13
  
  Millions of pounds of damage was caused during disturbances in December 2016
  
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• Parents and children protest in village near Lichfield over council's no weight limit on HGVs

  29-09-2017 18:09
  
  Villages along A515 north of Lichfield are calling for 7.5 tonne limit to curb HGVs
  
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• Man City fan jailed after leaving Birmingham man with permanent eye damage from 2p COIN

  29-09-2017 18:08
  
  The incident has had a profound effect on the victim, a 33-year-old company director from Birmingham
  
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• LETTERS to the editor: MP shares Solihull school head's concerns over social media abuses - Solihull Observer

  29-09-2017 18:00
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  LETTERS to the editor: MP shares Solihull school head's concerns over social media abuses
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  I was very interested to read the exclusive remarks of David EJJ Lloyd, the headmaster of Solihull School, on the front page of your last edition. As the leader of one of our excellent local schools he is in an ideal position to judge the effect of ...
  
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• Travellers pitch up outside Walsall community centre

  29-09-2017 17:32
  
  Travellers have moved from Walsall Arboretum to Anchor Meadow
  
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• New sports editions of Audis, BMWs, Fords and Volkswagens top of car thieves' hit list

  29-09-2017 17:29
  
  Offences in Lichfield, Stafford, Cannock, South and East Staffordshire throughout September
  
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• Severn Trent completes latest phase of £300m project to protect Birmingham's water

  29-09-2017 17:26
  
  See latest work to protect Birmingham's water supply
  
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• Police 'given name' of carjacking suspect after Audi test drive terror

  29-09-2017 17:25
  
  Nazim Moghal, 28, was forced to jump out of the way after crook jumped into the driving seat and drove at him
  
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• You won't believe the songs which are turning TEN this year

  29-09-2017 17:19
  
  Yes, these songs are really a decade old this year
  
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• Customers will soon be able to PAY Ikea to assemble furniture at home for you

  29-09-2017 17:19
  
  The Swedish retailer has just bought American start-up TaskRabbit
  
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• Selfish parkers slammed by mother whose daughter 'could have died' in crash

  29-09-2017 16:55
  
  Amy Hall's young daughter was taken to hospital after being hit by a car in Pelsall
  
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• The day a hole closed a football sports ground forever

  29-09-2017 16:51
  
  The football club was given just one day to remove anything of value
  
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• Great Barr Muslim group ‘on track’ to transform police station as deadline looms

  29-09-2017 16:38
  
  Muslim Foundation is vying to build a new community centre in place of Perry Barr police station
  
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• The reason dozens of firefighters rushed to Sutton Coldfield Town Hall

  29-09-2017 16:23
  
  More than 70 firefighters from 14 stations around the West Midlands took part in the exercise
  
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• These are the most dangerous roads in West Midlands for motorcyclists

  29-09-2017 16:00
  
  Birmingham A4040 named as the most dangerous road in the West Midlands for motorcyclists
  
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• Teen left in coma after savage attack in Birchfield Road, Aston

  29-09-2017 15:56
  
  Police want to speak to nine men
  
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• Katie Price DEMANDS Love Island's Chris Hughes explain leaked WhatsApp messages

  29-09-2017 15:55
  
  Love Island hunk Chris had refused to appear on the ITV daytime panel show at the same time as the former glamour model
  
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• These are the most profitable speed cameras in the country

  29-09-2017 15:50
  
  There are a total of 15 types of camera which are used on our nation's roads every day
  
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• Police hunt two men after woman assaulted in violent carjacking in Moseley

  29-09-2017 15:50
  
  The men, thought to be in their teens to early 20s, assaulted her before driving off in the Audi
  
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• Carillion posts £1bn loss for half year

  29-09-2017 15:48
  
  Infrastructure group also issues fresh warning over full-year revenue as its woes continue
  
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• Rohingya refugees 'so close to safety' before ship tragedy

  29-09-2017 15:44
  Joel Millman said the "very tragic" accident involved a vessel that had been at sea for two days with no food
  
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• Beyonce donates proceeds from new single to Hurricane relief

  29-09-2017 15:44
  
  The star, 36, has collaborated on a version of Mi Gente, the hit single from J Balvin and Willy William
  
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• 60 feared dead after Rohingya refugee shipwreck tragedy

  29-09-2017 15:44
  The figure came as the UN Security Council had its first open meeting on Burma
  
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• Will there or won't there be a referendum on Catalonia's independence on Sunday?

  29-09-2017 15:43
  The vote could see FC Barcelona not able to play in La Liga
  
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• OJ Simpson to enjoy 'simple pleasures' upon prison release

  29-09-2017 15:36
  
  The ex-American football star and former Hollywood actor becomes eligible for release on Sunday
  
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• Friends grieve for Brit climber crushed to death in Yosemite rockfall

  29-09-2017 15:29
  
  He had proposed to his wife, who is originally from Shropshire, during a skiing holiday in the Alps in 2015
  
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• First picture of Brit climber killed after rock fall at Yosemite National Park

  29-09-2017 15:23
  
  Yosemite park ranger Scott Gediman said that the man was with a British woman
  
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• New dating trend 'pie hunting' sweeping the UK - what to look for

  29-09-2017 14:57
  
  The motive behind this, according to experts, is that these people have had their heart broken
  
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• UKIP slammed for 'ripping off' Premier League with this new logo

  29-09-2017 14:55
  
  The Premier League's legal team is understood to be looking at the image
  
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• Louise Redknapp breaks silence over Jamie split - on live TV

  29-09-2017 14:55
  
  Louise was questioned by presenter Eamonn Holmes
  
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• Whistleblower says train level crossing where schoolgirl killed was 'accident waiting to happen'

  29-09-2017 14:53
  
  The worker spoke to the Birmingham Mail following the death of the student on Tuesday afternoon
  
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• Conservative MP delivers a damning verdict on the state of his own party

  29-09-2017 14:53
  
  Black Country MP James Morris says the Tories have 'gone into reverse' and appear 'divided, incompetent and out of touch'
  
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• Controversial driving technique 'hypermiling' can save you petrol

  29-09-2017 14:38
  
  Estimates suggest it can save you as much as 40 per cent of your petrol
  
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• Postbox dedicated to VC hero who took on a dozen German soldiers

  29-09-2017 14:35
  
  Sgt Alfred Knight shot six men while trapped in mud
  
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• Your surname can tell you just how Brummie you are

  29-09-2017 14:22
  
  Experts have devised a new heatmap which reveals just how prevalent your surname is in Birmingham and the West Midlands compared to the rest of Britain
  
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• EastEnders viewers concerns for Michelle as stalker Tom reappears

  29-09-2017 13:30
  
  Thursday night's episode of the BBC One soap closed as he crept up behind her
  
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• Do you have what it takes to win Eurovision? Or will you get "nul points"

  29-09-2017 13:29
  You have till October 27th to enter your song ahead of the 63rd Eurovison Song Contest
  
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• Tube drivers strike to 'disrupt whole London Underground' NEXT WEEK

  29-09-2017 13:26
  
  Members of the Aslef union are set to walk out for 24 hours on Thursday October 5 in a dispute over working conditions
  
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• The number of Leave voters who admit having racist attitudes revealed

  29-09-2017 13:26
  
  A survey of 2,220 people found that 34% of Leave voters admitted holding racist attitudes
  
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• Great British Bake Off's James blames Paul Hollywood for axe

  29-09-2017 13:26
  
  The self-proclaimed "bald, baking banker" became the fifth hopeful to be eliminated
  
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• 22 dead and dozens injured after India railway station stampede

  29-09-2017 13:26
  
  The stampede was triggered after falling concrete hit the overpass railing
  
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• Two inmates found GUILTY of mutiny which sparked riots at HMP Birmingham

  29-09-2017 13:25
  
  Luke Mansell, 24, and John Burton, 39, were found guilty by a Birmingham Crown Court jury
  
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• This is officially how long you should wash your hands for - according to science

  29-09-2017 13:14
  
  About a third of cases of diarrhoea can be prevented through good handwashing
  
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