Solihull news

• Quiz viewers all left saying the same thing over Michael Sheen

  13-04-2020 22:54
  
  Sheen - who has famously played Tony Blair, Sir David Frost and Brian Clough - watched hours of tapes from the show as part of his research
  
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• Doctor says facial protection will be 'new norm' even after coronavirus

  13-04-2020 21:33
  
  Dr David Nabarro, the WHO's Covid-19 envoy, said that people would need to become accustomed to a "new reality"
  
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• HSE confirms 100 people have been given wrong coronavirus test result

  13-04-2020 21:29
  
  The HSE is investigating how up to 100 people received the wrong results via text message
  
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• The three coronavirus symptoms you probably don't know about

  13-04-2020 21:16
  
  Symptoms and signs of the deadly bug, which has killed patients across Birmingham and the Black Country, include fevers and persistent coughs
  
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• Christopher Eccleston expects to contract coronavirus as he pays tribute to NHS

  13-04-2020 20:27
  
  The ex-Doctor Who actor, 56, said there should be "no more threats to the NHS"
  
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• Family's tribute to boy with 'heart of gold' after crash

  13-04-2020 19:00
  
  The 13-year-old was fatally injured in Easter Sunday collision involving Volkswagen Polo
  
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• Government has no plans to relax lockdown rules this week

  13-04-2020 18:42
  
  Despite the success of social distancing, it was made very clear that the UK is still not 'past the peak' of the pandemic and people were told to remain at home
  
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• Watch: An eerily empty Mell Square in Solihull town centre - Birmingham Live

  13-04-2020 18:09
  
  Watch: An eerily empty Mell Square in Solihull town centre  Birmingham Live
  
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• Loads of lockdown ideas posted by Solihull mum now helping 48,000+ parents fill their days - Birmingham Live

  13-04-2020 18:09
  
  Loads of lockdown ideas posted by Solihull mum now helping 48,000+ parents fill their days  Birmingham Live
  
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• The detached Bungalow for sale in Sutton Coldfield for £90,000.

  13-04-2020 18:04
  
  With a little work to be carried out, this property is on the market in Little Green Lanes in Sutton Coldfield.
  
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• Police hunt man, 49, with links to Birmingham after alleged rape of child

  13-04-2020 18:02
  
  Loi Le, who is a Vietnamese national, is wanted in connection with the reported rape of a child in Sheffield
  
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• 'Stupid' Birmingham criminal sends desperate letter to witness from cell

  13-04-2020 17:59
  
  Daryl Gibson, 28, from Birmingham, had already been ordered to have no contact with the woman
  
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• Terror as Northfield house set on fire with woman and children inside

  13-04-2020 17:58
  
  Police and firefighters were called to a home in Farren Road, Northfield, at about 8.30am on Easter Monday
  
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• Peaky Blinders' Helen McCrory helps feed Birmingham NHS workers

  13-04-2020 17:53
  
  The initiative has already sent out 6,000 meals which are from high street restaurants
  
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• When the next coronavirus lockdown government review will take place

  13-04-2020 17:37
  
  Scientific advisers will meet on Tuesday ahead of the formal review of the strict social distancing measures on Thursday, the deadline set out in law
  
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• Watch - residents in lockdown sing Happy Birthday to 98-year-old neighbour

  13-04-2020 17:36
  
  She was so over the moon, they said they'd have to hold a street party for her once the lockdown was over
  
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• Thief wanted after vulnerable man burgled in coronavirus lockdown

  13-04-2020 17:34
  
  He stole cash, bank cards, a mobile phone and a number of iPads from the property in Bell Clough Road at about 9.30pm
  
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• NHS nurse dies from coronavirus just 48 hours after being rushed to hospital

  13-04-2020 17:32
  
  Ballesteros, 60, who is originally from the Philippines, died at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London, on Sunday, just two days after being admitted
  
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• Filipino hospital porters who 'loved working for NHS' die from coronavirus

  13-04-2020 17:31
  
  Fundraising pages were set up in the names of both workers following their deaths
  
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• Dad-of-one retired police sergeant dies alone after contracting coronavirus

  13-04-2020 17:29
  
  Retired sergeant Richard Lloyd, 57, died in hospital on Saturday and was the second death on the island from the virus
  
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• 'Warm' NHS worker dies after testing positive for coronavirus

  13-04-2020 17:26
  
  Ms Campbell, who was a healthcare support worker, passed away at the University Hospital Wales in Cardiff on April 10
  
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• Arrests made and off-road bikes seized as bikers run amok

  13-04-2020 17:26
  
  Traffic cops have been out in force over the Easter Weekend to clampdown on "covidiots" making arrests and seizing off-road bikes
  
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• Arrogant conman posed as fireman and lied about vasectomy in £100k scam

  13-04-2020 17:12
  
  Coleen Greenwood had a baby with a man she believed was a heroic firefighter called James Scott
  
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• Woman knocked down by stolen motorbike is out of danger

  13-04-2020 16:58
  
  Police continue to search for two suspects following the horrific incident which took place just before 3pm yesterday (Sunday)
  
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• Where are Who Wants to be a Millionaire cheaters now?

  13-04-2020 16:56
  
  Quiz on ITV1 stars Michael Sheen as Chris Tarrant and centres on the scandal which rocked the nation
  
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• Huge response to fundraiser after boy killed in crash

  13-04-2020 16:48
  
  The 13-year-old was fatally injured as he crossed the Erdington road with his family on Easter Sunday
  
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• Woman who got nasty note accusing her of breaking lockdown reveals truth

  13-04-2020 16:46
  
  Sarah Crosland was helping a pal in a selfless good deed when she was given the nasty note
  
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• iPhone users urgently warned to delete 30 apps - or pay high price

  13-04-2020 16:39
  
  Sophos Lab researchers have listed the offending applications, which could be downloaded by any Brummie from the App Store
  
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• 'Social distancing at its finest' - anger at youths congregating in Brum

  13-04-2020 16:37
  
  Residents outraged as six youths spotted chatting, some sat on their bikes, near to Smithy's Cafe on Yardley Road, Acocks Green
  
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• Health chief hits out at 'scaremongering' over NEC hospital

  13-04-2020 16:30
  
  We spoke to Healthwatch Solihull and experts at NHS Nightingale Birmingham to find out more about how the new hospital works
  
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• Chris Tarrant: I knew there was something 'odd' about Millionaire quiz winner

  13-04-2020 16:21
  
  Major Charles Ingram cheated his way to £1million with the help of his wife Diana and friend Tecwen Whittock - the story has been recreated in ITV drama Quiz, starting tonight
  
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• Watch brilliant Brum nurses take the TikTok Don't Rush Challenge

  13-04-2020 16:14
  
  Staff from the Birmingham Community District Nurse team put together a fun video of themselves cleaning their hands in their uniforms before being 'magically' transformed into their 'going out' selves
  
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• Day by day diary of a coronavirus survivor: It was like being hit by a train

  13-04-2020 16:06
  
  Paul Jones, 62, caught the coronavirus - and survived.  His worried wife Gerry kept a day by day diary of what the couple went through and has shared it to give hope to other sufferers
  
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• Eamonn Holmes condemned for This Morning 5G coronavirus comments

  13-04-2020 16:02
  
  The veteran TV presenter made comments which appeared to give credibility to conspiracy theorists' belief that 5G technology is linked to the coronavirus
  
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• Birmingham's takeaway heroes giving NHS staff hundreds of free meals

  13-04-2020 15:54
  
  Jay Alom, 25, owner of the Lime Pickle Indian takeaway in Birmingham, who has provided NHS workers in the local area with more than 300 free meals
  
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• Dad-of-two finds 1950s car buried under lawn while gardening on lockdown

  13-04-2020 15:52
  
  John Brayshaw, 40, dug up the mysterious motor in his back garden and it was still mostly intact, with its engine, doors and registration plate
  
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• Swimmer still going in lockdown - tethered inside paddling pool

  13-04-2020 15:51
  
  Dedicated Jennie Jones attached a tether to the garden fence and climbed in a large paddling pool
  
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• Football-mad gran goes viral with incredible trick shots from wheelchair

  13-04-2020 15:49
  
  Violet Slater, 85, has been dubbed "Gran-aldo" after footage of her volleying the ball into the back of the net won her legions of fans including Gary Lineker and Dele Alli
  
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• Pheasant hit by car found alive under bonnet in Birmingham EIGHT days later

  13-04-2020 15:45
  
  The stricken bird somehow survived despite being sucked through the front grille of the car on impact during the collision in Worcester on March 11
  
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• Little girl covers windows in love hearts using names of local key workers

  13-04-2020 15:44
  
  Grace Cooper, eight, now can't see out of her house as it is enclosed in paper shapes - with each one dedicated to someone risking their lives to help others
  
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• Midlands worst in UK for daily coronavirus deaths

  13-04-2020 15:42
  
  The region had a higher death count than London and was well above any other region outside the capital
  
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• Devastated brother appeals for help as teen crash victim named

  13-04-2020 14:11
  
  Woman, aged 28, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at collision scene
  
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• Lichfield grandfather has penned poetry inspired by personal life

  13-04-2020 13:34
  
  City grandfather who has MND has found a new way of expressing himself through poetry
  
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• Fire Service staff must get coronavirus tests, union demands

  13-04-2020 13:05
  
  More than 100 firefighters and control staff are in isolation, according to the Fire Brigades Union
  
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• Biker fights for life after crash

  13-04-2020 12:43
  
  Police have launched an investigation following the serious collision which took place on Whimsey Bridge
  
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• Watch - eerily quiet M6 as people heed stay at home plea

  13-04-2020 12:30
  
  It appeared motorists were taking on board government advice to stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives
  
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• Mum, dad and daughtern die of coronavirus within a fortnight

  13-04-2020 12:07
  
  Family devastated by shattering loss as surviving son Richard said his 'heart had been stolen'
  
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• Mum, dad and daughter die of coronavirus within a fortnight

  13-04-2020 12:07
  
  Family devastated by shattering loss as surviving son Richard said his 'heart had been stolen'
  
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• Rail line blocked on Easter Monday as tree falls on power lines

  13-04-2020 11:50
  
  Key workers likely to be among those affected by transport propblem
  
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• Dealer caught with £57,000 of cocaine in car told police he was 'key worker'

  13-04-2020 11:44
  
  Benjamin Evans was stopped by police during a routine traffic check during the lockdown and said he was a key worker and allowed to be on the road.  But then police searched his car and found a big stash of drugs
  
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