Solihull news

• 'Evil' sex attacker who drugged victim outside pub jailed for eight years

  23-04-2020 22:38
  
  Carol Simon had invited himself into the man's home after asking to share a taxi from The City of Quebec pub near Marble Arch, the Metropolitan Police said
  
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• Peter Kay fans emotional as he appears on BBC's Big Night In

  23-04-2020 22:24
  
  Kay introduced a sketch based on the smash-hit charity single Is This The Way to Amarillo?, which he released 15 years ago with Tony Christie
  
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• William, Kate Middleton and kids lead emotional Clap for Carers

  23-04-2020 22:14
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, joined the UK for the fifth week
  
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• Grafton Farm raffle tickets almost sold out as demand soars

  23-04-2020 22:12
  
  At least 90 percent of raffle draw tickets have been sold with people aiming to win the idyllic grade II property before the competition finishes on May 3
  
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• Martin Lewis issues urgent advice to anybody with car finance payment plans

  23-04-2020 22:03
  
  Using his ITV1 show, The Martin Lewis Money Show, the MoneySavingExpert.com founder issued guidance for motorists across the country
  
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• Shop owner's heartbreak as 'experienced' thieves raid his store in 2 minutes

  23-04-2020 21:53
  
  Despite the shocking incident, the Willenhall store owner has still managed to carry on
  
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• Kate Garraway's heartbreaking tribute to NHS as husband fights coronavirus

  23-04-2020 21:41
  
  Derek Draper remains "critically ill" in intensive care battling the coronavirus
  
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• How to watch Big Night In on catch up after fundraising extravaganza airs

  23-04-2020 21:39
  
  BBC One is broadcasting the fundraising extravaganza, having teamed up with Children In Need in the fight against coronavirus
  
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• Clap for Carers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital - watch as people applaud

  23-04-2020 21:36
  
  For the fifth week in a row the country stood still to applaud the efforts made by frontline NHS staff in the fight against coronavirus
  
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• William stuns Big Night Out viewers with risque joke in Stephen Fry sketch

  23-04-2020 21:33
  
  During the exchange, he told Fry that homeschooling his children had proved "a bit of a nightmare, really"
  
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• Big Night In on BBC One - every celebrity appearing tonight

  23-04-2020 21:31
  
  The huge show, airing on BBC One, is attempting to do its bit for the fight against Covid-19, raising money for those affected by the coronavirus outbreak
  
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• Police officer charged with rape and five counts of sexual assault

  23-04-2020 21:29
  
  PC Michael Darbyshire, 52, who is based at the Worcester station for West Mercia Police, is due to appear at court in June
  
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• Sainsbury's make changes to its operation with extension to opening times

  23-04-2020 20:49
  
  Sainsbury's are due to extend opening hours, offer a telephone ordering service for the elderly and have launched a Volunteer Shopping Card for people shopping for others
  
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• Man 'tried to flush drugs stash down loo' as cops raided builder's merchants

  23-04-2020 20:46
  
  A 50-year-old was arrested and a search of the premises uncovered several kilos of cannabis
  
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• The coronavirus testing letter thousands of Brits are set to get in the post

  23-04-2020 20:15
  
  The government has set out a target of 300,000 people and launched the scheme at today's press briefing at Downing Street
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover plans to 'gradually resume' production in Solihull and Wolverhampton next month - Birmingham Live

  23-04-2020 20:13
  
  Jaguar Land Rover plans to 'gradually resume' production in Solihull and Wolverhampton next month  Birmingham Live
  
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• Revealed - leaked map shows coronavirus admissions near Cheltenham Racecourse

  23-04-2020 20:10
  
  Last month, more than 250,000 people attended the four-day Cheltenham Festival - which ended three days before social distancing measures were announced
  
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• 3,600 Brits stranded in India will be brought back to UK on 14 flights tomorrow

  23-04-2020 19:56
  
  Amid huge demand for repatriation and heavy restrictions on travel, the new charters bring the total number of repatriation flights from India up to 52
  
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• The Weeknd urges you to buy Tom Moore's single for NHS amid chart battle

  23-04-2020 19:50
  
  Downloads of the charity single You'll Never Walk Alone, which Captain Tom recorded with Michael Ball, have slowed
  
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• Walsall Council to use digital autopsies during coronavirus pandemic

  23-04-2020 19:47
  
  The five month agreement will run from April 27 to September 30
  
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• Ricky Gervais' brutal swipe at Gal Gadot's celebrity cover of Imagine

  23-04-2020 19:30
  
  Gal Gadot shared a video of her and other celebrities including Natalie Portman and Will Ferrell singing along to the song
  
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• Dudley man arrested after cannabis seized

  23-04-2020 19:21
  
  West Midlands Police have launched 'a new offensive' on drug gangs to flex resources from across their police teams to disrupt narcotics networks in the West Midlands
  
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• The essential workers who can book coronavirus tests online - FULL LIST

  23-04-2020 19:11
  
  The Health Secretary has massively expanded the list of who can book to be tested for Covid-19 as the UK death toll once again soared on Thursday
  
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• The disturbing 'Zoombombing' child abuse trend sweeping video calls

  23-04-2020 19:02
  
  The BBC reported that several users of video calling app Zoom had recently experienced incidents where their meeting had been interrupted by abuse footage
  
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• New mum dies from coronavirus at Heartlands six days after giving birth

  23-04-2020 18:52
  
  Fozia Hanif, who had tested positive for coronavirus, died at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital on April 8 after her condition deteriorated following the birth of her son
  
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• Ramadan 2020 - This is when Ramadan starts in UK and around the world

  23-04-2020 18:44
  
  The moon has been sighted and Ramadan will begin on April 24
  
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• Millions of people invited to apply for a coronavirus test

  23-04-2020 18:19
  
  Millions of people from supermarket delivery staff to council workers are now eligible for a test which can be delivered to their doorstep
  
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• House of horrors plagued by rats, trespassers and exploding wires transformed

  23-04-2020 18:07
  
  The collapsed property left empty in Kings Norton was harbouring rats, attracting trespassers and was an 'eyesore' to neighbours who could hear 'loud explosions'
  
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• Apartment for sale at the birthplace of the Curly Wurly.

  23-04-2020 17:31
  
  A one bedroom apartment at 'The Franklin' in Bournville Lane, believed to be the site of the invention of the 'Curly Wurly'.
  
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• NHS trust chief behind Ross Kemp documentary receives death threat

  23-04-2020 17:25
  
  Joe Harrison, who oversees Milton Keynes University Hospital, said he would not tolerate abuse and violence against his staff and had reported the incident to police
  
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• What's inside government's food parcels for vulnerable people

  23-04-2020 17:17
  
  White bread, milk and Fray Bentos pies, to sanitiser, soap, soup, pasta and cereals
  
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• Inside the first coronavirus vaccine trials as UK volunteers share nerves

  23-04-2020 17:10
  
  The Oxford Vaccine Group hopes to repeat the process with six more volunteers on Saturday, moving to larger numbers on Monday
  
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• Recruitment drive for ex-social care workers to save lives during pandemic

  23-04-2020 17:05
  
  The #ComeBackToCare campaign has been launched by West Midlands Employers and the regional branch of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Service
  
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• Gran dies after sparks from oxygen tank set fire to chair, inquest hears

  23-04-2020 16:46
  
  The blast tore through 68-year-old Lynn Hadley's end-terraced home in New Street, Walsall, at around 5pm on Easter Monday
  
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• The coronavirus lockdown restrictions which could stay in place until 2021

  23-04-2020 16:39
  
  Prof Chris Whitty, England's chief medical officer, yesterday suggested the UK would have to prepare for some measures to remain in place even after the lockdown begins to lift
  
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• Fury as heavily pregnant mum ordered to 'remove mask' at hospital appointment

  23-04-2020 16:28
  
  Kadi Wilson was attending her routine appointment on Monday, April 22, when the incident happened - the hospital admitted its policy was 'incorrectly implemented'.
  
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• Teen charged after 'shots fired' into chicken takeaway

  23-04-2020 16:14
  
  Bullets were reportedly fired into DFC Chicken on Rookery Road on April 20
  
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• Martin Lewis issues crucial update to British tourists with holidays booked

  23-04-2020 16:06
  
  Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the financial guru, who is renowned for his money saving tricks, tips, hacks and guidance, issued some key advice
  
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• 'Impressive' landmark Curzon Street HS2 station approved in Brum

  23-04-2020 16:04
  
  The city council unanimously approved three planning applications for the £571 million railway station and landscaping
  
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• Hunt to find wanted man after woman seriously assaulted

  23-04-2020 15:58
  
  Police have released a picture of Nathan Lloyd who is wanted on suspicion for a number of assaults
  
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• Man who punched and killed cyclist he believed had damaged his Merc spared jail

  23-04-2020 15:57
  
  Nicolae Budurus, 40, punched 30-year-old Audrius Lapinskas after he came out of his house in Peterborough and saw that the wing mirror of his Mercedes
  
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• Tamworth's B+Q re opens to the public

  23-04-2020 15:54
  
  The decision comes after a trial period in which 14 stores were reopened under new social distancing controls.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover plans to 'gradually resume' production next month

  23-04-2020 15:52
  
  The manufacturer will re-open its plant in Solihull, its engine manufacturing in Wolverhampton and sites in Slovakia and Austria on May 18
  
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• Live updates as Jaguar Land Rover announces plans to resume production

  23-04-2020 15:46
  
  Production will resume on the following models - Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Discovery, Jaguar F-Pace, E-Pace and I-Pace
  
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• Miracle Tamworth triplets born during lockdown

  23-04-2020 15:42
  
  “It’s the best feeling in the world, we are very proud parents. It still hasn’t sunk in yet."
  
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• Armed police search for 'man with a rifle' near golf club

  23-04-2020 15:30
  
  Police were called to a report of a man seen carrying a rifle near Halesowen Golf Club in Leasowes Lane
  
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• Europe's biggest Eid celebration in Small Heath Park has been cancelled

  23-04-2020 15:27
  
  More than 70,000 Muslims gather in Small Heath Park every year to mark the end of Ramadan.  But this year because of social distancing guidelines Islamic leaders have cancelled the event
  
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• 'Parts of this place resemble a Third World country'

  23-04-2020 15:26
  
  Pictures show sofas, beds, mattresses and household waste dumped in the area
  
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• Boris Johnson and The Queen share phone call amid Covid-19 recovery

  23-04-2020 15:23
  
  The conversation comes as he continues to make a gradual return to work after being hospitalised with coronavirus
  
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• UK coronavirus death toll nears 19,000 as 514 people die in England

  23-04-2020 15:21
  
  NHS England releases updated figures each day showing the dates of every coronavirus-related death in hospitals in England
  
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