Solihull news

• Police issue update on driver stopped by dad to protect kids on zebra crossing

  07-05-2020 21:53
  
  Officers have identify a potential suspect after a motorist was caught on camera driving over a pedestrian crossing as children were crossing.
  
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• Alert as ruthless 'car cannibals' strike around Solihull stripping vehicles of their parts - Birmingham Live

  07-05-2020 21:06
  
  Alert as ruthless 'car cannibals' strike around Solihull stripping vehicles of their parts  Birmingham Live
  
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• Alert as ruthless 'car cannibals' strike stripping vehicles of their parts

  07-05-2020 20:52
  
  There has been a spate of car cannibals incidents around Solihull since the start of the month. One key worker found half of her Peugeot on the roadside after thieves struck
  
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• Beautiful sculpture pays tribute to NHS and social care workers

  07-05-2020 20:48
  
  Sculptor Luke Perry created the figure from steel and other metals
  
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• Man jailed for snatching sleeping five-year-old from her bed

  07-05-2020 19:48
  
  Leejay Cater, 38, climbed through her bedroom window in the early hours of August 24 last year in what he claimed was a 'burglary that went wrong'
  
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• Massive queues around every tip open in Birmingham.

  07-05-2020 19:25
  
  As tips reopen in Birmingham, huge queues of traffic formed for miles around as residents were keen to get rip of their rubbish.
  
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• Sandwell tip to re-open – here are the open times and new rules

  07-05-2020 19:14
  
  The council, along with its environmental services partner Serco, has said residents can only visit once every four weeks
  
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• Why can we sunbathe on Monday but not on Sunday, Minister?

  07-05-2020 19:08
  
  Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab squirms as he's told the Government's message to the public makes no sense
  
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• Pub's licence suspended after lockdown raid found drinkers

  07-05-2020 18:57
  
  Councillors have suspended the licence of the Bricklayers Arms in Edgbaston after a police raid on May 2
  
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• Man starts queuing outside tip at 3am- eight hours before it opened

  07-05-2020 18:45
  
  The 78-year-old turned up at Lifford Lane tip in Kings Norton with five bags of garden rubbish. It comes as long queues were reported outside the recycling centres
  
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• Dominic Raab explains why coronavirus restrictions must continue

  07-05-2020 18:26
  
  Any restrictions that are lifted will be reimposed if people break the rules, says Foreign Secretary
  
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• City to examine health inequalities facing black community

  07-05-2020 18:08
  
  Birmingham City Council and Lewisham Council will work together on the project
  
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• Driver arrested for impersonating officer as car with blue lights spotted on M6

  07-05-2020 17:57
  
  The 60-year-old has been released under investigation
  
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• Tamworth Rugby Club duo tackle tough challenge for the NHS

  07-05-2020 17:52
  
  The pair have already raised more than £1,400 for NHS Charities Together
  
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• Pharmacy opening times for VE Day May Bank Holiday 2020

  07-05-2020 17:42
  
  As well as helping people get their routine prescriptions, pharmacies have seen increased demand from worried customers trying to stock up on over-the-counter medication
  
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• Pharmacy opening times for May Bank Holiday 2020

  07-05-2020 17:42
  
  As well as helping people get their routine prescriptions, pharmacies have seen increased demand from worried customers trying to stock up on over-the-counter medication
  
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• 'People are so scared' - city community leader on rising Covid-19 deaths

  07-05-2020 17:31
  
  Dolores Pinkney, a leading figure in the Birmingham BAME community, believes that more members of her community will die from Covid-19
  
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• Sutton Coldfield community group's wonderful gesture to NHS frontline heroes

  07-05-2020 17:09
  
  "We started our first food delivery on 25 March and so far we’ve delivered 475 meals already"
  
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• Tamworth boy runs 5k a day for doctors who saved his life

  07-05-2020 17:07
  
  “He was so determined the whole way through, even the rainy days he powered through."
  
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• Popular clubhouse could close

  07-05-2020 17:07
  
  The centre’s five football pitches are used by all ages, serving teams from Tamworth, Stonydelph and Polesworth
  
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• Schoolboy shows true colours for NHS - with rainbow hair!

  07-05-2020 17:06
  
  “He’s always been very particular about his hair. He genuinely has more products than me!"
  
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• Stolen bikes returned to outdoor education centre

  07-05-2020 17:05
  
  Special Sergeant Sam Cuzick was training newbie Special Constable Jack Tomkins
  
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• Teen suffers 'life-changing injuries' after horror hit-and-run

  07-05-2020 16:44
  
  The rider is recovering in hospital following the smash
  
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• Wolverhampton man dies in garage fire

  07-05-2020 16:16
  
  Emergency services were called to Lytton Avenue, Penn, after the fire broke out
  
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• Watch how adorable singing gran puts smiles on people's faces

  07-05-2020 15:53
  
  Her musical repertoire includes Somewhere over the Rainbow, You'll Never Walk alone, We'll Meet Again and The White Cliffs of Dover
  
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• UK coronavirus death toll rises to 25,678 - an increase of 464 in just 24 hours

  07-05-2020 15:44
  
  Out of the 383 deaths reported in England, 66 were people from the Midlands, making up a total of 22,432 people who have lost their lives in English hospitals after contracting COVID-19
  
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• Driver leaves behind injured woman after ploughing into parked car

  07-05-2020 15:40
  
  West Midlands Police are now hunting for the driver
  
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• List of everything you can do from Monday as lockdown eases

  07-05-2020 15:33
  
  Boris Johnson is expected to detail an easing of lockdown in his briefing on Sunday - and here's what you will be able to start doing again
  
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• Historic city centre buildings being demolished to build 57 homes

  07-05-2020 15:30
  
  The city council's planning committee has approved an application which will see the 19th century Heaton House refurbished
  
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• 'Don't lift lockdown yet' - plea from Brum and Sandwell public health chiefs

  07-05-2020 15:27
  
  We need to take "tiny steps" over "many many months" or risk a new surge in coronavirus, warn public health directors of Birmingham and Sandwell
  
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• First picture of man who fired gun while 'drunk' during lockdown

  07-05-2020 15:22
  
  Akeel Mughal, who was drunk, took a taxi to Stratford Road, Sparkhill, where to the shock of members of the public fired an imitation gun five times outside a takeaway
  
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• Lichfield Camera Club announce round two winners of photography competition

  07-05-2020 15:17
  
  Members of the club have found a way of keeping themselves active in spite of the lockdown and have formed a photography league which allows them enter their images.
  
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• Redditch man who assaulted two paramedics spared jail

  07-05-2020 15:03
  
  Police said they were 'disappointed' with the suspended sentence handed to 57-year-old Guy Turner
  
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• Man stabbed after disorder breaks out at flats

  07-05-2020 14:36
  
  West Midlands Police said a man was found with knife wounds in Icknield Street, in Kings Norton
  
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• How you can donate plasma to help NHS coronavirus treatment trial

  07-05-2020 14:36
  
  'Convalescent plasma' is the antibody-rich plasma of someone who has recovered from a virus, such as COVID-19, and it is being trialled in Birmingham in a bid to improve survival rates amongst patients wordlwide
  
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• Downing Street warns lockdown changes will be 'very limited'

  07-05-2020 14:33
  
  Boris Johnson's spokesman dampens down expectations following newspaper reports suggesting major lifiting of lockdown restrictions.
  
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• Tributes to a much-loved family man who loved life

  07-05-2020 14:28
  
  John Henry Savage was a former parish councillor for Alvecote and Shuttington and a man with many hobbies
  
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• Pub beer gardens could be allowed to open again as UK lockdown relaxed

  07-05-2020 14:13
  
  Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to outline new measures at the weekend that could see a reopening of pub and cafe gardens and a return of park picnics
  
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• Canal bench dedicated to the people of Lichfield

  07-05-2020 14:03
  
  “I hope the bench will be enjoyed as a place for rest - and peaceful reflection.”
  
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• Five-step plan to ease lockdown - and it could start on Monday

  07-05-2020 13:35
  
  Gradual steps away from restrictions planned covering family meet-ups, cafes and pubs and Premier League football
  
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• Work to restart on Birmingham Road site in Lichfield

  07-05-2020 13:31
  
  The project to improve the Lichfield site, which includes the bus station and old police station, was put on hold due to safety concerns around the spread of the coronavirus.
  
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• Watch as Brummies queue outside tips - for HOURS before they even open

  07-05-2020 13:06
  
  Recycling centres across the city have been closed for weeks due to Government lockdown but Birmingham City Council has taken the decision to reopen the majority of them
  
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• Stacey Solomon addresses Joe Swash split fears

  07-05-2020 13:06
  
  The Loose Women star said: 'These are really strange, scary and emotional times and it's not easy for anyone'
  
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• Call to turn doomed Debenhams Bullring branch into a cinema

  07-05-2020 12:31
  
  BirminghamLive reader says the huge mall should always have had movie screens - and now's the perfect chance
  
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• Moseley pizza shop bids to open till 2am, but residents not happy

  07-05-2020 12:26
  
  Residents have accused owners of Mars Pizza in Alcester Road of adding to litter problems in the area
  
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• Man found dead in 'Benefits Street' named by police

  07-05-2020 12:20
  
  Mr Arora was found unresponsive at the address in James Turner Street in the early hours and pronounced dead at the scene
  
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• Police probe after man stabbed

  07-05-2020 12:13
  
  A man was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in Shannon Road last night (Wednesday)
  
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• Full list of more than 70 Pret cafes reopening - including city branch

  07-05-2020 12:05
  
  Coffee shops will be open for home deliveries via Deliveroo, Just Eat and UberEats and takeaway in person
  
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• Man in critical condition in hospital after street attack

  07-05-2020 11:57
  
  A man was attacked on Winslow Close in Redditch on Wednesday night and armed officers were sent to the scene
  
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• Why Debenhams is closing giant Bullring store

  07-05-2020 11:56
  
  Other casualties include stores in major malls across Britain
  
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