Solihull news

• Boris promises 'build, build, build' with £5bn spending in Dudley speech

  29-06-2020 23:30
  
  Prime Minister says we can 'build our way back to health' as he visits Midlands to set out plans to save the nation's economy
  
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• Leicester shops and schools ordered to close over 'growing' outbreak

  29-06-2020 22:39
  
  Return of lockdown measures announced by health secretary Matt Hancock - and pubs and restaurants must also remain closed from July 4
  
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• Cops make arrests during gun and gangs crackdown

  29-06-2020 22:16
  
  Undercover officers involved in major operation after ten incidents involving gunfire in June
  
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• Women's trio earn West Midlands squad retainer contracts - Solihull Observer

  29-06-2020 21:49 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Women's trio earn West Midlands squad retainer contracts  Solihull Observer
  
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• Pubs and restaurants to 'remain closed' in Leicester lockdown

  29-06-2020 20:53
  
  Restrictions may remain in place for two more weeks; announcement expected at around 9.15pm tonight
  
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• Sandwell tip trips must be booked online from next week

  29-06-2020 20:37
  
  People visiting the Shidas Lane tip in Oldbury will be turned away from Monday, July 6 unless they have booked in advance
  
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• ICUs at county hospitals CoViD-free for first time in 100 days

  29-06-2020 19:41
  
  After a three-month battle tackling coronavirus at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust's intensive care units - there are no CoViD patients there
  
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• Travellers moved on from old day care centre site in Tamworth

  29-06-2020 19:27
  
  A group had turned up in Hockley Road, Wilnecote but action was taken and they left.
  
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• ‘Scumbag’ vandals smash up sports club and steal valuables

  29-06-2020 19:11
  
  The raid at the Barnsley Hall Playing Fields took place at the weekend with £3,000-worth of damage caused and valuable items taken
  
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• This is where Aldi plans to open 18 new stores

  29-06-2020 19:07
  
  The supermarket giant is eyeing up sites in Aldridge, Dorridge, and Sedgley
  
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• DPD issue statement after alleged illegal immigrants jump out of lorry

  29-06-2020 19:05
  
  Three men were arrested on suspicion of immigration offences at the depot in Broadwell Road, Oldbury
  
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• Police investigate after man, 28, stabbed in car

  29-06-2020 19:04
  
  The 28-year-old suffered ear and neck wounds after being knifed in Kendal Rise just after 5pm on Sunday, June 28
  
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• Singer saved by headache as 40ft tree branch crushes her new car

  29-06-2020 18:55
  
  Professional singer Freddi Smart's Toyota Yaris was crushed by a huge tree branch which snapped and fell onto her car parked up in Sarehole Road
  
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• Police hunt thugs behind savage city centre attack

  29-06-2020 18:22
  
  Shocking video showed man cowering on the ground while his assailants punched and stamped on his head as they stole his wallet and keys
  
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• Huge bus change as services return to pre-lockdown levels

  29-06-2020 17:58
  
  Services to run on full timetable from this weekend to make it easier for passengers to stay safe
  
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• Danielle Lloyd reveals she put son aged 9 in therapy after Jamie O'Hara divorce

  29-06-2020 17:48
  
  The former glamour model told Loose Women that Archie was unable to talk to either of his parents after she split from ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers star Jamie O'Hara
  
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• Three teens arrested over early hours break-in

  29-06-2020 17:39
  
  A Volkswagen was stolen from a property in Highmoor Road on Monday, June 29
  
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• Watch £10k haul of fake designer goods hurled into bin lorry

  29-06-2020 17:36
  
  A storage container packed with counterfeit watches, perfume and clothing was hurled into a city council bin lorry on Monday morning
  
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• Serious fire fears as Solihull residents flout BBQ ban - Birmingham Live

  29-06-2020 17:36 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Serious fire fears as Solihull residents flout BBQ ban  Birmingham Live
  
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• Belfry Hotel and Resort is set to reopen this weekend

  29-06-2020 17:33
  
  Enhanced measures at The Belfry include investment in state of the art, new cleaning equipment that uses Electrostatic Technology.
  
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• Watch as M6 worker knocked over by metal from passing lorry

  29-06-2020 17:26
  
  The metal hit the worker in the leg while he was working on the central reservation as part of the motorway upgrade between junctions 13 and 15 in Staffordshire
  
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• Hotel stay was 'life-saving' says former rough sleeper

  29-06-2020 17:25
  
  Sam Foster had been living on the streets since Christmas Day but housed in a city centre hotel when the pandemic hit
  
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• Serious fire fears as Solihull residents flout BBQ ban

  29-06-2020 17:15
  
  Park users ignoring local rules prompting concern a blaze could spread out of control
  
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• Twycross Zoo bosses furious at being excluded from Government £100m rescue plan

  29-06-2020 17:14
  
  Stipulations for the newly announced funding means the UK's largest conservation zoos including Twycross are not eligible
  
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• Parents dial 999 as toddler locked in flat - with them outside

  29-06-2020 17:12
  
  The youngster was locked in his home in Elgar Avenue in Malvern with his mum calling a crew from Hereford and Worcester Fire Rescue to reunite them
  
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• Teen beaten with bats as he tried to break up fight in park

  29-06-2020 17:04
  
  The 17-year-old was trying to break up a large brawl which broke out at the entrance when he was attacked by men wielding bats and was taken to hospital
  
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• Gang fears and scores of objections to Alum Rock off-licence

  29-06-2020 16:56
  
  78 individual letters of objection and a petition with more than 150 signatures have been sent to the council.
  
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• Lichfield firm reveals expansion plan as it marks business anniversary

  29-06-2020 16:55
  
  It will double its workforce as it comes out of lockdown
  
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• Children’s hospice benefits from Solihull business' fundraising venture - In Your Area

  29-06-2020 16:53 via inyourarea.co.uk
  
  Children’s hospice benefits from Solihull business' fundraising venture  In Your Area
  
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• Inside van filled with £10,000 in fake designer clothes

  29-06-2020 16:39
  
  Photos capture as Trading Standards destroy boxes and bags full of counterfeit goods en route to be sold at a local market
  
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• Police use stinger to stop Audi after M5 chase

  29-06-2020 16:33
  
  Suspects fled into woodland after A3 was brought to a halt amid suspicions it was stolen or on cloned number plates
  
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• Watch: Armed thugs hold G4S driver at knifepoint for shop cash machine

  29-06-2020 16:18
  
  Three balaclava-clad thugs struck as the driver delivered cash to a shop in Hagley Road, Birmingham
  
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• Man stabbed in street - air ambulance called to scene

  29-06-2020 15:52
  
  The emergency services were called to Kendal Rise, Wolverhampton, following reports of a stabbing
  
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• The Gay Village bars in Birmingham preparing to reopen on July 4

  29-06-2020 15:49
  
  These bars are making safety preparations to welcome back Birmingham's LGBT community
  
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• Emaciated dog with cigarette burns destroyed after it was dumped

  29-06-2020 15:47
  
  The male lurcher-Staffordshire bull terrier cross was on the brink of death when he was found in Hook Lane, Sutton Coldfield
  
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• Thugs smash windows of house in an early hours attack

  29-06-2020 15:45
  
  Thankfully no one was injured in the attack on Miller Crescent
  
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• Young woman taken to hospital after dramatic river rescue

  29-06-2020 15:32
  
  Ambulance, fire and police crews were called to two river rescue incidents at the weekend - one near Worcester Cathedral and the second in Hereford's River Wye
  
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• Latest coronavirus death toll as 19 more die

  29-06-2020 15:29
  
  All patients, between 60 and 96, had known underlying health conditions in the latest daily figures
  
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• This is when MOT tests will be mandatory again as lockdown restrictions ease

  29-06-2020 15:26
  
  Department for Transport is ending the exemption from MOTs that was introduced to stop the spread of coronavirus
  
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• Burglar who stole meat told cops: 'It's fine - I was hungry'

  29-06-2020 15:18
  
  Dishon Burgess, of no fixed address, told cops he had burgled Perry Barr home due to hunger
  
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• Lichfield BID to put services on hold due to coronavirus

  29-06-2020 15:10
  
  Lichfield BID has been operating for nearly five years providing direct support to businesses
  
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• Families of crush victims criticise her delays

  29-06-2020 15:06
  
  Relatives of five men killed at Hawkeswood Metal Recycling plant in 2016 say it is ‘as if our lives do not matter'
  
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• Students denied £680 a month Universal Credit as legal battle starts against DWP

  29-06-2020 14:44
  
  Disabled student Sidra Kauser gets PIP and says the DWP's policy to stop Universal Credit is unlawful
  
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• Care firm boss jailed for killing 'much-loved' grandmother

  29-06-2020 14:26
  
  Victim was repeatedly stabbed in 'savage and brutal' attack by colleague who 'lost control' at house in Perry Barr
  
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• It's a real scoop for Coton Green pupils!

  29-06-2020 14:20
  
  Headteacher Richard Osborne sprinkled some magic into break time
  
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• Yellow Ferrari supercar worth £250k crashes and flips on its roof

  29-06-2020 14:15
  
  The expensive sports motor was left nestled in bushes at a High Peak roadside in Derbyshire.
  
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• Solihull Lodge High Street crash horror as motorcycle catches fire leaving rider badly hurt - Birmingham Live

  29-06-2020 14:06 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Solihull Lodge High Street crash horror as motorcycle catches fire leaving rider badly hurt  Birmingham Live
  
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• Warning garden grabbing is 'destroying' Solihull's very character - Birmingham Live

  29-06-2020 13:52 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
  Warning garden grabbing is 'destroying' Solihull's very character  Birmingham Live
  
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• High Street horror as motorcycle catches fire leaving rider badly hurt

  29-06-2020 13:52
  
  Dramatic photos of the aftermath capture as the gutted bike lies surrounded by blackened grass next to a dented Fiat 500
  
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• Road bosses use lockdown to fill in 5,500 potholes across Worcestershire

  29-06-2020 13:44
  
  While the roads have been quiet because of lockdown, essential repairs have been carried out on the county's roads
  
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