Solihull news

• Mandy Moore hits back at Ryan Adams apology over abuse allegations

  06-07-2020 22:13
  
  Moore and six other women came forward in February last year, alleging the singer-songwriter had been guilty of manipulating and controlling behaviour
  
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• Buses diverted over Handsworth police incident - updates

  06-07-2020 21:54
  
  Multiple reports of serious crime in the area, with Oxhill Road sealed off and Grove Lane and Grove Hill Road also mentioned by witnesses
  
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• Boy stabbed by 'gang of attackers' - updates

  06-07-2020 21:54
  
  West Midlands Police confirms a teenage victim was knifed on Monday night
  
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• 'We're in serious trouble' - Health chief's admission on track and trace

  06-07-2020 21:44
  
  At the weekend Health Secretary Matt Hancock insisted councils had all the data they needed to bash any local outbreaks, whack-a-mole style. That's just not true, says Sandwell's public health chief
  
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• First pubs forced to shut after reopening as customers tested for coronavirus

  06-07-2020 21:08
  
  Drinking spots across the country have shut up shop AGAIN - having welcomed customers on July 4 after months of being shuttered
  
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• Tom Meighan speaks out for first time since quitting Kasabian

  06-07-2020 21:02
  
  A statement from the Brit Award-winning rock group from Leicester said the 39-year-old wants to concentrate on "getting his life back on track"
  
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• David Starkey issues grovelling apology over 'so many damn blacks' comment

  06-07-2020 20:54
  
  In a lengthy statement on Monday, Starkey admitted his "bad mistake" has cost him "every distinction and honour acquired in a long career"
  
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• 'Untouchable' crime boss facing more jail time after four-year probe

  06-07-2020 20:42
  
  Convicted criminal with reported links to feared Kinahan gang is already serving a sentence after police raided his luxury home near Tamworth
  
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• Watch drug dealer called Jack Speed in 100mph police chase

  06-07-2020 19:13
  
  The 21-year-old also hit 80mph in a 30mph zone and was seen slamming on his brakes as he tried to escape
  
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• Six police officers 'spat at, punched and kicked' in Worcestershire

  06-07-2020 19:05
  
  It was a weekend of violence for West Mercia Police - with six of their officers assaulted in four separate incidents over the weekend
  
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• Health chief rubbish claims city could be next into lockdown

  06-07-2020 19:05
  
  If infection rates continued to rise it could have meant a Leicester-style lockdown
  
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• Police use dispersal order after "disorder between two large groups"

  06-07-2020 18:42
  
  The incident happened late yesterday afternoon on playing fields off Purcell Avenue in Lichfield.
  
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• Jewellery Quarter street sealed off in fire at bar - updates

  06-07-2020 18:39
  
  The fire broke out just before 5pm and the location is closed off
  
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• Police issue statement after man dies in M5 crash

  06-07-2020 18:23
  
  Emergency services scrambled to the M5 near Strensham in Worcestershire after the rush-hour crash which saw two lanes of the motorway closed and huge tailbacks
  
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• Universal Credit role in UK coronavirus recovery outlined by economic experts

  06-07-2020 18:22
  
  Thousands more work coaches would be recruited so Brits would be helped off benefits and back into employment
  
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• Man, 52, Tasered after paramedics stabbed in Stephens Close, Wolverhampton.

  06-07-2020 18:20
  
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of wounding after two paramedics were stabbed inside a home.The paramedics, a man and a woman, were attacked as they conducted a safe and well check at a property in Stephens Close, Wolverhampton, at around 12.30pm.
  
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• Teenager charged with attempted murder after city weapon attack

  06-07-2020 17:51
  
  Muzzammil Hussain, 18, has appeared in court after a 48-year-old man suffered serious injuries in Chantry Road, Handsworth, on July 2
  
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• Solihull Moors FC donate thousands of face masks to key workers - Solihull Observer

  06-07-2020 17:50 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Solihull Moors FC donate thousands of face masks to key workers  Solihull Observer
  
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• MP chanted 'I'm a naughty Tory' amid 'sex assault on woman', court told

  06-07-2020 17:45
  
  Elphicke talked to the woman about bondage then allegedly groped her breast and tried to kiss her, leaving her "distressed, and almost hysterical"
  
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• Top cop speaks out after eight officers attacked during Super Saturday weekend

  06-07-2020 17:44
  
  Officers were kicked in the ribs, hit over the head, spat at, had a brick lobbed at them and attacked as they attended to five incidents over the weekend
  
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• £500 voucher scheme could be launched by government to save high street

  06-07-2020 17:42
  
  In a bid to revitalise the economy, following the coronavirus lockdown, every adult would be handed £500 and every child £250
  
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• Five men banned from Solihull town centre pubs over Walkabout terror

  06-07-2020 17:27
  
  Dylan Williams, 25, Drew Taylor, 23, James Johnson, 21, Kyle Witts, 20, and 20-year-old Ryan Grealish are all barred
  
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• Club keeps licence after lockdown breach claims in Dudley

  06-07-2020 17:26
  
  Sedgley Conservative Club was to face a councillors’ panel this week to answer claims it allowed drinking on the premises in May.
  
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• Disney star dies aged just 24

  06-07-2020 17:22
  
  The Mexican actor sadly passed away over the weekend, according to media reports on Monday
  
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• Big update on Gavin and Stacey future issued by Larry Lamb

  06-07-2020 17:14
  
  The actor, who plays Mick Shipman in the hit sitcom, said as soon as the Christmas special was over fans were asking for more
  
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• Grim meetings and Dudley chief's fears Covid-19 would never end

  06-07-2020 17:13
  
  The leader of Dudley Council confesses at the height of the Covid-19 outbreak, when hearing of dozens of deaths each week, he despaired at its human cost.
  
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• Crime-hit football ground in Walsall to get security boost

  06-07-2020 17:07
  
  Darlaston Town FC will have extra security measures and new stands at it's home, The Paycare Ground
  
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• Brum Costcutter shop loses licence after shooting outside

  06-07-2020 17:04
  
  The shop in Great Hampton Row has had its licence stripped by councillors following last week's hearing
  
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• 'Get us help we've been stabbed' – paramedics' plea as two stabbed

  06-07-2020 16:57
  
  The house has been sealed off as police work at the scene
  
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• Families hosting protest at recycling plant where five men died

  06-07-2020 16:42
  
  The families of five men killed when a wall collapsed on them four years ago are demanding justice - and want Birmingham people to show their support
  
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• Phillip Schofield breaks silence over leaving This Morning

  06-07-2020 16:24
  
  The 58-year-old presents the ITV1 daytime TV programme alongside Holly Willoughby, 39, each Monday morning to Thursday
  
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• Full list of the 25 countries you can fly to from England without quarantine

  06-07-2020 16:12
  
  The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) published a separate list of 67 destinations which are exempt from its advisory against all non-essential travel
  
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• Cadbury World announces reopening date and new safety measures for visitors

  06-07-2020 16:10
  
  A number of changes have been introduced by the Cadbury World team to help keep visitors and employees safe - with pre-booking starting on World Chocolate Day
  
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• Man Tasered after paramedics seriously hurt in knife attack

  06-07-2020 16:06
  
  Arrest as victims were attacked during a house call
  
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• 20 firefighters tackling multiple blazes at nature reserve in Rubery

  06-07-2020 15:28
  
  There are multiple fires in a nature reserve in Cock Hill Lane in Rubery. Around four crews are on the scene. The incident was first reported just before 1.20pm
  
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• Plenty of Fish conman cheated women out of hundreds of thousands

  06-07-2020 15:26
  
  One of his victims described a "campaign of manipulation and deceit" that included Robinson marching her into a building society to transfer funds within hours of burying someone she had cared for
  
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• UK coronavirus death toll rises by 15 - the lowest Monday increase in months

  06-07-2020 15:23
  
  It comes as Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, which eased its Covid-19 lockdown on Monday, all reported no new deaths
  
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• Naked Attraction needs people for its first series since lockdown

  06-07-2020 15:19
  
  The naked hopefuls stand in individual pods, while one body part is revealed at a time to the picker, who eliminates a person in each round based on what they find least attractive
  
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• Greek holidays on the cards from July 15 as travel ban lifted

  06-07-2020 15:14
  
  The country's travel ban on Brits is set to be lifted next week
  
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• West Midlands Ambulance statement as two medics stabbed at house

  06-07-2020 15:06
  
  They have been taken to hospital for further treatment
  
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• New mortuary, hearse and funeral directors plan in Wolverhampton

  06-07-2020 14:59
  
  Mortuary and garage for hearse are given the go-ahead after move to new offices
  
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• Man dies after van crash on M5

  06-07-2020 14:47
  
  Police and medics rushed to the scene after a van collided with the central reservation between Junction 8 for the M50 and Junction 9 for Tewkesbury
  
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• Wedding bells to ring again in Solhull - but with strict rules

  06-07-2020 14:42
  
  Plans were thrown into disarray but now ceremonies can resume with strict restrictions in place.
  
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• Driver caught doing 115mph on motorway told police he 'needed the toilet'

  06-07-2020 14:38
  
  Cops said they followed the driver as he raced along the M18 in South Yorkshire after being clocked by a marked car doing 35mph above the national speed limit
  
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• Man arrested after two paramedics stabbed at house - updates

  06-07-2020 14:37
  
  Around 12 999 cars rushed to the scene this afternoon
  
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• Denise Welch reveals 'run ins' with Prince Andrew during Loose Women

  06-07-2020 14:35
  
  Monday saw Coleen Nolan, Saira Khan and Andrea McLean join Denise in the studio, where they discussed Prince Andrew
  
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• Watch as brawl breaks out in pub beer garden on 'Super Saturday'

  06-07-2020 14:33
  
  Officers attended the Three Tuns Pub in Lichfield Street, Tamworth, on the first day of reopening since lockdown
  
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• Holly and Phil scolded by This Morning bosses over sitting too close

  06-07-2020 14:13
  
  The episode on Monday saw Holly, 39, told off alongside her co-presenter, silver haired Schofe
  
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• Alison Hammond responds to claims ITV uses actors as competition winners

  06-07-2020 14:08
  
  Addressing the concerns of viewers, the TV personality - who has a legion of fans - spoke out over This Morning using what viewers thought were actors
  
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• Four women 'may have died from rogue breast surgeon's botched treatment'

  06-07-2020 14:05
  
  Ian Paterson, 61, is serving a 20-year jail term for carrying out "needless" procedures on his victims between 1997 and 2011
  
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