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MP fights Solihull maternity service move

THE campaign to protect maternity services in Solihull has reached the House of Commons, after an MP demanded health chiefs scrap plans to transfer pregnant women to Birmingham. Read

Petition strengthens challenge to cuts in maternity service at Solihull Hospital

A CAMPAIGN to stop maternity services being downgraded in Solihull is gathering momentum with a petition gaining thousands of signatures in just four hours. Read

Marston Green man jailed over stun gun

A MAN who was caught with an illegal stun gun and a CS gas canister at his Marston Green home after being arrested for drug offences has been jailed for 15 months. Read

Work about to start on £11m Solihull link to airport

WORK is about to start on a long-awaited £11 million transport project to improve links between Solihull and the region’s biggest airport and exhibition centre. Read

SHOCK tactics to deter smokers in Solihull from lighting up have been hailed a success.

Staff at NHS Smokefree Solihull and HM Revenue and Customs teamed up to warn people that smoking kills, whether it is genuine tobacco or fake cigarettes, which often contain dead insects and rat droppings. Read

Trinity Mirror Midlands announces proposals to close 9 newspapers

Trinity Mirror Midlands today announced proposals for a series of changes across its businesses which include the closure of a number of newspaper titles and offices. Read

Campaigners fight to keep maternity services at Midland hospital

PROTESTORS have launched a campaign to halt a controversial downgrade of maternity services at Solihull Hospital, which could see pregnant women transferred up to 19 miles to give birth. Read

Swine-flu cases top the 1,500 mark in West Midlands

CONFIRMED cases of swine flu in the West Midlands have broken through the 1,500 mark, public health chiefs revealed. Read

Fresh job fears at Jaguar Land Rover after huge losses reported

JAGUAR Land Rover could face more job cuts and plant shutdowns after piling up huge losses of £281 million in just ten months, it has been revealed. Read

DHL workers threaten to strike over Land Rover shift row

NIGHT workers at Land Rover’s giant Lode Lane headquarters are threatening to strike over new Sunday shifts – throwing parts deliveries into chaos. Read

Maternity wards in Solihull ‘face downgrade’

PREGNANT women in Solihull may be transferred to hospitals in Birmingham under controversial proposals to downgrade maternity wards, it emerged today. Read

PREGNANT women in Solihull may be transferred to hospitals in Birmingham under controversial proposals to downgrade maternity wards, it emerged today.

Bosses of Heart of England Foundation Trust have revealed they will no longer allow ‘high risk’ births or any involving premature babies at Solihull Hospital from April next year. Read

PREGNANT women in Solihull may be transferred to hospitals in Birmingham under controversial proposals to downgrade maternity wards, it emerged today.

Bosses of Heart of England Foundation Trust have revealed they will no longer allow ‘high risk’ births or any involving premature babies at Solihull Hospital from April next year. Read

MPs expenses: The 10 worst offenders from the Midlands

TOILET seats, helipad hedge trimming, pornographic films, luxury wallpaper and flatscreen TVs – these are just some of the items Midland MPs have claimed for on expenses. Read

Swine flu outbreak: Extra morgue space planned in Midlands

HEALTH chiefs have earmarked Midland sites for temporary morgues as they struggle to cope with the swine flu epidemic. Read

Revealed: Midlands MP paid thousands in expenses to political parties

MPs have paid tens of thousands of pounds provided by the taxpayer to their political parties, their expenses claims reveal. Read

Meriden mum admits £10,000 Premium Bond fraud

A WOMAN forged her son’s signature to cash in £10,000-worth of Premium Bonds in his name and pay the money into her own account. Read

Chelmsley Wood teaching assistant in national final of 'Oscars'

IT was double joy for a Midland primary school today after a teaching assistant won through to the national final of the profession’s ‘Oscars’. Read

Council under fire for not using Birmingham Airport

Council officials travelling abroad on official business have been criticised for failing to fly from Birmingham International Airport.more

Midlands policeman at centre of rape case is named

A MIDLAND police officer arrested following an accusation of rape can today be revealed as police constable Nadeem Ali. Read