Updated 3:38pm 26 May 2012

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Gypsies

Meriden gypsies lodge yet another appeal against eviction

PROTESTERS are furious after gypsies lodged a fresh appeal to remain on greenbelt land.Read

Cash machine

Gang targeted OAPS at Birmingham cash machines

THREE young men who tricked pensioners into entering their pin numbers in cash machines and then stole their bank cards have been jailed.Read

Marie Curie Cancer Care

New appeal to help furnish Marie Curie's Solihull hospice

A CHARITY has unveiled a bedroom in its £7 million Solihull Hospice – and has asked the public to help furnish it.Read

Emily Longley

Former Solihull schoolboy jailed for murdering model girlfriend

A JEALOUS killer who grew up in the Midlands has been jailed for the brutal murder of his aspiring model girlfriend.Read

Robert Mansell

Solihull dad of hero pilot says airlines must stop overloading planes

THE Solihull father of a hero pilot who died saving his passengers’ lives has said lessons need to be learned about overloading planes. Read

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Bannatyne's Health Club in Solihull evacuated over carbon dioxide leak from fridge

MEMBERS of a Solihull health club were evacuated when a faulty refrigerator sparked a carbon dioxide alert.Read

Works start to upgrade M42 roundabout at Birmingham airport

WORK has begun to upgrade the road surface at a major junction near Birmingham Airport.Read

Hilary Hughes-Augustin

Solihull dad desperate to solve daughter's St Lucia death mystery

A DEVASTATED Midland dad has told of his desperation for news of his daughter’s mystery death on a paradise sunshine island.Read

Solihull rail travellers in tune for jazz festival

PASSENGERS heading to London from the West Midlands had musical accompaniment on their journey.Read

Sara Conyers

Special egg and soya oil diet helps Solihull woman get pregnant

SCIENTISTS at a fertility clinic have cracked it for a Solihull woman – who gave birth to twins after being on a diet of egg yolks and soya oil.Read

Julian Mynott and his three-year-old son Freddie

Wife of drowning tragedy family thanks rescue workers for their efforts

The wife of a man who died with their three-year-old son in a boating accident has thanked rescue teams for their efforts to save them.Read

Boy who survived Barford weir tragedy leaves Birmingham Children's Hospital

ONE of the two children who survived the Barford weir tragedy has been released from hospital.Read

Gypsies

Meriden gypsies have latest appeal 'thrown out' by Court of Appeal

TRAVELLERS who set up an illegal camp have failed in their latest attempt to appeal a decision forcing them to quit the site, it has been claimed.Read

Bryan Player

Solihull grandad: My health problems were caused by the H-bomb

A GRANDFATHER has told of his ongoing battle to link his health problems with the H bomb test he witnessed more than 50 years ago.Read

Rosie Farrell

Birmingham mum fighting same brain tumour that killed her daughter

A DEVASTATED Birmingham husband fears his wife is battling the same brain tumour that killed their daughter just months ago.Read

Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh gives garden tool the thumbs-up

WHEN she suffered a stroke, Mary Marie was robbed of one her most beloved hobbies.Read

Vote, ballot, polling station

Solihull Borough Council 2012 election results

Local election results for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Read

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Land Rover staff made to park four miles away from work

UP TO 1,000 Land Rover staff have been banned from parking at the company’s Solihull headquarters – and allocated spaces nearly four miles away at Birmingham Airport. Read

Birmingham Mail Mint M

Disabled Solihull woman fell into sea and drowned after hitting wheelchair controls in Dorset

A DISABLED woman from Solihull drowned when she fell from a harbour wall into the sea, an inquest heard.Read

Meriden gypsies launch further appeal against planning permission refusal

TRAVELLERS given a deadline to leave their illegal camp on greenbelt land have lodged a fresh appeal against being denied planning permission.Read