Jan
2006
Articles from 25th Jan 2006
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Health check a chemist's tonic
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
FAMILIES across Solihull can get free essential health check-ups at a local chemist's through February. Read
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Dancing queens of Brum
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
THEY are not even teenagers yet, but a dynamic Birmingham duo have stepped out in style to pick up an award in the tough world of dance. Read
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Booze teenagers face police purge
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A POLICE chief today vowed to take action against parents who fuel underage drinking in the street by supplying booze to teenagers. Read
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Queen set to share party
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
THE QUEEN is set to share an 80th birthday party with Staffordshire pensioners who reach the same milestone this year. Read
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Police hunt for patient
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A PATIENT who vanished from a Staffordshire hospital may be in Blackpool, police said today. Read
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£45m lure for tenant families
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
TENANTS can share a £45 million home improvement bonanza if they serve notice to quit on their Tamworth Council landlords, it emerged today. Read
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Man jailed for night attack on OAP
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A BURGLAR who grabbed an elderly woman round the neck when she disturbed him in her home in the middle of the night has been jailed for five years. Read
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Machinist loses race tribunal
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A SMETHWICK machinist alleged to have been reading a newspaper in a rest room when he should have been working has lost his claim for unfair dismissal and race discrimination. Read
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Bikes crushed by police
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE are crushing thousands of pounds worth of mini motorbikes as part of a crackdown on antisocial behaviour. Read
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Flyposting man guilty
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN has appeared before magistrates following a crackdown by Solihull Council on flyposting. Read
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Workers evacuated after blaze
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
DOZENS of workers were evacuated from an industrial estate after a blaze involving a gas cylinder. Read
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Care home pair in the clear
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
TWO women staff at a Black Country care home have been cleared of mistreating an elderly resident after a lengthy council inquiry. Read
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Police hunt fugitive rapist
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES hunting a fugitive rapist today appealed to the Birmingham public for help to trace him. Read
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Music venue defiant on development
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
DEFIANT bosses at Birmingham city centre's premier rock venue insist they are going nowhere, despite a planned multi-million pound revamp. Read
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Council to name and shame eateries
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
DIRTY or rodent-infested city restaurants, cafes, and food stores are to be publicly "named and shamed". Read
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Vote for the best Broad Street bar
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
FORGET the Baftas or the Oscars - the biggest and best award ceremony when it comes to Birmingham's nightlife is the BOBS - the Best of Broad Street Awards, which launches today. Read
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Fan's appeal over cricket booze ban
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
BOYCOTT the bar. That was cricket lover Tim Fell's cry today as he launched a campaign to save the tradition of spectators taking booze to Test and one-day matches. Read
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MP calls for chocolate firm boycott
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A WEST Midland MP today called for a boycott of Birmingham chocolate giant Cadbury, accusing bosses of betraying British farmers. Read
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Jail term for escape bid convict
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A CONVICTED burglar who tricked police into letting him out of prison was "sprung" from a police car during a violent armed assault in a Birmingham street, the City's Crown Court heard. Read
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Cricket club gutted in fire
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
FIREFIGHTERS were today investigating the cause of a blaze that broke out at a Midland cricket club, leaving the single-storey building gutted. Read
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Philip's hitting the high notes
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
MOST teenage boys dream of storming the charts as a rock star, but 16-year-old Philip Achille has just realised one of his goals as the best young harmonica player in the world. Read
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Students ban Christian group
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A CHRISTIAN society has had its assets frozen and been banned from holding meetings at Birmingham University for refusing membership to non-Christians. Read
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Crash pair thrown from car
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A DRIVER and his passenger were thrown from their car after it mounted the pavement and crashed into a road sign. Read
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Bid to ease road chaos
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
MORE than £50,000 is to be invested in unjamming one of the city's worst traffic bottlenecks. Read
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Police hunt for pervert
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE in the Midlands today launched an investigation after a man indecently exposed himself to three teenage girls. Read
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Nurse cash used to cut hospital debts
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
HEALTH bosses have been raiding a nurse's training fund to clear millions of pounds of debts from crisis-hit hospitals in the Midlands. Read
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City can save on scroungers
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
MINISTERS have pledged to get more than a third of Birmingham's 54,000 incapacity benefit claimants back to work. Read
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Midland teacher shot dead in America
Jan 25 2006 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND teacher and her baby daughter have been found shot dead in their home in America, sparking a transatlantic hunt for her British husband. Read
