Mar
2006
Articles from 6th Mar 2006
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Passenger killed in car crash
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A FEMALE car passenger was killed when the vehicle smashed into a house in Evesham. Read
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Pampered pooch is queen of the dogwalk!
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
MEET the best-dressed pooch in the West Midlands and the doggy world's answer to Kate Moss! Read
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Work begins on new park
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A PARK was being created near Lye town centre today as part of a scheme to make the most of public spaces. Read
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Veterans bid for new club
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM club for retired armed forces veterans has launched a £300,000 campaign for a new clubhouse. Read
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Fines blitz on chewing gum dumpers
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
SOLIHULL has been chosen as the focus of a major new crackdown on the sticky situation of litter louts dumping chewing gum. Read
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Anger at £54m arts fiasco
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
TAXPAYERS who poured £54 million into a "black hole" deserve answers over the cash crisis which has forced The Public arts centre at West Bromwich into administration. Read
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£12m estate project set to push on
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
THE second phase of construction work on a £12 million industrial estate is expected to start in May. Read
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TV hospital hits back in flab row
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A PRIVATE hospital billed as the home of a hit television makeover show for flab fighters has hit back at claims it let patients down. Read
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Tax man wins stress payout
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A TAX man from Worcestershire who claimed he suffered severe stress and depression after being burdened with extra work has been handed £138,000 in an outof-court settlement. Read
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Rail service threat lifted
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
COUNCILLORS are expected to agree a deal that would guarantee the immediate future of rail services between Walsall and Wolverhampton. Read
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Green light for landmark plan
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A LANDMARK former bank overlooking Sutton Coldfield town centre is to be redeveloped as a restaurant and flats. Read
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Cash boost saves computer course
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A FREE IT training scheme which was on the verge of being axed has been thrown a lifeline with vital funding. Read
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Cabbie escapes glass attack
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A TAXI driver had a lucky escape after an abusive drunk hurled a pint glass at his cab. Read
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Action over grave fears
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
SAFETY fears about collapsing headstones had led to a new registration scheme for masons being brought into action. Read
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Warning over iPods at school
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE today called on parents to think twice before letting youngsters take expensive gizmos such as iPods and handheld gaming machines to school. Read
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Warning over cost of police merger
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE chiefs in the West Midlands today warned the Home Office not to hit taxpayers hard in the pocket with the creation of a new super force. Read
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There was no fight - Pennant
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
BLUES bad boy Jermaine Pennant has spoken for the first time of the fracas that landed him on the front pages for all the wrong reasons along with a club fine. Read
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Teen arson gang's night of terror
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
FAMILIES watched in horror as a teenage arson gang rampaged through a Birmingham estate in a night of terror. Read
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Students back at arson-hit school
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
DEFIANT teenagers returned to their fire-ravaged school this morning for the first time since it was wrecked by arsonists. Read
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Spitfire test pilot back in the skies
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A TRAILBLAZING test pilot who took the first Spitfires to the skies over Castle Bromwich has made an emotional return to the cockpit. Read
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Search for dog to take centre stage
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
WANTED: One well-behaved pooch to tread the boards alongside 12-year-old actress Ellie Bradshaw, playing the role of Annie on a city stage. Read
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Lorry crash causes rush-hour chaos
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
AN articulated lorry overturned outside a major city shopping centre today, causing traffic chaos. Read
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Hospital hit by mice infestation
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM hospital called in environmental health officers after mice infested a cleaning area. Read
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Villa star lost it with me - victim
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
AN amateur footballer has told how he was attacked by Villa star Lee Hendrie after the soccer bad boy tried to steal his twin brother's girlfriend. Read
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Future of cross-city rail line secured
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
THE future of Birmingham's busy cross-city train line was being guaranteed today with Centro bosses signing a deal with Central Trains to run the service until November 2007. Read
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Families evacuated after car crash
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
FOUR families were evacuated amid fears of an explosion after a car smashed into a house, fracturing a gas pipe outside. Read
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Charity shop boss blasts thieves
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
THE boss of a Birmingham charity shop today slammed the callous thieves who stole donations and asked them: "How low can you sink?" Read
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Cameras capture 'calm' NEC gunman
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
THE detective hunting the ruthless gunman who brought terror to the Kanye West gig today told how the man had calmly opened fire without warning. Read
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Call to speed up runway extension
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
COUNCIL leaders across the West Midlands are calling for the extension of the runway at Birmingham International Airport to be brought forward from a planned date of 2015. Read
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Church snubs £1.2m buyout bid
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
CHURCH-goers have rejected a pennies from heaven offer and voted against selling their 127-year-old building to shopping centre developers. Read
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Plane was 20 seconds from disaster
Mar 06 2006 | Top Stories
A PASSENGER jet heading into Birmingham International Airport was just 177 feet from the ground and 20 seconds from a major disaster. Read
