Mar
2006
Articles from 9th Mar 2006
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Brady anger at Chamber's NEC casino link
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
BLUES managing director Karren Brady today called on Birmingham Chamber of Commerce policy boss Jerry Blackett to resign after the full details of the business group's links with the NEC emerged. Read
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Man chewed off neighbour's ear
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN bit a huge chunk out of his neighbour's ear after an argument over a dog urinating in his front garden. Read
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School stunned by raid
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
DEVASTATED teachers at a Staffordshire primary school today spoke of their shock over the £2,500 theft of vital equipment. Read
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McDonald's raider jailed
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A HEROIN addict who threatened to slit the throat of a "terrified" restaurant worker before grabbing £64 from the till has been jailed for four years. Read
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Age limit on heart drug rises
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
PENSIONERS suffering a heart attack who, because of their age, were denied potentially life-saving drugs from paramedics will from now get them. Read
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£33m village for city pensioners
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A £33 MILLION 'pensioners paradise' is being built in Birmingham in a flagship council development designed to ease people gently into old age. Read
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Villa fans cry foul over parking
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
SCORES of Aston Villa fans were left outraged after being hit by a double whammy of parking charges. Read
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Jobs axed at troubled city van maker
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
THE axe will have fallen on 260 jobs at struggling Birmingham van maker LDV by next week when a new wave of managers are forced out. Read
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Thieves steal recycling container
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A RECYCLING container for aluminium cans was the unlikely target of thieves who swiped it from outside a Redditch supermarket. Read
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Supermarket set for expansion
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
SUPERSTORE giant Asda has submitted fresh plans for the £15 million expansion of a flagship Birmingham store. Read
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Super hospital delays prove costly
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
GOVERNMENT delays in rubber stamping Birmingham's £559 million "super hospital" is to cost taxpayers an extra £1 million a week, it has emerged. Read
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Teenager stabbed in front of shoppers
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A TEENAGER was today being held by police over the stabbing of a young man in front of dozens of horrified shoppers in one of Birmingham's busiest streets. Read
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Services set to go local
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A BRAVE new world where the city's 11 constituencies would control the youth service, parking wardens, housing repairs, golf courses and adult education is being studied by a scrutiny team pressing for more radical devolution of council powers. Read
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School shakes youngsters into action
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A CITY primary school is following in the energetic footsteps of Mr Motivator and Harvey from Celebrity Fit Club by starting its own early morning exercise sessions. Read
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School adds Chinese to subjects
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A WEST Midlands school is going east for the latest addition to its range of GCSE subjects. Read
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Parrot dumped amid bird flu hysteria
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
ANIMAL welfare charities and bird rescue centres are being deluged with abandoned caged and exotic birds as bird flu hysteria sweeps the region. Read
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Mystery still surrounds baby Troy death
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE still do not know how a six-month-old baby met his death, a month after his body was found dumped in a culvert. Read
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Man shot four times on pub car park
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A GUNMAN brought terror to a leafy Birmingham suburb when he repeatedly shot a man at close range on the car park of a popular pub. Read
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Man arrested over knifepoint mugging
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a teenage boy was mugged of his mobile phone at knife-point in Hollywood. Read
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Lecturer probed in affair allegations
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A LECTURER has been suspended from a Birmingham college while it probes an alleged relationship with a female student. Read
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Homeless charity set to fold
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM charity which has spent more than ten years helping homeless people across the country has today revealed it can no longer survive and will be forced to close in less than two months. Read
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Deadline for views on airport expansion
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
THE deadline is looming for residents to give their views on plans to expand Birmingham International Airport. Read
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Blitz on council's debtors
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
A CLAMPDOWN on debt dodgers has been ordered after the city council was hit with a £1.2 million write-off. Read
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Airport noise row is 'unfair'
Mar 09 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM International Airport is facing "unfair competition" from neighbouring Coventry because of its battle to protect residents from noisy airplanes. Read
