May
2006
Articles from 25th May 2006
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Cadbury jobs to be moved abroad
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM today suffered a fresh "exporting" of work from one of the city's big employers as Cadbury revealed it was sending scores of white collar jobs to India. Read
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Seven held in people trafficking raids
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
SEVEN people have been arrested as part of a nationwide crackdown on the trafficking of women into the West Midlands to work as prostitutes. Read
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Brum's Dawn booted out of Big Brother
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM exercise scientist Dawn Blake has been booted out of the Big Brother house for breaking the rules. Read
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Support is needed for charitable trust
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
THE Letisha and Charlene Education Awards is a pilot scheme for 12 months, but it is hoped to develop the scheme on an annual basis, under the administration of a charitable trust. Read
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Letisha and Charlene's legacy could help YOU
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
AN exciting new scheme aimed at helping hard-up students achieve success in memory of tragic Birmingham teenagers Letisha Shakespeare and Charlene Ellis can be unveiled today. Read
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Young mother killed in salon blaze
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
A WOMAN died when fire swept through her flat above a hair salon early today. Read
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Warning after man tries to lure boy into car
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE in Redditch are warning youngsters and parents to be on their guard after a potential paedophile tried to lure a young boy into his car. Read
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Waiter mixes with the stars Down Under
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
BUDDING actor Richard Price is leading a double life. Read
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Terror raid targets charity
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
THREE addresses in Birmingham were raided as part of a nationwide anti-terror operation that saw the arrest of seven people. Read
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Streets safer since pub hours shake-up
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
LATER pub and bar opening hours have made Birmingham nightspots safer, according to city licensing bosses. Read
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Sir Bill in attack on 'sell out' Heinz
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
NEWLY created peer Sir Bill Morris today launched a scathing attack on Heinz over its plans to axe Birmingham's famed HP Sauce plant. Read
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School's demand for 5p lunch debt
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
BARMY school bureaucrats sent a threatening letter to ten-year-old Ryan Foxall's parents demanding they pay 5p he had borrowed for a school dinner. Read
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Sauce supporters taking to streets
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM is on the march to save its beloved HP Sauce from going Dutch. Read
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Pregnant woman's anger at flat leak
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
A 28-YEAR-old pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter had a narrow escape when a leak from the flat above caused the ceiling to collapse in the bedroom of her Shard End maisonette. Read
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Police hunt Land Rover flasher
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE in Redditch today appealed for help to trace a sex fiend who flashed at a teenage girl as she headed to school. Read
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OAP care homes in jeopardy
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
A FIGHT to save Tamworth care homes has been launched amid claims pensioners' lives could be blighted if a radical reform is given the green light. Read
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NEC: New plans are bigger than ever
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
AN "EXCITING" masterplan for the National Exhibition Centre to help stem annual multi-million pound losses is being drawn up. Read
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MPs slam city leaders over casino snub
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
THE blame for the region's failure in the Las Vegas-style super-casino race was today laid squarely at the door of city leaders. Read
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Move to halt police merger
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
COUNCIL chiefs are urging fellow council-lors to throw their weight behind an effort to stop Worcestershire's police force from being merged with others in the Midlands. Read
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Mother dies after attack
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
A MOTHER of one who was attacked at a house in Solihull where she worked as a cleaner has died. Read
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Midlands has been abandoned - Whitby
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM council leader Mike Whitby today came out fighting to slam the Casino Advisory Panel over its snub. Read
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Hope of HP rescue package
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
A GLIMMER of hope emerged today after the city council refused to rule out a rescue package to keep production of HP Sauce in Birmingham. Read
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'Cruelty' head quits school
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
THE head teacher of a city nursery school has resigned two years after she was suspended amid allegations of child cruelty. Read
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Birthday party for road victim's son
May 25 2006 | Top Stories
THE son of road crash victim Rik Adams was at the centre of his grieving family's thoughts today - his first birthday. Read
