Aug
2006
Articles from 29th Aug 2006
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Albion youngster could net dad £400k
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A FOOTBALL-mad teenager has earned his father the chance of a £400,000 windfall after being snapped up by West Bromwich Albion. Read
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Airport avoids pensions crisis
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of workers at Birmingham International Airport are set to vote in favour of a pension shake-up, ending years of uncertainty over the scheme. Read
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Man quizzed over Elvis fan's death
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A 17-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died outside a nightclub in Dudley. Read
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Teen mental health patient recaptured
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A TEENAGER with severe psychiatric problems who went on the run from a hospital and was thought to be heading to Worcestershire has been recaptured. Read
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Man shot by police is questioned
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A 40-YEAR-OLD man is being questioned following an incident in which he was shot by Staffordshire Police. Read
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Young Elvis fan killed outside club
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
MURDER squad detectives were stepping up their hunt for the killer of a young father found collapsed in a pool of blood outside a popular nightclub. Read
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Veteran ref gears up for another season
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
MAN in black Frank Starkey is ready to blow the whistle to kick off a new soccer season - at the age of 74. Read
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Tourists tell of Turkish bomb panic
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
SHOCKED holidaymakers returning from Turkey today told how the bombings caused panic among tourists. Read
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Time called on plans for pub
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A GOVERNMENT inspector has rejected a bid by a Midland brewery to breathe new life into a derelict farm on green belt land. Read
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Seven charged over Blues clashes
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
SEVEN people have been charged after violence erupted at Cardiff City's game against Birmingham City on Saturday. Read
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Postie found with hoard of stolen mail
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE found an "Aladdin's Cave" of undelivered mail when they searched the home of a thieving postman, Birmingham magistrates heard. Read
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Police hunt towpath attacker
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE today issued this image of a man they wish to speak to after a woman was attacked on a canal towpath in the Black Country. Read
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Police hunt teen gang after stabbing
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE are hunting a five-strong teenage gang after a man was found stabbed. Read
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Mystery of city skull find continues
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
MYSTERY surrounding a skull found in a skip in Birmingham deepened today after it emerged it came from someone who was alive in the 1950s. Read
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Man dies in motorway collision
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A MOTORIST died and his wife was left injured after their car spun out of control on a Midland motorway. Read
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Hen party guest dies at hotel
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A POLICE investigation is under way after a member of a hen party was found dead in her Alton Towers hotel room. Read
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Health services up for discussion
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
THE future of mental health services across Birmingham and Solihull will come under the spotlight in a series of five public meetings. Read
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Fight to halt more Jewellery Quarter flats
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A MULTI-million pound housing development which could destroy the industrial heritage of city's historic Jewellery Quarter is edging closer to being given planning permission. Read
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Families blast 'shoddy' flood defences
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
ANGRY Rubery families who say their lives are being blighted by flooding are set to air their feelings at a public meeting tonight. Read
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Extradition request over terror suspect
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
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Couple take phone store to court
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
A COUPLE took a mobile phones shop chain to court today in a David and Goliath battle over alleged misselling. Read
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City family tell of bomb blast terror
Aug 29 2006 | Top Stories
FIVE members of a Birmingham family were recovering in hospital today after being caught up in the bloody Bank Holiday bombings in Turkey. Read
