Oct
2006
Articles from 24th Oct 2006
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Revealed - where 2,000 sex pests are living
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
ALMOST 2,000 registered sex offenders are living in the West Midlands under the close watch of police and probation experts, new figures show. Read
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Smoking burglar clue to house explosion
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
THIS is all that remains of a house ripped apart by a huge gas explosion triggered by suspected burglars trying to steal a central heating boiler - while they were smoking. Read
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Hammond's wife tells of crash horror
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
THE wife of brave Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond today spoke of the horror moment she discovered her husband was fighting for his life. Read
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Car destroyed by gas explosion
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
FAMILIES ran from their homes after a liquid petroleum gas-fuelled car exploded in a Birmingham street today. Read
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Arsonists wreck Victorian mansion
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
FLAMES tore through a listed Victorian mansion in Birmingham after arsonists set the derelict building ablaze. Read
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Air passengers hit by delays
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of people trying to jet away for half-term holidays faced delays at Birmingham International and Stansted airports. Read
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£12m plan to lure political parties
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
A £12 MILLION war chest is being set up to subsidise a bid to lure one of the big party political conferences to Birmingham. Read
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Woman cut from car after crash
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
FIREFIGHTERS had to slice the roof off a woman's car after it was involved in a crash with another vehicle in Birmingham. Read
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Court tells Collymore to cough up
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
FOOTBALLER Stan Collymore has failed to convince the English courts that he should not be forced to pay £260,000 to Real Oviedo for a breach of contract. Read
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Cigarettes seizes in raid on home
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
CUSTOMS officers have seized 1,400 illegal cigarettes from a home in Chelmsley Wood. Read
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Appeal to trace dead woman's family
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
AN APPEAL was launched today to find friends and relatives of a 60-year-old woman who died in Birmingham. Read
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TV appeal over brick attack thug
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
THE hunt for a dangerous thug who pounced on two women and battered them with a brick is to go national. Read
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M6 named Britain's dullest motorway
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S M6 has been declared the most boring road in the land, sparking fears it is so dull drivers could drop off at the wheel. Read
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Jail for man who threw grenade at paramedics
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
A DRUNKEN man who threw a hand grenade at paramedics who had come to help him has been jailed for 15 months at Birmingham Crown Court. Read
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Court bungling is wasting millions - report
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
BUNGLING police and solicitors are wasting millions of pounds by mishandling almost one in six cases to come before West Midland magistrates, a report said. Read
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Best Mate's still a winner for charity
Oct 24 2006 | Top Stories
A RACEHORSE who won the hearts of millions of punters - and lined their pockets at the same time - is to be honoured in a charity auction full of sporting memorabilia. Read
