Nov
2006
Articles from 21st Nov 2006
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100 pitch in for big makeover
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
More than 100 people have taken part in a six-hour challenge to makeover one of Moseley's best known buildings. Read
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Yob-plagued alley to be cleaned up
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A NOTORIOUS alleyway which has become a haven for troublemakers is being cleaned up. Read
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Woman killed and four injured in bus crash
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A 40-year-old woman was killed and four other people were injured when the car she was driving collided with a bus in a Staffordshire town. Read
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Other pubs will be green with envy
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM publican was bowled over today after landing Britain's biggest crown green bowls tournament. Read
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Singer comes to rescue of AIDS kids
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
SOUL star Beverley Knight is making her latest charity work a family affair by joining forces with her Birmingham cousin to launch an international project to help Aids orphans. Read
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Builder is jailed for roof con
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A HEARTLESS builder who preyed on pensioners by deliberately damaging their roofs and then charging them to carry out the repairs has been jailed. Read
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£30,000 tonic for Sir Albert
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE leader of Birmingham's Labour group is taking on a new job as boss of a hospital trust. Read
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Rail prank man is fined by court
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE man who diced with death by swinging from a 25,000 volt railway cable admitted: "I've been a fool." Read
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Police follow new leads in murder hunt
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE were today chasing new leads after returning to the streets a week on from the fatal shooting of a Birmingham man celebrating his birthday. Read
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Lorry hijackers flee with X-boxes
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE were today hunting a gang who hijacked a lorry and stole its £100,000 load of computer games. Read
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Councillor paid £30,000 a year to do nothing
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
THIS is stay-away Birmingham councillor Margaret Wells, who has been paid more than £30,000 of taxpayers' money for doing next to nothing. Read
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Blues stars help my friend to smile again
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
JUST seven weeks ago little Ryan Hunt's world was shattered when he witnessed his brother and pregnant mum being killed on a Birmingham road. Read
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Anger at mobile phone mast loophole
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE Government is being urged to close a legal loophole which allowed a mobile phone mast to be sited 50 yards from a Birmingham infants school without planning permission being sought. Read
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Win BBC Good Food Show tickets and a case of wine
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
Win the perfect treat for any wine and food lover: a case of Cape Grace wine plus a visit to The BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham. Read
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Gunmen rob security guard at supermarket
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
THIS was the dramatic scene as armed robbers pounced on a security guard in broad daylight in the Read
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Toxic land clean up delay blasted by MP
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
AN MP representing residents living in houses built on a former Birmingham landfill site has criticised the council for its delay in cleaning up the toxic land. Read
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Star Paul's little Gazza
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A YEAR ago, 12-year-old Joey Butlin was bordering on obese and devoted to computer games. Read
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New Street delegation to hand over petition
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A HIGH-powered delegation travels to Whitehall tomorrow to show the scale of support for the Birmingham Mail campaign to have New Street station revamped. Read
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Man jailed for violent attack on girlfriend
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN man with a history of violence towards women has been jailed for a year for a brutal attack on his girlfriend while in a "jealous" rage. Read
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M5 smash witness plea by police
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
MOTORWAY police are looking for witnesses to a smash on the M5 in which a 46-year-old Barnt Green woman died. Read
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It's all in a good claus...
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
WITH Christmas just a month away, the hunt is on for sponsored Santas to take part in a walk to raise cash for a Birmingham charity. Read
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Heroes rescued us from our blazing house
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A GRATEFUL mum today praised two teenagers for saving her and her son from a house fire and told them: "We could have died had it not been for you." Read
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Fraduster is banned from all hospitals
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND woman who posed as a nurse and also stole from patients has been banned from every hospital in England and Wales under an ASBO. Read
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Father's rights protestor 'handcuffed minister', court told
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A DROITWICH man has appeared in court over an incident in which a Government minister was handcuffed to a fathers' rights protester. Read
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Falklands War veteran is honoured
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A FALKLANDS veteran from Great Barr has been awarded one of the Navy's highest honours after 34 years serving Queen and country. Read
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Lorry driver guilty of killing schoolgirls
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A LORRY driver has been convicted of killing two schoolgirls who died when his vehicle collided with the car they were travelling in moments after he finished a call on his mobile phone. Read
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Workers set their sights set on payout
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE 40 workers who lost their jobs when the 200-year-old Webley & Scott air rifle and pistol firm, at Rubery, went into administration, have their sights set on a £100,000 plus payout before Christmas. Read
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Fabricant in row with ambulance chief
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
POLITICIANS and health managers have blamed each other for undermining Britain's best ambulance service in a bitter war of words. Read
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Big clean-up on the canals
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A DYNAMIC new task force has been set up to dredge Worcestershire's canals of rubbish and debris in a bid to boost tourism. Read
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Three deny murdering pensioner
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A PENSIONER died after being slashed with a herb cutter and beaten with a gas canister in a brutal attack at his Dudley home, a court heard. Read
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Police officer's killer facing 18 years in jail
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
A CAR thief who was secretly recorded boasting that he had killed a police motorcyclist in Birmingham must serve at least 18 years behind bars, a judge has announced. Read
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Plan to downgrade A&E department
Nov 21 2006 | Top Stories
AN accident and emergency department known for its treatment of stabbings and gunshot wounds could be downgraded as a result of a major restructuring of NHS Services in Sandwell and west Birmingham, it has emerged. Read
