Dec
2006
Articles from 18th Dec 2006
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Wind of change with curried sprout recipe
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM balti fans can try their brussels sprouts in a different style this festive season. Read
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Memorial service for ex-councillor
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
A MEMORIAL service will be held today to celebrate the life of a former city councillor who has died. Read
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Landfill site searched for baby's body
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE are searching a landfill site for the body of a baby after a tip-off that a girl may have concealed a birth. Read
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Man shot dead is named by police
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN who was shot dead at a house in Birmingham has been named by police. Read
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£1m in fake notes seized
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
AN ESTIMATED £1 million in counterfeit bank notes was seized by police during raids on properties across Birmingham. Read
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Woman fights for lift after car smash
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
A WOMAN is today fighting for her life after she was thrown from her car during a road accident. Read
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Couple have a ball thanks to city bar
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
CHRISTMAS came early for a city couple whose festive 20th wed-ding anniversary celebrations were scuppered with the collapse of the Christmas party company UK Balls. Read
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Unveiling a winner
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
PICTURED is the exciting winning entry in a major competition to create Birmingham's first public park for more than a century. Read
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Tears as brave Kayleigh dies
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
TRAGIC Kayleigh Glenn's presents had been wrapped and placed lovingly under the Christmas tree at her family's Solihull home. Read
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Man falls 40ft on to motorway and survives
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
A MAN who fell almost 40 feet from a motorway bridge has survived. Read
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M5 tailbacks after lorry smash
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
TRAFFIC was at a standstill on the M5 today after a lorry accident sparked long delays. Read
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I killed fiancé, Andrews admits
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
KNIFE murderer Tracie Andrews has finally admitted killing her fiancé, a decade after his death. Read
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Hollywood hair I come, says Marie
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
A MOBILE hairdresser from Birmingham is preparing for a trip of a lifetime after being accepted into Hollywood's "stylists to the stars" training academy. Read
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Give us our cash back, say traders
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
ANGRY traders will meet in the New Year to campaign for the restoration of more than £330,000 earmarked for their area which was snatched away. Read
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Footballer collapses and dies on pitch
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
AN "inspirational" football captain collapsed and died in front of team mates moments after a cup match in Birmingham. Read
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'Firemen' steal cash from OAP
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE today issued an urgent warning after doorstep tricksters posing as firefighters stole cash from a pensioner's home. Read
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Festive high notes throughout city
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
THE sound of Christmas carols rang throughout Birmingham with the busy festive season in full swing. Read
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Celebrity 'better than god'
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
CHILDREN under ten in the West Midlands think being a celebrity is the "very best thing in the world" but do not think quite as much of God, a survey said today. Read
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Battle to save Sea Life Centre fish
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
STAFF at Birmingham's Sea Life Centre launched a major operation to stop tropical fish becoming casualties of a power cut. Read
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Thumbs-up for revamp plan
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
COUNCILLORS in Redditch have voted unanimously to revamp the Church Hill area of the town. Read
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Pubs served booze to under-age teens
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
THREE pubs have fallen foul of a festive crackdown on under-age drinkers in Staffordshire. Read
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Man hurt as car hits bridge
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to a smash at a busy Kidderminster junction after a 17-year-old motorist was left with serious head injuries. Read
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Giles flies home to be with sick wife
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
WARWICKSHIRE spinner Ashley Giles spoke today of his decision to fly back from England's Ashes tour in Australia to be with his wife, who has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. Read
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Fears that serial attacker is on the loose
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE in Worcestershire today linked an attack on a woman in Redditch to two other serious sex assaults nearby in recent weeks, sparking fears a serial sexual predator is on the loose. Read
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Burglar 'struck lucky' with £12,400 cash haul
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
A BURGLAR who "struck lucky" when he raided a house and found £12,400 in cash in the kitchen has been jailed for 27 months. Read
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999 panickers causing alarm
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
FAMILIES in Staffordshire are risking other people's lives by dialling 999 instead of waiting to be seen by a doctor, it was claimed today. Read
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500 new homes for city estate
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
ONE of the city's worst sink estates is at the centre of the council's biggest home building schemes for 30 new years. Read
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MRSA strain claims first victims
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
A MIDLANDS healthcare worker and a patient died after contracting a strain of MRSA that has never previously caused deaths in hospitals, a new report has said. Read
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Peer's son dies in farm shooting
Dec 18 2006 | Top Stories
Peer's son dies in farm shooting Read
