Dec
2006
Articles from 21st Dec 2006
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Horrific injuries of train driver struck with concrete
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM train driver suffered sickening injuries when thugs threw bricks through his windscreen. Read
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Star's wife recovers from brain op
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
WARWICKSHIRE cricket hero Ashley Giles today revealed his wife had pulled through a six hour life-saving brain operation. Read
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Hitmen link to city shooting
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE machine-gun killers who shot dead a man as he worked out at a gym may have been hitmen from abroad, police revealed. Read
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Murder victim found near school
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE were today still trying to identify a man found murdered near a school in Small Heath. Read
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Rosie appeal website is victim of US con
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
INTERNATIONAL con artists have been using a charity set up to honour a murdered Midland schoolgirl to scam Americans out of money. Read
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Hero dad killed in M40 rescue attempt
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
A "GOOD Samaritan" and a boy of 14 - both from Birmingham - were killed in an horrific freak motorway tragedy. Read
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Fog hits Midland airports
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
FLIGHTS were being diverted to Birmingham International Airport today as thick fog across much of the rest of the country plunged the great Christmas getaway into chaos. Read
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Teacher had sex with girls
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
A FORMER Midland teacher was facing a lengthy jail sentence today after admitting a series of child sex offences. Read
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Stars leave crowd rocking with laughter
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
JASPER Carrott led a star-studded line up of celebrity acts in a great night of entertainment at Birmingham's NEC - in an event which did "exactly what it said on the tin". Read
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Racist crimes on the rise
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE number of people being prosecuted for racially or religiously aggravated offences in Worcestershire has risen significantly, a report revealed today. Read
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Missing boys hope after TV appeal
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE investigating the disappearance of two Midland schoolboys were today following up a number of new lines of inquiry following a TV appeal. Read
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Hunters rally for Air Ambulance
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
KIND-HEARTED rural folk received special thanks from County Air Ambulance staff after raising more than £6,000 for the life-saving charity. Read
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Historic pub under threat
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
ONE of the city centre's oldest pubs faces being stripped of its licence after being caught in an undercover sting operation aimed at under-age drinkers. Read
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Fraudster must pay back cash
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
A FORMER Birmingham City Council finance manager, jailed for seven-and-a-half years for stealing more than £1 million of public funds, has been ordered to pay back most of the cash or have his sentence more than doubled. Read
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Former bishop of Brum turns down Big Brother
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE Archbishop of York turned down an offer to appear on Celebrity Big Brother, his spokesman confirmed today. Read
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Five face riot charges
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
FOUR Birmingham men and a teenager appeared in court charged with offences connected with last year's riots in Lozells. Read
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Firefighter is injured
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
A FIREFIGHTER was injured in an arson attack on a taxi firm in Small Heath. Read
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Bells ring out to beat the muggers
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM will be ding-a-linging with the sounds of jingle bells this Christmas in a bid to stop muggers preying on shoppers. Read
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£5m in fines for illegal parking
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM drivers handed over more than £5 million in parking fines in just 12 months, it emerged today. Read
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Sharon is named top cop
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
DETECTIVE Sharon Goosen is officially a top cop after being named West Midlands police officer of the year. Read
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Plea to time wasters over 999 calls
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
POLICE and paramedics today blasted time wasters who risk lives by calling 999 for "ridiculous" reason, including asking for help to free a hedgehog stuck in a Pot Noodle container. Read
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Minister praises police for huge drugs bust
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
A DRUGS bust in Redditch in which thousands of pounds of cocaine and heroin and more than £30,000 of fake money was seized, has been praised by the Government. Read
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Carol concert lifts crime victims
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
ELDERLY victims of crime were given something to smile about after police and youngsters organised a Christmas party for them. Read
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Anger as lights stolen from tree
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
THE spirit of the Grinch that stole Christmas is alive and well in Sutton Coldfield after a thief stole the lights off the Falcon Lodge Christmas tree. Read
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Airport's security pledge over veils
Dec 21 2006 | Top Stories
SECURITY chiefs at Birmingham airport today insisted a repeat of the escape by a suspected police killer could never happen here. Read
