Feb
2007
Articles from 2nd Feb 2007
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Workers are told to wait for a wee
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
LAND Rover workers are having to cross their legs and suffer because absence levels are keeping people waiting for the toilet. Read
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Twins desperate to stay in Birmingham
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
DEPORTATION row twins Kamila and Karina Kaya have launched a new bid to stay in Birmingham. Read
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Youngsters killed in car crash
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
TWO teenagers were killed today when their car careered off a Birmingham road and hit a tree. Read
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Soldiers 'were bait' in kidnap plot
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
TWO soldiers who could have been the target in the alleged terror kidnap plot were used in an extraordinary sting operation, it emerged today. Read
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Six-year match ban for football hooligan
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
A FOOTBALL hooligan who hurled missiles at police in ugly scenes of violence in the Midlands has been barred from attending football matches for six years. Read
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Police seize 'gangster' pit bulls
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM gangsters are training killer pit bull terriers to use as weapons, instead of knives and guns, RSPCA officers believe. Read
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Muslim's angered by Blair 'snub'
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
PRIME Minister Tony Blair made a whistle-stop trip to the Midlands - but 'snubbed' the Birmingham communities affected by the dramatic police swoop on an alleged terror plot. Read
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Murder bid survivor forced to relive ordeal
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
THE former wife of a Frenchman who tried to kill her after stabbing her mother to death in a frenzied attack today revealed her "never-ending nightmare" as he fights to get his murder conviction overturned. Read
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Driver relives Expressway crash
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
A LORRY driver involved in the crash that closed the Aston Expressway has spoken of his horror at watching the drama unfold in front of his eyes. Read
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Mum-to-be's shock at lack of city cots
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
A WOMAN fearing she was about to give birth went to a Birmingham maternity ward - only to be told there were no cots for the baby. Read
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End of the road for record store
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
AFTER three decades of supplying swing and jazz music the final note is set to sound for a Birmingham city centre record store. Read
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Thug jailed for violent attacks
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
A HEAVY drinker who knocked out two young men and fractured the jaw of a third has been jailed for 15 months. Read
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The Lions are back on track!
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
A CYCLE speedway club in danger of folding after break-ins and vandal attacks is riding into a hopeful new era - thanks to the Birmingham Mail. Read
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Serial rapist is jailed for life
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
A SERIAL rapist who carried out "reign of terror" against prostitutes in a Birmingham suburb has been jailed for life. Read
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Plan for canals to cut city congestion
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
IT'S an often repeated statistic that Birmingham has more miles of canal than Venice - now transport leaders want to utilise the extensive network of waterways for moving freight and relieve the strain on the region's creaking roads. Read
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Passenger groups unhappy with replacement trains
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
THEY have been branded as a "dirty, decrepit disgrace" and transport leaders recently spent £1.3 million on doing them up. Read
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Hunt for cash depot raid vehicles
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES have issued details of two skip lorries stolen by the gang responsible for a raid on a NatWest cash processing centre in Tamworth last week. Read
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Fire extinguisher thrown at passing taxi
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
TWO women travelling in a taxi escaped with minor injuries after a fire extinguisher was thrown at the vehicle from a bridge in Birmingham city centre. Read
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Albanian pair jailed over sex trafficking
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
TWO Albanian men living in the UK who trafficked women for prostitution in Birmingham have been jailed and recommended for deportation. Read
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Police given extra week to quiz terror suspects
Feb 02 2007 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES have been given more time to continue questioning nine suspects held in Birmingham over an alleged terror plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier. Read
