Mar
2007
Articles from 1st Mar 2007
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Teenage gunmen jailed after crime rampage
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
TWO teenage gangsters who led a three-hour gun orgy of robbery and violence through Birmingham were today starting nine nine-year jail sentences. Read
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Shock at cash cut to Irish Welfare Centre
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A FREE advice centre which has served Birmingham's Irish community for 50 years is under threat after its £60,000 council grant was axed. Read
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Outrage as Tolkien statue is approved
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A GIANT Lord of the Rings tribute statue has been given the go-ahead despite angry scenes at the Council House. Read
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Man remanded over bomb hoax at airport
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A SOLIHULL man who told staff at a Birmingham airport airline desk that there was a bomb at one of the check-in counters has been remanded in custody. Read
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Express delivery for Sarah
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
BEAMING mum Sarah Aldis has nothing but high praise for paramedics who raced to a sixth-floor flat to deliver her infant son. Read
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Faulty power cable causes city traffic chaos
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A FAULTY power cable brought traffic chaos to Birmingham city centre today. Read
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Teen gun yobs jailed for nine years
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
TWO teenage gangsters who went on a three-hour gun orgy of robbery and violence around Birmingham were jailed for nine years today. Read
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Custody death prison guards on trial
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
FOUR prison guards "could and should" have prevented a Birmingham prisoner on suicide watch from hanging himself, a court was told. Read
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Traffic chaos hits city centre
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A BLOWN power cable brought traffic chaos to Birmingham city centre today. Read
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AUDIO PODCAST: What's in today's Mail
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
MAIL editor Steve Dyson talks to BRMB's Tom Ross about what's in today's paper. Read
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You can't keep a good guide dog down
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
ROZ the guide dog wags her tail as she steers a path for Gary Wickett - after making an incredible recovery from an attack that left her with 17 wounds. Read
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Woman hurt after hoarding collapse
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A WOMAN was flattened as heavy hoarding surrounding a city centre development collapsed on top of her in the wind. Read
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Woman cut free from car crash
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
FIRE crews cut a woman free from the mangled wreckage of a car after a two vehicle smash in the Midlands. Read
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Taxi drivers go smoke free
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
NICOTINE addicts will be left standing by the roadside if they want a cigarette as Birmingham taxi drivers today banned smoking. Read
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Take That fans have a little patience
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
DIE-hard Take That fans have been camping out at the NEC Arena three days before tickets for the re-formed boyband go on sale. Read
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Schools lottery ruled out
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
CITY education chiefs today rejected Government proposals to use a lottery system to allocate places at popular schools. Read
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Delay for asylum row twins
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
REFUGEE row twins Karina and Kamila Kaya are still languish-ing in a detention centre while they await their fate. Read
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Clock is ticking on elected mayor vote
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
THE clock today started ticking for council leader Mike Whitby to tell the people of Birmingham if he will allow them to decide how the city is run. Read
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Bus driver apologises for crash tragedy
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A BUS driver banned from the road after a depot accident which killed a woman today told her family "I'm so sorry". Read
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Brother of shooting victim given ban
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
THE brother of a Birmingham teenager gunned down in a gangland shooting has been banned from parts of Birmingham. Read
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Blank screens in cable wrangle
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of thousands of cable television customers woke up to blank screens on some of their favourite channels today after the deadline passed in a row between Sky and Virgin Media. Read
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Stranger seen at home of tragic tot
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
AN UNKNOWN Jamaican man approached the unlocked home where a baby boy lay sleeping just hours before he disappeared from his cot, a court heard. Read
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Parents fined over child seatbelts
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
PARENTS have been hit in the pocket after being caught not ensuring children were wearing seatbelts in their cars. Read
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Mela venue row rumbles on
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
ORGANISERS of Birmingham's Bangla Mela today vowed that the show will go on after resolving a venue row which threw this year's event into doubt. Read
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Inspirational mum loses cancer battle
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
A MUM who was diagnosed with cancer on Valentine's Day three years ago lost her brave battle for life - on February 14. Read
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Firefighters prevent gas blast
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
FIREFIGHTERS averted a possible explosion from gas cylinders as they tackled a blaze which destroyed a portable building used as an office at a scrapyard. Read
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Council leader blasted over mental illness jibe
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S embattled Tory leader Mike Whitby was under fire today amid accusations he poked fun at mentally ill people. Read
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Book tribute to city's nightclub king
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
THE king of Birmingham's nightclub scene Eddie Fewtrell is about to become the subject of a new book about his life. Read
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Protesters bitter over booze sale row
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
PROTESTERS in Birmingham today accused council chiefs of underhand tactics which favoured store giant Tesco. Read
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Probe over contaminated fuel claims
Mar 01 2007 | Top Stories
AN investigation has been launched by Trading Standards officers after thousands of motorists claimed they had been sold contaminated fuel. Read
