Mar
2007
Articles from 26th Mar 2007
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Victory for residents in Tesco booze fight
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
CAMPAIGNERS in Bournville are celebrating today after winning a battle with supermarket giants Tesco which means their historic community remains alcohol-free. Read
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Teenagers arrested over stabbing
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
TWO youths, aged 15 and 16, have been arrested after a man was stabbed in Tamworth, police said. Read
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Casino bid hit by tax fears
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
THE National Exhibition Centre's plan for a large casino creating 900 jobs has been plunged into doubt by Gordon Brown's huge increase in gaming tax, it was revealed today. Read
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Jobs boost in Oldbury office plan
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
Jobs boost in Oldbury office plan Read
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Care home red tape is slammed
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
LOOPY laws are banning Birmingham teenagers from being able to make themselves a cup of tea or piece of toast, it was claimed today. Read
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Pillow fight's a dream date
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
SHOPPERS looked on in amazement as teenagers held a pillow fight in the centre of Birmingham. Read
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MG brand reborn in China
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
THIS is the stunning new frontage of the Chinese factory which will soon be making MG cars once produced in Longbridge. Read
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Abolition of slavery is remembered in Birmingham
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City Council kicked off a year of commemorations to mark the abolition of the Slave Trade this weekend. Read
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Car-jacking terror of OAP
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
By Mark Cowan Read
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BBC in Songs of Praise row
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
THE BBC today defended its decision to film its Easter Songs of Praise special in November, straight after it recorded its Christmas show. Read
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It's hot stuff at city balti-fest
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
FAMILIES in Birmingham's balti belt held a mouth-watering event to celebrate a boom in business. Read
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Your chance to meet country legend Dolly Parton
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
COUNTRY music stars don't come any bigger than Dolly Parton so today we are pulling out all the stops to ensure her NEC show on Wednesday is a night to remember for one lucky Birmingham Mail reader. Read
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Help us to help sick children
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
BATTLING tots like tiny Madeleine Winstanley are just some of the recipients that kind-hearted Brummies have helped through the city's adventurous Run For Home event. Read
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Hundreds take the plunge for charity
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of thrill-seekers gathered at the top of one of Birmingham's tallest buildings in a bid to raise thousands of pounds for charity. Read
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Chance to quiz media watchdog
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
PRESS watchdogs are to hold their first ever "roadshow" in Birmingham to allow people in the city to question its work face-to-face and raise issues over journalistic standards. Read
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City care girl's sex nightmare
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
FOSTERING law must be changed, councillors demanded, after a damning report revealed vile abuse of a child by her foster parents and failures by Birmingham social services. Read
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Veteran buses take a trip down memory lane
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
MORE than 70 years after the first Midland Red bus took to the streets, it was back on the road for the final time. Read
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We can hold a Mayor vote for £50,000
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
CITY councillors are being given the chance to hold a cut price referendum on an elected mayor for Birmingham. Read
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Casino bid outcomes 'flawed'
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
THE award of new casino licences to Solihull and Wolverhampton has been criticised by a Parliamentary inquiry. Read
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Action Men go under the hammer
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
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Tributes to dad killed by falling tree
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
TRIBUTES have been paid to a father-of-two who was crushed to death by a falling tree. Read
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Police hunt OAP attackers
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES want to quiz two men over an attack on an elderly man in his own home. Read
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Home hunt for golden oldie Sandy
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
CHRISTMAS has come and gone but an appeal to find a new loving home for an old gentleman has fallen on deaf ears. Read
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Fly tipper wins appeal over sentence
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN filmed on hidden cameras as he dumped sofas, tyres and wood at a notorious fly-tipping spot in the Midlands has successfully appealed against his suspended prison sentence. Read
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Police in blitz on suspected drug dealers
Mar 26 2007 | Top Stories
MORE than two dozen suspected drug dealers have been arrested in a blitz on the illegal heroin trade in inner-city Birmingham, police revealed today. Read
