Jun
2007
Articles from 4th Jun 2007
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Ex-mayor says let the people decide
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
A FORMER Lord Mayor of Birmingham today joined calls for a referendum on the way the city council is run. Read
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Gareth nets £10,000 for balloon fund
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
ASTON Villa skipper Gareth Barry was on the ball to collect the first major donation to Birmingham Children's Hospital's Red Balloon Appeal. Read
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Fresh hope for pension victims
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
AROUND 2,000 West Midlanders facing pensions heartache are set to win crucial support from the House of Lords in their five-year fight for compensation. Read
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Parents have say on special needs schools
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
PARENTS of children with special educational needs are being invited to attend a series of meetings across Birmingham aimed at helping to shape future provision. Read
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I liked school so much that now I own it!
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
INHERITANCE comes in many shapes and sizes - and Jonathan Challinor's is in a class of its own. Read
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Man's death not treated as suspicious
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
THE death of a man found dead near railway arches in Smethwick is no longer being treated as suspicious by police. Read
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On target for brave Oscar
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
A MASSIVE fundraising campaign for a courageous youngster born with no hands or feet has collected a staggering £65,000 in just six months, it was revealed today. Read
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Flats plan meeting ends in violence
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
AN ARCHITECT is believed to have been assaulted as tempers flared after controversial plans to convert a doctor's surgery into flats were given the green light. Read
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Man wanted in murder probe 'was due to pay wife £100,000'
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
AN ex-miner wanted in connection with his estranged wife's murder was due to pay her more than £100,000 the day before she was stabbed, police disclosed today. Read
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£350m vision for Curzon Park area
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
PLANS for a stunning new £350 million city centre office, home and shopping development go on show this week. Read
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Vandal-hit Metro still struggling
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
FRUSTRATED commuters were still struggling to get to work today, five days after vandals brought chaos to the region's Midland Metro service. Read
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Woolmer widow waits for news
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
THE widow of former Warwickshire cricket coach Bob Woolmer said she had heard "nothing new" from Jamaican authorities following claims police had concluded he was not murdered. Read
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Appeal after canal death
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE investigating the death of a woman in the Midlands have appealed for help in trying to locate items of her clothing. Read
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Mail girl Jane in Triathlon first
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
I DID it! I completed my first triathlon - and didn't have to be carried over the finishing line on a stretcher! Read
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Airport at centre of security row
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM International Airport was today at the centre of claims of "shocking failures" of security - including staff sleeping on duty. Read
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Fun runners feel the heat
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of runners toiled in the heat for charity, slogging around Sutton Coldfield at in the Great Midlands Fun Run. Read
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Teen's brain bug battle record
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
BEING struck down by the deadly brain bug meningitis once is bad enough, but battling Hannah Laffoley has had to fight off the disease seven times. Read
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Lara's porn film shock
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND teenager is taking legal action against a film company after it used a photo of her on the cover of a porn movie. Read
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Probation centre 'must be moved' , says MP
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
GOVERNMENT Minister Liam Byrne has backed angry mums fighting the opening of a probation centre near three schools, telling them: "It has to go." Read
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Drug crazed driver is jailed
Jun 04 2007 | Top Stories
A DISQUALIFIED driver, who drove the wrong way down a Birmingham dual carriageway at night, without lights and high on cocaine, has been jailed. Read
