Jun
2007
Articles from 6th Jun 2007
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Famous five on the menu
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
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Plea to save Brum's old pubs
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
CLOSING time is looming for some of Birmingham's most historic pubs and conservationists are urging the council to act before part of the city's recreational heritage is lost for ever. Read
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Stuart in a test of iron
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
ENDURANCE athlete Stuart Westwood is flexing his muscles for a superhuman challenge - the half Ironman triathlon world championships in the United States. Read
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Skip boss fined for illegal waste site
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN who admitted running an illegal waste transfer station in Birmingham has been fined £2,000. Read
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£4m labour of love for Villa
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
WORKERS putting the finishing touches to the £4 million transformation of Aston Villa's historic Holte Hotel pub say their work has truly been a "labour of love". Read
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City focus on plight of refugees
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
NATIONAL Refugee Week is to be launched in Birmingham later this month. Read
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Phil's landed a rubbish job
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
LAND Phil, the walking rubbish heap, is the latest recruit in the fight to go green and protect the environment in Birmingham. Read
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War hero does his bit for hospice
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A WORLD War II gunner who wrote a book about how he survived a crash landing in France is supporting the hospice who helped him cope with another great battle, the death of his only son. Read
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Six new routes launched by low cost airline
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
LOW cost airline bmibaby has announced its biggest ever winter programme from Birmingham with 340 flights per week to 19 European destinations. Read
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That sounds like 280 years' singing!
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
MEMBERS of the City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus who have been on song for 280 years between them have been rewarded with long-service awards. Read
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WM girl set for TV fame
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
BBC WM travel girl Punam Verma loves nothing better than spending a weekend abroad on holiday. Read
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Extra city date for Cirque de Soleil
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A NEW Birmingham date has been added for Cirque Du Soleil's breathtaking Delirium UK tour. Read
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Family's grief at hero soldier's death
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
THE grieving parents of a hero Black Country soldier killed in action in Afghanistan today revealed it was his childhood dream to join the Army. Read
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Town's stalwart Irene dies at 92
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
TRIBUTES were paid today to a former Mayoress of Walsall who has died aged 92. Read
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500 sacked in blitz at council
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
ALMOST 500 Birmingham council workers a year are being sacked in a purge on crime, moonlighting, absenteeism, and incompetence, it was revealed today. Read
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Probation centre hit by vandals
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
VANDALS have attacked a controversial new Birmingham probation centre, daubing a "no perverts" slogan on a wall. Read
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Severn Trent to axe 600 workers
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A HUGE programme of 600 job cuts at Birmingham-based Severn Trent was confirmed today. Read
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Councillors reject big pay rise
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
COUNCILLORS voted against giving themselves an inflation-busting 4.3 per cent pay rise as a mark of "solidarity" with city council staff facing pay cuts. Read
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City to keep weekly rubbish collections
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM civic leaders vowed not to get rid of weekly refuse collections in the face of pressure to move to a fortnightly service. Read
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'Shame' on councillors over slum flats - Lines
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
THE man who has approved a £250,000 facelift for Birmingham's "flats of shame" has hit out at their years of neglect. Read
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Gift of life for little Eva
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
FRAIL three-year-old Eva Winston-Hart has been given a potentially life-saving transplant in Birmingham, following a global search for a suitable donor. Read
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Police guard girl 'forced to become Muslim'
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A TEENAGE Sikh girl was today being guarded by police amid claims she had been forced to convert to Islam. Read
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Biker suffers serious head injuries in crash
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered critical injuries after he hit a roundabout crash barrier. Read
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Police net huge drug haul
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE recovered a massive haul of drugs in a dramatic swoop on a car in a Midland town centre. Read
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Kittens crying out for homes
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
THEY are cute and cuddly and need to find new homes, with loving, responsible owners. Read
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Man denies rape in 1990
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
NEW scientific techniques led to the arrest of a man for a rape in Birmingham 17 years ago, a jury was told. Read
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Cameron's Muslim alert
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
BRITAIN fails to help immigrants feel part of society, David Cameron warned after a night with a Muslim family in Birmingham. Read
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Let's have a holiday to be British!
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
THE more holidays the better was the view among most people in Birmingham when asked what they thought of having a Britain Day. Read
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Midland envoys 'a waste of money'
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A NETWORK of overseas offices promoting the West Midlands abroad is damaging the region's economy and must be scrapped, say MPs. Read
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Cadbury axes top managers
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
TROUBLED Cadbury Schweppes is to axe almost 10 per cent of its top management as part of a massive programme of cuts expected to total £300 million. Read
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Time travel star's bumpy ride to city
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
HE may be a time traveller in Dr Who, but jet travel didn't suit John Barrowman as he headed for Birmingham Hippodrome to launch this year's Christmas pantomime. Read
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Student charged over pregnant teenager murder
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
A DENTISTRY student from Solihull has been charged with the murder of a pregnant teenager. Read
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Beer may be reprieved
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
AN historic Black Country beer may live on as a seasonal brew after real ale lovers gathered a 1,000-name petition to save it from extinction. Read
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Three deny teenager's bus stop murder
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
THREE Birmingham people have denied murdering a teenage boy found stabbed at a bus stop. Read
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Cadbury sells off more businesses
Jun 06 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM confectionery giant Cadbury Schweppes has sold another batch of businesses as it remained on track to generate £250 million from disposals by the end of the year. Read
