Aug
2007
Articles from 16th Aug 2007
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Mark pops in to show off the X Factor
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND pop idol and his famous friends delighted youngsters by choosing their school to film a kids' TV programme. Read
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Armed raid on city shop
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
STAFF at a tool shop in Birmingham were held up at gunpoint today by an armed gang who struck as they were taking in a delivery. Read
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Memorial tribute to forgotten army
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A £3,000 memorial has been unveiled at a VJ Parade in Wolverhampton to honour heroes from the Second World War's "Forgotten Army" - and the wishes of two ailing Burma Star veterans. Read
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The show WILL go on...
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
ORGANISERS of the Sandwell Show have vowed it will go on - but in a scaled down form at a different venue. Read
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Demolition work on fire-hit landmark
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A LANDMARK chimney of a Victorian mill destroyed in an arson attack was today demolished. Read
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Albion player in bar shame
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
BAGGIES star Jonathan Greening was sprayed in the face with CS gas when he assaulted a policeman following a disturbance in a Birmingham bar, a court heard. Read
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Mum-to-be and girl, aged four, hurt in crash
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A PREGNANT woman and her four-year-old daughter were hospitalised in a crash between a car and a bus packed with passengers. Read
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Pat on the back for our students
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
SCHOOLS Minister Jim Knight congratulated Birmingham's students on an anticipated improvement as they collected their make or break A-level results today. Read
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£40,000 payout for a life 'ruined'
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A GIRL has been awarded £40,000 compensation after her life was ruined by a catalogue of Birmingham social worker blunders. Read
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Mailman Adam is cool for Cats!
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
EVERYONE knows cats are cool, so I was feline fine when the boss asked me to be made up as a character for the hit musical Cats. Read
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Three hundred calls over biker killing
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE probing the murder of M40 biker Gerard Tobin were today sifting through new evidence after a "positive" public response to appeals. Read
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Anger treatment for stalking cop
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM cop who persistently stalked his former girlfriend has been sent for anger management classes after being convicted of harassment. Read
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I shelled out to save Angus!
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
ANGUS the Lobster was destined to end up as posh nosh - but the supersized delicacy has been saved by a big-hearted market trader to take pride of place at a Birmingham attraction. Read
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Mother swindled £54,000 benefits
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A MOTHER-of-four swindled the state out of more than £54,000 by hiding the fact she was married, Birmingham Crown Court was told. Read
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Ryanair to bosst Brum to Dublin flights
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
LOW fare airline Ryanair is to boost its Birmingham to Dublin services from 17 to 24 flights per week from late October. Read
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'Grudge' theory behind McDonald's arson
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE are looking into the theory that a blaze which gutted a popular fast food restaurant may have been started by someone with a grudge. Read
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I want to make a big splash in 2012
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
OLYMPIC hopeful Elizabeth Smith is turning her life upside down to chase a medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, and she's all smiles about it. Read
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Sex abuse shame dad faces jail
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
A WOMAN has spoken of her relief after her "bullying" father who "took her childhood away" was convicted of sexually abusing her 20 years ago at her home in Birmingham. Read
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Gay victory in late bar fight
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
NATIONAL pub chain JD Wetherspoons has scaled down plans for a late night club in Birmingham's gay quarter following protests from city centre residents. Read
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Floods trap two drivers
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
TWO motorists were trapped in their cars by flash flooding as torrential rain swept through the Midlands. Read
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Villa's blue suede news
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
ELVIS was back in the building almost 30 years after his death having raised vital funds for the search for missing Madeleine McCann. Read
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Hundreds of calls over biker shooting
Aug 16 2007 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES investigating the fatal shooting of a biker on the busy M40 in Warwickshire have received more than 300 calls from members of the public in the UK and abroad. Read
