Oct
2007
Articles from 3rd Oct 2007
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Police name man sought over pool death
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy who drowned in a water-filled clay pit have named a man they want to speak to. Read
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Town Hall gets ready to rock again
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
FOR the first time in more than a decade Birmingham's historic Town Hall will filled with the sounds of live music and rapturous applause tonight. Read
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Town Hall is the pride of Brum - and it belongs to the people
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
SINCE its opening in 1834, Birmingham Town Hall has belonged to the people in a way that no other great buildings locally can equal. Read
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We'll bring Brum's last castle to life!
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S only surviving castle is to be turned into the city's newest tourist attraction. Read
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Mum 'found daughter with tennis coach'
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
A MOTHER told a court today of the moment she found her 13-year-old daughter having sex with the child's tennis coach. Read
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Cadbury's accused of 'betraying' workers
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
CHOCOLATE giant Cadbury was today accused of betraying its Bournville workers by shipping hundreds of jobs to Poland. Read
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Thirty great years of clowning around
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
A CIRCUS clown who has entertained the Pope and Prince Charles is back in Birmingham - 30 years after his debut in the city. Read
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Two charged over pool killing
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
POLICE have charged two men with manslaughter in connection with the death of a boy who drowned in a claypit. Read
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Armed raid terror for pub couple
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
MASKED raiders smashed their way into a village pub near Solihull and forced the terrified landlord and his wife to open the safe at knifepoint. Read
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Fire crews tackle severe blaze at factory
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
FIREFIGHTERS were today tackling a blaze at a Birmingham factory. Read
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Michael's battle for new road death laws
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
MICHAEL Dwyer continues to fight for a change in road death laws in a bid to stop others suffering his "endless nightmare". Read
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Cameron: I'm for mayors
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron has warned that expensive regeneration projects in Britain's inner cities had failed because local councils were given too little freedom - and repeated his support for directly-elected mayors. Read
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Mum: I thought gangsters were going to kill me
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
THE gang's first victim told how she thought she was going to die at their hands. Read
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Prime suspect seen by chance
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES had identified Jason O'Connor as the prime suspect in the investigation into a gang kidnapping and robbing women. Read
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Kidnappers who preyed on women are jailed
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
TWO men who left women across the West Midlands in fear of being snatched from streets are now behind bars. Read
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Robbers killed man in raid
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
A MAN was shot dead after coming across an armed robbery by chance in Birmingham's Bullring shopping centre, a court heard. Read
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Grandfather tells of tragic toddler heartache
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
THIS is the tragic toddler killed in a road accident outside his home in the Midlands. Read
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Tennis coach 'frightened me'
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
A GIRL told a court she felt "threatened" into having a lesbian relationship with a Midland tennis coach when she was 13. Read
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Cold virus to fight cancer
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM researchers today revealed they have made a pioneering breakthrough in the fight against cancer, using the common cold to kill diseased cells. Read
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Store looks pretty in pink
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM'S iconic Selfridges store has turned pink in a bid to support cancer sufferers. Read
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Missing woman 'beaten to death'
Oct 03 2007 | Top Stories
A RESTAURANT worker who believed his wife was having an affair bludgeoned her to death and disposed of the body, a Birmingham Crown Court jury was told. Read
