Mar
2008
Articles from 5th Mar 2008
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Boeing 747 fuselage is sold on eBay by Redditch firm
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
THE only Boeing 747 airliner fuselage ever put on eBay is finally leaving the Midlands after being sold by Redditch firm DesignQ. Read
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Top chefs launch Taste of Birmingham 2008
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of food lovers will once again flock to a city park this summer to sample the best in local grub at the Taste of Birmingham. Read
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Suburban cannabis factory is busted in Birmingham
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
ANOTHER cannabis factory has been found in Birmingham - in a plush, £400,000 four-bedroomed house in Harborne. Read
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French chefs serve up a treat in Birmingham
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
TOP French and Brummie chefs joined students at a city college to serve up a gourmet extravaganza aimed at putting Birmingham on the culinary map. Read
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Birmingham mum says man tried to snatch her daughter
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
A YOUNG mum told today how a man tried to snatch her daughter as she played in the back garden of her Birmingham home. Read
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Dennis Jones and Sophie Scragg prove you're never too old for love
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
DENNIS Jones and Sophie Scragg are proof you're never too old to fall in love. Read
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Police tried to stop car before hit and run tragedy
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
FRESH details emerged today over how young Midland mother Leanne Moore met her death in a tragic hit-and-run accident. Read
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Web error adds to Birmingham school place woes
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
RED-faced council officials in Birmingham have apologised for a blunder which allowed parents to find out which secondary school their children had been allocated several days early. Read
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Village life plan for Birmingham's OAPs
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
A £10 MILLION appeal has been launched to help fund four Florida-style retirement villages in Birmingham. Read
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Crufts dogs show returns to Birmingham
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
A NEW Dutch breed of dog will compete for the first time at Crufts this year. Read
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Aston Martin models give firm the ad-Vantage
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
ASTON Martin has been so successful since it moved to its new Midlands headquarters that it can barely keep up with orders. Read
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Man broke into car to steal part
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN who tried to steal a part from a car to repair a friend's vehicle has been jailed for nine months. Read
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Care home turnaround
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
BOSSES at a Birmingham care home closed to new residents have been given fresh hope of returning to business as usual. Read
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Redditch woman in £11,000 benefits scam
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
FRAUDSTER Clair Wiggins conned more than £11,000 of benefits out of Redditch Borough Council after failing to tell them she had got married. Read
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Police warning after car tyres slashed by vandals in Bromsgrove
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE today appealed for witnesses after four cars parked outside houses in a Bromsgrove road had their tyres slashed. Read
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Solihull fashion show to help the poor in India
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
A FASHION show is to be staged at a Solihull hotel in a bid to raise cash for destitute children and Aids orphans in India. Read
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Scheme in Kidderminster to keep youths off the streets
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE have launched an innovative scheme in Kidderminster aiming to help youths find activities to do in the evenings to keep them out of trouble. Read
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Booze cocktails seized in blitz by Staffordshire Police
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE seized more than 300 cans and bottles of booze from young people in a two week blitz on under age drinking. Read
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Bio-diesel fuels complaints from angry drivers
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
MOTORISTS are being warned by Staffordshire Trading Standards officers that a green fuel may not be so friendly for their vehicles. Read
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Touch of Midas for city jewellers Rex Johnson
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM jeweller Rex Johnson and Sons is enjoying a once in a lifetime "gold rush" as bracelet and necklace owners cash in on the record value of the precious metal. Read
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Birmingham University students reunited in class 50 years on
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
TWO students at a Birmingham university are enjoying something of a "golden" reunion. Read
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Payout win over botched work at Birmingham council house
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM council house tenant has won compensation over botched repairs after a successful complaint to a Government watchdog. Read
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Grieving family aid child cancer centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
RELATIVES of a cancer victim are helping to bring relief to sufferers undergoing gruelling months of treatment at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Read
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Action call on young mums by Midlands expert
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
A YOUTH expert in the West Midlands has conceded that there is still an "awful lot to do" to reduce teenage pregnancies in the region. Read
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Chief Constable: Terrorism is with us for the next 20 years
Mar 05 2008 | Top Stories
CHILDREN as young as eight and nine could turn into terroists of the future, West Midlands Police Chief Constable Sir Paul Scott-Lee warned today. Read
