Jun
2008
Articles from 24th Jun 2008
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Gordon Brown backs Brum schools
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
GORDON Brown has praised Birmingham schools which have been threatened with closure unless they improve. Read
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Boat of heroic rower smashed up by vandals
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
A HEROIC Birmingham rower who saved a mother and baby from drowning in the River Severn has had his boat smashed up by vandals. Read
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Aston Villa nets £300,000 cash boost for youngsters
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
THE unique power of football is being celebrated at Aston Villa as the club netted a £300,000 boost to help make life better and healthier for youngsters across the city. Read
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Drunk coach driver jailed
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND coach driver who was almost twice the drink-drive limit when he lost control and crashed on a motorway slip road, leaving passengers seriously injured, was today jailed for ten months. Read
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Redditch bus company axes services
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
REDDITCH MP Jacqui Smith today urged people to boycott a major bus company after it stopped its buses calling in at the town’s Alexandra Hospital. Read
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Sparkhill mum lands TV role
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM mum has landed a television role after proving it’s never too late to go back to school. Read
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Storm over reforms ‘loophole costing taxpayers millions’
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM health watchdogs today attacked Health Secretary Alan Johnson’s controversial polyclinics plan for city GPs, telling him that a loophole could end up wasting vast amounts of taxpayers’ money. Read
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Have-a-go hero in carjacking praised
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
A HAVE-a-go hero today told of the moment he leapt into action and chased after two gun-wielding carjackers who had attacked a female motorist. Read
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X Factor’s Niki Evans slims down in time for single
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
MIDLAND X Factor star Niki Evans today revealed she is set to release her first single in August as she unveiled her new slimmer figure after undergoing liposuction. Read
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St Barnabas Church ready in 2010 after arson attack
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
REPAIRS to a fire-ravaged Birmingham church will take two years and will cost £5 million, according to its new Rector. Read
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56 Post Office branches face threat from axe
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
PLANS to close a total of 56 Post Offices across the West Midlands were being unveiled officially today. Read
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Campaign to curb Post Office cuts gathers pace
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
THE campaign to curb Post Office cuts in Birmingham gathered pace today when it emerged two more branches are facing the axe, bringing the total in the city which are under threat to 26. Read
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Gordon Brown: We CAN reverse Post Office closures
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
THE Prime Minister today pledged that plans to close Post Offices across the West Midlands CAN be reversed if concerned residents take part in a consultation. Read
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Shooting club Raca Bessa told to close
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
A HANDSWORTH club where a teenage boy was shot during its opening night party has been ordered to close and clean up its act by licensing chiefs. Read
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Fears over level of tot deaths
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
HIGH numbers of infant deaths, lazy inactive schoolchildren and worryingly low rates of breastfeeding are some of the key health problems in the West Midlands highlighted in a national report today. Read
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Superfit Betty Checketts is in a league of her own
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
MANY people join a gym, go a few times, get bored and give up. But not fitness stalwart Betty Checketts, who at 82 has clocked up 65 years at the same club. Read
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Escapologist Vic Odin comes out of retirement for tribute show
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
ESCAPOLOGIST and illusionist Vic Odin hid his anguish over his seriously-ill wife as he came out of retirement for the first time in 20 years for a special tribute show. Read
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Thousands to pound streets in half marathon
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
RUNNERS from around the country have signed up to take part in Birmingham’s first half marathon which is being held this autumn. Read
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First internet-only firm for Birmingham production company
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM production company has launched its first film with the use of some innovative new marketing and distribution methods. Read
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Warning on children’s lives in danger from accidents at home
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
PARENTS are being urged to make small changes that could prove the difference between life and death as figures show more than 1,200 Midland children’s lives are put in danger every year by accidents at home. Read
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Jury out in Neil Entwistle trial
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
THE jury trying Briton Neil Entwistle over the murders of his American wife and baby were due to retire to consider their verdict today. Read
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Alistair Darling - road pricing could be reality
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
BRITAIN will one day need to consider introducing a national road pricing scheme, the Chancellor has insisted. Read
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Carjack terror hits Solihull golf club
Jun 24 2008 | Top Stories
A SOLIHULL man today described his ordeal of being carjacked at his golf club. Read
