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2008
Articles from 9th Jul 2008
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Challenge to write poem about Tipton slasher
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
PEOPLE in Tipton are being challenged to write a poem or story about one of its most famous sons – champion bare-knuckle fighter William Perry. Read
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Dinner raises cash in Olympic hope wheelchair appeal
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
A PARALYSED Midland teenager’s dream of playing wheelchair rugby for Great Britain has moved a step closer thanks to an England hero. Read
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New centres for pensioners suffering from dementia
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
PENSIONERS suffering from dementia in Birmingham are set to get the dignity and help they deserve after the city council unveiled three care centres. Read
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Ticket stuns badge driver
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
A DISABLED pensioner has been given a parking ticket despite displaying his blue badge in his car windscreen. Read
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School pupils make use of old cans to help poor
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
GREEN-minded youngsters in Lichfield are thinking global with their latest recycling initiative. Read
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Waste collection pilot scheme rejected
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
CITY chiefs have ruled out putting wheelie bins on the streets of Birmingham, slamming their introduction as a Government plot to charge people for what they throw away. Read
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Officer on his bike to catch boy racers
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
SPEED racers beware – there’s a new superhero on the beat and he’s got peddle power to burn. Read
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Resort banks on sculpture allure
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
HOTELIERS hit by the credit crunch in Weston-super-Mare have their fingers crossed that giant sand sculptures dotted along the seaside resort’s beaches will prove a real lure for Brummies. Read
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School delight at £3.5m new base
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
STAFF and pupils at a Birmingham school have said “out with the old, in with the new” after moving into their new £3.5 million building. Read
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Land Rovers donation worth £1.5m
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
SOLIHULL car maker Land Rover today donated more than £1.5 million-worth of cars to the British Red Cross to mark its 60th anniversary and the charity’s 100th. Read
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Disabled girl's shop ban agony
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
A DISABLED Black Country teenager ordered out of a beauty salon for allegedly “scaring off” customers has been awarded £1,500 in compensation in a ground-breaking legal case. Read
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Councillor: We can bank at the post office
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City Council’s £3 billion bank account should be handed to the Post Office in a bid to halt branch closures, a councillor said. Read
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Protest meeting to be held on Post Office closures
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
A MAJOR Post Office closures protest meeting has been organised after thousands of Birmingham Mail readers signed a petition of objection. Read
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Body find: Woman is arrested
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN has been questioned by police after the discovery of a body at a house in Birmingham. Read
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Hippodrome at the ready for Mary Poppins to drop in
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
IT is all systems go at the Birmingham Hippodrome where technical crews are working hard to ensure it will be all right on opening night for the musical Mary Poppins. Read
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Grandson’s kidney failure prompts Lord Mayor to campaign
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S Lord Mayor is giving his backing to a campaign to get more people, particularly Asians, to sign up as organ donors. Read
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Gang face ASBOs for ‘estate terror’
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
THREE men and a youth appeared in court over an alleged reign of terror on a city housing estate. Read
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Russian hostage survivors at Staffordshire theme park
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
A GROUP of Russian youngsters who were hostages in a three-day school siege which shocked the world were treated to a day of fun at a Midland theme park. Read
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Grave concern for at-risk cemeteries
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
THE resting places of two of Birmingham’s founding fathers have been included on a monument ‘at risk’ register for the first time. Read
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Tories to offer £30 bin bonus
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
HOMEOWNERS who recycle could be rewarded with payments of up to £30 a month under proposals to be revealed by the Conservatives today. Read
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Midland pilot given airline's highest honour
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
THE Midland pilot who crash-landed his plane at Heathrow airport earlier this year has been awarded the airline’s highest honour - the British Airways Safety Medal. Read
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Guide dog named after city leader
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
CITY leader Mike Whitby met his match when he came face to muzzle with... Whitby the guide dog. CITY leader Mike Whitby met his match when he came face to muzzle with... Whitby the guide dog. Read
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MPs rush through anonymity law
Jul 09 2008 | Top Stories
EMERGENCY laws were rushed through Parliament to permit anonymous evidence in court, such as the testimony used to convict the killers of Birmingham teenagers Charlene Ellis and Letisha Shakespeare. Read
