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2008
Articles from 19th Sep 2008
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One El of a show with Zippo's Circus in Birmingham
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
OLE! When it comes to clowning around, Zippo’s Circus performers are in a league of their own and they are doing it in style in Birmingham – Spanish style. Read
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How Birmingham Airport staff see through the drug mules
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
CUSTOMS chiefs today declared there was no hiding place for drugs mules, thanks to an X-ray gadget that literally gets underneath their skin. Read
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Drug smuggler caught at Birmingham Airport is jailed
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A SMUGGLER who tried to bring 26 kilos of cannabis through Birmingham airport has been jailed for 32 months. Read
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City boost from Olympic medal winner Zac Purchase
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S that gold medal feeling money just can’t buy. Read
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Cancer survivor Yvonne Brown is poster campaign star
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM breast cancer survivor will become a high street star today when posters of her are pinned-up in shop windows across the UK. Read
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Speak Out Stop Bullying 2008: College High School wins anti-bullying award
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
STAFF and children at College High School in Perry Common are celebrating after winning a Leading Aspect Award for their anti-bullying work. Read
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Arlene Phillips: I can't wait for the new Strictly Come Dancing
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
CHOREOGRAPHER Arlene Phillips can’t wait to see news reporter John Sergeant strut his stuff on the dance floor in the new series of the hit TV programme Strictly Come Dancing. Read
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X Factor star Nikki Evans lands Hippodrome role
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
MIDLAND X Factor star Niki Evans is celebrating after landing her dream job starring in hit West End musical Blood Brothers. Read
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More than 200 jobs go in double blow for Black Country
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
MORE than 200 jobs are going in another massive dual hammer blow to Black Country manufacturing – including the closure of a Tipton foundry with the transfer of production to India. Read
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Sta murder sister Yasmine Larbi-Cherif was 'living in fear'
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN stabbed to death alongside her younger sister in a luxury Birmingham city centre flat had been living in fear of a violent ex-boyfriend, it was reported today. Read
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Sta murder sister Yasmine Larbi-Cherif was 'living in fear'
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A WOMAN stabbed to death alongside her younger sister in a luxury Birmingham city centre flat had been living in fear of a violent ex-boyfriend, it was reported today. Read
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London 2012 here we come, say Wilson Stuart School
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
PUPILS at a Birmingham special school took a keen interest in the closing ceremony at this year’s Paralympic Games in China. Read
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College High, Erdington, teacher in conduct row
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A SENIOR teacher at a Birmingham secondary school walked off the premises without permission because her cooker needed repairing, a professional conduct hearing heard. Read
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Rail fans to let off steam at Severn Valley Railway annual gala
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
By Kat Keogh Read
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Stab murder sister Yasmine Larbi-Cherif was 'living in fear'
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
MURDER victim Yasmine Larbi-Cherif, stabbed to death alongside her younger sister in a luxury Birmingham city centre flat, had been living in fear of a violent ex-boyfriend. Read
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Public thumbs-up for new look New Street
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
THE exciting, “cathedral-like” plans to transform Birmingham’s New Street station have been applauded by train passengers. Read
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Rail fans to let off steam at Severn Valley Railway annual gala
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S full steam ahead this weekend as Midlands railway enthusiasts get set to travel in style on board historic locomotives. Read
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Security guard Kevin Logan a hero for the second time
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A SECURITY guard who was attacked with hammers and a crossbow as he fended off supermarket raiders has been fighting crime again – this time detaining a suspected mugger. Read
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Anger at near-certain closure of Birmingham Institute
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A POPULAR Birmingham community centre faces almost certain closure after it emerged that the city wants the Charity Commission to allow it to sell the building. Read
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Coroner blasts Heartlands Hospital over pensioner's death
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM hospital is to be reported to Justice Minister Jack Straw over a catalogue of blunders surrounding the death of an elderly patient who died from superbug Clostridium difficile(C.diff). Read
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Birmingham boy taught at home after missing out on school place
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A SCHOOLBOY is being taught at home after he had to leave his previous address in Birmingham when it was earmarked for demolition. Read
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Birmingham Children's Hospital charity is praised
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM Children’s Hospital Charities has been shortlisted for a national award for being open and honest with the public on its work. Read
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The never-ending story of keeping Spaghetti Junction working
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
REPAIRING Birmingham’s iconic Spaghetti Junction is a never-ending task that has been likened to painting the Forth Bridge in Scotland. Read
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A way to salvation from chocolate
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
SELF-confessed chocoholic Carrie Eddins is running the country’s first boot camp for addicts as she launches a new book.Life coach Carrie Eddins is hoping her book, Chocolate Rehab, and her classes will help addicts everywhere “indulge less in chocolate and more in their lives”. Read
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London 2012 here we come, say Wilson Stuart School
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
PUPILS at a Birmingham special school took a keen interest in the closing ceremony at this year’s Paralympic Games in China. Read
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West Midlands Police get knife crime red tape boost
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
PLANS to make it easier for police to stop and search suspects are to be bought forward, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced. Read
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Calling all P*rr*tt's - come and meet the family!
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
CALLING all Pirretts, Parrotts, Purretts, Perretts and Porritts, their families and descendants. Read
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Car ploughs into Birmingham school playground
Sep 19 2008 | Top Stories
A CAR smashed through a Birmingham school fence and into a playground where children had been playing just moments before. Read
