Nov
2008
Articles from 3rd Nov 2008
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Coach station plan on track
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
Work begins on £15 million showcase coach station Read
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Jaguar Land Rover axe up to 400 jobs
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
JAGUAR Land Rover is to axe between 300 and 400 jobs as the global economic downturn takes its toll on the luxury carmaker’s sales. Read
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Yardley golden wedding couple surprise
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
ANNIVERSARY: Generations make it special day for pair touched by Alzheimer’s Read
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Street ice-rink hopes dashed
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S popular outdoor ice rink will not be going ahead this year after apparently falling victim to the current financial crisis. Read
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Safety priority at firworks parties
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
AMBULANCE chiefs have urged bonfire night revellers to play it safe and not allow the festivities to leave a burning impression. Read
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Protest on homes bid
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
SOLIHULL residents are being urged to put pen to paper and lodge a formal objection to plans to build up to 26,000 new homes. Read
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Read Angela Profit;s diary as she chronicles her battle agaonst cancer
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
TERMINAL cancer patient Angela Profit is chronicling her journey through her third course of chemotherapy treatment in a 25-part, frank yet inspiring video diary and blog on the Birmingham Mail’s website. Read
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Power cut at Tividale bonfire
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
REVELLERS found themselves plunged into darkness when a power cut forced the abandonment of a bonfire party in the Black Country. Read
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Probe into six vehicle crash in Halesowen
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
INVESTIGATIONS were continuing today into a crash involving six vehicles at Halesowen which left three young people injured and one fighting for life. Read
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£8m facelift for homes
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
RESIDENTS of an Oldbury tower block are to benefit from improvements costing about £8 million, which will include eight extra flats. Read
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Digbeth coach station plan on track
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
WORK began today on a £15 million world-class coach station in Digbeth. Read
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Bosses killed in air crash
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
TWO West Midland company directors died when a helicopter crashed and burst into flames in farmland in Gloucestershire after disappearing into a bank of heavy cloud. Read
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Sainsburys launches fight against 'barmy' fruit and veg laws
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND supermarket has launched a campaign against “loopy laws” which have stopped it selling fruit and vegetables because they are the wrong shape. Read
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Man ‘critical’ after Black County pile-up
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
A PEDESTRIAN was fighting for his life today after a head-on crash between a van and car which blocked a main Midland road. Read
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The Mighty Boosh, NIA
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
IT MAY be surreal, illogical and downright bizarre to those who don’t get it – but that is the beauty of the Boosh. Read
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Bryan Adams, LG Arena, Natonal Exhibition Centre
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
YOU’D never have thought that a man unfortunate enough to be named Bryan would go on to become a rock legend. Read
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Fuel sets bonfire party man alight
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN suffered ten per cent burns to his body after using petrol to light a bonfire in West Bromwich. Read
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It’s back to ghoul after half-term Dudley psychic fair
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
FUN and frolics and trips into the unknown were on the agenda for hundreds of visitors to a psychic and Halloween fair staged in Dudley. Read
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Toilet man left in a sticky situation...
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
EMERGENCY crews had to resort to desperate measures to help a man caught with his trousers down by pranksters at Brierley Hill. Read
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Mere Green residents protest against lapdancing bar plan
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
DOZENS of placard-waving residents braved the cold weather to protest against plans to introduce lapdancing at a wine bar in Birmingham. Read
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Crowds flock to the Mighty Boosh in Birmingham
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of excited comedy fans were given a mighty boost when they got to meet the stars of hit show The Mighty Boosh in Birmingham. Read
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Businessman dies in helicopter crash
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
A STAFFORDSHIRE businessman was one of three people killed when a helicopter crashed in heavy mist. Read
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Gordon Brown promises action as Government memory-stick found in pub car park
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
GORDON Brown warned today that ministers were prepared to take action against contractors who lost sensitive Government data in yet another embarrassing information security lapse in which a a memory stick containing confidential passwords was found in a Staffordshire pub car park. Read
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An evening with Carl Chinn in aid of Birmingham choir trip
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
THE combined choir of a Birmingham church which has been invited to sing on the other side of the world is getting some vocal backing of its own from city historian Professor Carl Chinn. Read
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Moseley councillor Martin Mullaney vows to curb graffiti vandals
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
A GANG of teenage yobs are facing a dressing down from council bosses to stop them from blighting parts of Birmingham with graffiti. Read
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Fears for character of Solihull
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
SOLIHULL residents are being urged to put pen to paper and lodge a formal objection to plans to build up to 26,000 new homes. Read
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Yardley golden wedding couple surprise
Nov 03 2008 | Top Stories
GOLDEN couple Maureen and Brian Barber were treated to a surprise party to mark 50 years of marriage. Read
