Nov
2008
Articles from 11th Nov 2008
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Disruption as West Bromwich building collapses
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
SEARCH and rescue teams have given the all-clear after a building collapsed in a busy Midlands street. Read
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Britain stops to salute the fallen
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
THREE of the last surviving veterans of the First World War joined serving soldiers in current conflicts today to mark the 90th anniversary of the day peace returned to Europe. Read
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Birmingham pupils bring horror of war into focus
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
Youngsters visit Flanders battlefields and graves to make own film Read
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Terminally ill girl tells Birmingham Children's Hospital she wants to die at home
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A TERMINALLY ill teenage girl who was given life-saving surgery in Birmingham has won the right to die at home after fighting health bosses who wanted to give her a heart transplant against her will. Read
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Workers face dole as Redditch firm collapses
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
Jobs in peril as tube Read
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Erdington five-year-old Noah snaps up top prize in national photo competition
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
WOULD you bee-lieve it! Read
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Teen dies in drugs mystery
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A TEENAGE girl died and another is fighting for life in hospital after they apparently overdosed on drugs at a house in Redditch. Read
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Man mugged at gunpoint in Smethwick
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was mugged at gunpoint in the Black Country. Read
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FROM PAGE ONE
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
“stupid mistake”. He wept as he revealed that dozens of parents had written to him to offer support after his conviction. Read
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Terminally ill girl tells Birmingham Children's Hospital she wants to die at home
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A TERMINALLY ill teenage girl who was given life-saving surgery in Birmingham has won the right to die at home after fighting health bosses who wanted to give her a heart transplant against her will. Read
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Teen dies in drugs mystery
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A TEENAGE girl died and another is fighting for life in hospital after they apparently overdosed on drugs at a house in Redditch. Read
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A SHAMED Birmingham headteacher convicted of outraging public decency at a beauty spot has been told he can continue in his job.
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
Liam Nolan sobbed as he pleaded with a standards board to let him carry on in his £64,000-a-year post at Perry Beeches School. Read
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Teen dies in drugs mystery in Redditch
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A TEENAGE mum of one died and another is fighting for life in hospital after they apparently overdosed on drugs at a house in Redditch. Read
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Shamed Birmingham headteacher Liam Nolan to keep job
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A SHAMED Birmingham headteacher convicted of outraging public decency at a beauty spot has been told he can continue in his job. Read
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Terminally ill girl rejects further operations
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A TERMINALLY ill teenage girl who was given life-saving surgery in Birmingham has won the right to die at home after fighting health bosses who wanted to give her a heart transplant against her will. Read
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Play review: Enjoy at Birmingham Rep
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
Enjoy Read
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Ladywood schoolchildren make World War II documentary at Ypres battlefields in Belgium
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
By Poppy Brady Read
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Forklift truck worker killed
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was killed in an accident involving a forklift truck at an ironworks in the Black Country yesterday. Read
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Birmingham Council fears over giant Japanese Knotweed plant
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
IT WOULD be too costly and time-consuming to completely remove fast-growing Japanese Knotweed from canals, river beds and the hedgeways of Birmingham, a year-long city council investigation concluded. Read
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Jobs could go at ALUnna Tubes, in Redditch, after they called in administrators Deloitte
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
Jobs put at risk as firm calls in administrators Read
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Ex-Longbridge Rover worker has new career as a teacher
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A FORMER Rover worker who became an apprentice on leaving school is heading back to the classroom as a ‘Sir.’ Read
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Justice For Crisis have set up a new ‘tent city’ on council land just yards away from the Balsall Heath site they had occupied for over a week
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
‘Tent city’ squatters move Read
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Selly Oak pub raid ordeal
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A PUB boss was bound and beaten by masked raiders in an hour-long ordeal in Birmingham. Read
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Squatters move from Balsall Heath site
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
SQUATTERS campaigning for more affordable houses have left an illegal camp site before they get evicted. Read
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Birmingham City Council wants to take over policing and health
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City Council wants to take over policing and city health services, giving it control of an extra £1.7 billion a year. Read
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Japanese Knotweed too costly to remove
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
IT WOULD be too costly and time-consuming to completely remove fast-growing Japanese Knotweed from canals, river beds and the hedgeways of Birmingham, a year-long city council investigation concluded. Read
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Harborne becomes the first high street in Birmingham to launch their own Retail Crime Operation
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
LIFE is about to get a lot harder for shoplifters and criminals as traders in Harborne become the first high street in Birmingham to launch their own Retail Crime Operation. Read
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Residents oppose new apartment scheme in Acocks Green, Birmingham
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A DERELICT Victorian city building has been given a fresh chance of revival as sheltered apartments. Read
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Police too busy to fight crime, says Walsall MP David Winnick
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Police bogged down Read
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Members of the RSPB met in Sutton Park so birds could be ringed and tracked as they migrate
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
TWITCHERS in Birmingham ignored the poor weather to focus on birds who are set to escape the winter by migrating. Read
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Former Birmingham Mayor Jim Eames made an Ambassador for Sport
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A FOUNDER of Birmingham’s premier dry ski slope, climbing wall and adventure centre is to join the likes of Denise Lewis and Karren Brady as a sporting ambassador for Birmingham. Read
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Gran day for Jessie
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A GREAT great grandmother celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by her family. Read
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Flybe wins two awards
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
FLYBE, Europe’s largest regional airline and one of the two biggest operating from Birmingham, has been named as the Most Environmentally Responsible Budget Airline. Read
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Businesses urged to have their say on plans to close 10 fire station and open 8 new ones
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
BUSINESSES are being asked for their views on the controversial revamp of West Midlands fire stations which will see 10 close and eight new buildings open. Read
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Court summons for Birmingham landlady
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
Mrs Yasmeen Akhtar, of Hodge Hill, was shocked when she opened the letter demanding payment of £145 and a summons to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court tomorrow over the non-payment of Council Tax on a home she owns in George Arthur Road, Saltley. But then she was stunned when another letter, with the same date, told her she was exempt from the payment and the bill had been cancelled. Read
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Walking With Dinosaurs at Birmingham NIA
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
A SENSATIONAL life-sized dinosaur show is set to rock Birmingham’s NIA to its foundations next year. Read
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Birmingham version of Blade Runner
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
Mark Hevingham wrote his spoof Bladder Run more than ten years ago but never found the time to put it into production. Read
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Erdington five-year-old Noah Miller snaps up top prize in national photo competition
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
WOULD you bee-lieve it! Read
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Goodyear Dunlop raise cash to build new playground at Birmingham Children's Hospital
Nov 11 2008 | Top Stories
TYRELESS efforts by workers at Birmingham’s Goodyear Dunlop plant has seen a new playground open for young mental health patients at the city’s children’s hospital. Read
