Nov
2008
Articles from 22nd Nov 2008
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Outrage over Youtube yobs
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
GLOATING thugs have posted court evidence on the internet of a violent brawl that rampaged through the city. At least eight people are caught running riot on the near seven-minute long CCTV footage on the YouTube website. Read
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Birmingham pedestrian hurt in collision
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
A 61-YEAR-OLD man was taken to hospital after he was in collision with a car in Edgbaston yesterday. Read
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Birmingham man jailed for stabbing father 16 times
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man who stabbed his father 16 times has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years. Read
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Comedian Frank Skinner in line for a coveted Broad Street star
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
FRANK Skinner could be the next person to grace the Walk of Stars despite his fears he would be snubbed for a position on Birmingham’s Broad Street. Read
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Knife attacker from Newtown, Birmingham, caught after Crimewatch is jailed for eight years
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man who was arrested after his face featured on Crimewatch was today starting an eight-year sentence for carrying out a vicious street knife attack. Read
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Police reveal more details about the murder of Patrick Mellard
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE today revealed more details about an anonymous letter containing clues to the fatal stabbing of a quiet family man in Birmingham as they issued a “we can protect you” plea to the author. Read
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Ex-Land Rover worker wins Lollipop Person of the Year
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S official! Lollipop man Albert Turner has a winning smile that can stop traffic. Read
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Mentally ill suspects in West Midlands to be detained at Sandwell Hospital
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
SUSPECTS with mental health issues are to be detained in a “place of safety” suite rather than stark police cells in a new move by health bosses and West Midlands cops. Read
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FA Cup turns up for fans at Walsall FC
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
SOCCER-mad youngsters have been getting their hands on the FA Cup. Read
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Sandwell man Gary Cooper jailed for fiddling more than £42,000 in benefits over ten-year period
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
A FIFTY-YEAR-OLD Sandwell man who fiddled more than £42,000 in benefits over a ten-year period has been put behind bars for 14 months. Read
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Brilliantly Birmingham event held in Jewellery Quarter
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
The home of the city’s jewellery industry will be throwing open the doors of workshops and giving behind-the-scenes glances into how much of the jewellery we wear is made. Read
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West Midlands Police recruiting more black and Asian officers
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
But although the figure is up on last year, the force still has a long way to go before it meets targets set for it by the Home Office. Read
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Poor public transport will cost Birmingham jobs
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
BAD public transport will cost jobs in Birmingham as the recession hits home, a new study has warned. Read
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200 Jaguar Land Rover workers clock off for 2008
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
A total of 300 production workers from Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich factory and Land Rover’s plant at Solihull have taken advantage of a unique scheme offering leave of up to three months. Read
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Severn Valley Railway named as a top tourism attractions
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
THE popular Severn Valley Railway has been named as one of the top places to visit in the Oscars of the tourism industry. Read
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Blithbury reindeer get ready for busy time
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
IT’S thousands of miles from Lapland and still five weeks until the festive period, but in a small corner of the Midlands, it’s impossible to escape Christmas. Read
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Santa opens up his grotto at Birmingham's Pallasades Shopping Centre
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
FOR the 13th year running Father Christmas has packed up his stockings, rounded up the reindeer and left the North Pole to set up home Santa-style in the shape of a Christmas Grotto at the Pallasades Shopping Centre in Birmingham. Read
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Santa stars in Christmas parade through streets of Birmingham
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
SANTA will be the star guest of a huge Christmas parade set to take place in Birmingham city centre this weekend. Read
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Tony Iommi to have star on Broad Street
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
A free open air gig will be staged in Centenary Square from 4.30pm to mark the historic moment when the Aston-born guitarist will join fellow Black Sabbath star Ozzy Osbourne in having his name cemented into Broad Street’s answer to the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame. Read
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Social Enterprise West Midlands inspires new ideas
Nov 22 2008 | Top Stories
BUDDING entrepreneurs with a conscience have been taking part in 600 events across the West Midlands in a bid to boost projects to help socially deprived people. Read
