Nov
2008
Articles from 28th Nov 2008
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ITV Central's early morning presenter Arti Halai axed in latest cuts
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
WELL-known ITV Central broadcaster Arti Halai has been axed as Birmingham’s early morning presenter after seven years in the high-profile job, it was revealed today. Read
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Stabbing victim badly hurt in Weoley Castle attack
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN is critically ill in hospital after being attacked in a Birmingham street today. Read
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Midland terror expert sees religious motive in Mumbai attacks
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND terrorism expert believes that while the Mumbai attackers chose a cosmopolitan and financial target, the motive was undoubtedly religious. Read
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West Midland man waits for news of Mumbai friend
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A WEST Midland man is anxiously awaiting news about his friend who was in Mumbai on the day terrorists attacked the city, killing more than 130. Read
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DANI Behr became the second celebrity to be ejected from I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
The TV presenter, 34, left the ITV show after receiving the fewest number of public votes and in her post-eviction interview she tipped actor Joe Swash or pop singer Simon Webbe to win the show. Read
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Business leaders predict economic links with India will remian strong despite Mumbai terror attacks
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
BUSINESS leaders in Birmingham have called for calm over the attacks in Mumbai saying that economic links with the country will remain strong. Read
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Sandwell sends messages of sympathy to Mumbai victims
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
SANDWELL Council and organisations across the borough have expressed sympathy for everyone touched by the situation in Mumbai. Read
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PRIME Minister Prime Minister Gordon Brown said today it was too early to tell whether Britons were involved in the terror attacks on Mumbai.
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
Mr Brown said he would discuss the attacks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, amid claims by the Indian government that the attackers came from outside the country. Read
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ASTON Villa should include ‘Birmingham’ in the club’s name to boost international recognition of the city.
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
That is the bizarre wish of city council leader Mike Whitby. Read
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POPULAR weathergirl Emma Jesson (pictured) has been axed by ITV Central along with dozens of other employees as the channel battles against a vicious advertising downturn.
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
Arti Halai has also lost her job as Birmingham’s early morning presenter after seven years in the high-profile job, it was revealed today. Read
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PRIME Minister Gordon Brown said today it was too early to tell whether Britons were involved in the terror attacks on Mumbai.
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
As Indian troops cleared the last terrorists from buildings across Mumbai today, UK authorities were following up reports on local news channel NDTV that the terrorists included “British citizens of Pakistani origin”. Read
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Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM-based care provider Claimar today pierced the economic gloom with plans to create around 500 jobs in the Midlands as part of a huge national expansion programme. Read
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ASTON Villa should include ‘Birmingham’ in the club’s name to boost international recognition of the city.
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
That is the bizarre wish of city council leader Mike Whitby. Read
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The violent rivalry of the Hell's Angels and Outlaws
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
The murder of Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin brought the shadowy world of biker gangs into sharp focus for police and forced them to get a grip on the threat they posed. Read
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Two people have been arrested over suspected stabbing of man in Weoly Castle
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN is critically ill in hospital after he was attacked in a Birmingham street today. Read
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M42 delays after pile-up near Tamworth
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
RUSH-hour motorists were facing long delays today after a crash involving five lorries closed a motorway. Read
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Man fights for life after being found collapsed in Stechford steeet
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN was today fighting for his life after being found slumped on the ground in a Birmingham street with head injuries. Read
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Council leader tells Aston Villa: Call yourself Birmingham
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
ASTON Villa should include ‘Birmingham’ in the club’s name to boost international recognition of the city. Read
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Weoley Castle stab victim fights for his life
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A MAN is in hospital fighting for life after he was attacked in a Birmingham street today. Read
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Tories' anger at MP Damian Green's arrest over alleged leaks
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
CONSERVATIVE immigration spokesman Damian Green accused police today of arresting him “for doing my job” after he spent nine hours in custody answering questions about leaks of politically sensitive information from the Home Office. Read
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SOME of the gunmen involved in the Mumbai attacks are believed to be British-born Pakistanis, it was reported today.
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
Indian news channel NDTV reported that “British citizens of Pakistani origin” were among the attackers. Read
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West Midland man waits for news of Mumbai friend
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A WEST Midland man is anxiously awaiting news about his friend who was in Mumbai on the day terrorists attacked the city, killing more than 130. Read
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Business leaders predict economic links with India will remian strong despite Mumbai terror attacks
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
BUSINESS leaders in Birmingham have called for calm over the attacks in Mumbai saying that economic links with the country will remain strong. Read
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THE fiancee of a murdered biker who was shot down as he made his way from a Warwickshire festival paid tribute to her “true angel” as his seven killers await sentencing today.
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
Gerry Tobin, aged 35, from Mottingham, London, died almost instantly when he was shot as he rode along the M40 on August 12, 2007. He had been attending the Bulldog Bash biker festival at Long Marston near Stratford-upon-Avon. Read
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DANI Behr became the second celebrity to be ejected from I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
The TV presenter, 34, left the ITV show after receiving the fewest number of public votes and in her post-eviction interview she tipped actor Joe Swash or pop singer Simon Webbe to win the show. Read
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Plea to give homeowners cut price dropped kerbs in a bid to save grass verges
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
CUT-price dropped kerbs should be offered to homeowners in a bid to save Birmingham’s pavements and grass verges from cars, it has been claimed. Read
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Sandwell sends messages of sympathy to Mumbai victims
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
SANDWELL Council and organisations across the borough have expressed sympathy for everyone touched by the situation in Mumbai. Read
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Midland terror expert sees religious motive in Mumbai attacks
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND terrorism expert believes that while the Mumbai attackers chose a cosmopolitan and financial target, the motive was undoubtedly religious. Read
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Scottish accent reassures most in a crisis
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
THE Scots accent has come top in a poll of the most reassuring voices to hear in times of emergency, it was revealed today. Read
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Number of Birmingham people travelling by bus has risen for the first time in decades, bucking the national trend
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
THE number of people travelling by bus in Birmingham and the West Midlands has risen for the first time in decades, reversing a decline which is continuing in other parts of the country. Read
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Birmingham Community Foundation Christmas carol concert to boost Letisha and Charlene Education Award Scheme
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
THE Letisha and Charlene Education Award Scheme is set to benefit from funds raised from a huge Christmas carol concert at Birmingham’s Town Hall. Read
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Birmingham poker star Steve Holden lines up £90,000 pot
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
THIS is it, my big moment. Read
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Consumers say it's a good time to buy
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
CONSUMER confidence improved marginally this month despite mounting concern over job losses and worries of a looming recession, research showed today. Read
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Seven guilty of Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin's murder
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
Seven members of a motorcycle gang will be sentenced today for the murder of Hell's Angel Gerry Tobin as he made his way home from a biker festival in Warwickshire. Read
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Call to subsidise dropped kerbs for Birmingham residents
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
Planning committee members called on the city council’s transportation department to re-introduce subsidies for dropped kerbs because the current costs of up to £2,000 were stopping drivers taking cars off the road. Read
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Staff at Dudley Zoo strip off for calendar to help protect lemurs in the wild
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
CHEEKY staff at Dudley Zoo are hoping their bare essentials will boost funds for a conservation project and raise a monthly smile at the same time. Read
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Police v kids football match raises cash for Children In Need
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
The game, at Willenhall Town Football Club saw the youngsters triumphing 6-0. Read
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Walsall Council to introduce their own parking officers
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
TRANSPORT chiefs are all geared up to tackle problem parking in Walsall. Read
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Bishop of Birmingham spreads the word on recycling
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
THE Bishop of Birmingham is preaching the cause of recycling after leading a waste paper trail to a city treatment plant. Read
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Macmillan Cancer Support launches Christmas Tree of Thought appeal
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
NOTHING can replace Katie Skidmore’s fond memories of her father at the top of the Blackpool Tower, relishing in a game of cricket and laughing heartily at the family barbecue. Read
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Wolverhampton man dies after incident at Bilston pub death
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
POLICE investigating the death of a man have made a fresh appeal for witnesses. Read
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Chinn's Black Country history day on wards in Wolverhampton hailed 'fantastic'
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
POPULAR Midland historian Dr Carl Chinn delighted elderly hospital patients with reminiscences about life in the 1930s and 40s. Read
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Moorlands Primary School children win green award
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
ECO-FRIENDLY children have won their school a trophy for binning their litter. Read
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Israeli teenagers give Birmingham pupils an insight into life in the Middle East
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
PUPILS at a host of Midland schools were given an insight into the life in Middle East when two Israeli teenagers visited. Read
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Thugs jailed for mobile thefts on train
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
TWO thugs who targeted “vulnerable” teenagers as they went on a mobile phone robbery spree on the Cross City railway line in Birmingham have been sent locked up. Read
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Fears for future of Birmingham college nursery
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
FEARS have been expressed over the future of a Birmingham college nursery amid claims that it was set to shut down two years early. Read
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Debt-ridden Birmingham businessman turned to dealing drugs
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A DEBT-RIDDEN Birmingham businessman, who was caught with cocaine with a street value of almost £80,000 following a police operation, has been jailed for six years. Read
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Gym for free scheme a success
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A FREE gym scheme designed to give inner city residents the keep fit health kick has been hailed a major success and could be extended across the city. Read
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The day Joe Nokes, from Great Barr met Frank Lampard and Kelly Smith
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A FOOTBALL mad youngster’s dreams came true when he met and trained with soccer stars Frank Lampard and Kelly Smith. Read
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Alesha Dixon and Vernon Kay among stars at Birmingham Clothes Show Live
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
SINGER Alesha Dixon and TV and radio presenter Vernon Kay will be among the stars flocking to this year’s Birmingham Clothes Show Live. Read
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Kazakhstan gathering in Birmingham
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
The event, due to be attended by the Kazakhstan ambassador to the UK, was giving delegates the opportunity to share their experiences of living, working and studying in the UK. Read
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Fans flock to International Motorcycle and Scooter Show at NEC
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
THIS year’s International Motorcycle and Scooter Show opened its doors to show off a display of hot metal and even hotter models draped across them. Read
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Volunteers take to the streets to collect more than £400 for RSPCA Birmingham Animal Centre
Nov 28 2008 | Top Stories
A STREET collection in The Parade, Sutton Coldfield raised £434.82 for the RSPCA Birmingham Animal Centre. Read
