Jan
2009
Articles from 5th Jan 2009
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Police name 18-year-old killed in Solihull smash
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE have today released a photograph of a man who died following a road traffic collision in Solihull yesterday. Read
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Birmingham bouncer admits manslaughter
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
A nightclub bouncer from Birmingham today admitted the manslaughter of a construction worker who died from a single punch to the head following a row in the street. Read
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Teenager killed in smash in Shirley
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
A TEENAGE driver has been arrested by police after a pal died in a horror smash in the Midlands. Read
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Waterford Wedgwood calls in administrators
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
AROUND 600 Midland workers at Waterford Wedgwood today returned from their Christmas and New Year break to be told that their Staffordshire-based factory had gone bust. Read
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Outrage over "drunk" binman in Erdington
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
A DRUNKEN binman urinated in the front garden of a Birmingham house and then fell asleep on the doorstep trapping the family inside, it was claimed today. See the video footage here. Read
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Tributes paid to three people killed in Stafford plane crash tragedy
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
TRIBUTES continued to pour in today for a pilot and newlywed couple who died in the Stafford plane crash. Read
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Harry Potter encylopedia to go on sale
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
A NEW version of the Harry Potter encyclopedia which brought multi-millionaire author JK Rowling to the verge of tears will go on sale in the UK later this month. Read
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Film star Travolta 'heartbroken' over son's death
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
HOLLYWOOD star John Travolta has said he and his wife Kelly Preston are “heartbroken” over the death of their chronically ill teenage son, who collapsed at the family’s holiday home on Grand Bahama. Read
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Matt Smith named as new Doctor Who in show attracting millions
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
NEARLY seven million people tuned in to see Matt Smith, 26, named as the next Doctor Who. Read
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Pressure mounts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
INTERNATIONAL pressure to secure a ceasefire in Gaza was growing today as it teetered on the brink of a humanitarian disaster. Read
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Couples’ hearing for boys death
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
A PRELIMINARY hearing for a couple charged in connection with the death of a three-year-old boy will take place today. Read
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Land Rover cancels popular G4 Challenge due to global crisis in car industry
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
LAND Rover’s popular G4 Challenge programme has fallen victim to the crisis engulfing the global car industry. Read
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CIPD survey urges firms to make redundancies a last resort
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
FIRMS were today urged to make sure redundancies were the “last resort” in the current economic downturn after a new study showed the cost of laying off staff could be more than £16,000 per worker. Read
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Snow hits West Midlands
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
WORKERS returning to their offices after the Christmas break faced an arctic start to the first working week of 2009. Read
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Tributes flood in for crash victims
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
TRIBUTES continued to pour in today for a pilot and newlywed couple who died in the Stafford plane crash. Read
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Criminals ordered to pay back £8m
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
DRUG dealers, fraudsters and thieves living a life the luxury on their criminal finances have been forced to cough up a whopping £8 million. Read
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Star duo back Kingswinford church appeal
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
DIET and fitness guru Rosemary Conley is set to team up with chart-topping songwriter Chris Eaton for an evening to discuss the role faith has played in their lives. Read
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£1m 'wasted in evictions at Birmingham high-rise flats
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
HOUSING bosses have been accused of wasting more than a million pounds in compensation to pay for a mass high-rise eviction that need never have happened. Read
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A traffic incident every two minutes on region's M-ways
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
TRAFFIC officers in the West Midlands have reported a busy year on the region’s motorways, dealing with more than 37,000 incidents. Read
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Birmingham postie sheds 21lb thanks to slimming club
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
WITH his job, you’d think postman Greg Creighton would be slim and fit. Read
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Experts help Birmingham teens turn away from kinfe crime
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
FOR Chinese astrologers, 2008 was the year of the rat. But, sadly for many for others, it was the year of the knife. Read
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15-year wait for home on popular Birmingham housing estate
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
ONE of Birmingham’s biggest housing estates has become so popular that people are having to wait up to 15 years for a property. Read
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Boom time for Lichfield Garrick Theatre
Jan 05 2009 | Top Stories
CREDIT crunch – what credit crunch? Read
