Feb
2009
Articles from 3rd Feb 2009
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Over 300 schools closed in Birmingham due to snow
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
MORE than 300 council-run schools in Birmingham were shut down today for safety reasons after another heavy snowfall. Read
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Birmingham shopping centre sealed after man is found with fatal head and facial injuries
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
Police blocked all of the entrances to Chelmsley Wood Shopping Centre, on Chelmsley Circus, following the discovery of the victim shortly after midnight by security staff. Read
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Forced to jump from upstairs bedroom of three-storey Birmingham house
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
SIX people were forced to jump from an upstairs bedroom of a three-storey Birmingham house in the early hours today to escape a fire that was raging downstairs. Read
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Save our car industry!
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
A TOP auto industry summit was today told of crisis-hit Jaguar Land Rover: If these plants go, they go forever. Read
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Stechford man's malaria death: Doctors failed to heed patient's concerns, inquest told
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM council worker’s life could have been saved had doctors acted appropriately and thoroughly, an inquest heard. Read
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4,000 homes in Handsworth faced a night without power
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
Power was lost to houses after a blaze at the Jobcentre Plus office in Soho Road, Handsworth, knocked out the relay station. Read
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Cancer men die after wrong dose given a Heartlands Hospital
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
Dad-of-three Paul Richards, from Sutton Coldfield, and Baljit Singh Sunner, from Stechford, both suffered severe adverse reactions from the overdose of fungal infection drug Amphotericin on the Oncology Ward 19 at Heartlands Hospital. But despite both patients bad reactions on the evening in July 2007, nurses re-started treatment after a short break and a Piriton allergy tablet, a jury sitting with Coroner Aidan Cotter was told yesterday. Read
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Staffordshire shot tycoon was on bail
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
A MILLIONAIRE businessman was on bail for firearms charges when he is believed to have killed himself after shooting his partner, police said today. Read
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Worker's arm trapped in machinery in Cannock
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
A MAN in his 20s has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after his arm was caught in a drill in Cannock. Read
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Retiring Gardener sets up Friends of the Park organisation in Erdington
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
MUCH-loved Birmingham parkie Peter Hulse has hung up is hoe and wheelbarrow for the last time after an incredible 49 years keeping one city park clean and green. Read
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Developers promise majority of work in a £1.2billion Birmingham school's upgrade will go to local contractors
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
MIDLAND companies will receive the lion’s share of work for a £1.2 billion schools upgrade, said the developer awarded the project. Read
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Wedgwood family members in talks over bid for firm
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
TWO members of the Wedgwood family said today they were considering a bid for the Midland ceramics business which bears their famous name. Read
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Mourners pack Sutton Coldfield Crematorium to pay last respects to Aston Villa legend Vic Crowe
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
MOURNERS crammed into a city crematorium to bid a sad farewell to Aston Villa legend Vic Crowe. Read
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UB40's management firm folds after most recent album flops
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
THE management firm behind multi-million selling Brummie reggae veterans UB40 has gone bust after the band’s recent albums flopped. Read
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Residents demonstrate over a Harborne off-licence plans for a fish and chip shop
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE were called when tempers flared during a demonstration by residents in Harborne against a proposed new fish and chip shop. Read
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Swedish professor joins Kingswinford anti-mobile phone mast protesters
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
ANXIOUS Kingswinford campaigners fighting to remove mobile phone masts from near their homes have taken their battle to Europe. Read
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Tributes pour in for former Aston Villa and Wolves midfielder Paul Birch
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
FORMER Aston Villa and Wolves midfielder Paul Birch has lost his long, hard battle with bone cancer at the age of just 45. Read
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New plea after constables shot at in Kings Heath robbery bid
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES were today going through hours of security camera footage for clues to the identity of armed robbers who opened fire on two unarmed police officers. Read
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Family of teenager killed in Birmingham pub bombings in 1974 'insulted' by plans for compensation
Feb 03 2009 | Top Stories
THE family of Birmingham pub bomb victim Maxine Hambleton have dismissed the proposed £12,000 payout to families of those killed in the Troubles as “an insult”. Read
