Feb
2009
Articles from 6th Feb 2009
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More snow forecast for the region
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A SEVERE weather warning has been issued across the West Midlands with up to 10cms of snow expected on higher ground throughout the day. Read
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Jaguar Land Rover may get extra help from Government
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
JAGUAR Land Rover could benefit from extra state aid on top of last week’s £2.3 billion package unveiled by Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, the House of Commons was told. Read
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Doctor given suspended prison sentence
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A HOSPITAL registrar who killed a patient at a Midlands hospital by injecting her with adrenaline against the advice of three colleagues has been given a suspended prison sentence. Read
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Children put lives at risk with giant snowballs
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
RECKLESS youngsters are putting people’s lives at risk by building giant snowballs and placing them in the middle of Midland roads. Read
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Lord Mandelson still dithers on Jaguar cash
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
THE agony continued today for 16,000 Jaguar Land Rover workers after the Government refused to give any indication of when loans would be made available. Read
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Top marks delight for city takeaway
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A HUMBLE city fish and chip shop has been crowned the king of posh nosh after culinary judges gave it a five star grading. Read
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Midland bosses say interest cut is not enough
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
WEST Midland business leaders doubt whether the Bank of England’s half-point cut, lowering its Bank Rate to one per cent will have have any meaningful impact. Read
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Power to curb gangs
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
CRIMEFIGHTERS are to be given new gang-busting powers in a bid to help stamp out a culture of gang violence blighting parts of Birmingham. Read
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Crime in Bournville Lane police area has been halved in the past five years
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
CRIME in parts of Birmingham has halved in a five-year fightback against villains. Read
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Five-year match ban for coin-throwing Villa fan
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A MANAGING director who hurled a coin which hit a linesman during an Aston Villa game has been fined £2,300 and branded by a magistrate as a “stupid drunken lunatic”. Read
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'Amazing' Perry Beeches School sets benchmark for rest of the country
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
THE Education Secretary urged the nation’s schools to learn lessons from a Brum school after hailing it as “amazing” during a visit to the city. Read
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Woman arrested over drugs at Birmingham Airport
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM woman was arrested at the city’s airport on suspicion of trying to smuggle cannabis with a street value of £60,000 into the country. Read
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Man gets 10 years for firing a gun in a West Bromwich street
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM gunman who pointed a pistol at a police officer’s head before firing bullets indiscriminately around a high street was today starting a 10 year jail sentence. Read
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Birmingham recording studio hit by fire
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
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College in pledge on pay deal
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
THE deputy head of a Midland college today refuted allegations the school’s management will not negotiate a pay increase for its staff. Read
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Man gets 10 years for firing gun in West Bromwich
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM gunman who pointed a pistol at a police officer’s head before firing bullets indiscriminately around a high street was today starting a 10 year jail sentence. Read
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Business leaders count cost of snow
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
BUSINESS leaders say Birmingham suffered another major loss in productivity as heavy snowfall forced schools and roads to shut. Read
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Midland school closures for Friday February 6th
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A list of schools closed due to the snow on Friday February 6. Read
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Walsall care unit axe defended
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
BOSSES at NHS Walsall today defended their decision to close a centre for people with learning difficulties next month. Read
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PCs shot at in Kings Heath raid bid are back on patrol
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
TWO police officers who were shot at as they chased armed robbers behind a botched building society raid in Birmingham have returned to work, it emerged today. Read
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City boss Mike Whitby claims Birmingham golf courses offer value for money despite fee increases
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
GOLFERS think Birmingham’s municipal courses offer great value for money despite huge increases in green fees, city boss Mike Whitby has claimed. Read
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Brum bobby with Krays connection
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
A RETIRED policeman who helped nail a key associate of the Kray brothers has relived the drama thanks to the Birmingham Mail’s historic reprint. Read
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Birmingham honours land girls
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of former Midland land girls who kept the country running during the Second World War are to be honoured next month. Read
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Care providers offer hundreds of vacancies at Birmingham jobs fair
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of unemployed people went to a Birmingham jobs fair organised for care sector employers with hundreds of vacancies to fill. Read
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Tividale estate praised for anti-crime initiative
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
AN ESTATE plagued by anti-social behaviour and then transformed by a community and police partnership has been hailed as an example for the rest of the country. Read
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Hotline bid in hunt for Birmingham bus vandals
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
TRAVEL bosses hunting a gang of thugs caught on camera vandalising buses today said they were hoping a special mobile phone text hotline would help lead to their capture. Read
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Plans submitted for hotel at Drayton Manor Park
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
EXCITING new plans to create a luxury hotel at a theme park have been submitted to council planners. Read
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'Spies' home in on bus shelter louts
Feb 06 2009 | Top Stories
SECRET camera footage capturing vandal attacks on some of Birmingham’s worst-hit bus shelters has been released by police in a new crackdown on crime on public transport. Read
