Apr
2009
Articles from 24th Apr 2009
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Birmingham City University students win competition
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
A TEAM of students from Birmingham City University is celebrating after winning third place in a national competition. Read
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Schools to split £120m windfall
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
SIX Walsall schools are set to be transformed beyond recognition when they share £120 million for schemes ranging from rebuilds to refurbishments, it was announced today. Read
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Man loses priest sexual abuse claim
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
A man who claims he was sexually abused by a priest in Coventry more than 30 years ago has lost his High Court damages claim. Read
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Man denies Galaxy FM burglary charge
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
MAN DENIES RADIO STATION DAMAGE CHARGES Read
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Walsall schools to share £120 million
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
Frank F Harrison Engineering College has been named as the sixth school to benefit from the Government’s Building Schools for the Future initiative, which is changing the face of education in the Black Country. Read
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Homeless campaigners evicted from Edgbaston hotel
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
PROTESTING squatters were today dramatically evicted from an unused Birmingham city centre hotel they had been occupying for three weeks. Read
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UB40 send promotion good luck message to Birmingham City
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
LEGENDARY Brummie reggae group UB40 have sent a good luck message to Birmingham City from their tour bus in California. Read
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Fordrough pub death: Hundreds back Facebook bid to keep death pub shut
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
A FACEBOOK campaign to keep the Birmingham pub where father of two Tracy McConnell was killed shut for good has been backed by more than 800 people. Read
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Birmingham school celebrates St George's Day
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
CRY God for Kings Rise, England and St George. That could almost have been a Birmingham primary school’s version of Henry V’s famous speech as it decided to celebrate the patron Saint of England in style. Read
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Apology from hospital boss after teens death
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
HOSPITAL bosses have apologised to the family of a girl who died of a severe abdominal infection at Heartlands Hospital. Read
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Small units planned at former Woolworths store
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
By Neil Elkes Read
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Mercian Regiment given freedom of Dudley
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
Town parade honours soldiers Read
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Warwickshire County Cricket Club scales down Edgbaston plan
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
WARWICKSHIRE County Cricket Club has been accused of treating local people with ‘contempt’ as it scaled down plans for a £32 million expansion of the ground. Read
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Funeral of helicopter pilot Richard Menzies held at Worcester Cathedral
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
FRIENDS and family paid their last respects today to a co-pilot who died in a helicopter crash in the North Sea. Read
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Review: AC/ DC at LG Arena, NEC
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
FOR those who have rocked at the NEC Arena, we salute you! AC/DC headlined the final concert at the arena - now sponsored by LG - before it closes for a five month refurbishment. Read
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Birmingham protection expert has audience with Pope
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man who combines helping jobless people get back into work with providing personal protection for heads of state – including the Pope – is preparing for a special trip to the Vatican. Read
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Birmingham gym raises charity cash in sponsored spar
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
A CITY gym punched above its weight by raising more than £2,500 for charity in a sponsored sparathon. Read
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Birmingham car clamping boss to carry on despite court loss
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE car clamper who has to pay an 18-year-old £523 for wrongly towing away her car in Birmingham late at night today said he lost the court case over ‘one word’ on a warning sign. Read
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Surgeons flying out to Ghana on new mercy mission
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
PIONEERING surgeons are setting off on their second medical mission to Ghana in a battle to save lives. Read
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Birmingham gets £3m Lottery cash for kids' playgrounds
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
CHILDREN in Birmingham are being urged to ditch the Playstation for playing fields after scooping more than £3 million of lottery cash. Read
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Polar explorers in visit to Hagely school
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
ANTARCTIC explorers Ben Fogle and James Cracknell trekked to Hagley, near Stourbridge, to congratulate pupils for designing a new ultra-warm jacket. Read
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Poorer white Birmingham schoolboys in extremism danger
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
WHITE schoolboys from less well-off backgrounds in Birmingham are in danger of being recruited by far right groups as they grow increasingly disaffected and demotivated. Read
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£1 million on designs to pedestrianise Birmingham's Corporation Street
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE West Midlands Transport Authority will spend £1 million on designs to pedestrianise Corporation Street, even though Birmingham City Council have not given the green light to the scheme. Read
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Spaghetti Junction could be seen from outer space
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
IT SEEMS like the sky’s no limit for one of Birmingham’s famous landmarks. Read
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Ronan Keating fronts cancer roadshow
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
POP star Ronan Keating is using his own cancer grief to try to help victims across the region. Read
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On the spot mock parking fines at Hall Green school
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
YOUNGSTERS will be slapping parents heading to a Birmingham school with on-the-spot fines in a bid to put the brakes on bad parking. Read
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Popularity of youth club is blossoming
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
A CLUB set up for the youngsters of Upton by their Community Support Officer is going from strength to strength. Read
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Police use ‘crack house’ laws to shut Sparkbrook flat
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE have slammed the door shut on a Birmingham home that they suspected was being used as a crack house. Read
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Experts warn of spread of sexually transmitted infections
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
HEALTH experts at Heartlands Hospital are warning of a worrying increase in sexually transmitted infections across the West Midlands. Read
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MP Byrne in plea over church school staff pay
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
AN MP has written to the Archbishop of Birmingham urging him to end the apparent “injustice” of staff in Catholic schools missing out on a bumper windfall of up to £7,000. Read
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Former rugby star Scott Quinnell visits Worcestershire school
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
FORMER rugby ace Scott Quinnell took on even more of a challenge than captaining his country when he joined a group of pupils during a karate class. Read
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Jessica is a model student
Apr 24 2009 | Top Stories
AN ASPIRING journalist has made it through to the finals of the Miss Student UK competition with the chance to win £10,000. Read
