Oct
2009
Articles from 10th Oct 2009
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Birmingham plea for guide dog homes
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
HOMES are being sought in Birmingham to take in the mums of future guide dogs. Read
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Birmingham man arrested over "racist" leaflets ahead of EDL march
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
THIRTY people have been arrested as violent protests erupted in Manchester as the English Defence League clashed with an anti-fsacist march. Read
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Midlands Territorial Army soldiers told training cancelled to keep costs down
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of Territorial Army soldiers in the Midlands were today told their training has been cancelled to keep Government costs down. Read
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Kingstanding mum's joy after being told baby had died
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
MEET Paige Langston, the miracle twin girl doctors believed had died in the womb. Read
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Bollywood dance extravanganza held in Victoria Square
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S Victoria Square was awash with colour for a Bollywood dance extravaganza in celebration of the Town Hall’s 175th anniversary. Read
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Birmingham Councillor: Releasing a bug to kill knotweed is 'madness'
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
GOVERNMENT scientists have today been warned that the introduction of Oriental insects to control the Japanese Knotweed epidemic would be ‘madness’. Read
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Kevin McCloud opens Grand Designs Live at NEC
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of shoppers flocked to the NEC to get a closer look at Britain’s weirdest and wackiest homes at Grand Designs Live. Read
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Former deputy head Derek Wootton found guilty of child porn
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
A DISGRACED former deputy head of a Birmingham boys’ school has been found guilty of possessing 55 indecent images of children. Read
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Birmingham death crash car’s tyres under-inflated
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
A POLISH man was driving too fast in a vehicle which had under-inflated tyres when he caused the death of a pedestrian who he struck on a road in Birmingham. Read
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Drugged-up driver caused chaos on quiet city street
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
A MECHANIC “out of it” after taking a cocktail of drugs drove his boss’s car into eight parked vehicles on a quiet residential road in Birmingham and demolished a lamppost. Read
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Cancer survivor Yvonne Brown to run the Birmingham Half-Marathon and the New York Marathon
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
A CANCER survivor from Birmingham who has become a regular face of national television and poster campaigns is taking part in the city’s half-marathon tomorrow before jetting off to the Big Apple to go the extra mile. Read
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Environment Secretary Hilary Benn meets anti-flood campaigners in Frankley
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Hilary Benn has visited a Birmingham neighbourhood hit with severe floods a year ago. Read
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Rare 17th-century Bellarmine jar discovered in excavation of land beneath the former Turk's Head Inn, Stafford
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
A SCARY rarity has been unearthed after 400 years underground – in time for Halloween. Read
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MP in floodlight call over Edgbaston Cricket Ground expansion plans
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
THE city council should only support the expansion of Edgbaston cricket ground if retractable floodlights are installed, a city MP has claimed. Read
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Birmingham pensioners furious over bus route changes
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
PROPOSED changes to a 50-year-old Birmingham bus route have angered pensioners whose homes will be bypassed in favour of nearby housing estates and a new super hospital. Read
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Mail urging readers to back Birmingham’s bid to stage 2018 World Cup games
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
BRUMMIE celebrities and dignitaries have backed the Second City’s bid to play a major role in the 2018 football World Cup. Read
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Birmingham Metropolitan College lecturers issued dress code
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
LECTURERS at the newly-formed Birmingham Metropolitan College will be sent home if they do not follow a strict new dress code. Read
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Christmas shop opens in Pavilions shopping centre
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
CHRISTMAS has come early to Birmingham city centre as a shop dedicated to the celebration has opened its doors – more than 80 days before December 25. Read
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Tory Party boosts campaign for an elected Birmingham mayor
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
THE Conservative Party Conference has this week reignited discussions about an elected mayor for Birmingham. Read
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Dad who conned his way into OAPs' homes is jailed for five years
Oct 10 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE today branded a dad-of-four a “coward who preyed on the elderly” after he was jailed for a Midland-wide string of burglaries Read
