Dec
2009
Articles from 5th Dec 2009
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Birmingham man dies in hospital after assault
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A 50-YEAR-old man has died in hospital after being assaulted in Birmingham. Read
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Clothes Show Live arrives at the NEC
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
THOUSANDS of fashion addicts are flocking to the NEC this weekend to visit the Clothes Show Live. Read
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Prison van in M5 crash near Droitwich
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A MINOR collision involving a prison van resulted in a lane closure on the M5 in the West Midlands during rush hour. Read
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Children of wounded soldiers in free visit to Bournville Santa grotto
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
THE CHILDREN of wounded soldiers can visit Santa in his grotto for free in Bournville this month. Read
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Private firms could run Birmingham council's new swimming pools
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM’S two new swimming pools could be the first in the city to be run by private operators, it has been revealed. Read
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Gordon Brown defends Birmingham hospitals in exclusive interview with the Mail
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
THE Prime Minister dismissed an independent report which this week criticised standards at University Hospitals Birmingham, the trust which runs Birmingham’s Selly Oak and Queen Elizabeth hospitals. Read
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350 sleep rough in Birmingham city centre to raise money for homeless
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A BUNCH of hardy people swapped their warm beds for cardboard boxes when they took part in a charity sleep-out in Birmingham. Read
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£1 a ticket "restoration tax" prompts row at Alexandra Theatre
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM theatre is planning to add a £1 “restoration levy” to every ticket – prompting one leading city producer to threaten to pull a major production next summer. Read
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Cadbury takeover: 60 day battle begins as Kraft confirms bid
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
US food giant Kraft has fired the starting gun on a 60-day takeover battle for Birmingham-based Cadbury. Read
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Sutton Coldfield woman, 99, robbed by conmen in her home
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
CALLOUS conmen were today at the centre of a police manhunt after they targeted the home of a frail 99-year-old deaf and partially sighted pensioner. Read
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National Express gets £1.3million for new buses in Birmingham
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM bus passengers will be travelling in style after the region scooped £1.3 million for new vehicles. Read
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Alum Rock Afghan man extradited after illegal immigrants probe
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man arrested as part of an international probe into a criminal network suspected of smuggling thousands of illegal immigrants into Europe has been extradited. Read
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Bordesley Green prostitute gets sex-in-potting-shed ASBO ban
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A PROSTITUTE and her boyfriend have been handed three-year Anti Social Behaviour Orders after she had sex with clients on communal staircases and in a garden shed. Read
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Central Library project to kick start careers of nine young apprentices
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
The trainees have picked up their hard hats after undergoing courses in bricklaying and joinery and will take up 18-month contracts on the scheme. Read
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Police crackdown on thieves and their stolen goods
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
SCORES of people have been arrested and thousands of pounds of stolen property recovered in a blitz on the handlers of stolen goods bringing misery to families across Birmingham. Read
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Solihull Special Constable chalks up milestone on the beat
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
BOY in Blue Mike Leonard has chalked up a milestone that will take some beating – more than 10,000 hours pounding the streets of the West Midlands. Read
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Jail for man who spat in police officer's face
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A DRUNKEN man who spat in a policeman’s face after being arrested for having a knife in the street has been jailed for a total of seven months. Read
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Woman attacked in her car in Winson Green
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A MUM-of-one was seriously injured when she was attacked in her car in Birmingham. Read
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Birmingham City star Lee Bowyer opens sports pitch at school
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
HE HAS endured his fair share of on-the-field controversies, but for once Blues midfielder Lee Bowyer was the referee. Read
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Hockley Burger Bar Boys gang member has guns sentence increased
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
Julian Gibbs, alleged in court to be a member of notorious gun-toting street gang the Burger Bar Boys, was locked up for six years in July after being caught with three lethal weapons. Read
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Ladywood fish and chip shop named in country's top 10
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
The Birmingham Mail revealed in October that the Great British Eatery, in Ladywood Middleway, had been named the region’s best chippie of 2009 and was down to the final 20 in the national Fish and Chip Shop of the Year competition. Read
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Hope of big screen switch-on in Birmingham city centre
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A BIG screen television in Birmingham city centre could finally be switched on more than two years after the controversial 15ft structure was built. Read
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City Hospital in Winson Green launches Britain's first mental health team in A&E
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
THE FIRST ever rapid assessment team for mental health patients in an A&E has been launched at a busy Birmingham hospital. Read
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Bereaved Sparkhill dad's cancer misdiagnosis hell
Dec 05 2009 | Top Stories
A FATHER-OF-FIVE, still grieving over the death of his wife from cancer, has been left reeling after a Birmingham junior doctor wrongly diagnosed him with the same disease. Read
