Dec
2009
Articles from 24th Dec 2009
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Body of man found in Row Heath Park, Bournville
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE body of a pensioner has been found in a pool in a Birmingham park. Read
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Missing Kidderminster dad Damian Tudge urged to make contact
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE wife of a missing Midland man today sent out a plea for him to make contact as his two children prepared for a second Christmas without their dad. Read
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Christmas Abroad: How ex-pat Brummies celebrate the festive season
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
BARBECUED turkey, mosquito bites and eating mince pies while overlooking the Atlantic Ocean is hardly the stuff of a Christmas Carol. Read
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Birmingham City fans get up close with heroes
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
YOUNG fans enjoyed a Christmas treat when Blues stars took time out from their hectic festive schedule to sign autographs. Read
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Man who left toddler Cerys Edwards paralysed and brain damaged backs tougher penalty
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A LANDMARK change in the law for tougher punishments on dangerous drivers has won the backing of the man who left Birmingham toddler Cerys Edwards paralysed and brain damaged. Read
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Police talk Smethwick suicide man off church roof
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A SPECIALIST police negotiator talked a man down after he threatened to jump from the roof of St Matthew’s Church of England in Windmill Lane, Smethwick. Read
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More medical evidence needed in Wimblebury HIV man case
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE case against a man accused of deliberately infecting a woman with the HIV virus has been adjourned for more evidence to be gathered. Read
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Danger driver Antonio Boparan Singh to apologise on TV
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A LANDMARK change in the law for tougher punishments on dangerous drivers has won the backing of the man who left Birmingham toddler Cerys Edwards paralysed and brain damaged. Read
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Hopwood Meningitis toddler beats bug to be home for Christmas
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM tot will celebrate Christmas after beating two types of meningitis with the help of a quick-thinking GP, Read
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West Midlands Police officer charged with rape; wife charged with sex assault
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE wife of a West Midlands Police officer has appeared in court charged with the supply and possession of cannabis. Read
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Elderly woman dies in Lichfield after crashing into ambulance responding to an emergency call
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
AN ELDERLY woman was killed and another was fighting for her life today after the car they were travelling in crashed with an ambulance in Lichfield. Read
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New Birmingham planning chief's salary could top £150,000
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A NEW Birmingham City Council planning chief will be one of the West Midlands’ best paid local government officials with a salary of up to £153,000, it has emerged. Read
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Birmingham and West Midlands Boxing Day sales guide
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
:Birmingham Mail guide to the Boxing Day sales Read
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Festive feast for Brum couple in the heat of Perth
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
IT MAY be 41 years since Gordon and Jenni Kirkham went Down Under in search of a better life but turkey is still the centrepiece for their annual festive feast. Read
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IT consultant from Birmingham in Californian family Christmas
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
ANOTHER Midland expat who will be opening his Christmas gifts across the water this year is IT consultant Lee Abercrombiecarswell from Hamstead. Read
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Christmas on hold for Shard End hit-and-run victim Paige Conlon
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A YOUNG schoolgirl left for dead in the road by a cruel hit and run driver today told of her heartache at having Christmas cancelled. Read
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Police shoot dead bull as it goes on rampage in Highgate
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE marksmen were forced to shoot a bull as it rampaged through the streets of Birmingham. Read
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Christmas for soldiers at Selly Oak Hospital
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
Around 20 injured soldiers are set to spend Christmas at Birmingham’s Selly Oak Hospital, where troops wounded on the front line are treated. TOM MORGAN was allowed a glimpse inside. Read
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Pets store collection raises £680 for RSPCA in Birmingham.
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A COLLECTION outside two Pets at Home branches raised £680 for the RSPCA Birmingham Animal Centre. Read
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Birmingham has little chance of a white Christmas
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
AFTER weeks of fevered speculation, forecasters have predicted there will be no white Christmas in Birmingham tomorrow. Read
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Aston Villa and Birmingham City arrest figures fall
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
ARRESTS have been slashed at Birmingham’s big two football clubs, new figures have revealed. Read
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Traders from Bull Ring Markets donate turkeys to St Basils
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
HOMELESS youngsters will be tucking into a tasty Christmas dinner thanks to the generosity of big-hearted market sellers who have donated poultry and vegetables. Read
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Erdington burglary victim warns shoppers of "too good to be true" bargians
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
POLICE bidding to stop the black market in stolen property today issued a late Christmas plea to anyone offered a too-good-to-be-true bargain – ‘think of your nan’. Read
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Wife of missing Kidderminster man Damian Tudge appeals for him to come home.
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE wife of a missing Midland man today sent out a plea for him to make contact as his two children prepared for a second Christmas without their dad. Read
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Fears for Birmingham's needy in neighbourhood offices shake-up
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
SOME of Birmingham’s poorest people could lose out following a major shake-up of the city council’s neighbourhood offices, it has been claimed. Read
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Former Perry Barr Container base to be massive car auction site
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
THE transformation of an eyesore Birmingham container depot looks set to create 260 jobs. Read
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Birmingham knife-point rapist is jailed again
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A CONVICTED rapist who repaid the kindness of a woman who had allowed him to stay at her Birmingham home by sexually assaulting her at knifepoint has been locked up. Read
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Seventh man stabbed by serial attacker in Lozells [with CCTV picture]
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A SEVENTH man has been stabbed by a serial attacker preying on a Birmingham suburb, police have revealed. Read
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Christmas getaway continues with few problems in the West Midlands
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
Christmas travellers in the West Midlands continued to face disruption to their getaway journeys, as the cold weather moved northwards affecting roads and public transport. Read
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Man and teenager injured in Balsall Crommon crash
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A man and a teenager have been taken to hospital after a crash on a busy dual carriageway near Balsall Common, Solihull. Read
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Willenhall Leisure Centre could be closed to save council cash
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
A Walsall leisure centre is losing £900 a day and could be forced to close, council leisure bosses have revealed. Read
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Police in Sparkbrook hand out hampers to victims of crime
Dec 24 2009 | Top Stories
Police in Birmingham have been getting into the festive spirit by helping to make and distribute food hampers to people who have been affected by crime. Read
