Feb
2010
Articles from 13th Feb 2010
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Woman found dead in Erdington
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE are investigating the death of a woman found at an address in Erdington last night. Read
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River plunge dad remanded in custody charged with attempted murder of his children
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
The driver of a car which plunged into a river leaving his two children in hospital appeared in court today charged with attempted murder. Read
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Police arrest 13 men after disorder in Aston
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
Police are appealing for witnesss after two men were injured following a disorder in Aston last night. Read
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Walsall man spared jail after threatening to kill estranged wife
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A HUSBAND who threatened to kill his Black Country wife with a carving knife when she told him their marriage was over has been spared a prison. Read
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Six arrested in Iraq over deaths of UK soldiers
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
Justice hope in Iraq death case Read
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Druids Heath dog tormentor gets lifetime ban from owning pets.
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man who poured boiling water over his father’s dog because it ate his crisps has been jailed and banned from owning any pets for life. Read
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40lb crab crawls into National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
SHELL-shocked spectators gazed in amazement as the biggest crab ever seen in Britain arrived in Birmingham. Read
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Man who hurled items from Ladywood tower block is spared jail
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A TOWER block resident who prompted a full scale police standoff when he went on a drunken rampage hurling heavy items out of his flat window has escaped jail. Read
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Police divers in submerged car rescue took 97 minutes to drive to scene.
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE said it would have been too dangerous for untrained officers to try to rescue Gabrielle Grady despite her spending almost two hours in the freezing River Avon. Read
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Hypothermia could help save the life of girl who plunged into river in Evesham
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A GIRL of five who spent almost two hours trapped in a freezing river could have been saved by hypothermia, Birmingham hospital sources have revealed. Read
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Wolverhampton college student chopped up man over computer dispute
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A BLACK Country student who killed a man in a row over a computer before cutting up his body with a saw has been jailed for life. Read
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Envoy nightclub in Brierley Hill faces closure after January shooting of doorman Kenny Bain
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A BLACK Country nightclub could be shut for good after a doorman was shot. Read
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Brownhills pupils serve up a storm to take Walsall title
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
GIRLS from a Black Country college will represent the region after serving up a storm in their first competitive badminton tournament. Read
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Junior Reeves named as Acocks Green murder victim
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
THIS is the first picture of tragic murder victim Junior Reeves. Read
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Staffordshire Hoard appeal gets £200,000 public donations
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
MEMBERS of the public have boosted the campaign to keep the Staffordshire Hoard in the Midlands with £200,000 of donations. Read
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Unions drop £68 million pay claim against Birmingham City Council
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
UNIONS have dropped a £68 million legal claim against a controversial pay and grading shake-up at Birmingham City Council, which saw 5,000 workers suffer wage cuts. Read
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Birmingham City Council faces raid on savings to set legal budget
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
CASH-STRAPPED Birmingham City Council may have to dip into its “rainy day” savings account in order to set a legal budget later this month. Read
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Craig Thompson's heartbroken family speak out after inquest
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
SOPHIE Thompson never got to meet her dad. Read
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Craig Thompson died in Kings Heath after a scuffle, coroner rules
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A YOUNG dad-of-two died from head injuries after a street scuffle on a night out, a coroner has ruled. Read
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Trader faces jail after prostitute death in Oldbury
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM market trader is facing prison after a prostitute died in a fall from his moving van. Read
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Residential mental health unit in Northfield to close midway through public consultation
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
MENTAL health bosses have announced they are to controversially stop using a psychiatric residential unit before a public consultation on its fate has even ended. Read
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Jury discharged in Barclays bank fraud case
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A JURY in the case of a Birmingham bank manager accused of helping to steal £1.3million from prosperous pensioners has been discharged after failing to reach verdicts in the case. Read
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Khyra Ishaq's mum and stepdad plead gulity to her manslaughter in Handsworth Birmingham
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
KHYRA Ishaq’s mum and stepdad have admitted killing the seven-year-old who starved to death at her Birmingham home. Read
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Brierley Hill's M&M windows is fined £10,000 after a worker cut off his finger
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A WINDOW manufacturer has been fined £10,000 after an employee had a finger sliced off at the company’s Midland factory. Read
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Network of health centres across Birmingham and Sandwell put on hold to save NHS at least £10m
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
PLANS for a network of health centres created to cope with a drastic cut in beds at a new ‘superhospital’ have been put on hold because of a cash crisis. Read
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Driver who crashed into Sutton Coldfield house arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
POLICE have arrested a 17-year-old driver who crashed into a house in Sutton Coldfield a week after passing his test. Read
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Speeding biker killed test-driving outside Shard End pub, inquest told
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A DISQUALIFIED driver had been drinking before speeding in a test-ride of his friend’s motorbike and crashing into a lamp-post, an inquest heard. Read
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Nigerian man jailed for his part in £250,000 internet "fishing" fraud.
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM fraudster who helped to steal almost £250,000 in an Internet “phishing” scam involving illegally obtained bank account details has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Read
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Widow of gun crime victim Assar Tomlinson begs community to speak out
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
THE widow of a Birmingham dad gunned down two years ago has begged for the “wall of silence” to be broken at the inquest into his death. Read
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A Staffordshire academic launches cookery book of historical recipes
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
AN academic has launched a cookery book which reveals how to make historical recipes. Read
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David Cameron says Cadbury takeover is 'heartbreaking'
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
DAVID Cameron has called Kraft’s £11.7 billion takeover of Cadbury “heartbreaking” – and says the chocolate maker is an “incredible institution.” Read
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£5 milllion youth centre to be built at Aston Six Ways
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
PLANS for a new £5 million inner city youth centre designed to divert teenagers away from the temptation of crime, guns and gangs have been given the green light. Read
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St Mary's Church in Moseley refused solar panels
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
CITY councillors have failed to see the light over an energy-saving initiative to put 42 solar panels on a historic church rooftop. Read
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Stourbridge man jailed after raping young woman
Feb 13 2010 | Top Stories
A BLACK Country man trapped by DNA evidence six years after he raped a young woman has been put behind bars for nine years. Read
