Feb
2010
Articles from 16th Feb 2010
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Woman airlifted to hospital after Wednesbury crash
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A woman has been airlifted to hospital after colliding with a car in Wednesbury. Read
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Your celebrations: Rebecca makes it to final
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
CREATIVE Rebecca Frances is no stranger to success. Read
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Ruby Wax in stand-up performance at Birmingham psychiatric hospital
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
COMEDIENNE Ruby Wax bared her soul on stage in a unique stand-up performance at a Birmingham psychiatric hospital. Read
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Your Lives: One-off known the world over
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
JOSEPHINE Hendry, who has died aged 66, will be fondly remembered for many reasons but especially her ‘‘outrageous’’ sociability. Read
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Your Lives: Factory fireman who risked life
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
DAVID Brown, who has died aged 71, was a proud family man who worked for many years at Cadbury and carton manufacturer Boxfoldia. Read
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Your Lives: Pauline played her part in the local community
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
HEARTFELT tributes have poured in for a popular Solihull woman who died last weekend. Read
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Family's grief at death of Gabby, 5
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
THE heartbroken mother of five-year-old Gabby Grady who died after she plunged into a freezing river in a car allegedly driven by her father has paid tribute to her ‘gorgeous baby girl’. Read
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Ruby's gig was a "ground breaker"
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
COMEDIENNE Ruby Wax bared her soul on stage in a unique stand-up performance at a Birmingham psychiatric hospital. Read
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Birmingham businessman Trevor Beattie planning poster blitz over eviction of 106-year-old woman
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM businessman is planning a billboard campaign to “evict” the Wolverhampton councillors who closed down the care home where a 106-year-old woman lived. Read
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Erdington flat death - police rule out foul play
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
DETECTIVES investigating the death of a woman in Birmingham have ruled out foul play. Read
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Warning over firefighter cuts next year in the West Midlands
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
THERE will be no cuts to West Midlands Fire Service’s front-line operations this year – but next year firefighter jobs could be at risk. Read
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Ex magistrate internet pervert is jailed for two years
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A FORMER magistrate caught in a covert police operation set up to trap internet perverts has been jailed for two years. Read
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2,000 jobs at risk but Birmingham City Council leader "is not panicking"
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has issued a “we’re not panicking” plea over the local authority’s annual budget, which proposes a £75 million savings package and the possibility of up to 2,000 jobs disappearing. Read
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Three year old girl murdered in Erdington
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A GIRL of three has been found murdered at a house in Birmingham. Read
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Jealous Handsworth wife poured petrol over husband's groin and set fire to him
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A JEALOUS wife killed her husband by pouring petrol over his groin and then setting it alight at their Birmingham home after he had started a relationship with another woman, a court was told. Read
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Firefighter taken to hospital after Erdington chemical spill
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A FIREFIGHTER was taken to hospital after a chemical leak at a Birmingham factory. Read
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Funding cuts will hit courses hard at Walsall College principal warns
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
COURSES and pupil numbers could be reduced at a Midland college if a £1.5 million funding cut goes ahead. Read
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Mini genius to reveal his Eureka flash
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
THE man who helped Sir Alec Issigonis create the Mini is to visit Birmingham to give a talk about his career. Now almost 90 years old, Dr Alex Moulton is to give the first lecture in Birmingham Institute of Art and Design’s Aspects of Design series tomorrow. Read
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West Heath man jailed for 26 months for selling fake goods online
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM gambling addict has been jailed for 26 months for selling more than 2,000 fake DVD, CDs and video games via a website. Read
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Staffordshire County Council bans "eyesore" political posters
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
POLITICAL groups have been banned from putting up “eyesore” election posters across Staffordshire. Read
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New man Carl-Peter Forster takes over at Tata
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
JAGUAR Land Rover owners Tata Motors have unveiled a new man at the helm – in the shape of well-known motor industry executive Carl-Peter Forster. Read
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Birmingham City Council paying £208k for temporary schools chief
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
BIRMINGHAM City Council’s cash-strapped education department, where mass staff redundancies are planned, is paying a recruitment agency the equivalent of £208,000 a year to hire a temporary schools chief on a four-day week. Read
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Moseley volunteers needed
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
MOSELEY locals can learn more about protecting the environment and get qualified to boot. Read
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New hope for trainees hit by 2m crash
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
SCORES of West Midlanders hit by the £2 million collapse of a national training body have been given new hope that their plans for career switches could yet be rescued. Read
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Erdington hopefuls selected by Labour
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A TRADE union boss must battle it out with three Birmingham Labour Party members for the chance to succeed Sion Simon as MP for Erdington. Read
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Birmingham charity urges people to keep on donating
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM charity is urging people not to give up donating to help the victims of the devastating Haitian earthquake. Read
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Motorists traveling along the Black Country Route get treated to a Valentine message of a different kind
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
THEY say the course of true love never did run smooth, and for one couple it certainly didn’t along the Black Country Route. Read
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Question of Sport comes to Birmingham
Feb 16 2010 | Top Stories
LEGENDARY TV quiz show A Question of Sport is coming to Birmingham as part of a live stage tour to celebrate 40 years on air. Read
