Mar
2010
Articles from 9th Mar 2010
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Birmingham man jailed for rape of 13 year old
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
By Lauren Turner Read
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Your Pictures
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
Handsworth residents were invited to take a seat and make their neighbourhood a better place to live in a community event recently. Read
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Your Life: A remarkably kind character
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
DENNIS Hillman, who has died aged 69, was a truly remarkable character and a shining beacon of light. Read
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Your Charities: Lottery boost for Aspergers club
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
BIG Lottery has awarded Birmingham Aspergers Syndrome Social Club a £4,000 grant to provide monthly social events for young sufferers. Read
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Your Charities: Kicking the habits
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A CHRISTIAN charity is planning a huge football festival to raise cash to help drug addicts and alcoholics. Read
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Your Communities: Let's celebrate the selfless acts of our brave and bold
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
THE Birmingham Mail is proud to again launch its Local Heroes awards to celebrate the brave and the bold of our communities. Read
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Fashion: An Oscars look...at high street prices
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
We may not all have a million dollars to stop the show on the Oscars red carpet. Read
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FA Cup craftsman and Aston Villa fan remembers life in trophies
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
HE’S had his hands on some of the most recognisable sporting trophies in the world – but you wouldn’t know his face if you passed him in the street. Read
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Dodgy Birmingham toy seller fined
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A DEL Boy-style rogue trader has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 for selling dodgy toys from a mobile retail unit in Birmingham. Read
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Man killed in fire at Solihull home
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A FIFTYNINE-year-old man died after a blaze broke out at his home in Solihull. Read
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Batham's Brewery boss Arthur Batham shot himself rather than face living with cancer
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A MIDLAND brewing champion Arthur Batham has died after shooting himself in his chest to escape the pain of living with cancer. Read
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Fears over World Heritage bid for Jewellery Quarter
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
THE bid for World Heritage Site status for the historic Jewellery Quarter could be under threat thanks to cutbacks in council support, it has been claimed. Read
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MPs call for Khyra Ishaq officials to face the sack
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
PRESSURE was growing for senior council officials to resign over the Khyra Ishaq scandal, as MPs demanded they take responsibility for mistakes which led to her death. Read
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Birmingham man jailed for rape of 13 year old
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM man who celebrated raping a 13-year-old girl by giving a friend who also took part in the attack a ‘high-five’ has been handed an eight-year jail sentence. Read
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Bodies left on Birmingham hospital wards for up to eight hours, patient claims.
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
DEAD bodies were left unmoved for up to EIGHT hours on a busy hospital ward, an appalled patient claimed today. Read
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Gabby's brother's tears at his little sister's funeral in Worcester
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
GABBY Grady’s brother Ryan sobbed outside the church when he saw his little sister’s coffin arrive before her funeral. Read
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Soldiers to march in Midlands
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
HUNDREDS of soldiers who took part in some of the fiercest fighting ever seen in Helmand Province will parade through their home towns in the Midlands. Read
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Reveller admits murdering Antony Ames at Place 2B in New Oscott
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A REVELLER seeking revenge after being glassed in a Birmingham pub deliberately ploughed his car into a group of party-goers killing one of them, a court heard. Read
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Take a dip in the pool for Swimathon
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
SWIMMERS in Worcester are hoping to make a splash when they take part in a charity challenge. Read
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Norovirus bug outbreak worsens at Birmingham's largest hospital trust
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
NOROVIRUS outbreaks across Birmingham’s largest hospital trust have worsened with six wards now affected across its three hospitals. Read
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Highgate community supports police drugs raids
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
SCORES of delighted shopkeepers and residents applauded police as they arrested “brazen” city drug dealers who had been making their lives a misery. Read
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Kings Heath nursing home patients were unshaven with dirty hair and long finger nails
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
RESIDENTS in a nursing home where a war veteran died just ten days after moving in were unshaven with unwashed hair and long finger nails, an inquest was told. Read
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Kings Heath couple invited to light up Hadrian's Wall
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A BIRMINGHAM couple have a specific reason to return to their favourite holiday spot – they have been selected to help ‘light up’ Hadrian’s Wall. Read
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RBS bank staff in Birmingham raise cash for RSPCA Animal Centre
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
BANK staff in Birmingham raised £450 for homeless pets. Read
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BRMB Walkathon returns in aid of injured British troops
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A POPULAR Birmingham event has been resurrected after an 18-year break to help fund a £1 million military support facility at the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Read
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Fundraiser in Small Heath
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
SMALL Heath locals are being invited to help the victims of Haiti at a fundraising day at Waverley School. Read
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Lord Jones attacks political leaders
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
LORD Jones attacked politicians across all three main parties for not doing enough for the business sector in Birmingham. Read
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Lord Digby Jones "fears for Bournville"
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
LORD Digby Jones of Birmingham says he fears for the future of Cadbury’s Bournville factory – as the Takeover Panel investigates Kraft’s hostile swoop on the chocolate maker. Read
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Midland composer Edward Elgar will no longer feature on £20 note
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
AROUND 150 million £20 notes featuring the face of famous Midlander Sir Edward Elgar with be withdrawn from circulation this summer. Read
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Brummies have chance to star in a production at the Crescent Theatre
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
FANS of the Crescent Theatre have the chance to get involved in a production. Read
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Royal Mail staff gets lifesaving training
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
ROYAL Mail’s sorting staff are to become lifesavers after receiving first aid training. Read
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Birmingham couple lived millionaire lifestyle by cheating taxman
Mar 09 2010 | Top Stories
A Birmingham couple who lived a millionaire lifestyle by managing to avoid paying tax for 14 years have had their assets frozen by customs officers. Read
