Mar
2007
Articles from 23rd Mar 2007
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Spearmint Rhino wins court appeal
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
The taxman can take a bite out of lap dancers’ earnings after a High Court judge ruled today that the clubs where they perform are not liable for VAT. Read
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Iraqi deputy PM wounded in bomb blast
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Iraq’s Sunni deputy prime minister was wounded today in a suicide bombing near the heavily fortified Green Zone that killed as many as six, authorities said. Read
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Cigs and booze more harmful than class A drugs
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Cigarettes and alcohol do more harm than many illegal class A drugs, and are almost as dangerous as heroin, according to a report out today. Read
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'Evil' builder who preyed on elderly is jailed
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
A pair of "evil and wicked" rogue builders from Birmingham who conned elderly customers out of £100,000 for unnecessary work are now both behind bars. Read
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Campbell calls for change in search policy
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell will today use a visit to Birmingham to demand a review of stop and search legislation which he claims is damaging community relations. Read
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Metalheads are highest achievers
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
A study on pupils attending The National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth (NAGTY) at Warwick University appears to have uncovered a link between hard rock and intelligence. Read
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Child refugees head for Brum
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Birmingham is becoming a favourite destination for children from Africa and the Middle East, who arrive here destitute and without parents to be taken into care by social services. Read
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Midland family mourns nuclears sub victim
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
The family of a Midland sailor killed in a nuclear submarine explosion, last night spoke of their loss Read
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Dad hanged himself on webcam
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Police have named a Shropshire father-of-two who was found dead after apparently committing suicide while using a webcam in an internet chatroom. Read
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HP workers hold wake for sauce
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Redundant workers and protesters have staged a mock wake outside the Birmingham factory where HP sauce production ended last week. Read
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Lollipops to stop drunken violence
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Thousands of lollipops are to be handed out to late-night revellers in a bid to help stop outbreaks of drunken violence, it was announced today. Read
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Woolmer was murdered say police
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Bob Woolmer was probably murdered by someone he knew, a senior Jamaican police officer said today. Read
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Sailors and marines seized by Iranians
Mar 23 2007 | West Midlands News
Britain was today facing a new diplomatic crisis with Iran after 15 Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines were seized at gunpoint by Iranian warships off Iraq. Read
