Apr
2007
Articles from 24th Apr 2007
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Baroness steps down as Diana coroner
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
Baroness Butler-Sloss is to step down as coroner for the Diana inquest, it was announced today. Read
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Three charged over Sikh stabbing
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
Three men have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 44-year-old man at a Sikh festival in Birmingham. Read
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Racist attack victim: I'll commit suicide
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
An Edgbaston man left paralysed from the neck down after an attack by German neo-Nazis reiterated his intention to take his own life in an autobiography published yesterday. Read
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Man stabbed at Sikh festival still critical
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
A man was last night in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed during violence at a Sikh festival in Birmingham. Read
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Crime falls but robbery on the up
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
Incidents of reported robbery, vehicle and violent crime in the West Midlands have risen in the last year, according to new figures. Read
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City split by battle of the beaches
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
Birmingham will have not one but two Paris Plage-style tourist attractions this summer with the city's major institutions going head-to-head in an extraordinary battle of the beaches. Read
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City region still on the agenda
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
Plans for a powerful West Midlands "city region" are still on track, the Minister in charge of local government insisted. Read
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City company at heart of TV phoneline scandal
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham company has found itself at the centre of a premium rate phone lines scandal which allegedly fleeced millions of breakfast TV viewers. Read
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Council wages branded 'poverty pay'
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
A new salary system at Birmingham City Council will result in more than half the workforce being paid less than £17,400 a year, significantly below the national average wage. Read
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Mobile numbers easy to lose
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
Mobile phone users are hard-pushed to remember even a handful of numbers stored on their handsets, according to a survey out today. Read
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Radical Muslim arrested by anti-terror police
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
Radical Muslim Abu Izzadeen was one of six men arrested in police anti-terror raids today. Read
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Paedophile with links to Brum goes missing
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
A paedophile with links to Birmingham is being hunted by police who posted his photograph on a "most wanted" website today. Read
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More city homes for families
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
City living in Birmingham is set to be repackaged for a new generation of aspirational families. Read
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Lucie's mother heartbroken by verdict
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
The mother of Lucie Blackman was today "absolutely heartbroken" after the man accused over her death in Japan was cleared. Read
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Rare city-made car for sale
Apr 24 2007 | West Midlands News
A car made in Birmingham in 1905 is up for auction in London Read
