Jul
2008
Articles from 9th Jul 2008
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Guard robbed at gunpoint in Digbeth
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
A security guard escaped unharmed after he was robbed at gunpoint outside a service station in Birmingham. Read
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Low earners face impossible task to buy their own homes
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
It is “almost impossible” for people on low incomes to buy their own home due to high house prices and the large deposits being demanded by lenders, a report has revealed. Read
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Fixed rate mortgages now averaging 6.63 per cent
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
The cost of a fixed-rate mortgage has soared to an eight-and-a-half year high as lenders continue to hike their rates in the face of higher funding costs. Read
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A38 accident causes gridlock
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
A main road through Birmingham city centre was gridlocked this morning after an accident in a tunnel. Read
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Pathologist fails in legal challenge to West Midlands Police
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
A Home Office pathologist has failed in a High Court bid to challenge the refusal of West Midland Police to give him work pending disciplinary proceedings for alleged incompetence. Read
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Waterworld owner Chaudry receives honorary degree
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
Stoke businessman and the star of TV's The Secret Millionaire Mo Chaudry has received an honorary degree from Staffordshire University. Read
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Couple admit throwing dog off balcony
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
A Black Country husband and wife admitted hitting a dog and hurling it from a fifth floor balcony while its elderly owner lay dying in hospital. Read
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Birmingham bus smokers fined
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
Nearly two dozen smokers were prosecuted in Birmingham this week after being caught lighting up on buses. Read
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Land Rover donates 60 vehicles to Red Cross
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
Land Rover’s 60th anniversary celebrations moved up a gear on Wednesday when the Solihull company donated £1 million-worth of vehicles to the Red Cross. Read
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Food prices rocket by seven per cent
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
Cash-strapped consumers were hit with a seven per cent rise in food prices last month as shops hiked the cost of goods by their highest rate for at least 18 months, a survey has revealed. Read
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Brown warned: Don't try to tax the UK out of recession
Jul 09 2008 | West Midlands News
Any attempt by the Government to squeeze business with new taxes to replenish the Exchequer’s dwindling funds would be a catastrophe for the country, a leading champion of small and medium sized companies has warned. Read
