Aug
2008
Articles from 18th Aug 2008
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One dead and more than 30 people injured after bus crash near Alton Towers
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
More than 30 people have been injured after a bus crash in Alton. Read
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Two in hospital after shooting at Birmingham Irish Centre
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Police in Birmingham are appealing for witnesses after a shooting in Digbeth at the weekend. Read
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Musharraf’s resignation welcomed by Birmingham Pakistani community
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
News of Pervez Musharraf’s resignation as president has been welcomed as a step in the right direction for Pakistan by Birmingham’s Pakistani community. Read
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Birmingham's role in cracking the Nazi Enigma code
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Birmingham’s role in building Colossus, the computer that broke Nazi codes and helped win the Second World War has been revealed. Read
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Police pledge on first anniversary of Penhallow Hotel blaze
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Detectives investigating a hotel fire which killed three Staffordshire people have said they will not rest until they catch the arsonist responsible. Read
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Birmingham needs to work much harder to sell brand in Europe
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Birmingham risks falling behind rival cities from Eastern Europe in the battle for tourism, trade and investment, a new study has warned. Read
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Car-making is back at Longbridge, but with only 18 on the production line
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Duncan Tift is the first journalist to see the Longbridge production line moving again. Read
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Warning letters to West Midland parents of children caught with knives
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
West Midlands police will write ‘letters of warning’ to local parents when a child is arrested for a knife crime. Read
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Thinktank adopts New York science career project
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Birmingham’s Thinktank has been selected as the UK’s only science centre to work with the New York Hall of Science on a programme to encourage young people to adopt careers within the museums world. Read
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Railway protesters case to be heard at crown court
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
The case of 29 people including a Midland man charged with obstruction of the railway after protesters stopped a coal train heading for Europe’s biggest coal-fired power station will be heard at crown court, a district judge decided. Read
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Birmingham car-clamping firm in TV spotlight
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham car-clamping firm that left a teenage girl stranded 80 miles from home late at night when she could not pay a £350 fine will be featured on television tonight. Read
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Midland mother suing Ministry of Defence over soldier son's death
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
A Midland mother whose soldier son was killed on patrol in Iraq is suing the Ministry of Defence. Read
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Staffordshire boy who drowned while swimming is named
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Police have named a Staffordshire boy who drowned after going swimming in a broad with his 15-year-old cousin. Zabiullah Assadi, 15, of Burton-upon-Trent, was pulled from Whitlingham Little Broad, near Norwich, on Sunday night. Read
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V Festival keeps ambulance crews busy
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Ambulance crews dealt with hundreds of weather-related injuries at the rain-drenched V Festival site in Staffordshire at the weekend. Read
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First body removed from scene of Warwickshire plane crash
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
The body of the first victim of an horrific air crash in Warwickshire which killed five people has been recovered from the wreckage, police said. Read
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Nuneaton murder suspect questioned
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
A man from Nuneaton is being questioned on suspicion of murder after a 39-year-old man died from head injuries in the town. Read
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Person behind hotel fire triple deaths ‘will feel burden of responsibility’
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
Detectives investigating a hotel fire which killed three Midlanders said they will not rest until they catch the arsonist. Read
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Walsall man struck by car
Aug 18 2008 | West Midlands News
A 49-year-old man was killed as he was struck by a car while lying in the road in Walsall, traffic police said. Read
