Aug
2008
Articles from 19th Aug 2008
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150 years on: Why The Birmingham Post has to change direction
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
This year the Birmingham Post celebrated its 150th birthday at a gala event in the Great Hall of Birmingham University – a fitting environment for such an historic occasion. Read
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Warwickshire plane crash victims set to be named
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
The names of the five victims of a mid-air crash near Coventry Airport are expected to be released today. Read
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Midlanders move money to safer investments as FTSE slumps
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
Midland investors are standing firm by their stock market investments despite a new survey claiming to show many are turning their back on the FTSE. Read
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Unsolved murder was ‘too long ago’ for killer to be tried
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham pensioner serving a life sentence for the murder of a teenage girl will not be tried for the death of another teenager whose body was found 47 years ago. Read
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Alton bus crash witnesses tell of devastation
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
A man died and three people are critically ill after a coach carrying more than 70 passengers plunged down a steep embankment in Staffordshire. Read
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Birmingham Post focuses on business in radical relaunch
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
The Birmingham Post will be re-launched in the autumn as a Monday-to-Friday, business-led newspaper in a compact format. Read
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Warwickshire crash planes were coming in to land
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
Two small planes which crashed in mid-air killing five people were about to land, it has been confirmed. Read
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Coach hit two stationary cars before plunging into garden
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
Specialist teams last night recovered a coach that plunged down a steep embankment, leaving one person dead and three critically ill. Read
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West Midland man and daughter die in Turkey Jeep crash
Aug 19 2008 | West Midlands News
A British man and his eight-year-old daughter died in a crash in Turkey. Read
