Jan
2009
Articles from 13th Jan 2009
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Disabled Birmingham pensioners wait 74 weeks for stairlift or bathroom shower
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
Frail and disabled pensioners are waiting for a year and a half before getting a stairlift or bathroom shower fitted by Birmingham City Council, disturbing new figures have confirmed. Read
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Worcestershire post office shooting: eight people arrested
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
Eight people have been arrested in connection with the robbery in which Worcestershire sub-postmaster's son Craig Hodson-Walker was shot dead. Read
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80 jobs could go in shake-up
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
MORE than 80 jobs could disappear following a major reorganisation of Birmingham City Council’s human resources department. Read
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Warwickshire man jailed for life after killing wife in Spain
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
A former Warwickshire man who strangled his wife and buried her body in a shallow grave near their home in Spain has been jailed for life. Read
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Guantanamo Bay guard to tell Birmingham audience about Camp Delta
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
A former guard at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre is to come to Birmingham on a roadshow with the freed inmate Moazzam Begg. Read
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Mike Whitby admits council mistakes in big screen debacle
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
A £1 million debacle which left the city’s Big Screen blank for a year while a legal wrangle erupted behind the scenes has been described as “probably not our finest hour” by Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby. Read
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Black day for West Midlands as nearly 1,700 lose jobs
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
Gordon Brown has been told his jobs summit had ‘missed the mark’ as West Midlands workers suffered their darkest day since the collapse of Rover. Read
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Sutton Coldfield wants to be equal of Solihull and Worcester in shopping centre league
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
A bid to push Sutton Coldfield into the Premier League of West Midlands shopping centres is set to be unveiled on Friday. Read
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Relentless investigation continues into murder of Worcestershire postal worker
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
Floral tributes to a sub-postmaster’s son who was killed during an armed robbery continued to pour in yesterday as detectives pledged a “relentless” investigation into the murder. Read
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Sutton Coldfield wants to be equal of Solihull and Worcester in shopping centre league
Jan 13 2009 | West Midlands News
A BID to push Sutton Coldfield into the Premier League of West Midlands shopping centres is set to be unveiled on Friday. Read
