Feb
2009
Articles from 11th Feb 2009
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West Midlands unemployment up 20 per cent in final quarter
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
The number of unemployed people in the West Midlands rose by 20% between October and December, official figures have revealed. Read
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Police officer describes M6 horror smash in which Birmingham family died
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
A police officer has described to a jury the harrowing scene he witnessed after a family of six, originally from Birmingham, was wiped out in a motorway crash. Read
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Karren Brady arrested again in football corruption probe
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady has been re-arrested by police as part of an investigation into alleged corruption in English football, it has emerged. Read
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Protests against teacher accused of racism
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Protesters brandished placards in a Birmingham city centre demonstration against a teacher accused of using school equipment during lesson time to post racism on websites. Read
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Birmingham woman who kept 40 cats in squalor given suspended jail term
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
An elderly Birmingham woman who kept 40 cats in squalid conditions despite being banned from keeping the animals has been given a suspended jail sentence. Read
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Compensation for refugees targeted in Dudley raids
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
A family of refugees left traumatised after dawn raids on their West Midlands home and detention have won £150,000 compensation. Read
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Swan kettle works will become offices
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Plans to convert Birmingham’s historic former Swan kettleworks into a modern office block have been welcomed by city conservationists. Read
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Half-a-million free theatre tickets to be given away in Midlands
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
An Arts Council scheme which will support theatres to give away more than half-a-million free tickets to under-26-year-olds is been launched this week. Read
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Micro sculptor Willard Wigan's charity creations of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Top micro sculptor Willard Wigan has immortalised actor Brad Pitt and wife Angelina Jolie in lipstick. Read
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Birmingham City deny Brady wrongdoing
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham have strenuously denied any wrongdoing following the arrest of managing director Karren Brady on Tuesday morning. Read
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Inquest opens into Halesowen man killed in submarine explosion
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Submariners battled for 40 minutes to rescue a West Midlands man and a comrade after an explosion under the Arctic ice trapped them, an inquest has heard. Read
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David Gold hits out at re-arrest of Karren Brady
Feb 11 2009 | West Midlands News
The continuing police investigation surrounding Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady is "contrary to natural justice", the club's chairman has said. Read
