Mar
2009
Articles from 11th Mar 2009
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Clash over Birmingham Bangladesh memorial plan
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Plans for a Birmingham memorial to martyrs killed in Bangladesh 57 years ago have sparked an early exchange of blows in advance of the next General Election campaign. Read
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Police chief inspector arrested over Meriden student crash death
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
A police chief inspector has been arrested over a hit-and-run death and suspended from duty. Read
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Subway sandwich worker sentenced after lettuce-up-nose prank
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
A Subway sandwich shop worker in the West Midlands who was sacked after footage of him stuffing lettuce up his nose appeared on YouTube has been sentenced to carry out community service. Read
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Detective leading Lindsay Ann Hawker murder probe is replaced
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
The body of 22-year-old Lindsay Ann Hawker, from Brandon, near Coventry, was discovered in a bath of sand and soil on the balcony of an apartment in March 2007. Read
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St Patrick's Birmingham parade will be saddened by soldier's death
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
The shooting of Birmingham soldier Mark Quinsey in Northern Ireland will tinge this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade with sadness, says the man who plays the patron saint in the city’s celebration. Read
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Row kills wheelie bins plan for Ladywood and Perry Barr
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham City Council’s experiment with wheelie bins for doorstep recycling has been killed off before a single bin has been bought. Read
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Plans for scaled down version of 'eyesore' to be re-submitted
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
The developer of the Black Country’s largest industrial, regeneration site is re-submitting plans for a public art and advertising icon after a previous design was branded a huge “eyesore” by locals. Read
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Warwickshire Hunt made complaint before light aircraft death
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Members of the Warwickshire hunt had complained to the Civil Aviation Authority about a light aircraft following them just days before one of its supporters was killed in a collision at an airfield. Read
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Midlands police closing cannabis factories at greater rate
Mar 11 2009 | West Midlands News
Police smashed a record number of cannabis factories hidden away in suburban homes across the West Midlands last year. Read
