Mar
2009
Articles from 16th Mar 2009
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Stab victim found in Alum Rock home
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
Police last night sealed off a road in Birmingham after the body of a man was found inside a house with suspected stab wounds. Read
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Two released without charge after Hereford teenager's death
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
Two men arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager on a disused railway line in Hereford have been released without charge. Read
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Councillors' anger at Birmingham's delay over climate change strategy
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
More than half the recommendations at the heart of a Birmingham sustainability and climate change strategy are yet to be implemented by the city council almost two years after they were drawn up. Read
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Suicide rugby player's family running to raise money for spinal research
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
Family and friends of a paralysed Worcester rugby player who took his own life at a Swiss clinic have launched an appeal to raise funds for Spinal Research after dubbing his hospital care “a disgrace”. Read
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Children support tougher jail sentences for gun crime
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
Children support harsher prison sentences as the most effective way to tackle gun and knife crime, according to Government research released. Read
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Willenhall cannabis factory catches fire
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
Police are urging householders to report suspicious activity along their streets after a house in the Black Country used as a cannabis factory caught fire. Read
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Police still treating death of Burntwood man as unexplained
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
A woman arrested over the death of a man whose body was found in his Staffordshire garden has been released without charge. Read
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Background to the Birmingham Metro plans
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
The Midland Metro has been running in Birmingham and the Black Country for the past ten years. Read
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Commons committee says businesses need regional development agencies
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
A Commons inquiry has warned that businesses need regional development agencies such as Advantage West Midlands – less than a month after Tories announced radical reforms. Read
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Midland soldiers denied parade because of security risk
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
A homecoming parade for Midland soldiers has been scrapped because it would pose too great a security risk, it emerged today. Read
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Birmingham Archbishop Vincent Nichols a candidate to be head of Catholic Church
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
Claims that the Archbishop of Birmingham would be too “divisive” to become the nation’s head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales were dismissed last night. Read
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Empty private West Midlands homes could be seized by councils
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
More than 32,000 private homes in the West Midlands could be seized by councils, after the Government warned that anyone who leaves a property vacant for more than six months should lose control of it. Read
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Waiting list for Birmingham allotments can take five years
Mar 16 2009 | West Midlands News
A growing popularity in healthy living on a shoestring has left gardeners in parts of Birmingham waiting up to five years for an allotment plot. Read
