Jun
2009
Articles from 2nd Jun 2009
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West Midlands nurses saving lives in Afghan battlegrounds
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
Midland nurses serving on the frontline in Afghanistan helped save the life of a toddler and her pregnant mother after they were caught in a crossfire as soldiers battled the Taliban. Read
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Birmingham jewel raider jailed indefinitely
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
A convicted killer who was part of a gang which carried out a terrifying and brazen armed raid on a City Centre jewellers when watches worth £85,000 were snatched in only 45 seconds has been given an indeterminate prison sentence. Read
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Birmingham gangs carry guns before knives, Commons inquiry warns
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
Gangs in Birmingham are more likely to carry guns than knives, a Commons inquiry has warned. Read
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King's Heath Army nurse Sandra Jordan begins Afghan tour of duty
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
Army nurse Sandra Jordan has swapped Birmingham for Afghanistan as she begins a tour of duty caring for wounded soldiers. Read
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Shropshire death crash glider pilot is named
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
A glider pilot killed in a crash has been named as Mark Edwin Smallwood, from Tipton, near Dudley. Read
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Anger over sex shop in Shakespeare's Stratford
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
Plans to open an adult-themed shop close in Shakespeare’s home town of Stratford-upon-Avon has got public figures hot under the collar. Read
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West Midlands crackdown on drink-drivers
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
Traffic police will be out in force across Birmingham from today manning roadside checkpoints set up to call time on the summer boozers. Read
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House prices rise in West Midlands
Jun 02 2009 | West Midlands News
House prices in the West Midlands have risen for the first time in a year in the latest sign that life is returning to the region’s economy. Read
