Jun
2009
Articles from 12th Jun 2009
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Birmingham airport strike threat over pay
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham airport workers could hold disruptive summer strikes after bosses said they “did not have the money” for pay rises that were agreed last year. Read
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Man dies in Shropshire family house fire
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A suspected arson attack left one man dead and a pregnant mother fighting for her life alongside her two children. Read
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Charity minibus carrying children crashes on M5 near Droitwich
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Children were rescued from a minibus by firefighters following a crash which partly blocked the M5 in Worcestershire today. Read
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Police officer to fight hit-and-run charges
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A high-ranking West Midlands Police officer will fight charges he faces over an alleged hit-and-run crash which left a student dead, his barrister has told a court. Read
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Sounds of Malvern Priory's bells could fall silent after 650 years
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
It is a sound as English as cricket on the village green or the clink of pint glasses in a local pub. Read
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Eight injured as charity minibus crashes on M5
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A group of eight people, including five children with physical and learning disabilities, escaped serious injury after the minibus they were travelling in overturned on the M5 in Worcestershire today. Read
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Top Birmingham councillors handed £12,000 backdated pay rise
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Leading Birmingham city councillors have been granted a £12,000 pay rise – with the award backdated to September last year. Read
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Black Country thieves die in raid on factory
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Two men killed as they allegedly tried to steal copper cables from a disused factory in Sandwell are likely to have been electrocuted or gassed by carbon dioxide. Read
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Birmingham boy, 13, dies after being knocked off bicycle
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Tributes have been paid to a 13-year-old boy who died after being knocked off his bicycle in Solihull. Read
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Two charged after fatal Black Country factory break-in
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Two Dudley men will appear in court charged in connection with an alleged break-in during which two other men died, police said. Read
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Susan Boyle spotted in Birmingham ahead of Britain's Got Talent show at NIA
Jun 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Britain's Got Talent star Susan Boyle has been spotted in Birmingham ahead of tonight's live show. Read
