Jun
2009
Articles from 23rd Jun 2009
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Eleven bailed after pension fraud arrests
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
Eleven people arrested across the Midlands and North West as part of a probe into a £2.5 million fraud involving bogus pension schemes have been bailed. Read
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Yardley MP John Hemming joins campaign to amend smoking ban
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham Yardley MP John Hemming has joined celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson to bolster a campaign aimed at amending the current smoking ban to help the pub and club industry. Read
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Axe falls on nearly 200 jobs at Birmingham old people's homes
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
Almost 200 men and women running Birmingham City Council’s old people’s homes are to be made redundant. Read
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Iconic Midland hotel Chateau Impney offered at cut-price £17.5m
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
One of the most beautiful hotels in the Midlands is being sold at a cut price because its owner does not have an heir willing to run the business. Read
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West Midland police forces want old, minor offences kept on data base
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
Old criminal records of minor offences are a valuable tool in the fight against crime and must not be deleted from the national computer database, two West Midlands police forces have told the Court of Appeal. Read
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Lord Mayor flies the flag for Armed Forces Day
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
A specially commissioned flag has been hoisted in front of the Council House in Birmingham to mark forthcoming Armed Forces Day. Read
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Birmingham a model for other authorities, says leader Mike Whitby
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
Local government officials from across the world are making a point of visiting Birmingham to discover how once-failing public services have been transformed, city council leader Mike Whitby has claimed. Read
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History neglected in the West Midlands
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
English Heritage warns many of the region’s conservation areas are at risk, Catherine Lillington reports Read
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Sacked West Bromwich vicar loses appeal to stay in vicarage
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
A clergyman who refused to leave his vicarage in West Bromwich after being barred from office for having an affair has been given 28 days to leave the property. Read
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Residents near M6 expansion offered screens
Jun 23 2009 | West Midlands News
Black Country residents fighting plans to widen a motorway yards from their homes are to be offered screens and trees to block noise and pollution. Read
