Aug
2009
Articles from 12th Aug 2009
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Police find knife in Birmingham taxi driver murder case
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
The weapon believed to have been used to kill a Birmingham taxi driver in a brutal murder has been recovered, police have revealed. Read
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Conservationists fight to save last pieces of Victorian workhouse
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Conservationists are locked in a battle to save the remaining piece of a Victorian workhouse and turn it into a monument to the thousands of destitute people who were condemned to a lifetime of hard labour there. Read
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Pair guilty of savage murder of Lichfield father
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A man and a 16-year-old boy have been found guilty of the murder “savage beyond comprehension” of a father of five who was beaten to death just yards from his Lichfield home. Read
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Birmingham University launches £16m music project
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham University is to build a new £16 million home for its music department which will complete its original range of buildings, left unfinished when they first opened in 1909. Read
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Birmingham armed bank robber jailed
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A bank robber who netted almost £5,000 after telling a terrified cashier in Birmingham he was armed with a gun has been jailed for five years. Read
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Midland TV group helps to uncover lost Alf Garnett episodes
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
He was the bald, bespectacled bigot whose racist and sexist outbursts left a nation bursting at the seams. Read
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Plans for wind turbines at former opencast mine site withdrawn
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Plans to build three wind turbines at a former opencast mine in south Staffordshire have been withdrawn. Read
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Islamic author denounces terrorism as a cancer in Muslim world
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A prominent Islamic figure has denounced terrorism as a ‘cancer’ in the Muslim world during an international youth camp in Coventry. Read
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Pregnant woman in Wolverhampton building society gas leak scare
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A pregnant woman and five other people were taken to hospital after a suspected carbon monoxide leak at a Wolverhampton building society. Read
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Dad at trial of Worcestershire woman in river boarding tragedy
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
The father of a 21-year-old woman who died while river boarding will travel to New Zealand on Sunday for the trial of an adventure sport company that is accused of breaching safety laws. Read
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Court orders jailed Birmingham fake fag man to pay £400,000 or face more time
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham man convicted for his part in a major counterfeit cigarette smuggling ring has been ordered to cough up hundreds of thousands of pounds – or go back to jail. Read
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Coventry City in Olympic bid after Aston Villa pull out
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
Coventry City football club is to make a last-minute bid to stage football matches at the 2012 Olympics. Read
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Birmingham bogus charity collector jailed for £350,000 scam
Aug 12 2009 | West Midlands News
A bogus charity collector who pocketed nearly £350,000 from street collections which he said were for disadvantaged children has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Read
