Mar
2010
Articles from 2nd Mar 2010
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BBC confirms plans to axe radio stations Asian Network and 6 Music
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
The BBC has confirmed it plans to close its Birmingham-based radio station Asian Network. Read
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Family's plea for information over blaze which killed Rugby couple
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
The family of an elderly couple who died in an arson attack in Rugby have paid tribute to their memory and urged the public to help catch their killer. Read
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West Midlands police chief attacks Gordon Brown over targets
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
The Chief Constable of West Midlands Police was at loggerheads with Gordon Brown over Government targets for getting officers out on to the streets. Read
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Couple killed in Rugby arson attack had been targeted by gang
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
An elderly couple from Warwickshire who were killed in a suspected arson attack were being targeted by a gang of youths, neighbours have claimed. Read
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Warwickshire Hunt supporter killed when gyrocopter blades hit his head court told
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
A gyrocopter pilot drove towards a Warwickshire Hunt supporter who was trying to stop him from taking off, cleaving his head "from top to bottom" with a propeller blade, a court has been told. Read
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Inquest told of fears over level of care at Maypole Nursing Home
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
The daughter of a man who died after just ten days at a Birmingham nursing home which was investigated over a string of deaths said she was worried about the level of care, an inquest heard. Read
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Smuggling ring jailed for £1.7m money laundering
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
Three Midland members of an international criminal gang who smuggled 11 million cigarettes into the UK to fund lavish lifestyles are now behind bars. Read
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Teenager held over blaze which killed elderly Rugby couple
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson with intent following the deaths of an elderly Warwickshire couple in Rugby. Read
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Boy received fatal injuries while in the care of Bilston couple, court hears
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
A Black Country couple neglected and killed a three-year-old boy after being asked to look after him by his mother in the run-up to Christmas, a murder trial jury has been told. Read
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Snatch Land Rover was not up to job, inquest into Kidderminster soldier's death told
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
A special forces soldier told an inquest that he believed a vehicle he was in was “not adequate for the job” after it struck a roadside bomb, causing the first female casualty in Afghanistan. Read
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Black Country trio jailed for cigarette smuggling
Mar 02 2010 | West Midlands News
Three smugglers from the Black Country who cheated the taxman out of £1.7 million as they brought 11 million illicit cigarettes into Britain have been jailed. Read
