May
2010
Articles from 4th May 2010
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Birmingham artwork to hang in world's top galleries in City of Culture bid
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
Birmingham artworks are set to tour the globe as part of the city’s push to win the City of Culture title 2013. Read
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English Defence League rooftop demo in Dudley ended by police
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
Rooftop protesters at a site earmarked for a new mosque in Dudley were arrested on Monday by police wielding taser stun guns. Read
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Travellers at Swanshurst Park in Birmingham to be given eviction orders
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
Enforcement officers will today deliver a seven-day eviction notice to a group of travellers who set up camp on a picturesque Birmingham park over the Bank Holiday weekend. Read
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Karren Brady prepares for Junior Apprentice debut
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
Former Birmingham City managing director Karren Brady will make her screen debut as Sir Alan Sugar’s new adviser when the junior version of The Apprentice starts next week. Read
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Police keen to talk to passengers after hate crime on Erdington train
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
Police are appealing for help in identifying two men they would like to speak to in connection with a hate crime incident at Erdington railway station in Birmingham. Read
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Solihull Council acts to stop travellers building at Meriden
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
An emergency notice has been served on an illegal gipsy camp, which was set up at the weekend on greenbelt land in Meriden. Read
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Two die in M5 crash in Worcestershire
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
Two people have died and three others have been injured following a motorway collision between a car and a lorry in Worcestershire. Read
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Hundreds attend funeral of former Birmingham City chairman Keith Coombs
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
Former Birmingham City managers Jim Smith and Ron Saunders were among hundreds of mourners at the funeral of the club's former chairman Keith Coombs on Tuesday. Read
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Lithuanian lodger jailed for murdering Oswestry landlady
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
A Lithuanian man has been jailed for life after admitting the murder of a 63-year-old chimney sweep who died in a brutal attack at her Shropshire home. Read
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Lichfield teen accused of fatal attack had assaulted bus driver two years earlier, court told
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
A Lichfield teenager accused of an attack in London on a gay man who later died, had assaulted and spat at a bus driver near the same spot two years earlier, a court has heard. Read
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Birmingham 'debt-buying' firm back in business after trading standards ban
May 04 2010 | West Midlands News
A Birmingham business which promised to make people debt free for as little as £1 has launched a new service, hours after it was banned from ‘buying’ debt. Read
