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  • Hero pledges help to injured soldiers

    Jo Sykes 09/05

    AN HEROIC Royal Marine in line for a Victoria Cross after an act of extraordinary bravery in Afghanistan has pledged his support to a borough charity dedicated to the welfare of injured troops. Lance Corporal Matthew Croucher, 24, threw himself over an exploding grenade to save the lives of his comrades during a mission to uncover a suspected Taliban bomb-making factory in the Helmand province. The former Lyndon School pupil from Olton miraculously survived by ...»

  • Mortality rate gap widens between north and south

    Emily Cole 01/05

    RESIDENTS in the north of the borough can expect to live up to ten years less than those in the south - and the gap is growing. That is the stark truth according to a new health report released this week. The shocking figures from the Solihull NHS Care Trust Director of Public Health Annual Report highlight discrepancies between the north and the south of the borough in terms of life expectancy with residents in ...»

  • 07/05 News

    Heart For Shirley Inquiry underway

    THE FUTURE of a £70 million scheme to ...

  • 09/05 News

    Crazy paving

    A SOLIHULL resident has accused the borough council ...

  • 07/05 News

    Tories regain control of Solihull Council

    THE CONSERVATIVES snatched back control of Solihull Council ...

  • 01/05 News

    TRAIN ASSAULT

    THE BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) are appealing for ...

  • 07/05 News

    Out of the Dragon's Den - in to Touchwood

    A PAIR of Dragon's Den rejects are hoping ...

  • 01/05 News

    Tree of hope

    A GROUP set up to conserve and improve ...

  • 07/05 News

    Borough hospitals beating the bugs

    BOROUGH hospitals are successfully stamping out hospital superbugs, ...

  • 07/05 News

    Parking moans unjustified claim parents

    PARENTS have this week hit back at complaints ...

  • 01/05 News

    Best foot forward for charity

    A SOLIHULL man has raised hundreds of pounds ...

  • 07/05 News

    Hitting the fundraising trail

    A SOLIHULL magistrate has sentenced himself to a ...

  • 07/05 News

    No long faces as Donkey Derby returns to Shirley Park

    THE DONKEY Derby is back in full swing ...

  • 07/05 News

    Appeal after train assault

    THE BRITISH Transport Police (BTP) are appealing for ...

  • 07/05 News

    Catastrophic incident avoided at Birmingham Airport

    A "CATASTROPHIC INCIDENT" was narrowly avoided after a ...

  • 01/05 News

    Message in a bottle

    BOSSES at Solihull NHS Care Trust are taking ...

  • Sport
  • Jones tops the standings

    07/05

    A TRIO of seventh-placed finished was enough for Adam Jones to climb to the top of the British Touring Car Championships Independent Drivers’ standings after the Bank Holiday meeting at Donington Park. Solihull race ace Jones now holds an eight-point lead over Mat Jackson with Colin Turkington a further 16 points behind in third. In the overall standings Jones is ninth, just a couple of points behind Tom Chilton. Jones had to settle for a ...»

  • 07/05 Sport

    Jackson suffers a miserable weekend

    THE Bank Holiday weekend turned out to be ...

  • 07/05 Sport

    Adams impresses as Olton start with draw

    OLTON’S new overseas player Roy Adams made a ...

  • 07/05 Sport

    Openers star for Lapworth

    A SUPERB opening partnership of 171 between Sean ...

  • 07/05 Sport

    Cowan leads the way in time-trial

    SOLIHULL CC’S James Cowan took the honours at ...

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  • Editor's Comment

    TODAY is election day, but less than half of borough residents will be casting their vote. They should be ashamed of themselves. The people of Zimbabwe are prepared to risk ... more»

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