Police have named a man who died in a Solihull collision last week as Stephen Beckett. The 59-year-old grandfather, who lived locally, was driving a Vauxhall Astra which collided with a Range Rover on Bills Lane at the junction of Langcomb Road in Shirley at around 2.35pm on Sunday 17th August. His nine-year-old grandson was…

Touchwood Shopping Centre was evacuated today and Homer Road was closed due to an unexploded bomb taken into Solihull Police Station by a local resident. The shopping centre was closed while police assessed the risk of the device – it was much lower than originally thought and just the station remained evacuated while a bomb…

The campaign to stop 220 homes being built on Mount Dairy Farm has stepped up a gear as the deadline for the application looms. Residents and campaigners in Cheswick Green have been ramping up their protest against Bloor Homes’ plans that are due to be heard by Council Planning Chiefs next month. The plans, which…

A nine-year-old girl left heartbroken after thieves stole keepsakes from her sister’s grave has written to culprits in a desperate plea for them to return the items. Jessica Ryder has left the heartfelt message at her sister’s grave side after she discovered the sentimental items had been taken from the grave at Widney Manor Cemetery….

Police continue to appeal for information after a man lost his life in a Solihull collision yesterday (17th August). Emergency services were called to Bills Lane, Shirley, after a Vauxhall Astra and a Range Rover were in collision at the junction with Langcomb Road at around 2.35pm. A nine-year-old child and a 59-year-old man from…

Visitors to Solihull helped generate over £850 million in revenue for the local economy in 2013. That is the revelation in new figures released by Marketing Birmingham’s research arm the Regional Observatory and tourism research body, Global Tourism Solutions. The STEAM report, produced annually to assess the economic impact of visitors to the UK’s major…

The parents of an 11-month-old girl who died suddenly from heart failure have pledged to raise £20,000 for the charity that supported them through their worst nightmare. Louise and Matt Tomlin, both 34, said only now were they coming to terms with losing their daughter Sophie in March last year just days after returning from…

Twins Jenny and Carrie Soderman are celebrating after achieving an astonishing THIRTEEN A*s at A level between them – and will now head off to Oxford and Cambridge. The 18-year-olds, from Dorridge, are pupils at King Edward VI High School for Girls in Edgbaston. Carrie will now read Natural Sciences at St John’s College, Cambridge,…

A mum has launched a £25,000 fundraising drive – after being told the NHS may not fund a vital operation to help her son walk. The health service confirmed it did not “routinely fund” the type of surgery that could transform wheelchair-bound Hayden Webster’s life. His mum Kirsty Harrington, 23, fumed: “They fund things like…

A body found in Hollywood on Saturday 9th August has been formally identified as Eve Cullen, who had been missing since Thursday 17th July 2014. Eve, who was 52, lived in the Hollywood area. Her body was discovered by a member of the public by a footpath near to Chantry Close in Hollywood, at approximately…