Mum misses out on £7k lottery win by 3 days

A devastated single mum has told how she missed out on a Postcode Lottery jackpot by just three days. Helen James, 35, saw her neighbours in Castle Bromwich celebrate winning a total of £2 million in the 1st February draw but she was told she was not eligible for a share, a minimum of £7,110,…

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Ex-servicemen to honour Solihull RAF veteran at his funeral

Old soldiers and airmen were today paying their last respects to an RAF veteran after answering an appeal for mourners to attend his funeral. The call went out on the Army Rumour Service website after council workers clearing out Barry Neal’s Solihull home stumbled across Royal Air Force memorabilia and hundreds of Airfix models. The…

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More than 100 Castle Bromwich residents share £2m lottery jackpot

An entire suburb is celebrating after more than 100 Castle Bromwich residents scooped the cash in the People’s Postcode draw. The 103 lucky punters matched at least four digits of the winning B36 9HD code, bagging themselves a minimum of £7,110 each – and one player, who remained anonymous, matched the complete postcode and bagged…

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Joyce’s Quiz has raised over £90,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support

A Solihull woman who devised a charity quiz after beating cancer is well on the way to raising £100,000 after the game attracted fans worldwide. Joyce Rothschild launched Joyce’s Quiz to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support out of gratitude when she successfully fought an aggressive form of breast cancer. Over the past 18 years,…

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Men given lengthy sentences for Kingshurst break-in

Two men have been jailed for 16 years after they attacked a sleeping couple in their Solihull home last summer. The pair awoke at their Guernsey Drive address in the early hours of 22nd August 2013 to knocking at the front of the address – just moments later the back of the house was broken…

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Merger plan for six GP surgeries

Six GP practices in Solihull could be merged together after plans were announced for all services to work closer together in the future. Meadowside Family Health Centre, Blythe Practice, Park Surgery, Tanworth Lane Surgery, Village Surgery and Yew Tree Medical Centre, which covers nearly 20 per cent of the Solihull population, have this week announced…

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Land Rover helps return mistreated lion to his home

Jaguar Land Rover has completed a Born Free-style bid to return a mistreated lion to his African homeland. A six-strong convoy of Solihull-built Land Rover Discoveries, backed by an expert team from the 4×4 specialist, worked with the Born Free Foundation to help take Simba back to Malawi. The lion was six-months-old when he ended…

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New Jaguars set to roll off Land Rover line

For decades Castle Bromwich has been the home of Jaguar and Solihull has been the home of Land Rover – but it is all set to change. The massive expansion of the Midlands’ biggest manufacturer will mean Jaguars will be built at the historic Land Rover plant in Solihull for the first time. Jaguar production…

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Fourth Solihull Lib Dem councillor defects to Greens in protest

A Solihull Liberal Democrat has become the fourth councillor to defect to the Green Party in disapproval at the party’s performance in the Coalition Government. Elmdon councillor Jean Hamilton has joined the Greens, which means the party now has seven seats on Solihull Council, one more than Labour. She follows councillors Howard Allen, Andy Hodgson…

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Mum pays tribute to her son who died after being hit by a car in Chelmsley Wood

A devastated mum has paid a tearful tribute to her ‘beautiful’ eight-year-old son, who was killed after running out in front of a car. Charlie Dukes suffered a fatal head injury after being struck by a van near the Asda store in Bosworth Drive, Chelmsley Wood , last November. The schoolboy died in hospital the…

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