Tidying towpaths

SHOPPING trolleys, an aeroplane propeller and a fridge of food were all hauled from Britain’s canals during last year’s British Waterways Towpath Tidy.Read

‘Garden grab’ scheme for flats is thrown out - for a third time

RESIDENTS are celebrating the news that a controversial housing development has been thrown out for the third time.Read

Town unemployment on the up

LATEST figures show that unemployment has increased in Solihull since Christmas.Read

105th birthday for our oldest resident

A WOMAN believed to be Solihull’s oldest resident has celebrated her 105th birthday.Read

Park hit by after dark robberies

POLICE have stepped up patrols in Shirley Park following reports of robberies after dark.Read

Top performing school is invited to run academies

A HIGH-flying school has been invited by Government to help struggling neighbours.Read

MP refutes train opposition claim

MERIDEN MP Caroline Spelman has dismissed claims that the Tories are against high-speed trains between London and Birmingham.Read

Rap on the Villa!

A RAPPING pensioner is one of several Solihull football fans who have penned songs to celebrate Aston Villa reaching the League Cup final.Read

£40,000 ‘PR expert’ for maternity unit closure

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt has accused health bosses of spending thousands on trying to convince patients about the new maternity services.Read

Top health job for consultant

AN EMERGENCY medicine consultant from Solihull has been appointed as the new national clinical director for urgent and emergency care at the Department of Health, replacing Sir George Alberti.Read

Minister in visit to border team

SOLIHULL welcomed the government’s Border and Immigration Minister Phil Woolas on Wednesday (February 17) when he met the joint UK Border Agency and police team.Read

Charity calls for more volunteers

A LOCAL charity wants to hear from people interested in sporting and leisure activities such as speedway, ten-pin bowling, photography, bird watching and rugby union.Read

Donation numbers marked

HEARTLANDS Hospital last week organised a special lunch in celebration of the 10 participants who have taken part in a Live Donor Transplant in the last year.Read

Making sure you get your Solihull News

THE Solihull News is the borough’s biggest newspaper and it’s thanks to our dedicated team of delivery people that it reaches so many homes each week.Read

Winner Kevin is flying high

KEVIN O’Hara aged 27 from Cranes Park Road, Sheldon, has graduated from The Recruit Training Squadron at RAF Halton near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, after completing nine weeks basic training.Read

Caroline advises the Government

HILLFIELD schoolgirl Caroline Camm has taken her eco-friendly ideas all the way to Parliament.Read

Bins to be filled with sand grit

AS salt supplies continue to dwindle, Solihull Council has announced further changes to its gritting policy.Read

Marathon effort set to raise charity cash

SOLIHULL woman Julia Brookes, procurement and commercial contract manager for Virgin Trains based in Birmingham, has secured a space at next year’s London Marathon and is raising money for the company’s chosen charity CLIC Sargent.Read

Keeping young out of trouble

MOST young people never enter into criminal or anti-social behaviour but for some there is the potential to turn to crime.Read

Chickens saved by staff at farm

UMBERSLADE Farm Park has rescued 30 battery-farm chickens from slaughter - so children can get an insight into intensive poultry production.Read

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