Residents stop, think, and then think again

THERE are many legitimate and genuine traders in the borough, but unfortunately there are also some who like to take advantage of residents with scams, fake merchandise, and illegitimate claims.Read

£165,000 is ploughed into pothole repairs

SOLIHULL Council is ploughing £165,000 into repairing pot holes on the borough’s roads.Read

Benefit fraudsters will be tracked down

TWELVE benefit cheats have been caught out, following a lengthy investigation by Solihull Council.Read

Tributes paid to presenter Barry

MIDLANDS Today’s very first presenter, who lived in Solihull, has died at the age of 76.Read

Town seat is Maggie’s aim

THE message from Maggie Throup is plain - if she wins the Solihull seat in the forthcoming General Election it will give borough residents a direct link to the levers of power should the Conservatives form the next government.Read

Tree donated to Elmdon Park

AN OAK tree has been donated to a local park by a generous Solihull resident.Read

‘Mum changed people’s lives’

TRIBUTES have flooded in for local woman Pauline Brand, founder of Solihull’s Union Theatre, who died at the weekend.Read

‘Obscene’ grants unfair

HOMEOWNERS in Solihull are facing a 2.25 per cent rise in Council Tax.Read

Change is needed to move with the times

THE Solihull News speaks exclusively to Mike Wyldes, clinical director and consultant at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, about the maternity services changes.Read

Man quizzed over murder in Green

POLICE were yesterday questioning a man in connection with a murder in Acocks Green.Read

Views split on snow reaction

COUNCILLORS discussed how Solihull had coped with last month’s wintry conditions at a meeting on Tuesday night.Read

All party support for baby services

MERIDEN MP Caroline Spelman has challenged the reasons given for downgrading Solihull’s maternity services.Read

Action to combat smoking on buses

PLAIN clothed inspectors will be tackling passengers who light up on the borough’s buses.Read

College campus visit for mayor of our twin town

SOLIHULL College recently said “Bonjour” to the Mayor of Cholet - the borough’s twin town in France.Read

Chance for degree sponsorship

SOLIHULL students who can’t afford to go to university now have the chance thanks to a new degree sponsorship programme from online learning specialist Resource Development International (RDI).Read

Excellent example of British tourism in action

WITH Kraft’s takeover of local chocolate maker Cadbury dominating the news, students from Solihull Sixth Form College visited Bournville to find out for themselves what made the brand so popular.Read

Staff give freely of their time to help Haiti

STAFF at an Olton Indian takeaway restaurant worked for free for a night, to help raise funds for the Haiti earthquake appeal.Read

Staff take on run challenge

RUNNING to make a difference - that’s a group of workers from npower in Solihull who are in training to run a fund-raising charity race in March.Read

Store raises cash for chair

A SPORTS-mad youngster could soon receive a special wheelchair thanks to generous staff at a Solihull boutique.Read

New Year arrives

DANCING dragons will take over the town centre this month, as Solihull ushers in the Chinese New Year.Read

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