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Mail 23 Feb 11
A mother-of-four from Streetly died after a nurse at a trouble-hit hospital trust gave her ten times the amount of drugs she was supposed to receive.
Arsula Samson, 80, had a heart attack at Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, after she was given an overdose of deadly potassium chloride.
Mrs Samson who had once been an extra in Dallas, was being treated for pneumonia in the critical care unit before she died on Mother’s Day, March 14, last year…
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Express & Star 20 Dec 10
A disabled grandfather rushed into his burning home to rescue his nine-year-old grand-daughter and pet dog after an explosion ripped the bungalow apart on Saturday.
Brave pensioner John Davies, aged 66, who walks with two sticks, was badly burned in a suspected gas blast at his home in Arnhem Road, Willenhall. Incredibly, the family had to chase metal thieves away after they targeted the remnants within two hours of the drama…
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Steve Bradley B'ham Mail 10 Dec 10
A Great Barr man drowned in a canal in a tragic accident after a massive haemorrhage left him confused and led him to plunge 100ft from a bridge, an inquest has ruled.
Assistant deputy Black Country coroner Clive Loyns ruled out the possibility that single man Alan Edwards, 72, of Heather Road, described as a loner by his family, had committed suicide…
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Express & Star 2 Dec 10
Eight homes were flooded and rush-hour traffic ground to a halt after a major water main burst underneath Broadway North and turned the road into an ice rink on Wednesday.
The freezing temperatures split a large pipe sending water gushing along the street and into people’s homes, gardens and garages…
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Express & Star 27 Nov 10
A worker got both of his hands caught in a metal bending machine at a Walsall factory. Emergency services were called to Central Fabrications and Facades in Wallows Lane, on Friday.
The man in his 20s got two fingers from each hand caught in a machine but escaped with just minor injuries…
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BBC News 19 Nov 10
Expected to re-open noon Saturday
All flights at Birmingham Airport have been suspended and the runway closed after a small private jet carrying a liver for transplant crashed nearby.
Two people were taken to hospital after the plane came down in foggy weather…
Business
Build 16 Nov 10
A Solihull construction firm has been fined after one of its workers suffered burns when his drill hit a power cable in Rushall, Walsall.
The worker, who asked not to be named, was using a pneumatic drill to dig a trench at the Taylor Wimpey housing development at Westminster Place when he struck an 11kv cable under the pavement on 13 August 2009…
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B'ham Mail 15 Nov 10
Firefighters from Wednesbury and Walsall were called at 12.30pm on Saturday when a stricken white Alsatian prompted the owner, in his early 20s, to plunge in to the canal at Pleck, Walsall.
The Wednesbury crew attended a second rescue two hours later, with the help of Bilston firefighters, and used “pure manpower” to pull out a horse stuck in a canal in Darlaston Lane, Bilston, he said…
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BBC News 10 Nov 10
Rail services at Birmingham New Street have been severely disrupted by a full station evacuation.
Hundreds of people were told to evacuate the building when a number of fire alarms sounded at about 10am…
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Alison Dayani B'ham Mail 27 Oct 10
A young landscape gardener from Walsall has been left blind in one eye after a horrific accident at work. A flying metal object lodged into 25-year-old Ashley Brabbin’s right eye when he was left unprotected on a ride-on mower.
His bosses at Glendale Managed Services Ltd had given the worker no safety goggles while doing the dangerous task. The firm has admitted liability…