The Latest Breaking News from Solihull

Hotel unveils new look after £650,000 revamp

Crowne Plaza at the NEC in Solihull is sporting new-look reception and public areas

Birmingham Post · Sep 2, 2022

'Well-loved' dad dies after tingling sensation in foot turned out to be brain tumour

Ian Deaville, an engineer and church deacon from Solihull, passed away aged 50 after being diagnosed with glioblastoma - a condition with a life expectancy of 12-18 months

Daily Mirror · Sep 1, 2022

Schoolgirl tragically drowned after 'suffering epileptic fit' in swimming pool

Ella Swann, 14, was part of Solihull Swimming Club in Birmingham and had completed part of the 90-minute session when she was discovered at the bottom of the deep end of the pool

Daily Mirror · Aug 31, 2022

Woman wakes up unable to talk – and only one other person has her rare condition

Claire Edwards, from Solihull, went to bed as usual but awoke hours later with a rare condition where she mistook sunny weather for heavy rain and does not know her name

Daily Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

Rapper Lady Leshurr: ‘My letter from the Queen went to my junk mail’

The Birmingham performer, 34, tells Michael Hogan about learning music at her youth club, the loveliness of Solihull, and how she nearly missed out on her British Empire Medal

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2022

HS2 viaducts: Residents react to Solihull plans as developers urged to work with residents

People near Balsall Common fear building work - HS2 says it is working to minimise local impacts

Birmingham Post · Aug 4, 2022

CWG 2022: From tailoring to lifting weights, Achinta Sheuli scripts his own success story

NEW DELHI: From stitching and embroidering to augment his family's income to breaking into the CWG-bound weightlifting squad, a young Achinta Sheuli realised a father's last wish and an elder brother's unfulfilled dreams to win India's third gold medal at the Birmingham CWG on Sunday night by lifting a sensational…

The Times of India · Aug 1, 2022

'Starving' woman who hadn't eaten for two weeks found on 'millionaire's row'

Community worker Teresa Farrell described her shock at arriving at a bungalow on an apparently well-heeled Solihull road where a woman in her 60s claimed she hadn't eaten for two weeks

Daily Mirror · Jul 29, 2022

Sales at Jaguar Land Rover hit by computer chip shortage and China lockdowns

The company has UK sites in Whitley, Gaydon, Solihull, Manchester, Castle Bromwich, Wolverhampton and Halewood

Birmingham Post · Jul 7, 2022

Mum given devastating diagnosis after suffering an agonising toothache for months

Katie Washbourne, from Solihull, West Midlands, ensured months of pain, caused by non-hodgkin lymphoma, which happens when white blood cells grow abnormally and form growths

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2022