Birmingham headlines 23 March: Mayor Andy Street’s plea to end bus strikes
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3,100 bus drivers, who are members of Unite the Union, are on an all out indefinite strike having rejected a pay offer from National Express West Midlands. Mayor Andy Street has issued an appeal to both parties to end the strikes as soon as possible
A man from Edgbaston has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after setting alight a man on Monday. He is alleged to have committed another attack in London a week prior. Mohammed Abbkr, aged 28, was remanded to appear at Coventry Magistrates Court.
A driver who mounted the pavement and deliberately hit another man before driving off in Solihull has been jailed for 13 years. Adrian Peach left the man seriously injured in Smiths Wood July last year. He admitted causing grievous bodily harm and has been jailed for 13 years.
A man from Edgbaston has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after setting alight a man on Monday. He is alleged to have committed another attack in London a week prior. Mohammed Abbkr, aged 28, was remanded to appear at Coventry Magistrates Court.
A driver who mounted the pavement and deliberately hit another man before driving off in Solihull has been jailed for 13 years. Adrian Peach left the man seriously injured in Smiths Wood July last year. He admitted causing grievous bodily harm and has been jailed for 13 years.