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Transport Executive includes full details of bus and rail developments serving 100,000 travellers in the Solihull area.

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Sir.—After Mrs. Jones's letter (Post, November 7) it is encouraging to read in the same edition that the County Council is reviewing what may be done to assist the Botanical Gardens. A year ago some enthusiastic members formed "the Friends of the Bir- mingham Botanical Gardens"

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i 30-year-old bricklayer attacked his wife, slashed his wrists, took a drugs overdose and attempted to write a "dying" message in his own blood. But Edward Kingett, survived and was sentenced to three years imprisonment at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday. Kingett, of Crickley D