Dickens Heath

A terrified horse is recovering after being pulled from a water-filled brook by firefighters. The large animal, named Chester, became trapped in the stream running through a field in Tythe Barn Lane, Dickens Heath, near Solihull , after it slipped on ...

CONTROVERSIAL PLANS TO build 190 homes in Dickens Heath have been given the green light by Secretary of State Eric Pickles following an appeal by the developer. Lioncourt Homes has had a Solihull Council decision to block its proposals at Tidbury ...

The police watchdog has launched an investigation after a student was found drowned in a canal - hours after being reported missing in a 999 call. Aspiring TV producer Sophie Leanne Drozdzik, 18, died on July 2 after falling into the water at Dickens ...

A talented student drowned in a canal after suffering an epileptic fit - just hours after receiving the grades to go to university. Sophie Leanne Drozdzik's body was discovered by her father on July 3 after she fell into the canal at Dickens Heath ...

A grief-stricken father found his daughter's lifeless body in a canal – just hours after she got the grades she wanted to follow a dream career in television. Aspiring TV producer Sophie Leanne Drozdzik, 18, died on July 2 after falling into the canal ...

A talented young student has drowned in a canal following a suspected epileptic seizure - just hours after receiving the grades she needed to go to university. Sophie Drozdzik was 'excited' to follow her dream of studying TV production after she ...