The ''Solihull Times'' and the ''Solihull News'' used to be free

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Solihull Solihull (, or ) is a market town and the administrative centre of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Solihull in West Midlands County, England. The town had a population of 126,577 at the 2021 Census. Solihull is situated on the River Blythe ...

, England. The ''Solihull News'' was founded in 1930 as the ''Warwickshire News'' and delivered news and sport from the borough of Solihull and south

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. The ''Solihull Times'' was founded as a rival newspaper in the early 1980s by Bullman Newspapers and was a free title, although both were eventually owned by Trinity Mirror. The launch editor of the Solihull Times was Alison Parkinson. The first reporters were Robbie Burns (who went on to become The Naked Trader) and Anne Adams. The first photographer was Mike Fenwick. The ''Solihull News'' ceased publication on 21 December 2018

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SolihullNews.net
Official site Solihull {{UK-newspaper-stub