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• Council refusing £65m payment for 'wasteful' pension fund

  19-10-2016 23:00
  
  City council Labour leader John Clancy is refusing to pay next year’s top up and use £65 million instead to protect services from further Government funding cuts.
  
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• Father ready to 'embrace' refugee son who made Lily Allen cry

  19-10-2016 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Birmingham-based father of a young refugee, whose plight reduced singer Lily Allen to tears, has said he is ready to 'embrace' his son.
  
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• Kieron Morris: Walsall winger signs one-year Saddlers contract extension

  19-10-2016 19:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Walsall winger Kieron Morris signs an extended Saddlers contract, tying him to the club until 2019.
  
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• Wolverhampton grotto firm blaze: Arson suspected

  19-10-2016 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Christmas grotto manufacturer is one of three businesses ruined by a "severe" fire on an industrial estate.
  
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• Ex-Blues goalkeeper Sprake dies aged 71

  19-10-2016 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former Leeds United, Birmingham City and Wales goalkeeper Gary Sprake dies at the age of 71.
  
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• Helping to support child refugees

  19-10-2016 17:54
  Today, Birmingham welcomed a number of child refugees with family links to the city.
  Cllr Waseem Zaffar, Cabinet Member for Transparency, Openness and Equality at Birmingham City Council, said: “We are on standby to support the Home Office in bringing children under the Dublin III regulation, which relates to children who already have family links in the UK. We have welcomed a number of children today with family links in the city.
  “We are also signed up and are actively working to s
  
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• Birmingham pub bombings: PM says she hopes victims' families get legal aid

  19-10-2016 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister says she hopes legal aid will be extended to the families of the victims of the 1974 Birmingham Pub Bombings.
  
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• The refugee who made Lily Allen cry in Calais has arrived in the UK

  19-10-2016 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 13-year-old migrant, who the singer met during a charity visit, is among the latest group of children who have arrived in the UK.
  
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• The M6 stretch Midland commuters are stuck on for 17 hours a year

  19-10-2016 15:51
  
  New research says one section of notorious motorway is causing drivers to lose more than half a day in jams
  
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• Three businesses, including a Christmas grotto maker, ruined by a severe fire.

  19-10-2016 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A large fire at Clearwater Industrial Estate, Wolverhampton, damages three units including a Christmas grotto maker.
  
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• Karl Swift death: Three Sheffield men charged

  19-10-2016 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is charged with manslaughter over the death of man found in a Halesowen street with head injuries.
  
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• Latvian Ambassador explores University of Birmingham's global vision

  19-10-2016 13:00
  The Latvian Ambassador visited the University of Birmingham to learn more about the University's work and its plans for engaging with European countries.
  
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• Jack Grealish: Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce queries severity of suspension

  19-10-2016 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce believes Jack Grealish may have been punished harshly by the FA because of who he is.
  
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• IAAF: World indoors preparation well on track

  19-10-2016 11:41
  Following a site visit from IAAF Competitions and Technical Delegates, the IAAF have confirmed that they are pleased with the city’s preparations for the IAAF World Indoor Championships, Birmingham 2018.
  On 2-4 March 2018, over 400 athletes from around 150 countries will compete at Birmingham’s indoor arena over three action packed days of athletics, as the IAAF World Indoor Championships come to the city.
  Birmingham indoor arena – venue for the IAAF World Indoor
  Championships
  
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• Britain and India must forge bold relationship to shape new world

  19-10-2016 11:33
  India and Britain must stand together and face future challenges in shaping a new world, one of India's most eminent political and diplomatic figures told an audience at the University of Birmingham.
  
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• UK Construction Week Opens in Birmingham - KNXtoday

  19-10-2016 10:12
  UK Construction Week Opens in Birmingham
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  The UK's largest construction trade event UK Construction Week is underway with thousands flocking to the NEC in Birmingham to hear from the biggest names in the industry and see the latest innovations. Architect and television presenter George Clarke ...
  
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• Library cuts to open north-south divide with just two to serve quarter of Birmingham

  19-10-2016 06:50
  
  Council facing backlash and protests over library closures and £1.9 million cuts
  
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• Council could move OUT of Birmingham's famous Council House

  19-10-2016 06:50
  
  Change could bring decision-making closer to voters, say bosses
  
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• Blueprint to deliver 5,000 new inner-city homes launched

  19-10-2016 06:50
  
  The Greater Icknield and Smethwick Housing Growth Prospectus will drive £400 million development over five key brownfield sites in Birmingham and Smethwick
  
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• Conservatives 'going all out to win' West Midlands mayor election

  19-10-2016 06:30
  
  Tories will spend big in an attempt to win next year's election for a West Midlands mayor.
  
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