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• Burton Albion v Birmingham City (Fri)

  20-10-2016 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preview followed by live coverage of Friday's Championship game between Burton Albion and Birmingham City.
  
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• Burton Albion v Birmingham City

  20-10-2016 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preview followed by live coverage of Friday's Championship game between Burton Albion and Birmingham City.
  
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• Trendy little Peugeot 308 has the power to surprise

  20-10-2016 20:00
  
  The Peugeot 308 SW has plenty of punch and the real beauty of its engine is the mid-range flexibility it offers
  
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• Tenants scoop gold for cleaner and greener neighbourhoods

  20-10-2016 19:01
  Best young gardener Liam Say(er)s it with vegetables!
  Green-fingered council tenants and leaseholders gathered together for the annual Birmingham in Bloom awards ceremony at the Council House last night (Wednesday 19 October).
  District winners and their guests attended the ceremony in the Banqueting Suite and city-wide winners in each category received a trophy, cash prize and gardening tools from the city’s Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Raymond Hassall.
  He was joined by City Housing Liaison Boa
  
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• Walsall report profit for 11th successive season

  20-10-2016 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Walsall report a profit of £417,000 for the 2015-16 season - the 11th year in a row that the club have been in the black.
  
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• Birmingham Children's Hospital DOUBLES patient parking charges

  20-10-2016 17:30
  
  Patients charged an average of £2 per hour to visit city centre hospital, up from £1 last year
  
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• Twin test: Ford Edge v Kia Sorento

  20-10-2016 17:00
  
  Ford’s new SUV takes on one of its most daunting rivals
  
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• Plans to cut Walsall Council libraries from 16 to one revealed

  20-10-2016 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to cut the number of libraries from 16 to one in the Walsall area are revealed.
  
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• A chance to meet the University of Birmingham's Olympic heroes

  20-10-2016 13:30
  Have you ever wanted to find out what it takes to be an Olympic hero? People across the Midlands now have the chance to meet the University of Birmingham's Rio 2016 champions and ask them abouttheir Olympic experiences.
  
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• Supercar showcase for London Classic & Sports Car Show

  20-10-2016 12:29
  
  Alexandra Palace to be taken over by a stunning selection of priceless supercars later this month
  
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• Why the Birmingham Pub Bombing families need legal funding now

  20-10-2016 12:23
  
  With new inquests set to begin, Mail Political Editor Jonathan Walker says the Government must act to ensure families of the Birmingham Pub Bombing victims get help with legal fees
  
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• MPs want to take ex-BHS boss Sir Philip Green's knighthood away

  20-10-2016 12:03
  
  Billionaire former boss of BHS should lose his knighthood, say MPs
  
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• Special event at the University of Birmingham to celebrate Muslims in Birmingham

  20-10-2016 12:02
  Leading academics, politicians and figureheads from the Muslim community will come together to explore and celebrate the past, present and future of Muslims in the city, during a special conference later this week.
  
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• HS2 welcomes back former director as interim CEO

  20-10-2016 11:59
  
  Roy Hill will step into the top job as the hunt continues to find a permanent replacement for departing chief executive
  
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• Whiff of revolt on the backbenches

  20-10-2016 11:31
  
  With divisions and wounds in the Labour camp still raw following last autumn’s bitter leadership contest, perhaps members are feeling a little less loyal and more likely to rattle the cage of the cabinet.
  
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• Murder arrest after death of man stabbed in Birmingham

  20-10-2016 10:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police make a murder arrest after the death of a man who was driven to hospital in Birmingham with a fatal stab wound.
  
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• Manchester Airport and Birmingham Airport face travel chaos as Aviator end UK operations - Stoke Sentinel

  20-10-2016 08:53
  Stoke Sentinel
  Manchester Airport and Birmingham Airport face travel chaos as Aviator end UK operations
  Stoke Sentinel
  Air passengers from North Staffordshire and South Cheshire may face travel chaos this Christmas – as a baggage carrier prepares to close down its UK operations. Scandinavian baggage handler Aviator, which has 1,700 staff across four UK airports, has ...and more »
  
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• Inequality in UK cities must be focus of new mayors, says thinktank

  20-10-2016 08:01
  
  Disparities in housing, employment rates are glaring for non-white residents, the disabled and the lower-skilled, report findsThe first metropolitan mayors who will be elected across England next year need to take swift action to tackle disparities in employment, housing and other areas if the role is to be a success, according to a report on the new positions.The study, by the Resolution Foundation thinktank, said the relatively low level of support for the new mayors, introduced under devoluti
  
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• Enormous housing scheme unveiled a stone's throw from Bullring

  20-10-2016 06:50
  
  The long-awaited development of Connaught Square in Digbeth will see River Rea revealed for all to see again after it was hidden away in culverts for decades
  
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• What's happened to the West Midlands' missing road schemes?

  20-10-2016 06:30
  
  The Government promised to spend £1.4 billion improving the region's roads, but it hasn't happened so far
  
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• Biggest challenge for West Midlands mayor is getting people into work

  20-10-2016 06:30
  
  Cutting the West Midlands' low rate of employment is the biggest challenge for the region's first directly-elected mayor.
  
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• Sir Michael Balcon honoured in Birmingham film exhibition

  20-10-2016 01:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the film industry's most influential and important producers is being honoured in a new exhibition.
  
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• US, UK cybersecurity officials: Destructive hacks are coming - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  20-10-2016 00:59
  US, UK cybersecurity officials: Destructive hacks are coming
  WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com
  LONDON (AP) - The world should brace itself for more physically destructive hacks, two senior cybersecurity officials said Wednesday, warning that a more dangerous era of hacking was already upon us. Paul Chichester, the director of operations at ...and more »
  
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