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• Birmingham City boss hints at Alex Jones departure - onevalefan.co.uk (blog)

  25-10-2016 22:32
  onevalefan.co.uk (blog)
  Birmingham City boss hints at Alex Jones departure
  onevalefan.co.uk (blog)
  Birmingham City manager Gary Rowett indicated earlier this month that the club could be prepared to sell the on-loan striker. Jones is on loan with Vale until the New Year and has been a big success with eight goals already. Back on October 8th, Rowett ...
  
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• Spain Women 1-2 England Women

  25-10-2016 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England claim their sixth win in nine games with a friendly victory over Spain as they continue their preparations for Euro 2017.
  
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• Broad Street hotel plan scrapped for 31-storey apartment block

  25-10-2016 18:48
  
  Left Bank project takes a new direction as developers plan to build one of Birmingham's tallest residential towers
  
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• Massive expansion of Birmingham Airport could double passenger capacity to 55 million

  25-10-2016 17:27
  
  After the Government backs a third runway at Heathrow, West Midlands politicians want to expand Birmingham Airport - and that's likely to mean a new runway
  
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• See who won the Great Birmingham Run Business Challenge 2016

  25-10-2016 16:54
  
  Congratulations to this year's winners who finished with a top time
  
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• Group test: BMW M4 v Lexus RC-F

  25-10-2016 16:54
  
  Two mighty junior exec-based sports coupes; two very different approaches. Which wins out?
  
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• Nobel Prize-winning scientist returns to Birmingham for lecture

  25-10-2016 16:26
  University of Birmingham alumnus and 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Professor Sir J. Fraser Stoddart will deliver a special lecture at Birmingham on his ground-breaking work.
  
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• Heathrow third runway approved at last

  25-10-2016 15:39
  
  Government approves Heathrow expansion but critics call for expansion at Birmingham.
  
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• Walter Zenga: Wolves sack head coach after 87 days in charge

  25-10-2016 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Championship club Wolves part company with head coach Walter Zenga after 87 days in charge.
  
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• Walter Zenga: Wolves part company with head coach

  25-10-2016 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Championship club Wolves part company with head coach Walter Zenga after 87 days in charge, reports BBC WM 95.6.
  
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• Man jailed over Smethwick internet cafe murder

  25-10-2016 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is jailed for murder after fatally stabbing another man in the neck that he "had history with" in an internet cafe.
  
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• Jonas Olsson: West Bromwich Albion defender will wait for Premier League chance

  25-10-2016 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Bromwich Albion's Jonas Olsson says competition in defence is "tough" but is not worried about his lack of football.
  
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• Larger Birmingham Airport integrated with HS2 could give ‘supersonic boost’ to economy

  25-10-2016 14:40
  Birmingham City Council leader John Clancy, responding to today’s announcement by the Government about a third runway for Heathrow Airport, puts the case for making more of Birmingham Airport:
  While around 11 million people currently use Birmingham Airport, the facilities in place will reach capacity before the HS2 station arrives in 2026. Building new terminal facilities integrated with the HS2 station would connect the centre of the country to the world, and also open the opportunity to
  
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• Solihull Moors v Forest Green Rovers

  25-10-2016 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Live coverage of Tuesday's National League game between Solihull Moors and Forest Green Rovers.
  
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• Winter opening hours confirmed for recycling centres

  25-10-2016 14:04
  Citizens are being reminded that the winter opening hours at the city’s five Household Recycling Centres come into effect from November 1.
  The hours, which will be in operation until February 28 inclusive, are as follows:
  Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pmSaturday: 8am to 4.30pmSunday: 8am to 4.30pm
  (All sites closed 25th and 26th December – Christmas Day and Boxing Day)
  For this and other information on the HRCs, please visit the Veolia website here.
  Webcams, enabling citizens to ‘v
  
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• UK government approves new runway at Heathrow airport - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  25-10-2016 13:28
  UK government approves new runway at Heathrow airport
  WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com
  LONDON (AP) - Britain's government gave the go-ahead Tuesday to build a new runway at London's Heathrow airport despite concerns about air pollution, noise and the destruction of homes in the capital's densely populated western neighborhoods.and more »
  
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• Great Barr hit-and-run: Hunt for driver who fled scene

  25-10-2016 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police hunt for a driver who knocked down an 88-year-old grandmother in a fatal hit-and-run.
  
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• Manchester mayor candidate Andy Burnham complains the Midlands is replacing the Northern Powerhouse

  25-10-2016 12:30
  
  The Government used to focus its attention on the Northern Powerhouse - but now it cares more about the Midlands, according to one of the North's most senior politicians
  
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• Abused woman 'failed' as imam Hifiz Rahman flees

  25-10-2016 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman says she has been failed by the justice system after an imam who abused her fled the UK after being convicted.
  
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• West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge pulls out of UKIP leadership contest

  25-10-2016 11:29
  
  Bill Etheridge is quitting the UKIP leadership race and will support candidate Paul Nuttall instead.
  
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• UKIP contender Bill Etheridge quits leadership race

  25-10-2016 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UKIP leadership candidate Bill Etheridge pulls out of the contest, calling rival Paul Nuttall "the only person who can effectively unite our party".
  
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