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• 'Overwhelming' response to Solihull war veteran funeral plea

  22-11-2016 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An appeal for mourners to attend Solihull war veteran's funeral proves successful.
  
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• Saido Berahino: West Brom striker needs time in fitness fight - Tony Pulis

  22-11-2016 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis says Saido Berahino must be given time to come through his fight for fitness.
  
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• UK school cancels talk by Breitbart editor Yiannopoulos - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  22-11-2016 18:16
  UK school cancels talk by Breitbart editor Yiannopoulos
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  LONDON (AP) - A British school has canceled a talk by an editor of the U.S. right-wing website Breitbart News, citing safety concerns and the threat of demonstrations at the school. Milo Yiannopoulos was due to address students at his former school ...and more »
  
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• Birmingham voted conferencing capital by UK event organisers - Event Industry News

  22-11-2016 18:06
  
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  Birmingham voted conferencing capital by UK event organisers
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  Birmingham has been named the country's favourite business tourism destination outside London by UK-based event organisers. The annual British Meetings & Events Industry Survey (BMEIS) – a report highlighting the buying trends and characteristics of ...
  
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• Chancellor urged to 'give councils a break' over further budget cuts

  22-11-2016 18:04
  
  Birmingham City Council's finance chiefs plead with Philip Hammond for leniency ahead of his first Autumn Statement
  
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• Old Joe turns red for global victims of faith persecution

  22-11-2016 17:59
  The University of Birmingham's iconic clock tower 'Old Joe' turns red tomorrow (Weds) in memory of people around the world who have been killed for their faith.
  
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• Birmingham–Beijing energy partnership powers from strength to strength

  22-11-2016 17:22
  Academics from the University of Birmingham have received honours from their counterparts at the University of Science & Technology Beijing (USTB).
  
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• Hajj travel firm ordered to pay nearly £45,000

  22-11-2016 17:12
  A Birmingham-based Hajj travel company and its directors were ordered to pay a total of £44,484 at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday (21 November 2016).
  Al-Hashmi Hajj and Umrah Tours Limited, based at 40 Trinity Road, Aston, was found guilty of seven offences under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (2008) at an earlier hearing (11 June 2015) for false claims that the company held an Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (ATOL). The company was fined £14,000.
  
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• Autumn statement: U-turn over planned rent increase for 16,000 West Midlands households

  22-11-2016 16:34
  
  The Government axes plan for a 'tenant tax' on council house tenants in run-up to Autumn Statement
  
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• New images show how Paradise project will look

  22-11-2016 16:15
  
  Pair of newly released CGIs show office building One Chamberlain Square and the redeveloped public space on site of old Central Library
  
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• Rail chaos warning at New Street station ahead of nightmare Black Friday travel weekend

  22-11-2016 15:50
  
  Thousands of extra passengers expected on trains for string of big events
  
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• Curtis Obeng: Solihull Moors sign ex-England youth international from Altrincham

  22-11-2016 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Solihull Moors sign former Manchester City and England youth international defender Curtis Obeng from Altrincham.
  
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• Sir Lenny Henry: Education is a right for all

  22-11-2016 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Education is not an "accident of birth" and is a right for everyone, comedian Sir Lenny Henry has said as he became a university chancellor.
  
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• Unseen footage released in 2008 Birmingham murder probe

  22-11-2016 12:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers investigating the murder of a man release previously unseen images of the night he suffered a "brutal assault" exactly eight years ago.
  
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• EasyJet's £1 coffee chain to expand across UK - Birmingham Mail - Birmingham Mail

  22-11-2016 11:44
  
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  EasyJet's £1 coffee chain to expand across UK - Birmingham Mail
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  The budget café chain initially launched in the UK early this year.and more »
  
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• EasyJet's £1 coffee chain to expand across UK - Birmingham Mail

  22-11-2016 11:44
  
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  EasyJet's £1 coffee chain to expand across UK
  Birmingham Mail
  EasyCoffee, the chain founded by EasyJet tycoon Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, is eyeing a huge expansion. The chain - which offers coffee for £10 - reportedly plans to open a further 200 £1 coffee shops around the UK. The budget café chain initially ...and more »
  
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• Integrated care interventions can reduce hospital activity for patients with chronic diseases, but may not meet national policy targets

  22-11-2016 10:34
  New research has shown that integrated care interventions can be effective in reducing hospital activity, but the evidence base is poor and suggests that transforming services to integrate health and social care may not be enough to meet national policy targets for halting the rise in hospital activity.
  
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• School sixth form to close because it costs too much to run

  22-11-2016 10:25
  
  Cash strapped King's Norton Boys' School says Government funding covers only half the cost of providing 16 plus education
  
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• School sixth form close because it costs too much to run

  22-11-2016 10:25
  
  Cash strapped King's Norton Boys' School says Government funding covers only half the cost of providing 16 plus education
  
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