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• Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

  01-12-2016 23:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wolves end their nine-game winless run and pick up their first victory under new boss Paul Lambert by beating 10-man QPR.
  
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• Skoda's clever Kodiaq will help you stay connected

  01-12-2016 20:00
  
  The new Skoda Kodiaq allows drivers to remotely check the fuel level or even locate the car in busy car park.
  
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• Tamworth's Gilbert out of UK Championship

  01-12-2016 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Williams and John Higgins, who have won five UK Championship titles between them, reach the quarter-finals in York.
  
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• Homeless man 'froze to death' in Birmingham on coldest night - RT

  01-12-2016 17:36
  
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  Homeless man 'froze to death' in Birmingham on coldest night
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  A homeless man 'froze to death' on the streets of Birmingham just a day before UK charity Shelter warned more than 250,000 people in England will be homeless this Christmas as high rents, benefit cuts, and a worsening housing crisis create the perfect ...and more »
  
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• Man in court over Wolverhampton house fire murder

  01-12-2016 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man has appeared in court accused of the rape and murder of a woman whose body was found after a house fire in Wolverhampton.
  
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• Flagship Perry Beeches Academy Trust paid Labour Party £5,000

  01-12-2016 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A flagship academy chain spent £20,000 with a consultancy firm run by the wife of a school director, a report finds.
  
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• West Midlands police and crime commissioner taken to tribunal by ex-deputy

  01-12-2016 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson is being taken to an Employment Tribunal by his former deputy, the BBC learns.
  
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• McCracken appointed by Joshua as coach

  01-12-2016 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anthony Joshua names Team GB boxing performance director Rob McCracken as his full-time coach.
  
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• Labour 'moderate' group backed by MPs seeks donations to fight Jeremy Corbyn's supporters

  01-12-2016 14:42
  
  Labour MPs including John Spellar, Tom Watson and Ian Austin have links to Labour First, which is raising funds to fight Jeremy Corbyn's supporters
  
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• Unsung Hero: David Finney's lifetime of passing on skills to Midlands youngsters

  01-12-2016 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Midlands swimming coach David Finney retires at 83 as an 'Unsung Hero' after over 40 years passing on skills.
  
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• More than 250,000 are homeless in England - Shelter

  01-12-2016 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than a quarter of a million people in England are homeless, says housing charity Shelter.
  
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• St Basils BIG SleepOut is largest ever

  01-12-2016 13:09
  
  More then 600 people brave a bitterly cold night outside Birmingham Cathedral to raise money for homelessness charity
  
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• Immigration is at its highest level ever

  01-12-2016 12:53
  
  More immigrants have come into the UK than ever before, new official figures show
  
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• New investment to build more than 300 Birmingham apartments

  01-12-2016 10:05
  
  Government ploughs millions into Dandara's plans for the site of the once-mooted V Building off Broad Street
  
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• Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to undergo major overhaul

  01-12-2016 06:30
  
  New displays, exhibitions and facilities will breathe life into building as trust aims to create something "fit for the 21st century"
  
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• A new Museum for Birmingham

  01-12-2016 06:30
  
  Birmingham Museum Trust chairman Ian Grosvenor and director Ellen McAdam outline their vision for the future of the city's historic Museum and Art Gallery
  
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• Birmingham backs Roundhouse transformation into enterprise hub

  01-12-2016 06:00
  
  Work will start next year on regeneration of derelict landmark building which has been vacant for a decade
  
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• Old Joe turns red for World AIDS Day

  01-12-2016 01:45
  Old Joe will be turning red today, Thursday 1st December, to recognise World Aids Day, and to highlight some of the ongoing research taking place at the University of Birmingham.
  
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• What Rospa posters say about the changing face of Britain

  01-12-2016 01:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is 100 years old - but what do its posters reveal about how society has changed?
  
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• Birmingham's shame as almost 10,000 now homeless in city

  01-12-2016 01:01
  
  Charity Shelter marks 50th anniversary by publishing fresh research into homelessness in the UK
  
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