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• Judging the Casey review: 'I'm sick of being told I don't get on with people'

  04-12-2016 23:23
  
  In Sparkhill, Birmingham, a handful of those mentioned in Louise Casey’s report react to it with a mixture of exasperation and criticism – some of it constructiveIt’s Friday – Jumah – the busiest day for mosques and the shutters come up on the haberdashery shops lining Stratford Road in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham, their windows filled with fabrics of deeply vibrant colours.Families and young people dip into the street’s many takeaways and restaurants to
  
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• 'I'm sick of being told I'm not getting on with people'

  04-12-2016 23:23
  
  In Sparkhill, Birmingham, a handful of those mentioned in Dame Louise Casey’s report react to it with a mixture of exasperation and criticism – some of it constructive It’s Friday – Jumah – the busiest day for mosques and the shutters come up on the haberdashery shops lining Stratford Road in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham, their windows filled with fabrics of deeply vibrant colours.Related: Casey review raises alarm over social integration in the UK It would be i
  
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• Ryanair launches package holiday service and promises 'lowest ... - Birmingham Mail

  04-12-2016 22:53
  
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  Ryanair launches package holiday service and promises 'lowest ...
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  Dublin-based airline said holidaymakers have been overcharged for years and promised to 'transform travel industry'and more »
  
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• Tesco launches biggest ever Neighbourhood Food Collection - and they need your help

  04-12-2016 22:49
  
  Supermarket giant looking to make a difference and help hard-up families this festive season
  
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• Drone racing takes off at Birmingham show – but only with men

  04-12-2016 20:58
  
  Racing unmanned flying vehicles is catching on, with an event at the NEC and big prize competitions, but so far women are steering clearTop Gun pitted Maverick and Goose against the Iceman and Viper. At the UK Drones Show Championships at Birmingham NEC on Sunday, it was Saggy Nun and Collision who competed to be crowned the nation’s fastest pilot of an unmanned flying vehicle.It was Collision, aka 22-year-old graduate trainee Brett Collis, who took the £1,000 prize in this new event
  
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• 'No plans' for free M6 Toll road, says government

  04-12-2016 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says it has 'no plans' to spend about £1bn on buying the M6 Toll road in order to make it free for users.
  
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• Akhtar Javeed shooting: Hunt for man after Digbeth warehouse killing

  04-12-2016 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers are continuing to work with Interpol to trace a man suspected of fatally shooting a businessman during a warehouse raid.
  
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• Stourbridge P-P Northampton Town

  04-12-2016 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Non-league side Stourbridge's FA Cup second-round tie with Northampton is postponed because of a frozen pitch.
  
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• Stourbridge FA Cup match postponed

  04-12-2016 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Non-league side Stourbridge's FA Cup second-round tie with Northampton is postponed because of a frozen pitch.
  
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• UK foreign secretary downplays EU payment suggestions - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  04-12-2016 12:41
  
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  UK foreign secretary downplays EU payment suggestions
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  (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia). British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson attends a Mediterranean Dialogues Summit in Rome, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2016. Italy hosts its second Mediterranean Dialogues Summit in Rome where the main topics expected to be ...and more »
  
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• Hunt for man after sex attack at Wychall Reservoir

  04-12-2016 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers are urgently hunting for a man who carried out a serious sex assault on a 63-year-old woman near a nature reserve in Birmingham.
  
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• Free M6 Toll road would make NO difference to congestion says owner

  04-12-2016 07:30
  
  Claim after calls to open up the road to ease jams in Birmingham
  
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