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• New Year Honours: Marcia Shakespeare and Karen Ross recognised

  30-12-2016 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two women who have dedicated their lives to getting guns and knives off the streets following their daughters' deaths are honoured.
  
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• West Brom: Saido Berahino given third contract offer

  30-12-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Brom make a third contract offer to Saido Berahino despite the striker's troubled year.
  
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• New Year's Honours List 2017 - County breakdown

  30-12-2016 23:30
  
  Below is a list of those receiving awards in the New Year's Honours List 2017, broken down by county
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover and Drayton Manor chiefs receive New Year's Honours

  30-12-2016 23:30
  
  Les Ratcliffe and Colin Bryan among those West Midlands business figures to be recognised in Queen's New Year's Honours 2017
  
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• "Inspirational" Brum gun tragedy mum gets MBE in New Year Honours

  30-12-2016 23:30
  
  Anti gang and gun crime campaigner Marcia Shakespeare gets award for services to law and order
  
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• Asian music leader and former NASA engineer recognised in New Year's Honours

  30-12-2016 23:30
  
  A look at some of the other members of the community who have been awarded honours for leading work in their fields
  
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• More than 2.3m families living in fuel poverty in England

  30-12-2016 23:00
  
  Tories urged to act as one in 10 households is fuel poor, rising to about one in five for those renting from private landlordsMore than 2.3 million families are living in fuel poverty in England – the equivalent of 10% of households, according to government statistics.Almost 60,000 households in Birmingham alone cannot afford to heat their homes. The figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy show the West Midlands city is worst affected, with Leeds, Cornwall,
  
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• West Bromwich shooting: Two in court charged with murder

  30-12-2016 21:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men appear in court charged with the murder of a man who was shot in the head in a stationary car.
  
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• Midlands Air ambulance blood trial takes off

  30-12-2016 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new study has been launched to see whether giving blood rather than clear fluid to air ambulance patients saves more lives.
  
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• Swansea target ex-Blues boss Rowett

  30-12-2016 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paul Clement is the leading candidate to become Swansea's new manager - but ex-Birmingham boss Gary Rowett remains in contention.
  
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• Rudy Gestede: Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce prepared for striker's Middlesbrough exit

  30-12-2016 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce is prepared to let striker Rudy Gestede go to Middlesbrough, to help fund new players.
  
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• Boy hit by car in Wolverhampton dies

  30-12-2016 16:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A teenage pedestrian is run over and killed in Wolverhampton.
  
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• Barnsley v Birmingham City

  30-12-2016 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Championship game between Barnsley and Birmingham City.
  
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• James McClean: West Bromwich Albion midfielder signs new deal until 2019

  30-12-2016 15:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Brom's Republic of Ireland midfielder James McClean signs a new contract committing him to the club until 2019.
  
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• Wolverhampton Wanderers v Queens Park Rangers

  30-12-2016 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Championship game between Wolves and Queens Park Rangers.
  
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• £5 note 'worth £50,000' found in Christmas card

  30-12-2016 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A £5 note engraved with a portrait of Jane Austen and said to be worth £50,000 is found in a Christmas card.
  
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• The secrets of Birmingham's sculptures unlocked

  30-12-2016 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many of Birmingham's sculptures are well-known but some have stories waiting to be unlocked.
  
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• The lungs of the city

  30-12-2016 10:00
  
  Peter Shirley assesses the potential fallout from council budgets cuts and their possible impact on Birmingham's green and open spaces
  
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