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• Taxi's CCTV shows thrown stone fracturing woman's skull

  16-01-2017 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman suffers a fractured skull when a teenager throws a stone at the cab she is travelling in.
  
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• Boy, 17, admits Birmingham taxi stone attack

  16-01-2017 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A teenager admits throwing a stone at a taxi, leaving a woman in her 70s with a fractured skull.
  
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• Tunisia attack: British lives could have been saved

  16-01-2017 20:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A gunman who shot 30 British tourists on a Tunisian beach could have been stopped sooner, an inquest hears.
  
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• Nathan Baxter: Chelsea goalkeeper joins Solihull Moors on loan

  16-01-2017 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Solihull Moors sign teenage goalkeeper Nathan Baxter on loan from Chelsea for the rest of the season.
  
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• Trained staff will look for vulnerable and distressed people

  16-01-2017 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A scheme which aims to keep vulnerable people safe, and save lives, on the railway in the West Midlands has been launched.
  
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• Hundreds protest at council house over disabled and abuse budget cuts

  16-01-2017 17:01
  
  Charity warns more children will end up in care as result
  
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• Jake Livermore: West Brom make bid of about £10m for Hull midfielder

  16-01-2017 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Brom have made a bid of about £10m for Hull midfielder Jake Livermore after missing out on Morgan Schneiderlin.
  
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• Redress Scheme reminder – register or face a fine

  16-01-2017 16:38
  Cllr Peter Griffiths – cabinet member for Housing and Homes
  Birmingham City Council is issuing a New Year reminder to Letting Agencies and Property Managers – register with a Redress Scheme, or you could face a £5k fine.
  On 1 October 2014, the government brought in new rules which mean that all Lettings Agents and Property Managers involved in letting agency work and/or property management work in the private rented sector are required to be registered with a Secretary of State
  
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• Holocaust Memorial Day 2017

  16-01-2017 15:59
  Lord Mayor Cllr Carl Rice
  The Lord Mayor of Birmingham will lead the city’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations at the Council House on Sunday, January 22.
  Holocaust Memorial Day commemorates the victims and survivors of the Holocaust and Nazi persecutions, as well as other genocides around the world.
  Taking place in the Banqueting Suite at the Council House, the theme for this year’s event is ‘How can life go on?’, which asks people to think about what happen
  
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• Aly Cissokho: Aston Villa loan ex-Liverpool defender to Olympiakos

  16-01-2017 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa loan defender Aly Cissokho to Greek Super League side Olympiakos for the remainder of the season.
  
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• MPs ask whether dads get a fair deal in the workplace

  16-01-2017 15:46
  
  Commons women's committee wants to know what it's like being a father who works
  
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• Tunisia survivor: 'This is it, we're going to die'

  16-01-2017 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A holidaymaker from Cannock, Staffordshire relives the Tunisia beach massacre in 2015 has spoken out about the terrifying moment she hid from the gunman.
  
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• Four inmates charged with mutiny at HMP Birmingham

  16-01-2017 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four inmates are charged with prison mutiny after last month's disorder at HMP Birmingham
  
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• Steve Bruce: Aston Villa manager says signings must 'handle' being at big club

  16-01-2017 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce says any signings must "handle" the pressure of being at a club "everyone wants to beat".
  
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• We WILL end freedom of movement, confirms Chancellor Philip Hammond

  16-01-2017 14:14
  
  Chancellor says UK will take back control of immigration, as Prime Minister Theresa May prepares for major Brexit speech
  
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• Who is new WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate? - Birmingham Mail

  16-01-2017 13:38
  
  Birmingham Mail
  Who is new WWE UK Champion Tyler Bate?
  Birmingham Mail
  Dudley wrestler Tyler Bate has been crowned the first ever WWE UK Champion after a two-day tournament in Blackpool. Even better, he defeated Chelmsley Wood's Pete Dunne in an all-West Midlands final before being handed the new belt by WWE legend ...and more »
  
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• Dudley-born Tyler Bate crowned first-ever WWE UK champion - Birmingham Mail

  16-01-2017 13:08
  
  Birmingham Mail
  Dudley-born Tyler Bate crowned first-ever WWE UK champion
  Birmingham Mail
  Tyler Bate was crowned the first-ever WWE United Kingdom champion after defeating Chelmsley Wood's Pete Dunne in a tournament final. Tyler became a WWE champion at the age of just 19 after winning the WWE United Kingdom Championship ...and more »
  
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• Birmingham has three of the best breakfast places in UK according to Guardian - Birmingham Mail

  16-01-2017 12:10
  
  Birmingham Mail
  Birmingham has three of the best breakfast places in UK according to Guardian
  Birmingham Mail
  Three of the UK's top breakfasts are in Birmingham, according to a national newspaper survey. So that's three more than Liverpool and one more than Manchester, two North-west cities which don't have as many Michelin stars between them as Birmingham's ...
  
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• Murray and Evans into second round

  16-01-2017 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's Andy Murray wins his first Grand Slam match since becoming world number one but is given a stern test.
  
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• Tunisia attack: Minute's silence at inquests into British deaths

  16-01-2017 12:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coroner hearing evidence of how 30 British tourists were killed at a Tunisian beach resort in 2015.
  
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• Commonwealth Games 2026 feasibility study

  16-01-2017 11:58
  Cllr Ian Ward – Deputy Leader of Birmingham City Council
  The process to formally draw up a feasibility study for a Birmingham bid for the 2026 Commonwealth Games is now out of the starting blocks.
  Birmingham City Council has appointed Origin Sports Group to carry out the study during the first quarter of 2017, with a final document due by April.
  Origin Sports Group (OSG) leads a consortium with members Four Communications, PwC and Trivandi, which has an unrivalled track record when it come
  
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• Shock video shows graffiti damage to one of Birmingham's most beautiful buildings

  16-01-2017 09:55
  
  Grade II listed Digbeth building hit by graffiti after £10 million redevelopment
  
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• Cardboard city likely if homeless service cuts go ahead warn charities

  16-01-2017 07:30
  
  "It is not an exaggeration to say that lives will be put at risk," say charities
  
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• Birmingham to stage traveller summit to stop another summer of misery

  16-01-2017 07:30
  
  Co-ordinated action planned to crack down on illegal camps
  
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• BCU professor dismissed as students rally to his defence

  16-01-2017 06:00
  
  Media studies head who has worked at the university for almost a decade is removed from his post
  
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• Forecast predicts sharp plunge in UK merger activity - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  16-01-2017 05:36
  Forecast predicts sharp plunge in UK merger activity
  WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com
  LONDON (AP) - Mergers and acquisitions in the U.K. are likely to drop sharply this year amid uncertainty over Britain's relationship with the European Union, according to research released Monday. The value of deals is expected to fall to $125 billion ...and more »
  
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• Tunisia attack: Inquests to open into deaths of 30 Britons

  16-01-2017 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A coroner is to hear evidence of how 30 Britons were killed at a Tunisian beach resort in 2015.
  
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• NHS prescription drugs being sold illegally by patients

  16-01-2017 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Patients are illegally selling NHS-prescribed medications online and pocketing the cash, a BBC investigation finds.
  
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• NHS patient caught selling his drugs in undercover film

  16-01-2017 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A patient has been caught in an undercover BBC film illegally selling prescription drugs which cost the NHS £10,000 a year.
  
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• London Olympic Games bosses to advise on Birmingham's 2026 Commonwealth Games bid

  16-01-2017 01:01
  
  Expert team to see if Birmingham can host 2026 Commonweatlh Games
  
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