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• Historic Aston Hall hit by Storm Doris - visitors warned of 'loose brick and stonework'

  27-02-2017 20:13
  
  Warning notices posted at 400 year-old Grade I-listed Jacobean treasure
  
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• Pilot laser attacks 'dangerously high'

  27-02-2017 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Laser attacks at Glasgow Airport doubled in a year, making it the second most targeted airport after Heathrow, latest figures suggest.
  
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• Aston Villa: £81m loss recorded for 2015-16 Premier League relegation season

  27-02-2017 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aston Villa report a loss of £81m for the 2015-16 season, when they were relegated from the Premier League.
  
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• Used Fiat 500 vs Honda Jazz vs Mini One vs VW Polo

  27-02-2017 17:48
  
  Four small cars that should offer big rewards
  
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• The top 10 luxury cars on the market

  27-02-2017 17:48
  
  These ten vehicles have the best of everything
  
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• Six cars that made the world a better place

  27-02-2017 17:48
  
  The invention of the car changed the world forever
  
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• This is why a homeless camp was set up outside Birmingham Council House

  27-02-2017 16:58
  
  Flash mob of 'rough sleepers' in Victoria Square in protest against cuts to city's homeless budget
  
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• Payoff agreed as Birmingham City Council's chief executive leaves

  27-02-2017 16:44
  
  Details of the deal  with Mark Rogers remain confidential but it is likely to be a substantial six-figure sum as council bosses try to move on quickly
  
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• Vase sells for 'impossible' amount at Birmingham auctioneers

  27-02-2017 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Record-breaking item goes for 450 times its estimate.
  
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• Birmingham tattooist to the stars celebrates UK award - Birmingham Mail

  27-02-2017 16:37
  
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  Birmingham tattooist to the stars celebrates UK award
  Birmingham Mail
  A Birmingham-based tattoo studio famous for decorating the skin of scores of celebrities is celebrating after winning a major honour. Staff at Vivid Ink in Sutton Coldfield were thrilled after artist Tom Maggot won a trophy at the renowned Tattoo ...
  
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• Aston Villa v Bristol City

  27-02-2017 16:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Preview followed by live coverage of Tuesday's Championship game between Aston Villa and Lee Johnson's Bristol City.
  
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• Aston Martin stays ambitious despite massive losses

  27-02-2017 16:23
  
  Luxury car manufacturer plans to release a new model every nine months as it battles to turn around £162m loss
  
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• Parents furious as CARAVANS move in to school and children need police escort to lessons - Express.co.uk

  27-02-2017 15:57
  
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  Parents furious as CARAVANS move in to school and children need police escort to lessons
  Express.co.uk
  CHILDREN returning from half term were given a police escort to lessons while others were told to stay at home - after their school was invaded by CARAVANS. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Tue, Feb 28, 2017 | UPDATED: 07:33, Tue, Feb 28, 2017 ...and more »
  
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• Lack of sites blamed by travellers who set up camp in school

  27-02-2017 15:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Birmingham school was forced to shut to most pupils after travellers camped in the grounds.
  
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• Police under fire for saying they WON'T prosecute parents involved in horrific mutilation of children

  27-02-2017 14:59
  
  Hundreds of children are victims in Birmingham each year and MPs insist prosecutions are needed, but West Midlands Police tells Twitter it disagrees
  
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• Property prices in Birmingham are rising faster than London

  27-02-2017 14:44
  
  A house prices report said property growth in London is expected to slow towards a 0% "standstill" this year, whereas Birmingham prices will continue to rise.
  
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• Man dies after tree fell on car during Storm Doris

  27-02-2017 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The man, in his 80s, died from injuries he sustained when a tree crushed a car during Storm Doris.
  
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• Black Country MP Tom Watson urges Jeremy Corbyn's supporters to stick with him

  27-02-2017 13:39
  
  Labour's Deputy Leader is frustrated with Jeremy Corbyn's supporters 'peeling away from him' while Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell attacks people who don't think it's important to win elections.
  
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• UKIP MEP Bill Etheridge calls for the party's only MP to be thrown out

  27-02-2017 11:51
  
  West Midlands MEP wants MP Douglass Carswell thrown out of UKIP, and warns the party is moving too far to the left
  
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• Traveller camp forces Birmingham school partial closure

  27-02-2017 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Older pupils are being escorted on to the site by police officers and staff, the school says.
  
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• Addison's patients lack killer immune cells - study

  27-02-2017 11:06
  Research led by University of Birmingham scientists has found that people suffering from the adrenal disorder known as Addison's disease suffer from an immune system defect which makes them prone to potentially deadly respiratory infections.
  
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• Warnings over egg shortage as UK faces price hikes - Birmingham Mail

  27-02-2017 11:00
  
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  Warnings over egg shortage as UK faces price hikes
  Birmingham Mail
  Fans of a eggs on toast in the morning should beware - because a shortage may be coming, Mirror Online reports. Retailers across the country could see two million fewer free range eggs per day from March 1, once a government housing order is lifted on ...
  
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• Horizon Zero Dawn Birmingham, London and other UK cities look great with post-apocalyptic makeover - PlayStation Universe

  27-02-2017 10:06
  
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  Horizon Zero Dawn Birmingham, London and other UK cities look great with post-apocalyptic makeover
  PlayStation Universe
  Check out the Horizon Zero Dawn Birmingham artwork and other fantastic photo-shopped creations of post-apocalyptic cities ahead of release date. By Simon Sayers on 27 February 2017. horizon zero dawn birmingham. With the release of Horizon Zero ...
  Horizon Zero Dawn - Launch Trailer | PS4YouTube
  Horizon Zero Dawn Preload Is Live, Download Size Reveale
  
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• Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell dishes up voters 'in dark' over mayoral election

  27-02-2017 09:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "No one seemed to have a clue," says leading chef who has been gauging awareness in his home town of a forthcoming mayoral election.
  
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• Birmingham chef Glynn Purnell dishes up mayoral election for voters 'in dark'

  27-02-2017 09:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "No one seemed to have a clue," says leading chef who has been gauging awareness in his home town of a forthcoming mayoral election.
  
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• Sutton Coldfield makes bid to break free from 'zombie' Birmingham City Council

  27-02-2017 06:30
  
  Fury over "disgraceful" green belt decision
  
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• West Midlands' gender pay gap is 'highest in UK' - Birmingham Mail

  27-02-2017 06:04
  
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  West Midlands' gender pay gap is 'highest in UK'
  Birmingham Mail
  The pay gap between male and female workers in the West Midlands is the highest among 12 UK regions. And the financial services sector - encompassing businesses such as banks, accountancy firms and insurers - is the worst culprit nationally, according ...and more »
  
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