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• Range Rover officially unveils new Velar

  01-03-2017 21:30
  
  Luxury car manufacturer shows off brand new car which will be built at Solihull plant
  
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• Evans beaten by Monfils in Dubai

  01-03-2017 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian Open champion Roger Federer suffers a shock defeat by qualifier Evgeny Donskoy at the Dubai Championships.
  
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• Iron dissolved by air pollution may increase ocean potential to trap carbon

  01-03-2017 20:00
  Iron particles generated by cities and industry are being dissolved by man-made air pollution and washed into the sea – potentially increasing the amount of greenhouse gases that the world's oceans can absorb, a new study suggests.
  
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• Tesco drops plans for long-awaited Stirchley store

  01-03-2017 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans were first proposed for the site 19 years ago.
  
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• Birmingham researchers help launch new Prince William Award

  01-03-2017 18:57
  University of Birmingham academics helped The Duke of Cambridge launch a ground-breaking new award programme in his name today, to help schoolchildren build character, confidence and resilience.
  
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• Surgeon Ian Paterson 'provided false diagnosis' to insurers

  01-03-2017 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The patient also underwent 27 biopsies under general anaesthetic when there was no need, a court hears.
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn 'will win West Midlands Mayor election for us' says Tory candidate

  01-03-2017 15:35
  
  Former John Lewis boss, and Conservative candidate, Andy Street has said he felt his chances of pulling off a victory in the May 4 election have been boosted by the way Mr Corbyn is running Labour.
  
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• Birmingham researchers pioneer LGBTQ inclusivity in higher education

  01-03-2017 14:27
  Researchers at the University of Birmingham have published recommendations for best practice on LGBTQ- inclusivity in the higher education curriculum - based on the results of an extensive survey into the experiences of both LGBTQ and straight cisgender students and staff on campus.
  
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• One-year countdown to IAAF World Indoor Championships

  01-03-2017 14:02
  In exactly 12 months’ time, Birmingham will host the IAAF World Indoor Championships and so the countdown has officially begun to what will be the biggest sporting championships held in the city for 15 years.
  The event will see more than 400 athletes from 150 countries come to the city to take part and with another major championships being held on home soil, the British athletes participating in the event could have a real advantage. This is something which the GB team capitalised on back
  
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• Gareth McAuley: West Brom defender on how he became the Baggies' joint top scorer

  01-03-2017 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Bromwich Albion defender Gareth McAuley tries to explain how he has become the Baggies' joint top scorer.
  
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• Tesco DROPS plans for giant Stirchley store - as Lidl moves in

  01-03-2017 13:15
  
  Fury as 16-year saga ends with firm walking away
  
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• Range Rover confirms new Velar will be made in Solihull

  01-03-2017 13:00
  
  Fourth member of the Range Rover family is officially unveiled today as manufacturer says West Midlands plant will exclusively build the new luxury SUV
  
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• Boundary review told Birmingham needs more MPs

  01-03-2017 12:37
  
  Birmingham's ten MPs are to be cut, but the Boundary Commission is told the city actually needs more representation
  
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• Birmingham has 'not learned lessons of Trojan Horse' warns Government tsar

  01-03-2017 12:31
  
  Dame Louise Casey writes to Birmingham City Council leader following hijab ban row
  
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• Cleaner, greener steets and the GB Spring Clean

  01-03-2017 11:56
  Cllr Lisa Trickett, Cabinet Member for Clean Streets, Recycling and Environment, offers an update on the council’s Cleaner Greener Streets campaign and how it links in with the Great British Spring Clean, which is being officially held nationwide this weekend (March 3-5)…
  It’s roughly a year since we started our Cleaner Greener Streets campaign, launched to address one of the top priorities always raised by citizens in Birmingham.
  Cllr Lisa Trickett – Cabinet Member for
  
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• Seven weeks of M6 delays in Birmingham as roadworks start

  01-03-2017 11:30
  
  Drivers face seven weeks of disruption as Highways England starts the latest round of maintenance on the West Midlands' motorway network
  
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• Council approves budget for 2017/18

  01-03-2017 10:37
  Birmingham’s budget for 2017/18, was set last night at Full Council (28 February 2017), and will commit nearly £550million to services which protect and support adults and children across the city
  Following one of its largest consultations, Birmingham City Council has not only made changes to proposed savings by £7.5million, but also committed more funding for vital frontline services.
  Spending on adult social services will increase by £53million to £338million in t
  
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• Secondary school intake – offers at March 2017

  01-03-2017 09:47
  Today is national day of offer of secondary school places. Birmingham City Council’s school admissions and pupil placements team has offered advice and guidance to parents/carers and pupils and has processed over 15,000 applications for secondary school places
   
  Birmingham pupils
  15,182 Birmingham pupils applied to transfer to secondary school
  65,817 preferences were expressed
  11,935 (83.5%) applications were made on-line*
  10,408 (68.6%) were offered their first preferred school
  1,988
  
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• Edinburgh Flybe flight sparks emergency response

  01-03-2017 09:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Flybe aircraft is met by emergency vehicles at Edinburgh Airport after developing a wheel fault just days after another Flybe plane was evacuated.
  
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• Labour splits hit West Midlands mayor campaign as Unite leadership blocks funding for Sion Simon

  01-03-2017 06:00
  
  West Midlands Unite leaders wanted to provide £10,000 for Labour's mayoral campaign in the region, but the union's national leadership blocked it
  
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• Lord Bilimoria warns of university losses from Brexit

  01-03-2017 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lord Bilimoria says he has faced "rabid" abuse and warns the UK could lose overseas students after Brexit
  
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• Solihull Moors P-P Torquay United

  01-03-2017 00:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A sudden downpour floods the pitch and forces the postponement of the National League match between Solihull and Torquay.
  
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