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• Solihull Moors 0-1 Torquay United

  28-03-2017 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A late goal from Daniel Sparkes helps pull Torquay out of the National League relegation zone with victory at Solihull.
  
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• Surgeon Ian Paterson says mastectomy GP was 'cancer-phobic'

  28-03-2017 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surgeon Ian Paterson is accused of carrying out an unnecessary procedure on a GP, prosecutors say.
  
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• Calls for Channel 4 to move to Birmingham with relocation on the cards

  28-03-2017 21:34
  
  Culture Secretary Karen Bradley has announced she will look into moving the broadcaster out of London
  
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• Arrests in Banbury child sexual exploitation raids

  28-03-2017 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The men were arrested on suspicion of rape and other offences relating to three females between 2008 and 2015.
  
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• Three men on trial are 'known terrorists'

  28-03-2017 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police seized a meat cleaver, a long sword and a partly-built pipe bomb, the Old Bailey hears.
  
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• Birmingham experts showcase research expertise for Qatari business

  28-03-2017 19:04
  Experts from the University of Birmingham today showcased a range of high-profile research investment opportunities to the largest-ever business delegation from Qatar to visit the UK.
  
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• Slavery arrests lead to recycling firm restrictions

  28-03-2017 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eleven men were discovered at two premises, leading to four people being arrested.
  
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• The Midlands at the heart of Britain’s offer to Qatar

  28-03-2017 16:33
  .@BrumLeader welcomes business leaders from #Qatar to the city as it hopes to gain investment from the country #CapitalReports pic.twitter.com/mJtnlkgaj1
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  Birmingham hosts the second day of the joint Qatar-UK Business and Investment Forum
  Qatar commits to investing £5 billion in the UK over the next three to five years
  First time a Qatari delegation has visited a UK city outside London
  The forum sh
  
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• Theresa May says West Midlands needs a businessman, not a politician, as mayor

  28-03-2017 16:16
  
  Conservative leader Theresa May explains why she thinks Andy Street is the right person to be West Midlands mayor
  
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• Brexit talks will include European Arrest Warrant and Europol, says Theresa May

  28-03-2017 16:16
  
  Prime Minister Theresa Mays says the UK wants more than just a trade deal, as she speaks to the Birmingham Mail the day before she triggers Article 50
  
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• Birmingham's diverse population makes it stronger, insists Theresa May

  28-03-2017 16:16
  
  Prime Minister dismisses newspaper description of Birmingham as "Jihad capital"
  
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• Theresa May hints at changes to school funding formula proposals

  28-03-2017 16:07
  
  Prime Minister Theresa May says the Government's controversial school funding proposals were an attempt to ask people 'is this going to work?'
  
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• Walsall teenager 'humbled' as his design makes £1 coin

  28-03-2017 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A schoolboy has designed the "tails" side of the new pound coin designed to frustrate counterfeiters.
  
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• Buying a home almost impossible for millions without rich parents

  28-03-2017 15:02
  
  One in three first time buyers now turn to their family for help
  
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• You can buy your own castle in Warwickshire for just £550,000

  28-03-2017 15:00
  
  A mini-castle is up for sale in Shipston-on-Stour
  
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• Strategic Director for Finance & Legal to leave city council

  28-03-2017 11:09
  Birmingham City Council’s Strategic Director for Finance and Legal, Jon Warlow, has announced he is to leave the authority after eight years. During this time the council has seen a difficult period of national spending reductions and he has overseen a series of budgets which have already led to the Council saving over £560 million since 2010.
  He said: “The city council is on a journey of change and after eight years now is the time for someone else to take finance into the nex
  
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• UK attacker's wife 'saddened and shocked'; security added - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  28-03-2017 09:16
  
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  (AP Photo/Matt Dunham). Police officers and members of the public look at the floral tributes to the victims of the Westminster attack placed outside the Palace of Westminster, London, Monday March 27, 2017. Attacker Khalid Masood is believed to have u.
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• Why Longbridge golf club owners should ditch housing developer

  28-03-2017 06:50
  
  Councillor calls for owners of former North Worcestershire Golf Club to
  
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• The Cannon Hill Park high-wire course will not be built - here's why

  28-03-2017 06:50
  
  Developer has withdrawn speculative planning application for eight metre high assault course in Birmingham's premier park
  
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• Double delight for university projects in RIBA shortlist

  28-03-2017 06:00
  
  Pair of developments on University of Birmingham's Edgbaston campus make 2017 shortlist of the best projects across the West Midlands region
  
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• Social lettings help plug the gap between social housing and homelessness demand across the West Midlands

  28-03-2017 02:15
  Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that at least 1400 new lettings have been made available across the West Midlands in the last few years, with 800 tenants now living in properties managed by Social Lettings Agencies (SLAs).
  
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• Amateur cityscape photographer wins international award

  28-03-2017 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An amateur photographer is making his name photographing buildings.
  
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• How West Midlands councils are paying millions in pothole compensation

  28-03-2017 01:01
  
  In 2016/17, councils across the West Midlands said they paid out £7.9 in compensation to road users due to poor road conditions
  
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