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• The Latest: UK Brexit official meets Portuguese minister - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  03-04-2017 20:08
  
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  The Latest: UK Brexit official meets Portuguese minister
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  (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo). British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, right, speaks with the UK permanent representative to the EU, Tim Barrow, during a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the EU Council building in Luxembourg on Monday, April, 2017. Europ.and more »
  
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• Dog's pitch invasion halts Halesowen Town football game

  03-04-2017 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Play was suspended for six minutes when the beagle took to the pitch during the game.
  
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• Why the Culture Secretary was impressed by Birmingham's Channel 4 bid

  03-04-2017 18:08
  
  City fast out of blocks in push  to become home of broadcaster says Midlands MP who will decide Channel 4's future
  
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• Scientists in Staffordshire switch on futuristic-looking forest to measure carbon impact

  03-04-2017 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The launch of the giant outdoor experiment will see trees engulfed by high levels of carbon dioxide.
  
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• Man in court over death of pedestrian struck in Birmingham

  03-04-2017 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is remanded in custody charged with causing a pedestrian's death while disqualified from driving.
  
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• Woman given suspended sentence over dying puppies

  03-04-2017 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The RSPCA seized 37 puppies, as well as a dead dog, following raids at the West Midlands puppy farm.
  
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• Moseley landlord prosecuted for licence failure

  03-04-2017 16:59
  A landlord from Moseley was ordered to pay a total of £3,586 at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (3 April 2017) for failure to apply for a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Licence for a student property on Hubert Road in Selly Oak.
  Ms Shegufta Noreen, age 44, of Pickwick Grove, Moseley, Birmingham pleaded guilty to not holding an HMO Licence and was fined £315 with £3,240.21 costs and victim surcharge of £31.50
  Birmingham City Council’s director of housing, Robe
  
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• Birmingham tram stop murder: Victim named as police release CCTV

  03-04-2017 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anthony Banting was on his way to meet his son in a nearby pub when he was stabbed to death.
  
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• Lidl opens massive new distribution centre

  03-04-2017 15:20
  
  Supermarket group unveils new warehouse in Wednesbury which will supply its supermarkets across the region
  
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• Man jailed after Facebook hate campaign against ex

  03-04-2017 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robert McNaughton was "hell bent" on destroying his ex-partner's life, police say.
  
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• Man in court over fatal Stourbridge stabbings

  03-04-2017 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Aaron Barley is accused of killing Tracey and Pierce Wilkinson who were stabbed at their home.
  
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• New insight into role of male hormones in fertility and polycystic ovary syndrome

  03-04-2017 13:57
  Research led by University of Birmingham scientists in collaboration with Northwestern University in Chicago, US, has provided fresh insight into the role of male hormone in supporting and disrupting the production of eggs by ovarian follicles.
  
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• James Arthur announces UK tour including Birmingham Genting Arena and here's how to get tickets - Birmingham Mail

  03-04-2017 12:43
  
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  James Arthur announces UK tour including Birmingham Genting Arena and here's how to get tickets
  Birmingham Mail
  Pop singer and 2012 X Factor winner James Arthur has announced a UK tour including a date at Birmingham's Genting Arena. The tour follows what's described as "extraordinary" six months for the star. After returning with his single Say You Won't Let Go ...and more »
  
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• Can do: Birmingham soup group has community spirit

  03-04-2017 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Putting soup at the heart of crowd-funding is an American idea now being served in the UK.
  
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• Eurowings launches new route to Salzburg from Birmingham

  03-04-2017 12:14
  
  Airline offering to transport ski equipment for free and hoping to attract city break travellers
  
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• Birmingham citizens call on West Midlands Mayor candidates to back their fair wage campaigns

  03-04-2017 11:39
  
  1,000 people attended Citizens UK mayoral assembly at the University of Birmingham
  
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• University of Birmingham recognised for excellence in cyber security research

  03-04-2017 11:00
  The University of Birmingham has been recognised as an NCSC-EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR) for another five years.
  
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• Unique experiment set to reveal the effects of climate change on the forests of the future

  03-04-2017 11:00
  A major new decade-long experiment to study the impact of climate and environmental change on woodlands has launched.
  
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• This former Erdington bank will become a pizza take away and create traffic chaos

  03-04-2017 06:50
  
  Councillors approve plans despite fears that customers will block the busy Erdington Six Ways Island
  
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• Letting fees ban could cost tenants HUNDREDS of pounds a year

  03-04-2017 06:50
  
  Rents could rise in Birmingham due to new regulations
  
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