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• Birmingham 'rage room' offers novel approach to stress relief

  28-04-2017 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Workers are being offered a smashing way to relieve stress - with old office equipment and a baseball bat.
  
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• Why Theresa May wants you to believe she could lose this general election

  28-04-2017 19:30
  
  Everybody thinks the Tories are going to win the 2017 general election but here's why they want you to believe they might lose.
  
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• Birmingham hopes for Commonwealth Games

  28-04-2017 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England is one of four countries to have submitted an expression of interest in hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
  
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• Isaiah Wright-Young jailed over Kenichi Phillips car shooting

  28-04-2017 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  He is the second man to be convicted of murdering the 18-year-old as he sat inside a parked car.
  
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• Of course Government is backing HS2 - work has already started - says minister

  28-04-2017 18:30
  
  Minister also in Birmingham to talk about expansion of the Midlands Metro tram network
  
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• To Sir, With Love, The Birmingham Rep | The Gay UK - The Gay UK

  28-04-2017 16:35
  
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  Adapted by Ayub Khan-din for Birmingham, To Sir, With Love had its natural charm and appeal to the audience of The Rep. The local, 'banterous' fun was well ...and more »
  
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• UK jury convicts doctor of performing unnecessary surgeries - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  28-04-2017 16:26
  UK jury convicts doctor of performing unnecessary surgeries
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  LONDON (AP) - A prominent breast surgeon whose victims accused him of playing God with their lives faces a life sentence after a jury convicted him Friday of carrying out unnecessary operations that maimed some of his victims for life. The Nottingham ...and more »
  
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• What is cleavage-sparing surgery?

  28-04-2017 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ian Paterson has been convicted of intentionally wounding patients by performing "completely unnecessary" operations.
  
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• Foster ‘giants’ show how the Midlands cares for its children

  28-04-2017 13:40
  The red carpet will be rolled out for the premiere of a film which highlights the positive impact foster carers can have on children’s lives across the region.
  A special screening of Giants will be shown at The Everyman Cinema, in The Mailbox, Birmingham, at 11am on Wednesday (3 May 2017) for a specially invited audience, including foster carers.
  The three-minute film – funded by 13 local authorities, led by Coventry City Council, and produced by Reel Twenty Five – focuses on a
  
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• Descendant of Joe Chamberlain hopes to be next MP for Birmingham Edgbaston

  28-04-2017 12:30
  
  A descendant of the Victorian mayor of Birmingham, Joseph Chamberlain, has been shortlisted to be Conservative candidate for Birmingham Edgbaston
  
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• Labour selects Preet Gill as Birmingham Edgbaston candidate

  28-04-2017 11:59
  
  Sandwell councillor Preet Gill, originally from Edgbaston, is Labour's candidate to fight the marginal seat in the 2017 general election
  
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• UK economy slows as Brexit weighs on consumers - WBRC FOX6 News - WBRC.com

  28-04-2017 11:20
  
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  UK economy slows as Brexit weighs on consumers
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  (Rebecca Naden/PA via AP). Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, right, laughs as she speaks to a worker during a visit to a steel works in Newport, Wales, Tuesday April 25, 2017. Britain will hold a general election on June 8. By DANICA KIRKA ...and more »
  
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• Hipsters, heritage and housing – how cities can escape London’s shadow | Simon Jenkins

  28-04-2017 06:40
  
  The mayors about to be elected in Birmingham and Manchester must use ‘soft power’ to get their regions on the mapNow it is Birmingham’s turn. After two years in which Manchester has hogged the headlines as England’s “second city”, Birmingham is out to reclaim what was once its title. Next Thursday, both cities and four others are choosing elected mayors in what is billed as a rehearsal for the 8 June general election. The vote is also a chapter in the devoluti
  
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• We don't want tiny 'Colditz' type flats in Birmingham, say city planners

  28-04-2017 06:00
  
  Barratt Homes slammed over bland 'shoebox' designs and tiny apartment blocks
  
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• Time for our great women to break the bronze ceiling

  28-04-2017 06:00
  
  University of Birmingham lecturer Chris Game says the city needs to up its recognition of female icons in its public artwork
  
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• Birmingham cancer centre to undergo £3.2m expansion

  28-04-2017 06:00
  
  Work to start imminently on new wing for pioneering centre at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham
  
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• How non-voters can change the outcome of an election

  28-04-2017 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Electoral Reform Society says many people feel their vote does not count.
  
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