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• Theresa May announces social care funding reforms to help elderly pass on inheritance to loved ones

  17-05-2017 23:30
  
  Theresa May is launching the Conservative manifesto with plans to ensure the elderly aren't forced to spend their life savings paying for social care
  
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• Labour £6 billion schools boost most popular election policy with West Midlands readers

  17-05-2017 21:00
  
  Survey reveals Labour policies are more popular despite Tory lead in the polls over all
  
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• Birmingham owls were a smash hoot but bears are bigger

  17-05-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 200 bear statues are to form a tourist trail around the city in the summer for charity.
  
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• Laura Bassett: England defender chooses to remain free agent ahead of Euro 2017

  17-05-2017 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England defender Laura Bassett decides not to sign for a new club before this summer's European Championships.
  
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• Josh Tibbetts: Peterborough United sign Birmingham City goalkeeper

  17-05-2017 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One side Peterborough United sign young goalkeeper Josh Tibbetts from Birmingham City on a two-year contract.
  
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• Jordan Tibbetts: Peterborough United sign Birmingham City goalkeeper

  17-05-2017 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  League One side Peterborough United sign young goalkeeper Jordan Tibbetts from Birmingham City on a two-year contract.
  
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• Labour's vote is actually increasing under Jeremy Corbyn's leadership

  17-05-2017 15:44
  
  Labour's vote is actually increasing in the key West Midlands general election battleground, suggesting that if the Tories win then it won't be Jeremy Corbyn's fault
  
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• Birmingham woman says husband's other wives meant less responsibility

  17-05-2017 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Woman says hardest thing about polygamous marriage is sitting at table and waiting for your "turn".
  
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• Birmingham is the worst place in UK for long-term unemployment - Birmingham Mail

  17-05-2017 15:15
  
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• 7 more reasons why the Birmingham Post Business Awards are the biggest event in this calendar

  17-05-2017 15:12
  
  Here are seven more amazign reasons why BPBA is so important to business in Birmingham
  
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• Council IT supplier Service Birmingham to be wound up to save taxpayers' money

  17-05-2017 14:47
  
  Controversial joint-venture company dissolved by 2018 and 200 staff moved back to the city council
  
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• Victory for Birmingham colleges as Government performs u-turn over apprenticeship funding

  17-05-2017 14:33
  
  City politicians and colleges win their battle to get funding for Birmingham colleges to provide apprenticeships
  
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• Business feels force of unexploded Aston WW2 bomb

  17-05-2017 14:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A plastics company said it is losing "thousands" since it was forced to close on Monday.
  
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• 'Self-service' plans for West Midlands crime victims

  17-05-2017 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans for crime victims to upload their own reports are called 'barmy' by the Police Federation.
  
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• 'Healthy obesity' is a myth, study suggests

  17-05-2017 14:16
  A study by scientists at the University of Birmingham suggests that 'healthy' obese people are still at higher risk of heart failure or stroke than the general population.
  
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• Liberal Democrat manifesto: A tax rise to fund the NHS and £4 million for Birmingham schools

  17-05-2017 13:02
  
  Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron says Theresa May is going to win the election but he wants to be leader of the opposition.
  
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• Private surgery 'needs better patient safety regulation'

  17-05-2017 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surgical leaders are calling for a stronger focus on patient safety in private hospitals.
  
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• Abandoned baby finds family after 60 years

  17-05-2017 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  DNA database tracks down brothers and sisters to north east of Scotland.
  
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• 'Fat but fit is a big fat myth'

  17-05-2017 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers say being fat but medically fit does not protect people from heart disease.
  
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