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• Nursery worker raped and blackmailed teenage boy

  22-05-2017 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teenage boys were tricked into sending him naked pictures of themselves as he posed as girls online.
  
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• Somerset v Warwickshire: Marcus Trescothick breaks county record to help earn draw

  22-05-2017 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marcus Trescothick breaks Somerset's record for the most first-class centuries to help his side avoid defeat by Warwickshire.
  
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• BBC presenter Julie Wadsworth 'performed sex act on boy', court hears

  22-05-2017 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Julie Wadsworth invited boys to follow them into the trees "one at a time", a court hears.
  
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• Conservative candidate admits she wouldn't feel safe cycling in Birmingham

  22-05-2017 18:17
  
  Comments made as Tory transport secretary Chris Grayling commits to further investment in cycling in Birmingham
  
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• Badly parked cars fined in police blitz in Bordesley Green

  22-05-2017 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Officers issue more than 30 tickets in just over an hour in an area of Birmingham.
  
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• Birmingham Airport considering terminal building for new HS2 station

  22-05-2017 17:25
  
  Airport is proposing to build a new terminal at the Birmingham Interchange station to improve passenger experience
  
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• Final phase of biggest China-UK joint air pollution campaign set to launch in Beijing

  22-05-2017 17:24
  Top UK and Chinese scientists are working together on the biggest-ever China-UK joint campaign in the megacity of Beijing to study air pollution and how it affects human health.
  
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• Five Awards Won by New University Building Developments

  22-05-2017 17:15
  Four new developments at the University of Birmingham have between them received five regional industry awards for their design and development.
  
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• University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness now open

  22-05-2017 16:30
  The University of Birmingham's new £55million Sport & Fitness club opened on Monday 22 May. University of Birmingham Sport & Fitness presents the city's first 50m pool, as well as an extensive state-of-the-art gym; five activity studios for classes; a squash court complex; a large multi-sports arena; a climbing wall and much more.
  
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• Derbyshire v Worcestershire: Joe Leach takes nine wickets in match to inspire victory

  22-05-2017 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Worcestershire captain Joe Leach takes 5-32 as his side beat Derbyshire to claim their third straight Championship win.
  
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• Tonnes of waste dumped off country lane near Birmingham

  22-05-2017 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A photographer spotted the 15ft-high rubbish mound while taking pictures of a sunset.
  
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• A look inside the Airbus A380 planes flying from Birmingham Airport

  22-05-2017 14:30
  
  Take a look round the giant plane which will be a daily feature of Birmingham Airport - including its bar, lounge and plush business class seats
  
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• U-turn on 'dementia tax' throws Theresa May's Conservative campaign into chaos

  22-05-2017 14:19
  
  Conservative leader Theresa May announces changes to Conservative 'dementia tax' policy less than a week after it was announced
  
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• Birmingham scholars take on unrealistic optimism, a love diary in Cairo and regulating dementia care at Hay

  22-05-2017 14:06
  Can unrealistic optimism improve our well-being? Why do victims of dementia need a new approach to how their care is regulated? And what does a love diary written by a young man in the 1940's tell us about 1940'sCairo?
  
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• Birmingham scholars take on optimism and success, a love diary in Cairo and regulating dementia care at Hay

  22-05-2017 14:06
  Can unrealistic optimism improve our well-being? Why do victims of dementia need a new approach to how their care is regulated? And what does a love diary written by a young man in the 1940's tell us about 1940'sCairo?
  
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• Disabled children's laptops stolen in Wolverhampton

  22-05-2017 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The laptops, built so the two children can communicate, are taken from Wolverhampton rail station.
  
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• Thousands join March for Life in Birmingham | CatholicHerald.co.uk - Catholic Herald Online

  22-05-2017 13:22
  
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  A record number of people took to the streets of Birmingham on May 20 for the annual March for Life, demonstrating in favour of the right to life of unborn children ...and more »
  
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• Thousands join March for Life in Birmingham - Catholic Herald Online

  22-05-2017 13:22
  
  Catholic Herald Online
  Thousands join March for Life in Birmingham
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  A record number of people took to the streets of Birmingham on May 20 for the annual March for Life, demonstrating in favour of the right to life of unborn children. Thousands marched through Britain's second largest city, holding placards to protest ...and more »
  
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• Labour offers lifeline to struggling live music pubs

  22-05-2017 11:47
  
  Birmingham's Jug of Ale pub helped start the careers of bands like Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene and Blur
  
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• Proud to support Pride

  22-05-2017 11:36
   
  Jacqui Kennedy, Corporate Director for Place, blogs on this weekend’s Pride event in Birmingham, and her new role as a champion for LGBT issues within Birmingham City Council…
  With the showpiece event in the city’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender calendar coming up this weekend (Birmingham Pride, May 27-28), I thought now was an appropriate time to blog in my recently-appointed capacity as Champion for the City Council’s LGBT Network Steering Group.
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