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• Warwickshire v Lancashire: Alex Davies helps visitors set up last-day duel with Bears

  28-06-2017 22:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boyd Rankin takes two wickets but Alex Davies's 79 earns Lancashire an overnight 130-run lead against Warwickshire.
  
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• Darren Carter: Solihull sign ex-Birmingham City and West Brom midfielder

  28-06-2017 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Solihull Moors sign much-travelled midfielder Darren Carter following his departure from promoted Forest Green.
  
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• Sandwell tower block panels fail fire safety tests

  28-06-2017 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Windows and balconies on four blocks of flats in Sandwell are being stripped amid concerns.
  
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• Durham v Worcestershire: Play washed out for the day at Chester-le-Street

  28-06-2017 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No play is possible after rain on day three of Durham's County Championship Division Two meeting with Worcestershire.
  
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• Six held in Spain, UK and Germany in anti-jihadist raids

  28-06-2017 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Among those arrested is a man in Birmingham described as as Salafist imam.
  
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• Birmingham City: Kevin Bond reunited with Harry Redknapp as his assistant

  28-06-2017 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Birmingham City appoint Kevin Bond as Harry Redknapp's number two - the fifth time they have worked together.
  
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• Little Girl Blue murder: Renewed appeal for 1975 case

  28-06-2017 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Helen Bailey was just eight years old when she was killed in Birmingham.
  
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• The Oaks Nursery celebrates Outstanding rating after Ofsted inspection

  28-06-2017 18:37
  News story about the Oaks Day Nursery achieving Outstanding in its recent Ofsted inspection.
  
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• AFC Telford United: Ex-Wolves coach Rob Edwards to replace sacked Rob Smith

  28-06-2017 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AFC Telford United appoint former Wolves assistant manager Rob Edwards as boss to replace the sacked Rob Smith.
  
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• London Bridge attack officer fought 'to keep people alive'

  28-06-2017 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police officer Wayne Marques confronted the three London Bridge attackers armed just with his baton.
  
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• Birmingham City Council backtracks on homeless cuts

  28-06-2017 17:56
  
  Charities including St Basils and Midland Mencap warned that deaths on the streets would be more likely if support services were withdrawn
  
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• Carl Campbell murder: 'Five shots fired' in killing

  28-06-2017 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Carl Campbell, 33, died after being shot in the head while sitting inside a car in West Bromwich.
  
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• Police claim bust-up of ISIS cell based on Spanish island - CBS News

  28-06-2017 15:17
  
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  Police claim bust-up of ISIS cell based on Spanish island
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  MADRID -- Police on Wednesday arrested six suspected members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), four in Spain and one each in Britain and Germany, Spain's Interior Ministry said. A ministry statement said the man arrested in Britain was a ...and more »
  
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• New Art Gallery Walsall future secured after £3.5m grant

  28-06-2017 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Arts Council England grant will fund a closure-threatened gallery for the next four years.
  
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• Free nursery places for 1,500 needy children to be CUT by Birmingham City Council

  28-06-2017 12:22
  
  Decision will affect some of the poorest and those 'who are safer in their nursery than at home'
  
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• Birmingham City Council to launch energy company to take on 'failed market'

  28-06-2017 12:15
  
  Market has failed to deliver low prices and clean energy, so we will do it says council boss
  
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• University of Birmingham awards honorary degrees in 2017

  28-06-2017 12:13
  Birmingham's latest Nobel Prize winners Professor David Thouless and Professor Mike Kosterlitz are among those receiving honorary degrees from the University of Birmingham this year.
  
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• Increasing number of people suffer misery of persistent poverty

  28-06-2017 12:01
  
  UK persistent poverty rate is rising but it's one of the lowest in the EU and lower than under Labour
  
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• Man wanted by Spanish anti-terror police arrested in Birmingham - The Guardian

  28-06-2017 11:42
  
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  Man wanted by Spanish anti-terror police arrested in Birmingham
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  West Midlands counter-terrorism unit arrested the man in Sparkhill in the early hours. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images. UK news. Man wanted by Spanish anti-terror police arrested in Birmingham. Briton, 44, detained in Sparkhill after Spain ...and more »
  
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• NHS sends mental health patients more than 100 miles away for treatment

  28-06-2017 11:33
  
  Birmingham patients sent to Teesside and Devon for treatment but doctors warn the practice is bad for their health and must end
  
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• Dan Evans: Ellesse end sponsorship after positive cocaine test

  28-06-2017 09:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sportswear firm Ellesse end their sponsorship of Dan Evans after the Briton's positive drugs test for cocaine in April.
  
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• New plans for £800k city apartments with cinema room and roof terrace

  28-06-2017 06:50
  
  Birmingham developer Court Collaboration unveils latest scheme with several apartments already snapped up by London workers who have moved to the city
  
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• Clean cold offers India's farmers sustainable economic growth - study

  28-06-2017 01:48
  'Clean Cold' chains are essential to the progression of India's farming industry, according to a new report.
  
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• Willenhall school 'riot' saw teacher injured by pupils

  28-06-2017 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former teacher reveals what it was like to work at a school given Ofsted's lowest rating.
  
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• HMP Birmingham: Violence on rise, say inspectors

  28-06-2017 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The stability of HMP Birmingham is under threat because of rising illegal drug use, inspectors say.
  
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