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• Halloween drugs death club has licence suspended

  02-11-2017 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  It is the second drugs-related death at the Rainbow Venues, in Digbeth, in two years, the council says.
  
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• Researchers pursue novel therapeutic targets for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  02-11-2017 18:16
  A group of University of Birmingham research scientists has received a prestigious Innovators Award from US-based Kenneth Rainin Foundation to fund foundational research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD).
  
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• West Midlands man jailed for 'life-changing' baby attack

  02-11-2017 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Callum Marriott left a four-month-old boy with permanent learning difficulties.
  
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• New justice centres will bring 600 jobs to Midlands

  02-11-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The two centres will bring more than 600 jobs to Stoke-on-Trent and Birmingham.
  
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• West Midlands ambulance chiefs fight attacker's sentence

  02-11-2017 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The 23-year-old got a suspended sentence after breaking a paramedic's wrist and bruising her colleague.
  
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• Chicken shop takeaway goes wrong as suspected burglar gets stuck in vent

  02-11-2017 16:34
  Man thought to have been stuck in Birmingham cafe’s extractor fan unit for seven hours before police arrivedA man is being questioned about a suspected break-in after police found a person stuck in a takeaway extractor fan unit.
  Officers posted a photo of the scene, showing a man’s legs, wearing jeans and black socks, poking out of the side of the DFC Chicken building.#dontgetstuck if your trying to break in. 5 hours later shouting help #triptocustody by all meanspic.twitter.com/EzBv
  
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• Birmingham burglary suspect trapped in takeaway vent

  02-11-2017 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  A suspected burglar was trapped for seven hours at a Birmingham takeaway and had to shout for help.
  
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• Brits fighting with ISIS 'will be stopped from returning to UK' - Birmingham Mail

  02-11-2017 16:24
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  Brits fighting with ISIS 'will be stopped from returning to UK'
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• Manchester terror attacker's brother will not be returned to UK - Birmingham Mail

  02-11-2017 16:23
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  Manchester terror attacker's brother will not be returned to UK
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• Here's when you can FINALLY pay for the bus with your debit card in the West Midlands

  02-11-2017 15:50
  
  Contactless card payment is coming to National Express West Midlands services
  
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• Nuno Espirito Santo: Wolves boss not interested in Everton job

  02-11-2017 15:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo says he is not interested in taking over as manager of Premier League side Everton.
  
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• Disabled people set to guide fitness industry in new research project

  02-11-2017 15:45
  National spinal injury charity Aspire and the University of Birmingham have teamed up on a research project that is set to produce evidence-based Best Practice Guidance for training and employing disabled people in the fitness industry.
  
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• Bins, social services and libraries 'will not be cut' to pay for 2022 Commonwealth Games

  02-11-2017 15:21
  
  Councillor Ian Ward says council budget has no room to fund Games and the money will be found elsewhere
  
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• School move to install cameras in pupils' toilets divides parents

  02-11-2017 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Summerhill School in Kingswinford, West Midlands, say the cameras are to help combat bullying.
  
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• New MP's constituencies make little sense - they need to be redrawn

  02-11-2017 13:00
  
  At the very least the Boundary Commission need to use Birmingham's updated council wards
  
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• Scientists awarded £1.5m for pioneering bowel cancer research

  02-11-2017 11:34
  Charity Cancer Research UK has awarded the University of Birmingham £1.5 million to fund a five-year research programme aimed at finding new treatments for bowel cancer.The pioneering research, the first of its kind in the UK, will see scientists taking samples of 200 patients' bowel cancerin order to then grow avatars – or mini tumours – in the laboratory.
  
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• Perry Barr apartments scheme scuppered over noisy restaurant next door

  02-11-2017 10:52
  
  Planners told residents would have to close windows at all times to muffle the sound of live music 
  
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• Birmingham remains UK property investment hotspot - report - Birmingham Post

  02-11-2017 06:05
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  Birmingham remains UK property investment hotspot - report
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  Birmingham has maintained its position as one of the highest-ranking UK cities for investment prospects, according to a new report. The research has placed the city in joint 21st position among its domestic and European counterparts for its overall ...
  Birmingham remains UK property hotspot, says European real estate reportexpressandstar.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• Birmingham remains UK property hotspot - report - Birmingham Post - Birmingham Post

  02-11-2017 06:05
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  Birmingham remains UK property hotspot - report - Birmingham Post
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  Research into investment potential of UK and European cities ranks Birmingham above London but behind Manchester.
  Birmingham remains UK property hotspot, says European real ...expressandstar.comall 5 news articles »
  
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• Birmingham remains UK property hotspot - report - Birmingham Post

  02-11-2017 06:05
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  Birmingham remains UK property hotspot - report
  Birmingham Post
  Birmingham has maintained its position as one of the highest-ranking UK cities for investment prospects, according to a new report. The research has placed the city in joint 21st position among its domestic and European counterparts for its overall ...
  Birmingham remains UK property hotspot, says European real estate reportexpressandstar.comall 3 news articles »
  
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