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• Birmingham firework murder victim 'fun loving man'

  08-11-2017 21:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Anthony Nicholls died five days after a 200-shot commercial firework started a fire at his home.
  
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• 22000 track Priti Patel's flight back to UK from Nairobi - Birmingham Mail

  08-11-2017 19:39
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  22000 track Priti Patel's flight back to UK from Nairobi
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• Mohammed Endris murder trial: Father 'smothered children'

  08-11-2017 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Mohammed Endris denies murdering his young son and daughter and attempting to kill their mother.
  
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• Universal Credit launched at six Birmingham job centres after Government rejects fears it will increase homelessness

  08-11-2017 18:04
  
  Employment Minister Damian Hinds says Universal Credit will help people find work, after critics say it will lead to debt and homelessness
  
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• A look inside Birmingham's newest swimming pool

  08-11-2017 17:38
  
  Former Olympic athlete Colin Jackson officially opens the new council run pool
  
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• Oliver Burke: West Bromwich Albion's Scotland winger fit to make Baggies return

  08-11-2017 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  West Bromwich Albion's £15m summer signing Oliver Burke is fit to return to the first team for the struggling Baggies.
  
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• Seven reasons why Theresa May's government is a disaster

  08-11-2017 17:00
  
  Theresa May's Government is in chaos but she may be able to cling on to power for a while yet
  
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• Birmingham 'house-storming' raid twins jailed

  08-11-2017 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  In one attack, the twins and two minors partially severed a man's hand.
  
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• 'Shame on the council' cry amid protests at day centre closure

  08-11-2017 15:28
  
  Council bosses face barrage of questions from disabled users of the Kings Norton day centre
  
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• Teen guilty of bid to import explosives from dark web

  08-11-2017 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Gurtej Singh Randhawa tried to buy a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device "with the potential to kill".
  
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• ACC Marcus Beale to be charged under Official Secrets Act

  08-11-2017 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  The sensitive documents were in a locked metal box taken from an unmarked police car in May.
  
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• Senior West Midlands police officer to face official secrets charge

  08-11-2017 12:40
  Marcus Beale, an assistant chief constable, is accused of not adequately protecting documents stolen from an unmarked carA police chief is to be charged under the Official Secrets Act after the theft of sensitive documents from his car while he was one of Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officers.Marcus Beale, an assistant chief constable with West Midlands police, has been suspended, putting his career in jeopardy. Continue reading...
  
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• Nadine Foster: Two jailed for Oldswinford crash death

  08-11-2017 11:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The uninsured pair were caught on CCTV at speeds of 80mph moments before killing Nadine Foster, 18.
  
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• University of Birmingham secures funding for National Centre for Nuclear Robotics

  08-11-2017 11:41
  A consortium of eight universities, led by University of Birmingham, has secured £42 million of new investment to fund the National Centre for Nuclear Robotics (NCNR).
  
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• Birmingham bin strike 'cost £6m'

  08-11-2017 11:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The council says talks between the authority and unions "have been moving forward positively".
  
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• Birmingham 'most improved city' in UK - Birmingham Post

  08-11-2017 06:03
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  Birmingham 'most improved city' in UK
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  Birmingham has been named as the nation's top improving city in a new report as Midlands cities see strong jobs growth and catch up on their counterparts in the South East. According to the latest Good Growth for Cities Index, published by Demos and ...
  Birmingham is fastest-improving city to live and work, says studyThe Guardian
  This city has been named the UK's fastest-improving place to live and work in the last 12 monthsC
  
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• Old Central Library walkway to reopen after two years

  08-11-2017 06:00
  
  One of city's busiest pedestrian routes has been closed while demolition and construction work started on first phase of £700m Paradise scheme
  
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• City centre road changes from Monday - as new walkway finally reconnects landmark squares

  08-11-2017 06:00
  
  Another step forward for Paradise development
  
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• One in 25 people homeless in England's worst hit areas

  08-11-2017 03:50 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 268,000 people are homeless in England, as many lose their private tenancies, Shelter says.
  
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• BBC local radio at 50: The big stories

  08-11-2017 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  A look back at some of the biggest stories broken on BBC local radio over the past 50 years.
  
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• Call for Europe-wide screening of babies for heart defects

  08-11-2017 01:15
  All babies across Europe should be routinely screened for critical congenital heart defects (CCHD) within 24 hours of their birth, say a group of experts led by a University of Birmingham Professor and Honorary Consultant Neonatologist at Birmingham Women's Hospital.
  
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• Ugo Ehiogu: Football Black List to name award after ex-England defender

  08-11-2017 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Former England defender Ugo Ehiogu will have an award named in his honour at the Football Black List celebration evening on Wednesday.
  
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