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• Birmingham to host Commonwealth Games of 2022 in £750m project

  20-12-2017 20:42
  • City expected to introduce £2-a-night hotel tax to cover shortfall
  • Athletes’ village in Perry Barr with the government covering £560m of billBirmingham will be named as the host city of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday after a tumultuous bidding process.The Games will therefore be held in England for the first time since Manchester hosted the multi-sport event in 2002. The Birmingham bid suffered an unexpected setback when it was deemed “non-compliant
  
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• James Barnes killed his wife and himself over marriage woes

  20-12-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  James Barnes was struggling with a family dispute and his marriage breaking down, an inquest hears.
  
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• Birmingham carjacking pair jailed for female driver attacks

  20-12-2017 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Stephen Hemming and Kevin Rourke broke one woman's nose and threatened to stab another.
  
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• Charlie Dunn's stepfather jailed after water park death

  20-12-2017 17:33
  Paul Smith, 36, sentenced to more than seven years over drowning of five-year-old and threatening to bomb home of witnessThe stepfather of a small boy who drowned at a water park has been jailed for more than seven years for offences including manslaughter by gross negligence and threatening to bomb the home of a witness.Paul Smith, 36, was sentenced on Wednesday, having changed his plea on the manslaughter charge to guilty during his trial at Birmingham crown court. Continue reading...
  
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• How many jobs will 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham create

  20-12-2017 17:30
  
  Latest hurdle to becoming host city jumped as councillors agree final bid
  
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• Coventry traffic warden punched for checking blue badge

  20-12-2017 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Motorist had to be restrained by paramedics after punching a council officer who was checking cars.
  
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• Bilston man captured on CCTV beating dog

  20-12-2017 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Carl Pugh is disqualified from keeping animals for two years and the dog, Jeff, is with the RSPCA.
  
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• How Birmingham will pay for the 2022 Commonwealth Games

  20-12-2017 16:45
  
  Radical solution to funding deadlock being considered as negotiations over the Birmingham bid enter final stages
  
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• Universities launch shared plans for technology transfer

  20-12-2017 16:34
  Midlands Innovation, a group of eight universities including the University of Birmingham, has launched its plan for collaboration in technology transfer.
  
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• New guidelines aim to prevent medics from failing to diagnose patients with liver disease

  20-12-2017 16:12
  New recommendations, led by experts at the University of Birmingham, have been published to improve the use of liver blood tests.
  
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• Former footballer awarded honorary doctorate

  20-12-2017 16:05
  
  Geoff Thomas to receive the recognition from Birmingham City University after years of fundraising to fight blood cancers
  
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• Walsall hospital still needs to improve say inspectors

  20-12-2017 14:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Walsall Manor Hospital says it is continuing improvements as it is brought out of special measures,
  
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• Jack Ruddy: Wolverhampton Wanderers keeper signs new contract

  20-12-2017 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  Wolves goalkeeper Jack Ruddy signs a new contract to stay with the Championship club until the end of the 2019-20 season.
  
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• Land buy-up begins for major 2020 Lichfield Southern Bypass plan

  20-12-2017 13:31
  
  £17.5million plan to connect A5127 Birmingham Road with A5206 London Road
  
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• Birmingham wins 2022 Commonwealth Games bid

  20-12-2017 12:07
  
  Deal to secure the global sporting event expected to be confirmed later this week
  
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• How West Midlands taxpayers will be forced to bail out local councils

  20-12-2017 12:01
  
  The headline figure was that councils in England would have combined “spending power” of £45.6bn in 2019-20
  
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• 'Nobody needs to sleep rough', claims West Midlands mayor Andy Street

  20-12-2017 11:24
  
  Birmingham City Centre has seen a 50 per cent rise in rough sleeping in the last year
  
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• Man jailed for drone drug-drop into HMP Birmingham

  20-12-2017 11:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Michael Tovey flew drugs and mobile phones into HMP Birmingham's exercise yard using a drone.
  
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• Birmingham to be confirmed as host for 2022 Commonwealth Games

  20-12-2017 11:14
  • Formal announcement expected in the city on Thursday morning
  • Durban stripped of the Games in March over financial difficultiesBirmingham is set to be confirmed as the host for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. They were originally awarded to Durban in 2015 but the South African city was stripped of the Games earlier this year in March after running into financial difficulties. Related: Commonwealth Games urged to relax media curbs as Gold Coast boycott loomsContinue reading...
  
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• Birmingham set to be confirmed as host for 2022 Commonwealth Games

  20-12-2017 11:14
  • Formal announcement expected on Thursday morning
  • Durban stripped of Games in March because of financial difficultiesBirmingham is set to be confirmed as the host for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.The Games were originally awarded to Durban in 2015 but the South African city was stripped of them in March after running into financial difficulties. That prompted an abridged bidding contest that soon came down to a head-to-head race for British government backing between Birmingham and L
  
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• Walsall Manor Hospital is no longer 'inadequate' - but further improvement still needed

  20-12-2017 10:54
  
  "We know we have more to do" says hospital boss
  
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• Commonwealth Games: Birmingham set to host 2022 event

  20-12-2017 10:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Birmingham is set to be officially announced as the host of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Thursday.
  
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• Study suggests that alcohol consumption contributes to self-blame in rape cases

  20-12-2017 09:48
  An experimental study has suggested that alcohol consumption contributes to self-blame in rape, and women who blame themselves may not be as likely to report it.
  
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• Barratt Homes revises plans for major Birmingham housing estate

  20-12-2017 06:00
  
  Housebuilder goes back to the drawing board after heavy criticism from councillors but heritage campaigners are still opposing the proposals
  
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• Tributes paid to couple killed in Birmingham tunnel crash - The Guardian

  20-12-2017 01:01
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  Tributes paid to couple killed in Birmingham tunnel crash
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  Floral tributes left near the scene of the multi-vehicle crash. Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA. Birmingham. Tributes paid to couple killed in Birmingham tunnel crash. Lucy Davis and partner Lee Jenkins caught up in deadly crash which killed six in early ...
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• Parts of UK that voted Brexit are most exposed to its effects, report says

  20-12-2017 01:01
  Areas in Midlands and north of England, where support for leaving EU was high, have most exposure to trade consequencesThe UK regions that voted to leave the EU are more economically exposed to the effects of Brexit than anywhere else in Europe, research suggests.A University of Birmingham study examined the degree to which EU regions were exposed to the possible negative trade-related consequences of Britain’s departure and found areas in the Midlands and north of England, many of which v
  
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• 'Complacent' Government condemned for letting thousands of people go homeless

  20-12-2017 01:01
  
  Damning inquiry by Conservative and Labour MPs condemns government as 5,000 West Midlands children and expectant mums are homeless
  
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• Tributes paid to couple killed in Birmingham tunnel crash

  20-12-2017 01:00
  Lucy Davis and partner Lee Jenkins caught up in deadly crash which killed six in early hours of SundayA loving couple killed in a multi-car crash were “great together” and looking forward to their future, relatives have said. Lucy Davis, 43, a mother of two, and her 42-year-old partner, Lee Jenkins, were passengers in a taxi caught up in a deadly crash in Birmingham in the early hours of Sunday. The pair were among six people, including three friends in an Audi S3 and the cab’s
  
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