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• Man charged with murdering partner in Netherton

  26-01-2018 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Claire Harris was found with serious injuries at their home on Cinder Bank, Netherton, Dudley.
  
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• UK's biggest folk band pulls into Birmingham New Street station for show-stopping performance - I Am Birmingham (blog)

  26-01-2018 20:10
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  UK's biggest folk band pulls into Birmingham New Street station for show-stopping performance
  I Am Birmingham (blog)
  Rail commuters and shoppers stopped in their tracks this morning as a musical extravaganza was laid on by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Folk Ensemble at Birmingham New Street station. The Conservatoire Folk Ensemble of a stage-challenging 65 ...and more »
  
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• End of Broad Street to be closed to cars as tram works begin

  26-01-2018 19:00
  
  Work to extend the Midlands Metro to Five Ways means further restrictions on traffic
  
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• BBL and WBBL Cup finals expected to reach record audience

  26-01-2018 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBL and WBBL Cup finals in Birmingham on Sunday are expected to reach a record audience, as they are shown live on the BBC.
  
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• Birmingham pub bombing suspects can be named, says court - The Guardian

  26-01-2018 15:39
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  Birmingham pub bombing suspects can be named, says court
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  A judge has overruled a coroner's decision to ban the naming of an IRA unit alleged to have been responsible for killing 21 people in the 1974 Birmingham pub bomb atrocities. Families of the victims murdered in the two explosions in the city centre ...
  UK court rules Birmingham bombing inquest should be broadenedthejournal.ie
  UK Coroner Ordered To Reconsider Birmingham Pub Bombing Inquest Decisions.Kfm Radioall 2
  
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• Birmingham pub bombing suspects can be named, says court

  26-01-2018 15:39
  Judge overturns coroner’s ban on naming IRA members suspected of deadly attacks in 1974A judge has overruled a coroner’s decision to ban the naming of an IRA unit alleged to have been responsible for killing 21 people in the 1974 Birmingham pub bomb atrocities.Families of the victims murdered in the two explosions in the city centre said they hoped the judge’s decision would bring closer the possibility that the suspects would be named at a future inquest. Continue reading...
  
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• SUN Birmingham is honouring inspirational women - and wants YOUR suggestions

  26-01-2018 15:18
  
  Their names could live forever in commemorations across city
  
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• Birmingham is honouring inspirational women - and wants YOUR suggestions

  26-01-2018 15:18
  
  Their names could live forever in commemorations across city
  
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• Black and Asian young men were wrongly convicted of crimes such as murder, says former Cabinet Minister

  26-01-2018 14:56
  
  Birmingham MP Andrew Mitchell warns that innocent people face 22-year jail sentences because of flawed 'joint enterprise' rules
  
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• Jacqueline Oakes: Inquest into murdered woman reopened

  26-01-2018 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  Jacqueline Oakes died in 2014 and was found to have been let down by police failings.
  
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• Duckens Nazon: Oldham Athletic sign Wolves striker on loan for rest of season

  26-01-2018 14:34 via bbc.co.uk
  Wolves loan striker Duckens Nazon to Oldham Athletic until the end of the season, subject to clearance.
  
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• Sandwell council leader brands MP James Morris a 'coward'

  26-01-2018 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  Steve Eling says he will launch a complaint over MP James Morris's speech in Parliament.
  
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• Birmingham pub bombings: Court overturns coroner's ruling

  26-01-2018 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Two High Court judges say they will "quash" the decision not to name potential suspects.
  
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• Weekly bin collections 'safe for four years' if Labour keeps control of Birmingham City Council

  26-01-2018 13:26
  
  But Tories say only they will maintain service levels
  
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• Bus of suspected slavery victims stopped in Birmingham

  26-01-2018 11:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Thirteen people arrested on suspicion of modern slavery offences have been released.
  
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• Ryan Passey 'murdered after trivial altercation'

  26-01-2018 08:04 via bbc.co.uk
  A court is told Kobe Murray, 19, stabbed Ryan Passey in the heart in a Stourbridge nightclub.
  
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• Parents fight to stop closure of respite centre for disabled children

  26-01-2018 06:30
  
  Campaign to save popular KIDS facility in Wylde Green which is facing council funding cut
  
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• A pollution busting Birmingham city centre congestion charge is inevitable - so stop delaying

  26-01-2018 06:00
  
  Drastic action is needed to cut pollution and save lives - but politicians are nervous
  
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• Dumpster divers: Birmingham students raid bins for food

  26-01-2018 04:52 via bbc.co.uk
  'Brum Skippers' say they are an organisation which raid supermarket bins to highlight food waste.
  
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• Birmingham man says chemsex addiction nearly killed him

  26-01-2018 03:20 via bbc.co.uk
  How drug-fuelled sex parties cost a man his house, job, and almost his life.
  
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