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• Comment: Full speed ahead to give 'HS2 Generation' the best prospects

  05-02-2018 17:14
  
  City council leader Ian Ward examines the future for Birmingham fuelled by the arrival of high-speed rail line HS2
  
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• Virgin Trains set to have West Coast rail contract extended

  05-02-2018 17:11
  
  Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is due to make a statement to Parliament on Monday about rail franchising
  
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• Researchers reveal more about the TRAPPIST-1 planets, and the possibility of life beyond our Solar system

  05-02-2018 17:00
  A series of four studies have shed new light on the properties of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, currently our most optimal hope for evidence of biological life beyond the Solar system.
  
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• New 20mph speed limit proposal in Great Barr branded ‘lunacy’

  05-02-2018 16:34
  
  Residents have until February 9 to raise any objections
  
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• Cancer-battle girl Isabella Lyttle has book published

  05-02-2018 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Isabella Lyttle is raising money for potentially life-saving treatment in the US.
  
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• University of Birmingham looks forward to the completion of its four-star hotel

  05-02-2018 14:22
  The University of Birmingham will open a new four-star hotel and conference centre on its Edgbaston campus in Autumn 2018 to enhance the experience of those visiting and staying on campus. The University of Birmingham Edgbaston Park Hotel and Conference Centre is being developed in a quiet corner of the university's leafy campus, just two miles from the city centre.
  
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• Birmingham pub bombings: Victim’s sister rejects Adams' condemnation

  05-02-2018 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  The outgoing Sinn Féin leader said the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings were "wrong".
  
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• Should we have special tax to fund the NHS?

  05-02-2018 13:55
  
  Many people agree the NHS needs more money but there's less agreement about how to pay for it
  
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• Hundreds more job losses after Carillion collapse

  05-02-2018 12:35
  
  Construction and infrastructure group was working on a variety of public and private projects but more than 800 staff have now been axed
  
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• First UK-China symposium on energy storage hailed 'great success'

  05-02-2018 12:12
  The University of Birmingham and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) organised the first UK-China symposium on energy storage – bringing together experts from both countries to plan how the innovative technology could help solve global environmental problems.
  
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• Weather: Snow disrupts travel as temperatures fall

  05-02-2018 12:10 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are warning drivers to take extra care after a series of accidents in south-east England.
  
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• Courtney Act announces UK tour including Birmingham show - how to get tickets - Birmingham Mail

  05-02-2018 11:40
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  Courtney Act announces UK tour including Birmingham show - how to get tickets
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• What Birmingham's police chief said about fining drivers 1mph over limit

  05-02-2018 11:19
  
  Chief Constable at West Midlands Police shares concerns of national road policing chief
  
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• Women's FA Cup: Man City and Birmingham City set for fifth-round repeat of 2017 final

  05-02-2018 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester City are to travel to Birmingham City in the Women's FA Cup fifth round, in a repeat of last season's final.
  
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• 'Old Joe' goes green

  05-02-2018 10:00
  The University of Birmingham's iconic clock tower 'Old Joe' has turned Green to mark 'Go Green Week' 2018.
  
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• New apartment complex planned for derelict Edgbaston site

  05-02-2018 06:00
  
  Developers planning to build 301 units on site whose manufacturing history dates back to the 1850s
  
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