Birmingham news

• Life-size paper tribute for suffragettes at Birmingham City University

  07-02-2018 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Women who successfully fought for the right to vote have been honoured in a paper tribute.
  
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• MP says confidence in West Midlands Police is 'at an all-time low' as funding is frozen

  07-02-2018 17:21
  
  Years of funding cuts mean West Midlands residents just don't trust the police to protect them any more, the Government is tol
  
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• Dark web paedophile Matthew Falder blackmailed victims

  07-02-2018 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  He previously admitted more than 100 offences, including encouraging the rape of a four-year-old boy.
  
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• New political movement wants your help to 'shake up' Birmingham City Council

  07-02-2018 16:28
  
  People Power Brum unveils plan for local elections in May 2018
  
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• How Aldi plans to leapfrog council and build new Great Barr store

  07-02-2018 16:11
  
  Twelve months ago, Aldi’s application on Old Horns Crescent was rubbished by Birmingham City Council
  
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• Clash roadie Don Lorenzo arrest: Misconduct probe will not go ahead

  07-02-2018 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  Race assault victim asks for police apology as “passage of time” stops misconduct hearings.
  
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• Steve Cotterill: Birmingham City boss proud of effort in Huddersfield FA Cup defeat

  07-02-2018 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Birmingham City boss Steve Cotterill is really proud of the spirit shown by Blues in their FA Cup exit to Huddersfield Town.
  
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• Theresa May vows to 'act in the UK national interest' over GKN takeover bid

  07-02-2018 14:53
  
  Prime Minister says the Government is 'looking closely' at the hostile takeover bid from Melrose, as she's asked to intervene
  
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• MP tells Transport Ministers why Telford needs better train services to Birmingham

  07-02-2018 14:02
  
  Telford is only 27 miles west of Birmingham but the journey by train takes 47 minutes and passengers are packed like sardines
  
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• Commuters protest over Telford's MP's no demand for rail stations comment

  07-02-2018 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Lucy Allan said she "never" sees anyone using smaller stations on the Telford to Birmingham line.
  
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• £54 million funding to transform health through data science

  07-02-2018 13:07
  Birmingham Health Partners will lead one of six new sites across the UK created to address challenging healthcare issues through use of data science, funded by £30 million from Health Data Research UK
  
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• 'I miss her so much': NHS doctor separated from daughter

  07-02-2018 07:01 via bbc.co.uk
  An Egyptian doctor recruited by the NHS in 2016 has had an application for her three-year-old daughter to come to the UK rejected.
  
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• Council backtracks on £70 council tax increase after residents say they've had enough of rises

  07-02-2018 06:30
  
  Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward says the authority has listened to residents who've had enough of massive tax increases
  
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• Ian Paterson: Breast cancer patients asked to contact inquiry

  07-02-2018 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  An inquiry into jailed surgeon Ian Paterson wants to hear what issues are important to former patients.
  
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• Scientists gain insight into how the rainforest collapse 307 million years ago impacted the evolution of early land vertebrates

  07-02-2018 01:15
  Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered that the mass extinction seen in plant species caused by the onset of a drier climate 307 million years ago led to extinctions of some groups of tetrapods, the first vertebrates to live on land, but allowed others to expand across the globe. This research is published today (7th February 2018) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
  
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• Poundland 'naughty' elf ad deemed 'irresponsible' by regulator

  07-02-2018 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The social media campaign, which featured sexual references, breached the ASA code of practice.
  
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