Birmingham news

• Aston Villa 1-1 Preston North End

  20-02-2018 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Aston Villa miss the chance to move second in the Championship after stumbling to a draw at home to play-off chasing Preston.
  
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• Brentford 5-0 Birmingham City

  20-02-2018 22:48 via bbc.co.uk
  Brentford thrash an error-prone Birmingham to move closer to the play-offs and deepen the Blues' relegation worries.
  
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• Solihull Moors 0-0 Wrexham

  20-02-2018 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Solihull Moors and Wrexham played out a goalless draw at Damson Park on Tuesday night.
  
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• Dudley Zoo wants perfume donations for its animals

  20-02-2018 19:53 via bbc.co.uk
  A zoo is appealing for unwanted perfume to help boost "happy hormones" in its big cats and primates.
  
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• Birmingham City Ladies 'keeper back after cancer operation

  20-02-2018 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Birmingham City Ladies goalkeeper is back in action three months after cancer operation.
  
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• Joe Mason: Wolverhampton Wanderers loan striker to Colorado Rapids

  20-02-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Wolverhampton Wanderers loan striker Joe Mason to Major League Soccer club Colorado Rapids.
  
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• UK Rail sector launches ground-breaking partnership between industry and universities to deliver £92m Centres of Excellence

  20-02-2018 19:00
  The UK rail sector today launches the UK Rail Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN) a ground-breaking partnership between the rail industry and eight universities to deliver four world class Centres of Excellence covering rolling stock, infrastructure, digital systems and testing.
  
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• Wolves v Norwich City

  20-02-2018 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Preview followed by live coverage of Wednesday's Championship game between Wolves and Norwich City.
  
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• Police could be housed in fire stations after building closures

  20-02-2018 18:06
  
  Police to share buildings with councils and fire service in a bid to save £5 million
  
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• Police apologise to former Clash roadie over arrest

  20-02-2018 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Deputy chief constable Louisa Rolfe said she was sorry for the "unsatisfactory conclusion" to Mr Lorenzo's complaint.
  
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• 'Confused' peacock spotted on top of Walsall garage

  20-02-2018 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Passersby said they have "no idea" how the exotic bird came to be on top of a Walsall garage.
  
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• All you need to know about new ‘cycle highway’ in Perry Barr

  20-02-2018 16:52
  
  Building work has commenced on the A34 Birchfield Road
  
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• Liam Roberts: Walsall goalkeeper signs new two-and-a-half-year deal at Bescot

  20-02-2018 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Walsall goalkeeper Liam Roberts signs a new two-and-a-half-year contract with the League One club.
  
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• Campaigners demanding toilets for disabled people win the support of MPs

  20-02-2018 15:05
  
  Why Birmingham's Commonwealth Games stadium must have facilities for people with disabilities
  
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• Universities to start weeks of strike action

  20-02-2018 14:25
  
  Staff at Aston and Warwick universities are among thousands across the UK who are staging a walkout in a row of future pensions
  
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• Labour would block hostile takeovers of firms such as GKN and Cadbury, says Jeremy Corbyn

  20-02-2018 12:37
  
  Jeremy Corbyn says a Labour government would give itself the power to block hostile takeovers, and highlights GKN and Cadbury as examples
  
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• 'Hero' fireman rescues woman after volcano-crater fall

  20-02-2018 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  John Conway was on holiday in Bali when the woman fell 40m from a viewing platform on an active volcano.
  
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• West Midlands fire services agreement prompts review

  20-02-2018 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire and West Midlands fire services say it makes "perfect sense" to work more closely.
  
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• Man, 80, dies in Wolverhampton 'hit-and-run'

  20-02-2018 10:54 via bbc.co.uk
  A 19-year-old man handed himself into police after the victim died at the scene.
  
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• West Brom: Premier League relegation looms in troubled week for club

  20-02-2018 10:46 via bbc.co.uk
  On the back of a week they will want to forget and with relegation looming, BBC Sport's Simon Stone asks what has happened at West Brom?
  
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• Wolverhampton woman fatally 'attacked at home' named

  20-02-2018 08:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Police are treating the death of Sarbjit Kaur, 38, as murder, but the motive is "unclear".
  
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• Why mayors are demanding a better housing deal from Prime Minister

  20-02-2018 01:01
  
  Housing development subsidies pouring into South-East England while cities like Birmingham are missing out
  
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• Mayor: We're ready to get Birmingham building and need the Government to back us

  20-02-2018 01:01
  
  West Midlands Mayor Andy Street explains why the Government should take another look at housing funding
  
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