Birmingham news

• Steve Bruce: Aston Villa boss sees April as the 'defining month' in Championship race

  14-03-2018 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce says the key to his side's Championship promotion chances is how they get through April.
  
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• The Silent Child producers go back to school

  14-03-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Oscar-winning filmmakers Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton show off their award for the Silent Child to schoolchildren in Birmingham.
  
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• How Russia is using the internet to attack the UK

  14-03-2018 18:54
  
  MP Liam Byrne warns that Russia is spreading conflict and division in the UK - and we have to stop pretending it isn't happening
  
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• Starting the new year on a high, with the official launch of the India Institute

  14-03-2018 18:10
  Special guests, key stakeholders and academics and members of the local community from India and the UK recently united for the eagerly-anticipated launch of the India Institute.
  
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• Birmingham gym locker thief jailed for three years

  14-03-2018 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Michal Tkacz took phones, watches and bank cards while members exercised or showered nearby.
  
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• Scientists awarded £3 million to investigate cancers that are resistant to treatment

  14-03-2018 17:41
  Scientists at the University of Birmingham have been awarded nearly £3 million from Cancer Research UK to investigate cancers that are resistant to treatment.
  
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• Children explain what Stephen Hawking meant to them

  14-03-2018 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Schoolchildren explain what Stephen Hawking meant to them.
  
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• Protests over plan to close 14 Birmingham school nurseries

  14-03-2018 15:49
  
  Council bosses say they cannot justify £750,000 subsidy when there are 350 other nurseries in city
  
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• Diogo Jota: Wolves wait for news of forward's ankle injury

  14-03-2018 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  "Worried" Championship leaders Wolves wait to discover the extent of top scorer Diogo Jota's ankle injury.
  
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• West Midlands Police Commissioner wants more money to fight knife crime

  14-03-2018 15:30
  
  Police Commissioner David Jamieson meets Home Secretary Amber Rudd to ask for resources to prevent knife crime
  
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• Hillsborough disaster: No charges against two officers

  14-03-2018 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  Two former West Midlands Police officers allegedly failed to investigate the causes of the disaster properly.
  
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• Plan to end 'segregated' schools where almost every pupil comes from the same ethnic minority

  14-03-2018 12:27
  
  University of Birmingham School's innovative admissions policy will become a model for others across the country
  
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• Former Library of Birmingham photography chief dies aged 60

  14-03-2018 11:41
  
  Pete James was a champion of photography in the city and won national recognition for his work
  
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• Calls for Birmingham war memorial for Muslim soldiers who fought for Britain

  14-03-2018 11:27
  
  Cllr Majid Mahmood said city is the 'ideal' location for a National monument to First and Second World War heroes
  
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• Developer selected for Peddimore regeneration

  14-03-2018 11:15
  
  City council announces preferred partner to work on the first phase of massive regeneration project in north Birmingham
  
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• Men killed in Walsall motorbike crash 'on the way home'

  14-03-2018 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  A man has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving and causing death by dangerous driving.
  
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• Five English councils to adopt integration plans

  14-03-2018 07:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Bradford and Blackburn are among the councils given help to improve integration and community relations.
  
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• Birmingham binmen took most days off sick at city council last year

  14-03-2018 06:30
  
  They recorded an average of 18 days off sick, on top of time taken out for the long-running dispute
  
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• Designs revealed for new University of Birmingham rail and engineering hub

  14-03-2018 06:00
  
  Centre will house engineering and research staff working on new digital innovations for the rail industry
  
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