Birmingham news

• Walsall 0-3 Wigan Athletic

  21-03-2018 23:01 via bbc.co.uk
  Wigan make light of their weekend FA Cup exit to get their League One promotion campaign firmly into gear with victory at Walsall.
  
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• Gymnastics World Cup: James Hall wins all-around bronze for Britain

  21-03-2018 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  Great Britain's James Hall wins men's all-around bronze at the Gymnastics World Cup in Birmingham on Wednesday.
  
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• Conservatives keep on being told off for using misleading statistics

  21-03-2018 18:31
  
  The UK Statistics Authority has chastised Ministers - including the Prime Minister - for falsely claiming the Government has increased spending on services including police and schools
  
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• University welcomes guests to celebrate Sikh Guru's 350th birthday

  21-03-2018 16:27
  Dr Andrew Davies, from the Edward Cadbury Centre, right, with guests in the University of Birmingham's Great Hall.
  
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• Statistics watchdog rules Theresa May was wrong to say government had increased police funding

  21-03-2018 16:04
  
  The official statistics watchdog says Theresa May's comments 'could have led the public to conclude incorrectly' that central government funding for police had risen
  
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• Man who died after getting trapped in cinema seat named as Ateef Rafiq

  21-03-2018 15:58
  Rafiq, 24, suffered cardiac arrest after attempting to retrieve his phone at screening in Birmingham multiplexThe man who died after his head became wedged under the electronic footrest of a cinema seat has has been named as Ateef Rafiq, 24.In a statement from operator Vue International, the cinema said Rafiq died on 16 March, a week after the incident. Continue reading...
  
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• Man who died after getting trapped in cinema seat named

  21-03-2018 15:58
  Ateeq Rafiq, 24, suffered cardiac arrest after attempting to retrieve his phone at screening in Birmingham multiplexThe man who died after his head became wedged under the electronic footrest of a cinema seat has has been named as Ateef Rafiq, 24.In a statement from operator Vue International, the cinema said Rafiq died on 16 March, a week after the incident. Continue reading...
  
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• Walsall v Wigan Athletic

  21-03-2018 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  Live coverage of Wednesday's League One game between Walsall and Wigan Athletic.
  
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• Elderly woman killed in 'severe' Solihull house fire

  21-03-2018 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  A passer-by raised the alarm after seeing smoke at the house during the early hours.
  
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• Thousands sign petition opposing plan to close Solihull Police Station

  21-03-2018 12:27
  
  Opposition is growing to the planned closure of 24 police stations across the West Midlands
  
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• Birmingham ex-gang man to sue police over shooting

  21-03-2018 11:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Sharif Cousins says he was unarmed and unthreatening when he was shot in an alleyway by officers.
  
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• Privatise Birmingham's failing bin service say Lib Dems

  21-03-2018 06:30
  
  Opposition council group make manifesto pledge following last year's bin strike and huge budget overspend
  
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• Birmingham hospital recruits ROBOT to help with hip operations

  21-03-2018 06:26
  
  Royal Orthopedic first to offer pioneering robotic arm surgery
  
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• Birmingham hospital recruits robosurgeon to help with hip operations

  21-03-2018 06:26
  
  Royal Orthapedic first to offer pioneering robotic arm surgery
  
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• Cities in north and Midlands dominate growth measure

  21-03-2018 01:01
  Report places Manchester top across England and Wales, with London only coming in 20thCities in the north and the Midlands have been transformed by a period of rapid regeneration that has seen population and jobs growth far exceed that of London since the turn of the century, according to a new report.The Centre for Cities thinktank said urban renaissance in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham and Liverpool had been so marked that problems of urban decay had been replaced by a need to find room for fu
  
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