Birmingham news

• Events cancelled at Wolverhampton fire-struck venue

  16-05-2018 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A full statement on the fire is due to be released by the venue on Thursday.
  
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• Wolverhampton man charged over 'offensive' MP emails

  16-05-2018 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  David William Hall is accused of emailing the Tory and Labour MPs in December last year.
  
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• Police probe Birmingham murder after man shot dead

  16-05-2018 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Abdul Rahman suffered gunshot injuries to his chest and later died in hospital.
  
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• Plans for Dudley over next 12 months revealed

  16-05-2018 17:29
  
  Crumbling roads, parking and bin collections
  
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• Mental health a 'taboo' for many Sikhs

  16-05-2018 16:20 via bbc.co.uk
  Woman highlights mental health issues among Sikh community.
  
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• Ed Pollock: Warwickshire batsman extends contract until 2020

  16-05-2018 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire batsman Ed Pollock sign a two-year contract extension which will keep him at the club until 2020.
  
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• University of Birmingham research wins The BMJ's 'UK Research Paper of the Year'

  16-05-2018 15:20
  A research paper showing the results of a study led by researchers at the University of Birmingham has been crowned 'UK Research Paper of the Year' in The BMJ Awards 2018.
  
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• West Midlands Mayor Andy Street to advise government on East Coast rail services

  16-05-2018 15:00
  
  In a surprise announcement, the West Midlands Mayor has accepted a role advising the government on rail services between London and Newcastle
  
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• New role to focus on boosting leisure and tourism in Solihull

  16-05-2018 14:26
  
  "Given the importance of leisure and tourism we wanted to invest in a new cabinet post."
  
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• Plans on show for £85m Edgbaston Stadium revamp and apartment block

  16-05-2018 13:48
  
  Exhibition this week will showcase designs for more than 370 apartments and new entrance plaza at famous cricket stadium
  
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• The String Quartet's Guide to Sex and Anxiety review – strange and beautiful

  16-05-2018 13:46
  Birmingham Rep
  Calixto Bieito’s intense theatrical collage brings together four first-rate actors and the miraculous Heath QuartetCalixto Bieito, as anyone who has seen his productions of Calderón’s Life Is a Dream and Bizet’s Carmen can testify, is infinitely more than a Catalan shock merchant. He is deeply sensitive to words and music as this highly original 90-minute theatrical collage proves. Works by Ligeti and Beethoven played by the miraculous Heath Quartet echo a
  
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• Birmingham's Baverstock school was closed while Government 'planned free school nearby'

  16-05-2018 13:23
  
  MP asks how much taxpayers money was wasted closing and opening schools 'on a whim'
  
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• Bleeding horse dumped in road after Wolverhampton crash

  16-05-2018 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Two men were seen unhooking the horse from its cart and leaving the scene, the RSPCA says.
  
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• BioHub Birmingham tenant to develop rapid diagnostic test for mastitis in dairy cows

  16-05-2018 11:50
  Abingdon Health, a tenant at the University of Birmingham's bio-incubator, is developing a rapid diagnostic test for bovine mastitis, a common and serious health problem in dairy cows, which has an estimated £14-23 billion impact on the global dairy industry.
  
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• The staggering number of people in the West Midlands who had their benefits cut by bedroom tax

  16-05-2018 06:30
  
  Some 22,356 claimants across our region are losing some of the housing benefit they would otherwise receive because of the controversial tax
  
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• New £2m project to regenerate Jewellery Quarter

  16-05-2018 06:00
  
  Work starts on giving new life to buildings in historic manufacturing quarter and launching a programme of heritage activities
  
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• The 'recklessness, hubris and greed' that left Birmingham's half-built £350m hospital in limbo

  16-05-2018 01:01
  
  MPs say a 'rotten corporate culture' led to the collapse of Carillion, which was building the Midland Metropolitan Hospital
  
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