Birmingham news

• Steve Rhodes named as England scout

  22-05-2018 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Six former England players are named as scouts under the national team's new selection system.
  
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• Health experts in Birmingham and Guangzhou set up research institute

  22-05-2018 18:28
  The University of Birmingham and Guangzhou Women & Children's Medical Center today signed an agreement to establish a Joint Research Institute (JRI) that will use health data to help tackle childhood diseases.
  
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• Secret evidence leads to downgrade of convictions over Stoke shooting

  22-05-2018 18:02
  CPS lawyer says there is no satisfactory explanation for not disclosing material earlierSecret evidence that was not disclosed at trial has led to the overturning of the convictions of five men for conspiracy to murder following a shooting in Stoke-on-Trent in 2010.
  Although the court of appeal imposed alternative convictions for the lesser offence of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm, the men and their lawyers still do not know what the new material reveals. Continue reading...
  
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• Dan Evans wins in first round of Loughborough ATP Challenger

  22-05-2018 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Dan Evans reaches the second round of the ATP Challenger event in Loughborough as he continues his return from a drugs ban.
  
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• Birmingham children are still being held in custody despite warnings

  22-05-2018 16:34
  
  Police Commissioner calls on councils to provide more accommodation for vulnerable children
  
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• Alan Hutton: Aston Villa defender 'a manager's delight', says boss Steve Bruce

  22-05-2018 16:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce praises Alan Hutton, a "beast of a defender" who "gives you everything he has got".
  
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• West Midlands Mayor Andy Street wants control of hundreds of millions of pounds currently spent by the EU

  22-05-2018 13:53
  
  The West Midlands Mayor says money currently spent by the EU should go straight to English regions after Brexit
  
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• Mayor uses own deciding vote - to re-elect himself

  22-05-2018 13:48
  
  The controversial move has not been seen before in the post-war era
  
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• Andy Cook: Walsall sign Tranmere Rovers striker on two-year deal

  22-05-2018 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Walsall sign out-of-contract striker Andy Cook from National League promotion final winners Tranmere Rovers.
  
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• U.K. Star Mist Talks U.S. Rap Influences, Putting His City of Birmingham on the Map & How Prison Changed Him f - Billboard

  22-05-2018 09:00
  U.K. Star Mist Talks U.S. Rap Influences, Putting His City of Birmingham on the Map & How Prison Changed Him f  BillboardSince being released from prison in 2014, Mist has been on the rise shaking up the U.K. rap scene with his honest, pain-ridden tales. Coming out of Birmingham, ...
  
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• New study into cycling across the West Midlands

  22-05-2018 06:00
  
  Charity Sustrans has secured new funding to widen its research into attitudes towards cycling across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands
  
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• University of Birmingham academic calls for universal thyroid testing to reduce problems in pregnancy

  22-05-2018 00:21
  Universal testing for thyroid function in pregnant women could reduce miscarriages and negative neurodevelopmental effects for the baby, a University of Birmingham academic will argue in a debate at the European Society of Endocrinology annual meeting today.
  
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