Birmingham news

• Russian spy cameras on sale at Dudley auction

  20-06-2018 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The collection is one of the "biggest" photographic collections consultant Tim Goldsmith has seen.
  
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• County Championship: Joe Denly and Jonathan Trott hit fifties on day of 20 wickets

  20-06-2018 20:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Kent's Joe Denly and Warwickshire's Jonathan Trott both make fifties as 20 wickets fall in the day at Tunbridge Wells.
  
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• Birmingham clean air charge: What you need to know

  20-06-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Car drivers could pay more than £10 a day under a planned pollution charge in the city centre.
  
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• UK regional airports will be hit hard by Heathrow’s third runway | Letters

  20-06-2018 18:49
  Expanding Heathrow would mean fewer flights elsewhere and further entrench the geographical economic divide in our country, writes Paul McGuinness. While Carolyn Hayman wonders what’s behind British Airways’ support for the schemeAccording to the government’s own figures, the impact of Heathrow expansion on UK regional airports will be alarmingly negative. By as early as 2030, a third runway at Heathrow will mean 20,258 fewer direct international flights at Manchester each year
  
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• West Bromwich Albion: Boaz Myhill, Claudio Yacob & Gareth McAuley released

  20-06-2018 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Relegated West Bromwich Albion release goalkeeper Boaz Myhill, midfielder Claudio Yacob and defender Gareth McAuley.
  
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• Shades of Banks - new Wolves keeper makes copycat save for Portugal

  20-06-2018 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Goalkeeper Rui Patricio does his best to emulate Gordon Banks' legendary save from Pele in the 1970 World Cup during Portugal's 1-0 victory over Morocco.
  
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• Ancient 'Saxon road' discovered under Victoria Square in Birmingham city centre

  20-06-2018 16:28
  
  Archaeologists are examining the site
  
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• Heated debate as tempers rise over recycling rate in Solihull

  20-06-2018 16:24
  
  A "green smiley face" had been stuck next to figures which showed a slight dip in figures
  
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• How electric car revolution will help West Midlands beat pollution challenge

  20-06-2018 16:16
  
  West Midlands Mayor backs region's engineers and car makers to solve the public health crisis
  
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• Politicians are convinced we need road pricing to cut pollution, but will motorists agree?

  20-06-2018 15:43
  
  West Midlands councils tried introducing road pricing once before, but backed down in the face of opposition
  
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• Brexit will mean we are 'all less safe', says West Midlands police chief

  20-06-2018 15:12
  
  The UK will lose access to key European crime databases
  
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• Warning issued over bogus bins in Solihull

  20-06-2018 14:53
  
  Questions were raised about an "odd-looking" bin which had appeared
  
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• Wimbledon 2018: Britain's Dan Evans not awarded wildcard

  20-06-2018 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Britain's Dan Evans, who is making a comeback after a one-year ban for taking cocaine, is not awarded a Wimbledon wildcard.
  
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• Aston Villa owner Tony Xia can sell shares to raise funds

  20-06-2018 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Tony Xia can sell shares, or put Aston Villa up for sale, as he seeks to raise funds with another tax bill looming.
  
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• Brain Game charity night to return to Birmingham

  20-06-2018 12:40
  
  Annual fundraiser for Marie Curie will be held at the ICC in October
  
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• Why the city council may make nothing from the new pollution charge

  20-06-2018 12:17
  
  Most drivers will avoid the clean air zone charge
  
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• Design unveiled for statue honouring Sikh soldiers of First World War

  20-06-2018 10:29
  
  The 10ft-high monument in Smethwick, West Midlands, depicting a Sikh serviceman carrying a rifle, will pay tribute to the thousands of troops
  
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• Welcome to Brumbria: should the West Midlands become a national park?

  20-06-2018 08:15
  Could a plan to turn the West Midlands into a national park transform the Black Country’s unlovely reputation, asks Wolverhampton native Stuart Jeffries “I think we have an extraordinary landscape here waiting to be discovered by millions,” says landscape architect Kathryn Moore, unrolling a jauntily coloured map of her visionary new park in a Birmingham City University office. The professor isn’t talking about of Cumbria, Umbria, Snowdonia or Amazonia. She’s talkin
  
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• Starbank School

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Starbank School rates compared to other secondary schools in Birmingham with our school ratings
  
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• St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School rates compared to other secondary schools in Birmingham with our school ratings
  
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• Selly Park Technology College for Girls

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Selly Park Technology College for Girls rates compared to other secondary schools in Birmingham with our school ratings
  
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• Ridgewood High School

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Ridgewood High School rates compared to other secondary schools in Dudley with our school ratings
  
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• Queensbridge School

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
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• Q3 Academy Langley

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Q3 Academy Langley rates compared to other secondary schools in Sandwell with our school ratings
  
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• Perry Beeches V - The All Through Family School

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Perry Beeches V - The All Through Family School rates compared to other secondary schools in Birmingham with our school ratings
  
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• Kings Heath Boys

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
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• Hodge Hill Girls' School

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
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• Health Futures UTC

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Health Futures UTC rates compared to other secondary schools in Sandwell with our school ratings
  
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• Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Dame Elizabeth Cadbury School rates compared to other secondary schools in Birmingham with our school ratings
  
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• Bordesley Green Girls' School and Sixth Form

  20-06-2018 01:00
  
  Find out how Bordesley Green Girls' School and Sixth Form rates compared to other secondary schools in Birmingham with our school ratings
  
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