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• County Championship: Sean Dickson and Joe Denly put Kent in control against Warwickshire

  21-06-2018 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Centuries from Sean Dickson and Joe Denly help put Kent in control against Warwickshire at Tunbridge Wells.
  
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• County Championship: Worcestershire's Daryl Mitchell hits second ton against Lancashire

  21-06-2018 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Daryl Mitchell makes his second century of the match as Worcestershire take control against Lancashire.
  
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• Nature Valley Classic: Garbine Muguruza out, Petra Kvitova advances in Birmingham

  21-06-2018 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza is beaten in Birmingham but defending champion Petra Kvitova reaches the quarter-finals.
  
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• Stem cell match brother 'denied visa for life-saving op'

  21-06-2018 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  Shirley Kordie's brother Joseph is a "perfect" stem cell match and is ready to donate.
  
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• MPs call for police inquiry into claims Russian money funded Brexit campaign

  21-06-2018 15:59
  
  Birmingham MPs Liam Byrne and Shabana Mahmood wrote to the Metropolitan Police calling for an investigation
  
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• Major survey of Solihull's roads for £2 million safety projects

  21-06-2018 15:54
  
  More than 90 miles of highways in close proximity to the HS2 rail line are to covered by the survey
  
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• Birmingham leaders named as UK-India Top 100 influencers

  21-06-2018 15:33
  The University of Birmingham's Chancellor Lord Karan Bilimoria and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (International) Professor Robin Mason have been named as two of the most influential figures in UK-India relations.
  
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• 'Dramatic' increase in children taken into care in Sandwell

  21-06-2018 14:42
  
  And early indications show that demand for the council service is still increasing
  
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• Patients deaths linked to failings in care, report reveals

  21-06-2018 14:18
  
  Thirty-seven deaths investigated between 2016 and 2018 at Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Trust
  
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• Mum's airing cupboard death 'devastated family'

  21-06-2018 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The family of a woman who died after getting trapped in an airing cupboard speak of their pain.
  
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• U.K.'s first operational hydrogen train unveiled at Rail Live by University of Birmingham researchers

  21-06-2018 13:46
  The Birmingham Centre for Rail Research and Education (BCRRE) has unveiled the U.K.'s first fully operating hydrogen train at Rail Live 2018, an annual event that brings the entire industry together to showcase UK rail expertise.
  
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• Mayor 'has questions to answer' about public transport crime

  21-06-2018 12:58
  
  Crime has risen over the past 12 months in the West Midlands, it was revealed
  
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• Ernie Hunt: 'Donkey kick' scorer for Coventry City dies aged 75

  21-06-2018 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Ernie Hunt, scorer of the famous 'donkey kick' free-kick for Coventry City in 1970, dies at the age of 75.
  
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• Newcastle United player Ciaran Clark attacked in Magaluf bar

  21-06-2018 11:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Ciaran Clark was knocked unconscious in a row on a dance floor.
  
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• Lady Leshurr 'tried to end it all' two years ago

  21-06-2018 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The grime MC says she's telling fans because she's "not the only one" to experience such feelings.
  
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• A-Z axed from Birmingham private hire test

  21-06-2018 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Concerns are raised that changes may lower the standard of taxi drivers in Birmingham.
  
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• Birmingham turns its back on cash for grammar school expansion

  21-06-2018 10:43
  
  Labour bosses say grammar schools reduce social mobility and widen achievement gap
  
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• Drug testing for taxi drivers plan after fatal Belgrave Middleway crash

  21-06-2018 10:04
  
  The taxi driver who died was found to have cocaine in his system
  
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• West Brom and Blues at home, Villa at Hull to start season

  21-06-2018 10:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Derby will travel to Reading in Frank Lampard's first game in charge when the Championship season starts on 3 August.
  
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• Walsall host Plymouth on opening day

  21-06-2018 10:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Sunderland begin their first campaign in England's third tier for more than 30 years with a lunchtime kick off at home to Charlton Athletic.
  
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• Worrying stats show Birmingham hospital waiting lists at highest level in 10 years

  21-06-2018 06:30
  
  There were 52,501 people waiting for treatment at the trust at the end of April
  
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• Deeply dippy for dinosaurs

  21-06-2018 02:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Dippy the diplodocus is proving a huge draw on its UK-wide tour. Why are some people so fascinated with dinosaurs?
  
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