Birmingham news

• Trojan Horse play aims to crack 'assumed truth'

  24-07-2018 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Writer Helen Monks found the impact of the inquiry was deep and led to widening community divisions.
  
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• Joao Moutinho: Wolves sign Portugal midfielder from Monaco

  24-07-2018 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Premier League newcomers Wolves sign Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho from Monaco for £5m.
  
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• County Championship: Middlesex clinch dramatic 18-run win over Warwickshire

  24-07-2018 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  Tim Murtagh and James Fuller star as Middlesex wrap up an 18-run win over Division Two leaders Warwickshire at Lord's.
  
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• The Prince of Wales visits the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research

  24-07-2018 19:01
  Today the University of Birmingham welcomed His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to its Staffordshire-based Institute of Forest Research Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (BIFoR FACE) facility.
  
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• NCIS actor: 'Quite humbling' that Theresa May likes show

  24-07-2018 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  British actor Duane Henry, who played Clayton Reeves in NCIS, responds to news that the prime minister watches the show.
  
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• Data science may help Hollywood make the movies people really want to see

  24-07-2018 18:36
  Data science could help Hollywood producers generate 'personalised' movies after researchers established that a film's emotional content could help to predict box-office success.
  
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• UK Railways Pension Scheme buys Birmingham office asset for £95m - IP Real Estate

  24-07-2018 17:49
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  UK Railways Pension Scheme buys Birmingham office asset for £95m
  IP Real Estate
  The UK pension fund for railway companies has bought an office asset in the West Midlands region of England for around £95m (€106.6m). RPMI Railpen, the investment manager for the £28bn Railways Pension Scheme, said it bought the interconnected 2 ...and more »
  
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• Child services could push Wolverhampton Council over financial brink, warning

  24-07-2018 17:36
  
  Spending on ‘looked after children’ could see the authority in the red by millions of pounds
  
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• Woman suffers serious injuries after acid attack in Birmingham - The Guardian

  24-07-2018 17:17
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  Woman suffers serious injuries after acid attack in Birmingham
  The Guardian
  A woman has suffered serious injuries to her face after becoming the latest victim of an acid attack in Britain. The 47-year-old was targeted at about 10am on Tuesday in the Ladywood area of Birmingham by an individual on a passing moped or bicycle.
  Birmingham ACID ATTACK: Woman suffers 'serious' injuries as moped rider targets her faceExpress.co.ukall 20 news articles »
  
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• Brexit, Trump, antisemitism and teacher's pay - seven things we learned from Jeremy Corbyn in Birmingham

  24-07-2018 16:38
  
  Labour leader in Witton to launch new Build it in Britain policy
  
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• Theresa May takes personal charge of Brexit talks - sidelines Brexit Secretary and Department for Exiting the European Union

  24-07-2018 15:51
  
  The Prime Minister will take personal responsibility for negotiating Brexit, with support from staff at the Cabinet Office
  
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• Vote Leave Chair Gisela Stuart says: 'We always complied with the rules as we saw them'

  24-07-2018 15:34
  
  Former Birmingham MP who led the Vote Leave campaign insists it obeyed the rules - and warns a second referendum would be even more divisive
  
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• Corrosive substance thrown at woman in Birmingham

  24-07-2018 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  The woman suffers serious injuries to her face after a substance is thrown from a bike or moped.
  
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• Worcester 'acid attack': Fifth man arrested

  24-07-2018 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The man was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm.
  
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• Harvey Barnes: West Bromwich Albion sign Leicester City winger on loan

  24-07-2018 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Leicester City winger Harvey Barnes signs a new four-year deal and then joins West Bromwich Albion on loan for 2018-19.
  
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• Walsall council plans to drug test employees

  24-07-2018 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Police sniffer dogs were called out in one instance when drugs paraphernalia was found.
  
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• Birmingham ACID ATTACK: Woman suffers 'serious' injuries as moped rider targets her face - Express

  24-07-2018 09:00
  Birmingham ACID ATTACK: Woman suffers 'serious' injuries as moped rider targets her face  ExpressAN ACID attack in Birmingham has left a woman with 'serious' facial injuries after she was doused with a toxic substance thrown by a moped rider.
  
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• New database launches in a bid to develop new drugs in the fight against antimicrobial resistance

  24-07-2018 02:12
  A new and first of its kind database has been launched listing compounds that could be used to develop new antibiotics in a bid to tackle the global issue of antimicrobial resistance.
  
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• Premier League and EFL football matches 'over-policed'

  24-07-2018 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Critics say deploying one officer for every 50 fans at some games is "unsustainable".
  
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• Jeremy Corbyn vows a Labour government will stop sending contracts abroad - and build in Britain instead

  24-07-2018 01:01
  
  Labour leader tells Birmingham manufacturers that everything from trains to massive military projects have been built overseas, and it has to stop
  
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