Birmingham news

• Rashid plays in Yorkshire win, Guptill hits 35-ball ton - T20 Blast round-up

  27-07-2018 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  England spinner Adil Rashid takes 1-19 to help Yorkshire win a rain-affected T20 Blast match with Birmingham Bears.
  
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• Artist captures West Bromwich Albion's turbulent season

  27-07-2018 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Portrait artist Tai Schierenberg has been capturing the look of "the hope that kills you".
  
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• Comment: One rule for binmen, another for low-paid female carers

  27-07-2018 17:10
  
  City council correspondent Neil Elkes looks at the growing row over staffing changes among social care workers and the looming 14-day strike
  
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• Carl Ikeme: Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper announces retirement

  27-07-2018 14:06 via bbc.co.uk
  Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme, who was diagnosed with acute leukaemia in July 2017, announces his retirement from football.
  
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• Man kidnapped and robbed in 'fake' taxi in Birmingham

  27-07-2018 12:37 via bbc.co.uk
  The victim was beaten up and driven around Birmingham before being left in a city street.
  
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• Big developers favoured over 'local people', says resigning Birmingham planning chief

  27-07-2018 12:28
  
  He took a swipe at the government as he resigned his position after six years in the post
  
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• Thousands more West Midlands Police officers will wear body-worn cameras - here's why

  27-07-2018 11:52
  
  The roll out has now started at stations and departments across the force
  
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• Parking charge changes could "harm Solihull village", claim

  27-07-2018 10:23
  
  There has been a backlash from residents and traders over plans to scrap two hour free parking
  
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• Metro route plans tens of millions over budget - forecast warning

  27-07-2018 10:04
  
  The Brierley Hill metro extension and the Birmingham to Solihull route are currently exhibiting 'cost pressures'
  
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• The staggering number of Birmingham criminals reoffending within a year

  27-07-2018 06:30
  
  Some 4,057 of those - 32.6 per cent of the total - went on to commit another offence within a year
  
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• Trojan Horse play 'really important'

  27-07-2018 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  It dramatises the inquiry into an alleged plot by Muslim hardliners to control some Birmingham schools.
  
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• The West Midlands is one of the best places in UK for bin collections

  27-07-2018 00:24
  
  Birmingham, Sandwell, Solihull, Dudley and Wolverhampton have weekly collections while they are fortnightly at Coventry and Walsall
  
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