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• The moment passengers attack others on board train

  30-08-2018 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Footage shot in a carriage shows two passengers raining blows on other commuters.
  
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• Nacer Chadli: Monaco sign Belgium international from West Brom

  30-08-2018 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  French side Monaco sign Belgium international winger Nacer Chadli from Championship club West Brom for a reported £10m.
  
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• Solihull double-murder suspect 'in fit of rage' before deaths

  30-08-2018 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Staff at the Rotana Shisha bar say they saw Janbaz Tarin confront his ex-girlfriend.
  
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• Ian Bell: Warwickshire batsman passes 20,000 first-class runs as Glamorgan struggle

  30-08-2018 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Warwickshire's England batsman Ian Bell passes 20,000 first-class career runs with 204 at Colwyn Bay against Glamorgan.
  
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• 'Well-organised' gang flew drones carrying drugs into prisons

  30-08-2018 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A "well-organised" gang delivered contraband to a number of prisons in England, a court hears.
  
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• Small businesses urged to tackle mental health across West Midlands

  30-08-2018 17:46
  
  New trial promoting good mental health and wellbeing in the workplace
  
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• Steve Seddon: Birmingham loan left-back to Stevenage until January

  30-08-2018 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Birmingham City loan defender Steve Seddon to League Two side Stevenage until 15 January.
  
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• Adapt, move or die: animals and plants react to climate change - study

  30-08-2018 17:21
  Nature is on the move as plants and animals react to the threat of extinction from climate change by changing their location or behaviour – a critical review reveals.
  
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• Birmingham stabbing: Two boys, 13 and 14, arrested after teen stabbed in back in park - Express.co.uk

  30-08-2018 17:02
  Express.co.uk
  Birmingham stabbing: Two boys, 13 and 14, arrested after teen stabbed in back in park
  Express.co.uk
  The youngsters are being questioned by police after a 16-year-old boy was chased and stabbed in the back in Handsworth Park, Birmingham. A 15-year-old girl also suffered injuries during the assault, which took place on the evening of Bank Holiday ...and more »
  
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• Why skills and training are the key to good jobs in the West Midlands

  30-08-2018 16:44
  
  Pensions Minister Guy Opperman writes for BirminghamLive about his recent visit to Birmingham
  
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• Man jailed for life over Halloween music row shooting in Birmingham

  30-08-2018 16:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Simeon Liburd will serve a minimum of 15 years after being convicted of attempted murder.
  
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• Birmingham could lose an MP under plans to be confirmed next week

  30-08-2018 16:28
  
  A review of constituencies has finished and the findings will be presented to the Government
  
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• On patrol with Solihull Street Watch team

  30-08-2018 15:07
  
  Local Democracy Reporter David Irwin went out on patrol in Elmdon to find out more about the Street Watch scheme
  
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• Attempted murder arrests after Handsworth Park stabbing

  30-08-2018 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  A 16-year-old boy is in hospital with serious internal injuries after the attack in Handsworth Park.
  
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• 'I’m still stepping over people' on Birmingham streets, says police chief

  30-08-2018 14:23
  
  Police chief criticises failed promises over rough sleepers in city
  
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• Walsall Council plans to install street skips to tackle fly-tipping

  30-08-2018 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  Clearing up illegally discarded waste cost more than £400,000 last year, a council says.
  
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• Weedkiller alleged to cause cancer still being used in Solihull

  30-08-2018 12:46
  
   "It is the council's preferred weed control agent for our weed control programme"
  
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• Play centre boss jailed for filming girls undressing

  30-08-2018 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Married father-of-two Darren Johnson used "peepholes" to film women and girls.
  
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• Starbucks thrills customers with pumpkin spice lattes now available in UK - Birmingham Live

  30-08-2018 12:13
  Birmingham Live
  Starbucks thrills customers with pumpkin spice lattes now available in UK
  Birmingham Live
  There's a fair few sure-fire signs Christmas is coming: the displays in your favourite department stores, the Coca-Cola truck, the John Lewis advert. Another sign for many, of course, is the return to the Starbucks festive cups.and more »
  
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• Tamworth's town centre must move with the times, says council

  30-08-2018 11:26
  
  Tamworth's town centre must move with the times, says council
  
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• Care home boss struck off after stealing £100k from 97-year-old resident to blow on bingo

  30-08-2018 11:23
  Carleen Wilkins withdrew the maximum amount of cash from victim's account almost every day since 2012
  
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• Birmingham stabbing: Two boys, 13 and 14, arrested after teen stabbed in back in park - Express

  30-08-2018 09:00
  Birmingham stabbing: Two boys, 13 and 14, arrested after teen stabbed in back in park  ExpressTWO teenage boys aged 13 and 14 have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a horrific knife attack in a park.
  
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• Bizarre gifts offered to West Midlands Police over the past three years

  30-08-2018 08:30
  
  One hundred pots of noodles, a Dr Who brochure and a ceramic bird feeder among the gifts
  
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• Assaults on Birmingham police officers soar to jaw-dropping levels

  30-08-2018 06:30
  
  Analysis of the latest crime figures has revealed that officers in our city were assaulted 452 times in 2017-18
  
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