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• Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell: We can make the whole country as wealthy as London

  20-09-2018 23:00
  
  John McDonnell says a Labour government would draw up investment plans for each region - and could end the north-south divide
  
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• Manchester drugs gang jailed over £100m operation

  20-09-2018 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  They operated from a flat in Greater Manchester and flooded north-east England with drugs.
  
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• County Championship: Essex win relegates Worcestershire back to Division Two

  20-09-2018 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Jamie Porter takes 11 wickets in the match as Essex win by an innings to relegate Worcestershire back to Division Two.
  
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• £115 million EuroMillions jackpot could create UK's fourth biggest winner - Birmingham Live

  20-09-2018 15:48
  Birmingham Live
  £115 million EuroMillions jackpot could create UK's fourth biggest winner
  Birmingham Live
  A £115 million EuroMillions jackpot could create the UK's fourth biggest winner if it is scooped by a single ticket-holder on Friday. Players have been urged to buy their tickets early ahead of the "super jackpot" draw.and more »
  
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• Risk of taxi 'go-slow’ protest in Birmingham over new crackdown on licence breaches

  20-09-2018 15:44
  
  It could happen in response to a new penalty point system set to punish drivers
  
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• Risk of taxi 'go-slow' protest in Birmingham over new crackdown on licence breaches

  20-09-2018 15:44
  
  It could happen in response to a new penalty point system set to punish drivers
  
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• Revamped Jewellery Quarter flats plan set for green light

  20-09-2018 15:30
  
  Regeneration of industrial site next to district's railway station is expected to be rubber stamped by council chiefs next week
  
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• £2m boost for Highbury Estate restoration project

  20-09-2018 15:13
  
  The city council is the sole trustee of Highbury Estate in Moseley, including the Grade II* listed Highbury Hall
  
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• Guildford pub bombs: Birmingham bomb ruling delays inquest

  20-09-2018 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  A hearing into the Guildford IRA pub bombings is delayed due to an imminent Appeal Court ruling.
  
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• Town 'not immune' to child exploitation - warning to Solihull

  20-09-2018 14:58
  
  'Some of those young people who are being exploited [sexually] are linked to other ways of being exploited'
  
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• US football mascot video goes viral after accident

  20-09-2018 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  As Colorado's Chip the Buffalo accidently fires a T-shirt cannon at his groin Lenny the Lion says mascots "need minders".
  
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• Doubt over 'misguided' energy company plan by Birmingham City Council

  20-09-2018 14:00
  
  It was a pre-election pledge to 'tackle the evils of fuel poverty and rip-off tariffs'
  
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• Black cabs to carry animated digital screens in Birmingham

  20-09-2018 11:17
  
  They could display emergency announcements for the public as well as advertising
  
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• Tom Watson plans tax on bookies to help gambling addicts

  20-09-2018 10:51
  
  Ads for gambling promotions will be banned during live sports events, under tough new rules planned by Labour
  
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• Porterbrook and University of Birmingham sign partnership to develop HydroFlex – the UK's first hydrogen train - Rail Professional

  20-09-2018 10:16
  Rail Professional
  Porterbrook and University of Birmingham sign partnership to develop HydroFlex – the UK's first hydrogen train
  Rail Professional
  Porterbrook and University of Birmingham sign partnership to develop HydroFlex – the UK's first hydrogen train. Porterbrook has entered into an MoU with the University of Birmingham's Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education ('BCRRE') to ...and more »
  
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