Birmingham news

• HMRC urges UK households earning £100,000 to claim perk worth £4k - Birmingham Live

  13-03-2025 15:24
  HMRC urges UK households earning £100,000 to claim perk worth £4k  Birmingham Live
  
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• City's bin strikes leave residents embarrassed

  24-03-2025 07:14 via bbc.com
  
  People tell the BBC they cannot be proud of Birmingham amid reports of rats and piled up rubbish.
  
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• 'We dealt with death every day as Covid medics'

  24-03-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  
  Staff at a Smethwick hospital talk of medics throwing up and having panic attacks in the pandemic.
  
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• England lose to triumphant India in Kabaddi World Cup

  23-03-2025 18:31 via bbc.com
  
  England are beaten in the men's and women's finals in Wolverhampton on Sunday.
  
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• Muslim women's boxing coach 'pushing for change'

  23-03-2025 18:07 via bbc.com
  
  Samera Ali is recognised for her work at the Muslim Boxing Awards.
  
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• Four 'slashed at' in knife attack in street

  23-03-2025 16:36 via bbc.com
  
  Police say no-one was seriously injured in the incident in Kingstanding on Saturday morning.
  
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• Two men hurt as shots fired in city street

  23-03-2025 12:40 via bbc.com
  
  Police say there were a lot of people in the area at the time the shots were fired in Aston at about 06:00 GMT.
  
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• Inquiry plea over 'egg-like' smell in borough

  23-03-2025 08:18 via bbc.com
  
  Residents have endured the stench from a waste disposal site for months a councillor says.
  
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• Your photos: Lambs, splashing ducks, and blooms

  23-03-2025 08:17 via bbc.com
  
  Take a look at some of your best images from across the region over the past week.
  
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• Brady upsets Edwards with dominant display

  23-03-2025 00:48 via bbc.com
  
  Sean Brady upsets Leon Edwards with a dominant display, submitting the Briton in the fourth round of the pair's welterweight contest at UFC London.
  
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• Hundreds attend community Iftar at football stadium

  22-03-2025 15:51 via bbc.com
  
  Members of the local community gathered to break their fast together on Friday evening.
  
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• Major UK motorway shuts for hours after BMW Z4 driver dies - Birmingham Live

  22-03-2025 12:44
  Major UK motorway shuts for hours after BMW Z4 driver dies  Birmingham Live
  
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• One hurt in knife incident and man arrested

  22-03-2025 12:33 via bbc.com
  
  A man in his 20s is arrested after one person was taken to hospital with knife wounds.
  
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• Kabaddi matches seen by millions - organisers

  22-03-2025 08:19 via bbc.com
  
  The Kabaddi World Cup enters its final stages this weekend with events including the final sold out.
  
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• Railway station project means seven-week roadworks

  22-03-2025 08:16 via bbc.com
  
  There will be diversions and temporary lights to allow the creation of a new Kings Heath station.
  
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• Kidney transplant has boy high-fiving and thriving

  22-03-2025 08:16 via bbc.com
  
  Four-year-old Reagan has the surgery after being diagnosed with kidney disease as a baby.
  
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• Litter endangering region's wildlife, warns RSPCA

  22-03-2025 08:14 via bbc.com
  
  In 2024, the RSPCA received 87 reports of animals endangered by litter in the West Midlands.
  
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• Foreign Office warns UK tourists face mobile phones being 'limited' - Birmingham Live

  22-03-2025 06:39
  Foreign Office warns UK tourists face mobile phones being 'limited'  Birmingham Live
  
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• UK tourists warned popular holiday hotspot usually 21C faces snow - Birmingham Live

  22-03-2025 06:22
  UK tourists warned popular holiday hotspot usually 21C faces snow  Birmingham Live
  
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• Giant rats and stench: There's no end in sight for 'Binmageddon'

  22-03-2025 02:09 via bbc.com
  
  Residents are stuck in the middle of a dispute between Birmingham City Council and striking bin workers.
  
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• Birmingham council bin strike causes major disruption in UK’s second city - BBC.com

  22-03-2025 02:09
  Birmingham council bin strike causes major disruption in UK’s second city  BBC.com
  
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• Boy's bleed death leaves parents 'shattered'

  21-03-2025 21:34 via bbc.com
  
  Three year-old Aarav Chopra died during a hospital test carried out by a trainee, a coroner says.
  
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• Seventeen arrested in county lines crackdown

  21-03-2025 20:59 via bbc.com
  
  Police also seize thousands of pounds worth of drugs and cash in the raids across the West Midlands.
  
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• UK: Birmingham refuse workers on indefinite strike against pay cuts - WSWS

  21-03-2025 19:38
  UK: Birmingham refuse workers on indefinite strike against pay cuts  WSWS
  
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• Bid for 150 more police officers after decline

  21-03-2025 16:59 via bbc.com
  
  Simon Foster claims the West Midlands suffers "inexcusable unfairness" over police numbers.
  
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• Beloved Birmingham bakery among the UK's best closed 'until further notice' - Birmingham Live

  21-03-2025 16:51
  Beloved Birmingham bakery among the UK's best closed 'until further notice'  Birmingham Live
  
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• UK households warned after fridge staple urgently recalled for being 'unsafe' - Birmingham Live

  21-03-2025 16:29
  UK households warned after fridge staple urgently recalled for being 'unsafe'  Birmingham Live
  
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• Fixture logjam fear behind non-postponement - Sadler

  21-03-2025 14:06 via bbc.com
  
  Walsall boss Mat Sadler says he would rather gamble by travelling to Gillingham without several key players than risk a fixture pile-up.
  
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• Sainsbury's axes UK household staple and blames 'number of different factors' - Birmingham Live

  21-03-2025 13:41
  Sainsbury's axes UK household staple and blames 'number of different factors'  Birmingham Live
  
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• The pursuit of happiness? The race to reach the EFL

  21-03-2025 13:36 via bbc.com
  
  As we celebrate Non-League Day this weekend, BBC Sport takes a look at the main contenders vying for a place in the EFL.
  
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