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• Trust closes all 25 schools due to extreme heat

  24-06-2026 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Arthur Terry Learning Partnership says the closure is for pupils' and staffs' health and safety.
  
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• GB's Evans out of Wimbledon qualifying

  24-06-2026 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dan Evans' singles career is over after losing to Tristan Schoolkate in the second round of Wimbledon qualifying.
  
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• Fresh closures hit city's hospitality businesses

  24-06-2026 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Cube Hotel shuts suddenly along with its Marco Pierre White restaurant and a Stirchley cafe.
  
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• Ring unearthed in 'once in a lifetime find' sells

  24-06-2026 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The metal detectorist who found the ring says the sale is "beyond anything he could have imagined".
  
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• Teen suffers life-threatening injuries in stabbing

  24-06-2026 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 17-year-old remains in hospital after the incident in Birmingham's Victoria Square.
  
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• Is Al Carns serious about a Labour leadership bid?

  24-06-2026 08:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Al Carns speaks to Victoria Derbyshire on Newsnight about a potential Labour leadership bid and Andy Burnham.
  
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• More domestic abuse help for 999 control rooms

  24-06-2026 07:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nour Norris hopes more families may be spared the heartbreak that hers lives with.
  
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• Buzz Lightyear cake includes laser and sounds

  24-06-2026 07:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lara Mason made the cake over five days and included working buttons and retractable wings.
  
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• Traders rue 'horrendous' Metro extension delays

  24-06-2026 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nortons Irish bar said its takings had fallen by 40 percent since construction started 11 months ago
  
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• Ambulance staff can attend Pride weeks after ban at neighbouring parade

  24-06-2026 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An internal email says the service is reviewing events on a "case-by-case" basis.
  
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• Twins living identical lives for 82 years

  24-06-2026 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The brothers have dressed alike, worked the same jobs and lived in the same home all their lives.
  
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• Uncovering the West Midlands roots of Thomas the Tank Engine

  24-06-2026 07:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is Christopher Awdry's measles in the 1942 that led his father to create Thomas the Tank Engine.
  
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• Walsall defender Browne signs new two-year deal

  23-06-2026 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Walsall full-back Rico Browne agrees a new two-year deal, with an option for a further 12 months, with the League Two Saddlers.
  
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• Shop may lose licence over missing lottery ticket

  23-06-2026 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A customer was handed £30 winnings, only realising later the prize was "substantially" more.
  
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• Gill staying at West Brom as Strachan joins

  23-06-2026 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Bromwich Albion confirm Matt Gill is staying on as assistant head coach while Celtic's Gavin Strachan joins the coaching staff.
  
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• Grassroots club where Morgan Rogers showed star quality at six

  23-06-2026 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Halas Hawks in Halesowen, West Midlands, are thrilled to have a former player on the world stage.
  
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• High Court quashes boy's 1984 inquest verdict

  23-06-2026 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Billington's family have spent 40 years trying to get the truth about how the 15-year-old died.
  
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• Burnham as PM could be good for West Midlands, says mayor

  23-06-2026 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Richard Parker also believes Andy Burnham could turn around Labour's election fortunes in the region.
  
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• Urgent treatment centres face closure – what could happen?

  23-06-2026 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A review has found "they do not all operate consistently or fully meet national guidance".
  
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• 'Not what we were promised' - Sandwell speaks 10 years on from Brexit vote

  23-06-2026 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A decade on from the EU referendum vote, Tipton's former Brexit positivity is much harder to find.
  
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• Driver jailed for crushing girlfriend to death

  22-06-2026 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mohammed Azim initially claimed Lily Whitehouse had been hit by another driver.
  
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• Second boy approached in park a day after abduction

  22-06-2026 21:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A boy is reportedly approached by a suspicious man a day after a boy was abducted nearby, police say.
  
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• Rail users urged not to travel in extreme heat

  22-06-2026 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A red warning is in place from 09:00 on Wednesday to 21:00 BST on Thursday, the Met Office says.
  
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• Two men plead guilty over £39m TfL cyber attack

  22-06-2026 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The data breach affected 10m customers and disrupted some services for three months in summer 2024.
  
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• Parents jailed over son's preventable death

  22-06-2026 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Joshua Thomas died after displaying symptoms of severe diabetic ketoacidosis in 2022.
  
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• Somerset held to draw by Bears after Overton hundred

  22-06-2026 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Craig Overton hits his third Championship century of the season but their Division One home game against Warwickshire ends in a draw.
  
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• Walsall sign ex-Sutton midfielder Simper

  22-06-2026 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Walsall sign midfielder Lewis Simper following the expiry of his contract with National League side Sutton United.
  
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• Safe-sleep checks for nurseries as mum says son who died 'not treated as human'

  22-06-2026 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An extra 3,000 annual unannounced nursery inspections will also take place in England from September.
  
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• Evans not motivated more by Wimbledon wildcard omission

  22-06-2026 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dan Evans says missing out on a Wimbledon main-draw wildcard has not motivated him more in qualifying as he beat Juan Carlos Prado Angelo in the first round.
  
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• Fundraisers seek £50k to bring crash victim home

  22-06-2026 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ethan Lacey has severe brain injuries after falling from a moving pick-up truck in Thailand.
  
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