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• Sufi Muhammed Abdullah Khan’s first Urs ceremony to be held this weekend

  28-07-2015 22:00
  
  More than 6,000 people expected at Ghamkol Sharif mosque in Small Heath to see mausoleum of the spiritual leader from Jul 31 - August 2, 2015
  
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• Dudley great grandad reveals why he keeps a 9ft dinosaur in his front garden

  28-07-2015 22:00
  
  Jake Pearson, 72, from Holly Hall, hopes to add a pterodactyl on the roof to his amazing collection of memorabilia
  
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• Aston University student who was a 'miracle baby' killed by hit-and-run driver

  28-07-2015 20:00
  
  Speeding driver Naeem Haque jailed for causing death by careless driving after 19-year-old Aiysha Muhammed killed in Perry Barr
  
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• Paradise Birmingham: When will the roadworks and disruption come to an end?

  28-07-2015 19:25
  
  How many more months of gridlock will drivers face in Birmingham city centre? We take a look at when the roads are expected to return to normal
  
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• Heated exchanges at PSCO meeting with West Midlands Police Chief Constable as cuts announced

  28-07-2015 18:59
  
  Tensions run high as PSCOs told of plans to "significantly reduce" their numbers by 2020 at higher rate than regular officers
  
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• Heated exchanges at PCSO meeting with West Midlands Police Chief Constable as cuts announced

  28-07-2015 18:59
  
  Tensions run high as PCSOs told of plans to "significantly reduce" their numbers by 2020 at higher rate than regular officers
  
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• Police cordon off Moor Street Queensway stretch following reports of stabbing

  28-07-2015 18:42
  
  Area of Birmingham city centre near Moor Street station cleared for around two hours this afternoon
  
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• Police cordon off Moor Street Queensway stretch following incident

  28-07-2015 18:42
  
  Area near to railway station, Bullring and Carrs Lane cleared
  
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• Police cordon off Moor Street Queensway stretch following city centre assault

  28-07-2015 18:42
  
  Area of Birmingham city centre near Moor Street station cleared for around two hours this afternoon
  
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• 34 previously unseen images of the Birmingham tornado released on tenth anniversary

  28-07-2015 18:06
  
  West Midlands Fire Service releases previously unseen photos of the Birmingham tornado that struck on 28 July 2005
  
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• Fund for grieving Kings Heath mum Nazan Fennell set up to stop her facing eviction from family home

  28-07-2015 17:00
  
  Mail readers rally round to help Nazan Fennell who has suffered post-traumatic stress and can't work since daughter Hope killed in road smash
  
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• 25 dogs a week dumped in Birmingham streets

  28-07-2015 17:00
  
  City Council animal welfare officer warns some dog owners abandon pets because they can't afford to keep them
  
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• What is a PCSO?

  28-07-2015 15:39
  
  A look at the role of a Police Community Support Officer or PSCO
  
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• The Ashes 2015: Where can you park near Edgbaston Cricket Ground?

  28-07-2015 15:19
  
  Birmingham to stage its first Ashes in six years with more than 100,000 spectators expected. Your first question might well be: Where will they all park?
  
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• 'Listed' building plan could scupper Powergen regeneration - Solihull Observer

  28-07-2015 15:03 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  'Listed' building plan could scupper Powergen regeneration
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  LONG-ANTICIPATED plans to redevelop the Powergen site have been dealt a blow this week after revelations it could become a 'listed' building. An online petition has been launched calling for the site, which has been derelict for more than 20 years, to ...
  
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• At-risk PCSOs were hailed by police chiefs in fight against crime

  28-07-2015 14:50
  
  Officers facing the axe were called 'integral parts' of local policing teams
  
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• Summer set for a comeback in August, forecasters predict

  28-07-2015 13:55
  
  But Midlands is set for more rain over the next few days
  
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• Bartley Green is an area noted in Domesday Book

  28-07-2015 13:34
  
  The name Bartley Green, now part of Edgbaston constituency, comes from the Anglo Saxon word Berchelai, which is how it's recorded in the Domesday Book.
  
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• 6 things you might not know about Bartley Green

  28-07-2015 13:34
  
  Did you know the world's tallest woman came from Bartley Green or that it was once a favourite birdwatching haunt of Bill Oddie?
  
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• Quinton chip shop knifeman Leon McTaggart jailed for stabbing owner

  28-07-2015 13:22
  
  Victim thought he would die of his injuries, court is told
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at July 28 in years gone by

  28-07-2015 12:45
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on July 28.
  
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• Spendaholic fraudster Alison Joyner ripped off her husband and mum to finance luxury lifestyle

  28-07-2015 12:39
  
  She raked in £720,000 before going on the run as the net closed in
  
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• Solihull schools urged to pass on first aid know-how - Solihull Observer

  28-07-2015 12:01 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Solihull schools urged to pass on first aid know-how
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  St John's Ambulance hope their latest scheme will give local schoolchildren the vital first aid skills they need. (s). Written by Chris Willmott. Published 10:39 am, Jul 28, 2015. 0 shares. 0 Comments. SCHOOLS are being called on to join forces to help ...
  
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• Live: Tuesday’s news, weather, sport and travel for Birmingham and the West Midlands

  28-07-2015 10:11
  
  Local and national news, traffic updates and the latest sport, as it happens on July 28th.
  
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• Met police investigating missing Madeleine McCann contact Australia police over suitcase body

  28-07-2015 09:36
  
  The decomposed body of a young, fair-haired girl aged between two and four, who was killed in at least 2007, was discovered in a suitcase next to a remote motorway in Wynarka near Adelaide in South Australia earlier this month
  
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• PCSOs axed to save West Midlands Police officers, force admits

  28-07-2015 09:30
  
  Chief constable admits 'significant' cuts on the way as support officers are summoned to a meeting
  
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• Lord Sewel quits parliament and apologises for drugs and sex claims 'pain'

  28-07-2015 09:17
  
  Former Labour minister has bowed to intense pressure to resign after footage emerged of him allegedly taking cocaine with two prostitutes
  
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• Morning news headlines: UK not a 'safe haven for corrupt money', David Cameron to say

  28-07-2015 08:00
  
  The latest news from around the world
  
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• Plans for dozens more student flats in Selly Oak

  28-07-2015 07:30
  
  The suburb has been deluged with student schemes in recent years prompting a Birmingham city councillor to liken it to a Brazilian favela
  
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• City council plans two new traveller sites in Birmingham

  28-07-2015 07:30
  
  Officials believe inner-city locations are suitable for camps
  
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• Police search for man wanted for failing to appear at court

  28-07-2015 00:00
  Police have released an image of a man they want to trace in connection with a string of offences committed last year. James Wilson, previously of Bedlam Wood Road in Northfield, is wanted for failing to appear at court in connection with burglary, theft, wounding and criminal damage. He is also wanted for theft and damage in Harlow, Essex committed in February of this year. 
  
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• Police officers commended for rescuing elderly man from burning home

  28-07-2015 00:00
  Two police officers have been commended for bravery after saving an elderly man from his burning home.Police Constables John Cross and Paul Clarke responded to a 999 call just after 10am on 6 August 2014. The line had gone quiet just after the call was made and the officers reached the house in Scott Road, Great Barr within seven minutes.PC Cross tells how the officers’ instincts took over.
  
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• Neighbourhood policing review underway

  28-07-2015 00:00
  A review of neighbourhood policing is underway as part of the West Midlands Police WMP2020 change programme.The neighbourhood review will look at how local policing will work from 2020 and beyond against a continued backdrop of financial austerity. 
  
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• Man jailed for 14 years for stabbing chip shop owner

  28-07-2015 00:00
  A man who repeatedly stabbed a Birmingham take-away owner has today (28 July) been sentenced to 14 years behind bars.In a statement to the court, the victim of Leon McTaggart’s unprovoked and frenzied attack has spoken of the “profound” impact the 29-year-old’s visit to Simply Fish & Chips, Hagley Road West in Quinton, on 6 November 2014, has had on him and his family. 
  
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