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• Balsall Heath Isis Facebook spoof uses image of rap legend in pro-refugee post

  18-09-2015 20:31
  
  'Satire' featuring star performer is shared more than 20,000 times in just three days
  
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• F-word MP Jess Phillips: 'Diane Abbott tried to belittle me - I'm proud I stood up for myself'

  18-09-2015 19:50
  
  Birmingham Yardley MP writes for Mail after telling Shadow Minister to 'f*** off' during Jeremy Corbyn row
  
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• Thieves target 20 Fords in overnight car crime spree

  18-09-2015 19:00
  
  Motors broken into in two streets in West Heath
  
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• Flashback: How Birmingham Mail's campaign was instrumental in £600 million New Street station revamp

  18-09-2015 19:00
  
  Readers flocked to back 'Wake up to the State of New Street'
  
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• New Street wows VIPs who call £750m station 'nothing short of stunning'

  18-09-2015 18:30
  
  Politicians and dignitaries tour station which is set to open to the public for first time on Sunday
  
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• Solihull pig heads furore - Carl Stephens denies racially aggravated offence - Birmingham Mail

  18-09-2015 17:25 via
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  Solihull pig heads furore - Carl Stephens denies racially aggravated offence
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  A man is to stand trial accused of dumping pig heads on the doorstep of a Solihull community centre. Carl Stephens, 34, appeared via video link at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday. He denied committing a racially-aggravated public order offence at the ...
  

• Solihull pig heads furore - Carl Stephens denies racially aggravated offence

  18-09-2015 17:18
  
  Heads were left outside community centre in Hermitage Road in April
  
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• Great Birmingham Run: The countdown has begun!

  18-09-2015 17:14
  
  Exactly a month to go until 20,000 people line up to set off on Birmingham's popular half marathon
  
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• M&S Longbridge branch opening date is revealed

  18-09-2015 16:58
  
  Giant store is on the site of old MG Rover plant
  
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• REPLAY: Birmingham New Street VIP launch ahead of opening

  18-09-2015 16:51
  
  Updates from this afternoon's VIP bash ahead of Sunday's opening
  
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• Abusive Birmingham plane passenger threatened crew after they ran out of Halal food

  18-09-2015 16:24
  
  Convicted drug dealer Ibrar Zada, 25, ordered to pay £1,400 in fines, compensation and costs
  
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• Nine suspected drug dealers appear in court after drugs dawn raids

  18-09-2015 16:17
  
  Charges part of Operation No Deal crackdown
  
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• Birmingham's Rotunda building's incredible 50 year story in pictures

  18-09-2015 16:08
  
  Archive and new top floor photographs help tell the history of one of Birmingham city centre's most iconic buildings    
  
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• Police report rise in car key thefts by 'fishing' burglars - Solihull Observer

  18-09-2015 15:58 via
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  Police report rise in car key thefts by 'fishing' burglars
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  POLICE in Solihull have reported an increase in car key thefts where the thieves use poles to 'fish' keys through letter boxes in an attempt to steal cars. Throughout August and September officers have visited seven addresses in Earlswood, Solihull ...
  

• From Solihull With Love: Spectre Land Rovers Break Cover - Land Rover Owner International Magazine

  18-09-2015 15:38 via
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  From Solihull With Love: Spectre Land Rovers Break Cover
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  Jaguar Land Rover celebrated their vehicles appearing in Spectre, the new 007 flick hitting cinemas next month, during an unveiling at the palatial Thurn and Taxis in Frankfurt. The 24th official James Bond film, Spectre promises plenty of action, with ...and more »
  

• Video: Timelapse footage shows transformation of New Street Station over last five years

  18-09-2015 15:00
  
  Watch this amazing footage documenting the £750 million redevelopment of Birmingham New Street Station
  
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• New Street station - The Great and the Good give their verdict

  18-09-2015 15:00
  
  Find out what the leaders think of the 'new' New Street ahead grand public unveil on Sunday (September 20)
  
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• Birmingham New Street - the amazing facts behind the transformation of the train station

  18-09-2015 15:00
  
  Sixty per cent of the rainwater harvested from the facade will be used to flush all the train station's toilets - and other things you didn't know about the 'new' New Street
  
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• Nic Cruwys attack - six teenage Wolves fans accused of wounding

  18-09-2015 14:54
  
  Dad-of-two left in a coma after match
  
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• Jailed: Men who masterminded £730,000 heroin smuggling operation

  18-09-2015 13:52
  
  Ali Raza Shah and Christopher Leslie hid drugs in consignment of carpets from Pakistan
  
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• Revealed: Levi-Blu prison letters between jailed mum Danielle Cassin and dad Mark Piper

  18-09-2015 13:36
  
  Angry Cassin tells ex-boyfriend: 'I know you killed my baby – I’ll never forgive you'
  
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• Look: Classic TVR cars left burnt out in devastating repair shop fire

  18-09-2015 13:23
  
  Pictures show aftermath of blaze in Wordsley
  
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• The history of Sutton Park

  18-09-2015 12:18
  
  Sutton Park was a former medieval deer park that was gifted to locals by Henry VIII and today still carries on a long tradition of being a haven for nature.
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at September 18 in years gone by

  18-09-2015 11:36
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on September 18
  
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• Dawn drugs raids target Solihull homes - Solihull Observer

  18-09-2015 11:25 via
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  Dawn drugs raids target Solihull homes
  Solihull Observer
  Dozens of officers swooped on homes across Birmingham, Solihull and Smethwick yesterday morning (Thursday, September 17) as a fresh police blitz on drug dealers gathered pace. Following the raids nine men and one woman aged between 30 and 50 ...and more »
  

• Six new 'free schools' open in Brum

  18-09-2015 11:17
  
  Among the new schools is Britain's first state secondary school to be based on a university site
  
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• Police find £20,000 of cannabis plants - growing in house flower beds

  18-09-2015 11:16
  
  Officers find 22 growing in empty home in Witton Lane, Aston
  
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• Power surges predicted as England head into Rugby World Cup showdown

  18-09-2015 11:00
  
  Joint hosts kick off tonight against Fiji in opening match of tournament
  
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• Watch: Moment sparks fly from engine on holiday flight as terrified passengers film it

  18-09-2015 10:58
  
  Stourbridge couple say people were screaming and crying on the Jet2 aircraft which had to make emergency landing
  
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• 'Super' head teacher Sir Chris Stone to lead schools in the Middle East

  18-09-2015 10:40
  
  The respected head us stepping down from leading a chain of schools in north Birmingham
  
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• Man thrown out of nightclub attacked bouncers and when searched was carrying drugs

  18-09-2015 09:57
  
  Nethaneel Cespedes jailed for almost five years after being convicted of dealing heroin and crack cocaine
  
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• Rider and pillion passenger flung from motorbike in road crash

  18-09-2015 09:13
  
  Pair receive serious injuries in Radnor Road, Handsworth
  
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• Father of six remanded in custody over HMP Birmingham 'selfie' rap video

  18-09-2015 09:02
  
  Demehl Thomas and Moysha Shepherd charged with making a sound recording in jail
  
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• Birmingham's New Street station is 'a station to be proud of' says Transport Secretary

  18-09-2015 09:00
  
  Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin says Birmingham's new central rail station reflects a "vibrant, confident city".
  
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• Look: Dramatic footage of drug dealer police raids which see 10 arrested

  18-09-2015 08:46
  
  Nine men and one woman detained on suspicion of supplying cocaine and heroin
  
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• Morning news headlines: Labour's John McDonnell apologies for his 'honouring IRA' comments, Harry, William and Kate to attend rugby world cup opening ceremony

  18-09-2015 08:23
  
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• Sudanese refugee who died on way to Birmingham to be buried in city he never reached

  18-09-2015 07:30
  
  Graduate Husham Alzubair, 22, had lost his life on a Channel Tunnel freight train
  
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• Dudley car-theft gang member has jail sentence cut

  18-09-2015 07:30
  
  Rocky Butler one of nine men jailed after gang stole more than 80 vehicles - but judges say his original punishment was 'too long'
  
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• Three charged following disorder at Villa v Albion match

  18-09-2015 00:00
  Officers investigating violence at last season’s Villa V Albion derby charged three men last night (Thursday 17 September).
   
  Planning officer Robert Bernard, 51, of Carisbrooke Road, Wednesdbury; Builders agent Carl Ashmore, 29, of Kesteven Road, Hateley Heath, West Bromwich; and self-employed John Ritchie, 34, of Marnham Road, West Bromwich are all charged with causing fear of unlawful violence.
  
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• Ten in court as No Deal drug arrest tally rises

  18-09-2015 00:00
  Ten people arrested in simultaneous dawn swoops on suspected drug dealers operating in Birmingham yesterday (Thursday 18 September), have appeared before magistrates. Nine men aged between 30 and 58 stood accused of conspiring to supply heroin and crack cocaine while unemployed Emma Wheeler, 32, of Braceby Avenue, Billesley was charged with two counts of shoplifting.  
  
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• Soldier scoops police bravery award

  18-09-2015 00:00
  An off-duty soldier stabbed in the shoulder as he tackled a car crook has been honoured by police for his heroism. Scott Barrett, 47, grappled with the thief who he witnessed breaking into his white Ford Transit van and stealing his mobile phone.
  
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• Public scrutiny improves use of stop and search

  18-09-2015 00:00
  West Midlands Police has overhauled its use of the controversial “stop and search " power − leading to an increase in its effectiveness across the region. As one of the launch forces for the Home Office’s “best use of stop and search " scheme last summer, WMP has introduced a raft of measures to improve its use of the power. Central to the changes has been the increased involvement from the public in monitoring how the force uses stop and search. 
  
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• Man ejected from nightclub found to be drug dealer

  18-09-2015 00:00
  A drug dealer arrested after being thrown out of a Wolverhampton nightclub has been jailed. Nethaneel Cespedes, from Whitmore Reans, was found guilty at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Tuesday (15 Sept) of supplying crack cocaine and heroin and sentenced to 50 months behind bars.The 30-year-old became violent when ejected from The Grain Store in King Street on 6 June and was arrested by a passing police officer.
  
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