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• New Year's Honours: The full Midland list

  30-12-2015 23:30
  
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• New Year's Honours: Graffiti king Goldie and Match of the Day's Jacqui Oatley made MBEs

  30-12-2015 23:30
  
  Black Country duo among Midland names handed awards
  
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• New Year's Honours: Cancer doc who saved Stiliyan Petrov and Geoff Thomas made CBE

  30-12-2015 23:30
  
  Birmingham's 'busking bobby' and string of other community heroes are also recognised.
  
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• Balsall Heath community leader and friend of David Cameron made MBE in New Year Honours

  30-12-2015 23:30
  
  Abdullah Rehman a founder of the Balsall Heath Forum has worked tirelessly for more than 20 years to drive out crime and prostitution and transform neighbourhood into a thriving community.
  
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• Hospital wedding mum gets life-saving liver transplant just hours after ceremony

  30-12-2015 20:00
  
  Emma Hopley married Dave Amison at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital over Christmas because she had only weeks to live
  
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• £500k cannabis haul found in disused restaurant

  30-12-2015 20:00
  
  Boy of 16 charged in connection with massive discovery
  
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• Storm Frank: Kings Heath great-grandma cheats death as 100ft tree crashes through her bathroom

  30-12-2015 19:43
  
  SECOND lucky escape in just four years for Ruth Stokes
  
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• Twitter terror pair asked for advice on which London landmarks they should bomb

  30-12-2015 17:24
  
  Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan jailed for a total of 52 years after West Midlands anti-terror joint operation
  
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• Hidden Spaces: The University of Birmingham’s world-class architecture

  30-12-2015 16:00
  
  The University of Birmingham is one of the cities greatest institutions and their expansive campus at Edgbaston holds more than a few hidden spaces
  
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• Look: Storm Frank leaves pilots struggling to land at Birmingham Airport in 50mph winds

  30-12-2015 15:41
  
  Air crew use all their skill to land safely in howling gale
  
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• Birmingham’s best hangover breakfasts

  30-12-2015 14:01
  
  We put full English fry-ups put to the test and find some tasty twists to the traditional breakfast
  
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• Storm Frank: Selfridges bridge closed and almost 3,000 homes without power

  30-12-2015 13:52
  
  Midlands hit by tail end of winds lashing the north and Scotland
  
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• Porsche smashes into skip in early-morning crash

  30-12-2015 12:05
  
  Driver was taken to hospital for checks
  
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• Calls for Oliver Letwin to quit over Handsworth riots race row

  30-12-2015 10:59
  
  MP apologises 'unreservedly' for 'badly-worded' and 'wrong' memo
  
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• Travellers invade Barr Beacon beauty spot

  30-12-2015 10:27
  
  Caravans parked up near war memorial
  
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• Solihull bridge is of historic importance - Birmingham Mail

  30-12-2015 10:09 via
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  Solihull bridge is of historic importance
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  The bridge over the River Blythe in Hampton-in-Arden boasts a unique claim to fame as the only surviving ancient packhorse bridge to be found in the West Midlands. Shares; Comments. Get daily news by email. Invalid e-mail. Subscribe Thanks for ...
  

• Willenhall stabbing: Two people charged with murder

  30-12-2015 10:04
  
  Stella Downing, 37, and Martin Stokes, 49, due before magistrates
  
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• Solihull bridge is of historic importance

  30-12-2015 09:55
  
  The bridge over the River Blythe in Hampton-in-Arden boasts a unique claim to fame as the only surviving ancient packhorse bridge to be found in the West Midlands.
  
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• Storm Frank hits the UK and leaves a trail of power cuts and flights in chaos

  30-12-2015 09:42
  
  The latest storm to sweep the UK has caused widespread disruption in Northern Ireland and is set to cause more misery on flood-ravaged homeowners in norther England
  
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• The morning news headlines: Power cuts and flights chaos as storm Frank hits UK; Oliver Letwin apologises for 'racist' broadwater farm riot comments

  30-12-2015 09:27
  
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• Tory grandee Oliver Letwin blamed Handsworth riots on 'bad morals', not poverty

  30-12-2015 07:30
  
  Government adviser said young black entrepreneurs would just 'set up in disco or drugs trade'
  
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• Two charged with murder after man found with stab wounds

  30-12-2015 00:00
  Two people have been charged with murder after a man’s body was found with stab wounds at an address in Walsall.Unemployed Stella Downing, aged 37 and of no fixed address, and labourer Martin Stokes, aged 49 from St Giles Road, Willenhall will appear before Wolverhampton magistrates today (Wednesday 30 December).
  
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• Police staff get the festive feeling

  30-12-2015 00:00
  Have you seen all of the festive selfies from staff working Christmas Day?We requested for any of our staff working over the festive period to send us their pictures.
  
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• Honour for former officer who supports homeless

  30-12-2015 00:00
  A police officer for more than two decades has been recognised for his tireless efforts in supporting the homeless.Ian Northcott, who served with West Midlands Police for 23 years, has been named as the recipient of the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the New Year Honours List. The 51 year-old from Bromsgrove set up the ’Socks and Chocs’ charity which helps to distribute thousands of items across the UK.
  
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• Couple sentenced to over 50 years following conviction for terror attack plan

  30-12-2015 00:00
  Detectives from the West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit have helped to secure life-time convictions for two terrorists from Berkshire who have been found guilty of preparing for acts of terrorism in the UK.Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan were both sentenced to a combined total of 52 years behind bars at the Old Bailey today (Wednesday 30 December). 
  
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