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• Birmingham college backed by SAS hero Andy McNab trains future soldiers

  25-02-2016 22:00
  
  The college in Frankley has so far recruited 70 students
  
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• Ex-teacher at Trojan Horse-linked schools avoids classroom ban for calling Christians and Jews 'ignorant'

  25-02-2016 20:17
  
  Panel rules Wakass Haruf's comments during playground sermon at Golden Hillock School did not have purpose of promoting extremism
  
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• Listen: Noisy roadworks keep Kings Norton residents up until 3am

  25-02-2016 19:45
  
  Do you think these roadworks in Shannon Road are too loud?
  
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• Gun blackmail and arson attack millionaire: I'm selling up!

  25-02-2016 19:45
  
  Fed-up Zahid Khan has put his plush home in Yardley Wood Road, Moseley, up for sale
  
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• Hoards of job seekers flock to new Waitrose store in Solihull - Birmingham Mail

  25-02-2016 18:51 via
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  Hoards of job seekers flock to new Waitrose store in Solihull
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  HUNDREDS of job seekers have applied for just 100 posts at the new Waitrose store in Solihull - just one week after they were first advertised. Waitrose, which will soon have a new store in Homer Road , has received 778 applications for the new roles ...
  

• Watch: Drug driver in high speed chase after stealing BBQ and MARSHMALLOWS

  25-02-2016 17:52
  
  Thomas Atkins led police on terrifying pursuit after garden centre raid
  
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• Birmingham police may not be able to deal with Paris-style terror attack warns Shadow Home Secretary

  25-02-2016 17:32
  
  Labour's Andy Burnham says police experts have doubts over ability to respond to major incident outside London following six years of austerity cuts
  
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• Bereaved Lucy Grafton, aged 7, gets dream home - thanks to Solihull students - Birmingham Mail

  25-02-2016 17:07 via
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  Bereaved Lucy Grafton, aged 7, gets dream home - thanks to Solihull students
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  A seven-year-old girl left bereaved after her mum died has had her home virtually rebuilt - thanks to the help of Midland students and a hit BBC show. Lucy Grafton and her parents Jess and Joe moved from London to the Midlands to start a new life - but ...
  

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• Corbyn 'astonished' Birmingham pub bombing families still don't have answers

  25-02-2016 17:06
  
  Labour leader says records must be opened and inquests held to provide answers for the families of those killed in Birmingham in 1974
  
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• Bereaved Lucy Grafton, aged 7, gets dream home - thanks to Solihull students

  25-02-2016 17:04
  
  The youngster was left heart-broken when her mum died
  
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• Millionaire businessman Malcolm Mitchell's Gambian widow will not see a penny of his fortune

  25-02-2016 16:15
  
  Court wrangle followed death of factory boss who 'didn't like Britain'
  
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• Birmingham students reveal they were behind Brit Awards' stunning opening

  25-02-2016 15:59
  
  TV presenters Ant and Dec were part of the show created by experts and students at Birmingham City University
  
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• Watch: Moment men break in to house during burglary spree

  25-02-2016 15:52
  
  Police release footage after five incidents in Tyseley and Hall Green
  
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• Zoe Shapiro tragedy: Mum has now lost two children in just three years

  25-02-2016 15:21
  
  Jo Corbett-Weeks left devastated by second tragedy
  
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• High and dry! Men trapped 60ft in air in stolen cherry picker

  25-02-2016 15:21
  
  Police arrive at scene to discover the men stranded in freezing conditions in the extended crane
  
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• Police hunt man in connection with 15 alleged domestic violence incidents

  25-02-2016 14:45
  
  Derlip Kumar has breached a restraining order, West Midlands Police said
  
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• Robots will take 11 million UK jobs, warns MP Tom Watson

  25-02-2016 14:44
  
  The country must prepare for a revolution in the workplace when a third of British jobs could be replaced by robots, says Black Country MP
  
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• Conman who pretended to be Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes boss jailed

  25-02-2016 14:29
  
  Stuart Howatson even donned liveried clothing to adopt a glamorous and powerful false persona
  
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• Parents fury over plans to ban parking in streets around Midland schools

  25-02-2016 13:52
  
  Car exclusion zones would be created around primary schools
  
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• Pupils fear GCSE failure as striking teachers forces school to close for SEVENTEENTH day

  25-02-2016 13:03
  
  Staff at Small Heath School are taking to the picket lines over the suspension of teacher Simon O'Hara
  
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• Pupils fear GCSE failure as striking teachers force school to close for SEVENTEENTH day

  25-02-2016 13:03
  
  Staff at Small Heath School are taking to the picket lines over the suspension of teacher Simon O'Hara
  
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• Zoe Shapiro: Tributes to 'beautiful' Q3 Academy student killed in Birmingham Road crash

  25-02-2016 12:47
  
  Pupils at school in Great Barr offered counselling
  
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• Alton Towers owners face prosecution over Smiler crash

  25-02-2016 12:26
  
  Two teenagers each lost a leg in rollercoaster accident
  
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• Car cruiser Reece Sheeran raced driver through West Bromwich

  25-02-2016 11:45
  
  He is handed suspended sentence for contempt of court
  
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• Birmingham Mail Nostalgia - A look back at February 25 in years gone by

  25-02-2016 11:06
  
  Birmingham Mail Nostalgia: A look back at some historical events that happened on February 25.
  
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• What does NHS mean to you?

  25-02-2016 10:53
  
  Historians in the heart of the West Midlands have launched the first ever initiative to create a unique, virtual museum about the NHS.
  
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• Armed police called to Kings Norton roof stand-off

  25-02-2016 10:26
  
  Man, 27, arrested after he was talked down
  
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• Tony Blackburn sacked by BBC

  25-02-2016 09:47
  
  Mr Blackburn, 73, said "all relationships" he had with the BBC were "terminated with immediate effect" this week because his evidence to Dame Janet's review concerning an investigation in 1971 contradicted the BBC's own version of events.
  
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• The morning news headlines: BBC has sacked me, says veteran DJ Tony Blackburn; Jimmy Saville sex abuse report to be published

  25-02-2016 09:39
  
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• Q3 Academy student killed in Birmingham Road crash

  25-02-2016 09:08
  
  Girl of 17 died in Great Barr collision
  
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• Birmingham's bus garage has cleaner air than the street outside

  25-02-2016 07:30
  
  Air in National Express Digbeth depot cleaner thanks to green buses
  
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• Former Trojan Horse-linked school teacher vows to fight classroom ban in High Court

  25-02-2016 06:50
  
  Inamulhaq Anwar was found to have agreed to the inclusion of too much Islam on pupils' education
  
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• Birmingham is no longer UK's CCTV capital, report reveals

  25-02-2016 06:50
  
  The city council used to spend more than any other authority on surveillance cameras - but it has been overtaken by Westminster after heavy cuts
  
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• 33,000 from West Midlands demand all children to get Meningitis B vaccine

  25-02-2016 06:50
  
  The online petition has become the most signed in Parliamentary history, and has attracted more than 768,000 names across the country
  
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• Most read: Teenager killed in crash, four guilty of terror offences, Tower Ballroom loses licence

  25-02-2016 06:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Wednesday, February 24
  
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• Final call for small businesses to enter £20K Intuit QuickBooks competition

  25-02-2016 01:01
  
  Aston Villa sponsors want to celebrate local heroes - in partnership with Intuit QuickBooks
  
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• Teenage girl in fatal collision named

  25-02-2016 00:00
  
  The teenage girl who died in a collision yesterday (Wednesday 24 February) has been named as Zoe Shapiro.The 17-year-old local girl died after being hit by a van on Birmingham Road, Walsall around 8.30am.
  
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• Police warn Hall Green residents and appeal for info following five burglaries

  25-02-2016 00:00
  
  Officers have released CCTV footage of two men they are trying to trace following four burglaries and one attempt burglary in the Tyseley and Hall Green areas. The most recent burglary occurred last night (24 February) at a property on Sarehole Road, Hall Green. At approximately 7.15pm two men forced open a window and entered the house. 
  
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• Police teamwork traps stolen car trio

  25-02-2016 00:00
  
  Traffic cops, a dog unit and the police helicopter joined forces to catch three teenagers who led officers on a pursuit across Birmingham in a stolen car.The alarm was raised by a police patrol vehicle when a Toyota Avensis failed to stop for officers in Grove Road, Kings Heath, just after 9.30pm on Tuesday (Feb 23).It was tailed by an advanced police driver for around 15 minutes around Acocks Green and Sparkhill – and monitored overhead by the police helicopter – before stopping in
  
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• Leadership is driving a clear vision for West Midlands Police

  25-02-2016 00:00
  
  West Midlands Police has a clear sense of future direction from leaders while adopting innovative ways of working, a new review has revealed.An assessment of leadership from her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) has shown the force has clear and consistent expectations of staff - while keeping a strong focus on the way it keeps people safe and reduces crime.
  
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