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• Kenichi Phillips shooting: Children light candles in memory of teenager gunned down

  18-03-2016 19:38
  
  String of tributes paid to 'angel' 18-year-old after yet another fatal gun crime in Birmingham
  
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• Grieving son jailed for setting fire to father's home in row over mum's ashes

  18-03-2016 19:00
  
  Samat Sapaun, 37, sentenced to five years after arson attack at Sheldon bungalow
  
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• Teenage Labour activist quits political role claiming he was victim of homophobia

  18-03-2016 17:40
  
  Luke Holland, 18, resigns from Hall Green Executive and demands investigation into discrimination allegations
  
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• Police chief attacks Highways England over M6 closure debacle

  18-03-2016 16:51
  
  Crime Commissioner David Jamieson told public inquiry the organisation had “lot of learning to do”
  
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• 25 firefighters battle Rowley Regis car garage blaze

  18-03-2016 15:51
  
  One casualty treated for hands and face burns
  
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• Brothers ran £200k 'chop shop' stolen car racket in back-street Sparkbrook lock-up

  18-03-2016 15:01
  
  Cops raided garage at 1am after tracker led them straight to pair's HQ
  
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• Kenichi Phillips, 18, named as Ladywood murder victim as police quiz arrested man

  18-03-2016 14:02
  
  Teenager shot in St Mark’s Crescent at around 6.45pm last night
  
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• Mani Singh Dulay tributes: 'A lovely, polite young man, such a well spoken kid'

  18-03-2016 14:00
  
  Family of tragic 17-year-old King Edward VI pupil receive touching messages of support from public
  
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• Solihull care home ordered to improve by watchdog - Solihull Observer

  18-03-2016 13:05 via
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  Solihull care home ordered to improve by watchdog
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  INSPECTORS have ordered a Solihull care home to make improvement on its safety, effectiveness and how well-led it is. Inspectors from the Care Quality Commission highlighted a number of issues at Meadow Home Care Services Limited, on Ulverley ...
  

• School pupil off lessons for 'dental appointment' jets off on holiday instead

  18-03-2016 12:53
  
  Saltley primary has lost more than half a class to unauthorised breaks - and head says kids are encouraged to lie
  
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• Pub bombings inquests: latest developments

  18-03-2016 12:13
  
  Timetable for hearings altered by Coroner
  
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• 18-year-old shot dead in street in Ladywood

  18-03-2016 09:39
  
  Murder inquiry launched after teenager found lying in road with gunshot wound
  
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• Knifeman jailed for life freed after seven years to commit more crime

  18-03-2016 07:30
  
  Desmond Bernard terrorised amusement arcade boss but turned to drug dealing after release
  
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• Hidden council tax bombshell which could cost you £162 a year

  18-03-2016 06:50
  
  Council tax bills to soar as residents are forced to make up for cuts to social care and policing
  
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• Birmingham shuns key travel show...on the day it unveils giant tourism vision

  18-03-2016 06:50
  
  While tourism boards for Cheltenham, Doncaster, Rugby and Lichfield were among the exhibitors at The British Tourism & Travel at the NEC, there was nobody from Visit Birmingham
  
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• Shop raiders jailed for 20 years – latest success in police offensive on gang crime in Coventry

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  Three men have been jailed for a crowbar raid on a Coventry store that left a brave staff member with a fractured skull after he ran to protect a female colleague.Jamie Phelan, Kieran Prentice and Jack Lindon charged into B&M Bargains in Ansty Road, Walsgrave, shortly after closing time on June 23 last year.
  
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• Police appeal following serious sexual assault

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives investigating a serious sexual assault in Walsall have released CCTV images of a man they are searching for.
   
  A 21-year-old woman was attacked on wasteland behind Flan O’Briens just off Ablewell Street in the early hours of Sunday 21 February.
  
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• Murder enquiry after teen killed in street shooting

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  A murder enquiry has been launched after a teenager was shot dead in Birmingham last night (March 17).Police were called to St Mark’s Crescent, Ladywood, at around 6.45pm where an 18-year-old man was found in the street with a gunshot wound. 
  
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• Man arrested in Ladywood murder investigation

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives have arrested a Birmingham man after a teenager was murdered in Ladywood yesterday (17 March). Police were called to St Mark’s Crescent, Ladywood, at around 6.45pm where an 18-year-old man was found in the street with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.A 22-year-old was arrested from a location in Birmingham at around noon today (18 March) on suspicion of murder and is currently helping police with their enquiries..
  
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• Fatal teen shooting – police urge witnesses to help enquiry

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  Detectives are appealing for information about yesterday’s teenage murder in Ladywood – and believe several people may have seen the early evening shooting.Police were called to St Mark’s Crescent, Ladywood, at around 6.45pm where an 18-year-old man was found in the street with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Family pay tribute to man killed in Coventry collision

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  The family of a pedestrian who was killed in a collision in Coventry have paid tribute to a ‘dedicated and loving father’.Karl Jones, aged 31, was killed after he was involved in a collision with a black Mercedes car at around 9.15pm last night (17 March) on the A444 Phoenix Way.
  
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• Brothers convicted after WMP uncovers car theft racket

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  Two Birmingham brothers have been convicted of running a stolen car ‘chop shop’ from a lock-up in Sparkbrook after West Midlands Police linked them to a series of thefts.Usman and Mahmood Khalid used the unit in Walford Road to strip down cars stolen from outside homes in Birmingham, Tamworth and Northampton.
  
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• Appeal update: Man arrested in connection with serious sexual assault

  18-03-2016 00:00
  
  Earlier today officers appealed for information in relation to a serious sexual assault that occurred behind Flan O’Brien’s in Walsall town centre on Sunday 21 February.A 27-year-old man from Walsall has attended a police station and has been arrested after the images were released.
  
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