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• Opinion: The sooner David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn go, the better

  02-07-2016 23:00
  
  British politics will be much healthier when the major parties get new leaders (but if Jeremy Corbyn stays then Labour's toast)
  
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• Far-right Combat 18 in 'secret plan to recruit Birmingham teachers'

  02-07-2016 22:00
  
  Ex-member Nigel Bromage claims feared group targeting 'people with influence' after Brexit
  
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• Hall Green campaigner Moazzam Begg takes compensation battle to High Court - Solihull Observer

  02-07-2016 21:17 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Hall Green campaigner Moazzam Begg takes compensation battle to High Court
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  FORMER Guantanemo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg has gone to the High Court in a fight for Government compensation after his terrorism trial dramatically collapsed. Anti-terror laws were used to freeze the Hall Green campaigner's assets before he was ...
  
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• Secret cannabis farm discovered in cold war NUCLEAR BUNKER

  02-07-2016 17:08
  
  Caretaker of Darelow Tunnels faces jail sentence after being found guilty
  
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• The REAL Ghostbusters ambulance owned by Black Country pals

  02-07-2016 17:00
  
  Car buffs took two years to restore rusty wreck now worth £200k and in big demand over UK
  
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• Bogus policeman cons Sutton Coldfield pensioner out of £5k in telephone scam

  02-07-2016 16:51
  
  OAP is one of three victims targeted in leafy areas of Four Oaks and Mere Green
  
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• Do speed cameras ACTUALLY prevent collisions in Birmingham?

  02-07-2016 15:37
  
  Data shows that 2015 saw a decrease in the number of collisions but are speeding cameras to thank?
  
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• WATCH: Moment little Isabell's birthday dream came true - thanks to kindness of strangers

  02-07-2016 15:31
  
  Brave youngster suffers from heart condition and made a special plea for help to public
  
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• Pensioner fights for life after being hit by reversing ambulance on 999 call

  02-07-2016 14:56
  
  Bill Lenton, 82, was crushed by the three-tonne vehicle as it answered emergency call
  
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• Petition to save 'closing' Baverstock Academy signed by hundreds within 24 hours

  02-07-2016 13:21
  
  'Stop the closure of Baverstock Academy' calls on Eduction minister Nicky Hunt to save Druids Heath school
  
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• Fundraiser will pay tribute to fitness fan Claire Hicks - Solihull Observer

  02-07-2016 13:03 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Fundraiser will pay tribute to fitness fan Claire Hicks
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  A BELOVED fitness-fanatic who tragically lost her battle with cancer is being honoured at a special charity event. David Lloyd gym in Monkspath will host charity fitness classes this Saturday (July 2) in honour of former instructor, Claire 'Chicks' Hicks.
  
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• Police called after 'audience brawl' at Digbeth boxing event

  02-07-2016 12:33
  
  Worried parent contacted the Birmingham Mail over fears for their son who was at the event
  
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• Baverstock Academy school to close: Parents have been given this advice

  02-07-2016 11:58
  
  Druids Heath school expected to be closed in 2017
  
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• Couple take giant lizard for walks on a lead like a dog

  02-07-2016 10:00
  
  Baby Bow was just seven inches long when he was bought in the pet shop, now he's four foot long and still growing
  
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• Acocks Green Nursing Home closes its doors amid nurses shortage - Solihull Observer

  02-07-2016 09:13 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
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  Acocks Green Nursing Home closes its doors amid nurses shortage
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  ACOCKS Green Nursing Home – which failed to give medication and administered wrong doses of antibiotics to residents under the noses of Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors last year – is set to close its doors due to a shortage of nurses.
  
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• Watch: Footage of masked baton gang attack in Jewellery Quarter

  02-07-2016 07:30
  
  Balaclave robbers targeted businessman, beat him up and stole Mercedes car
  
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• Birmingham schools bombshell as Ofsted says one in five failing pupils

  02-07-2016 07:30
  
  Twenty per cent of city schools were rated ‘inadequate’ or ‘requiring improvement’ by watchdog
  
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• Most read: Crisis-hit academy to close down, tycoon given £250k Ferrari by US rapper, Birmingham marks Somme centenary

  02-07-2016 07:00
  
  Catch up on last night's big stories with our roundup of the most read from Friday, July 1
  
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• E-cigarettes BANNED at New Street Station and anti-smoking campaigners are not happy

  02-07-2016 07:00
  
  Groups  confused as to why Network Rail has banned the devices and it seems that Network Rail doesn't know why either
  
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• West Midlands Police uses new ‘legal highs’ powers to target Wolverhampton head shop

  02-07-2016 00:00
  
  West Midlands Police has used new powers to target a Black Country ‘head shop’ suspected of selling psychoactive substances.Officers swooped on the Smokers Den in Queens Square, Wolverhampton, and recovered sachets previously known as ‘legal highs’. Psychoactive substances (file photograph)It’s the first time such legislation has been used against a head shop in the West Midlands region and follows intelligence suggesting the products were covertly still being
  
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• Police issue warning after phone scam fraudsters strike in Sutton Coldfield 

  02-07-2016 00:00
  
  Conmen posing as police officers made calls to three elderly people in the Four Oaks and Mere Green areas last week, telling them their cards had been used fraudulently. They then asked for personal bank details or for them to collect money from their banks. In the first report on Thursday 24 June, a 73-year-old woman was called by a man purporting to be from Hammersmith police station, he said that there had been fraudulent activity on her account and that the only way to make the money sa
  
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• Carer found guilty of abusing severely disabled man 

  02-07-2016 00:00
  
  A carer who abused a severely disabled man, causing bruising to his ears and spraying deodorant across his head and body has been convicted of ill-treating him.Nicholas Howard was found guilty of the offence under section 44 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 at Wolverhampton Crown Court yesterday (1 July).A jury heard how the 32-year-old was supposed to be providing specialist one-to-one care at the home of his victim at Badger Court in Stourbridge on 28 May 2014.His job was to work as part of a t
  
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