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• Trolls target brave New Zealand girl over Birmingham Children's Hospital treatment

  13-07-2016 22:00
  
  Mum hits out at online 'haters' who questioned little Madison Merrick's immigration status
  
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• Who is in Theresa May's new cabinet?

  13-07-2016 21:15
  
  Who will be in the new Conservative Cabinet after Theresa May's reshuffle?
  
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• Police probe after schoolboy, 15, attacked by young thugs in shopping centre

  13-07-2016 20:30
  
  Three pupils excluded after brutal assault filmed on phone and then posted on Facebook
  
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• Trial begins for four Walsall men facing Syria terrorism charges

  13-07-2016 20:06
  
  All four men were arrested by officers from the West Midlands Police Counter Terrorism Unit in January 2016
  
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• Phone pervert filmed up women's skirts on escalators at Grand Central and Bullring

  13-07-2016 19:40
  
  Christopher Harvey found with 300 videos after also stalking victims in Brindleyplace and Broad Street
  
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• Solihull Municipal drop to third after Rugby defeat - Solihull Observer

  13-07-2016 19:31 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Solihull Municipal drop to third after Rugby defeat
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  A SECOND defeat of the season for Solihull Municipal at home to saw them slip down to third in the Warwickshire Premier League. Rugby got off to a flying start through Assad Quereshi (31) and Henry Wilkins (27) before the latter lost his off-stump to ...
  
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• Opinion: It's the end of the Northern Powerhouse as we know it

  13-07-2016 18:43
  
  New Prime Minister Theresa May has hinted the Government's obsession with Manchester will come to an end.
  
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• Horror as ducks killed by speeding motorist at beauty spot

  13-07-2016 18:00
  
  Baby swans were mowed down last month at Stubbers Green Nature Reserve
  
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• Strictly Come Dancing's Len Goodman to step down

  13-07-2016 16:32
  
  72-year-old has led the judging panel since the show started 12 years ago
  
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• Corbyn supporters targeted by Birmingham Labour mayor hopeful

  13-07-2016 16:00
  
  Former Birmingham councillor Steve Bedser says 'I'm backing Jeremy Corbyn' in Labour leadership battle
  
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• Works starts on new £8m Erdington Leisure Centre

  13-07-2016 15:41
  
  New facility will replace existing sports hub in north Birmingham town and feature 25-metre pool and 80-station fitness suite
  
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• Cinema employee walking home from work fights for life after horror Bishopsgate Street crash

  13-07-2016 15:28
  
  Broad Street wardens raced to help victim left pinned to wall by horrific collision
  
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• Watch: David Cameron on final day as Prime Minister says he put 173,000 people into work in the West Midlands

  13-07-2016 15:08
  
  Watch highlights of David Cameron's final day as Prime Minister in the House of Commons
  
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• Legal dispute could cost Birmingham roads contractor £55 million

  13-07-2016 14:53
  
  Figure set aside by Amey as it awaits court judgement on dispute with Birmingham City Council over quality of repairs
  
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• Watch: Garden shed inferno in Rowley Regis back garden

  13-07-2016 12:40
  
  Wooden structure was engulfed by flames shown in dramatic footage
  
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• Solihull cricketers bowled over by national triumph - Birmingham Mail

  13-07-2016 10:07 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Solihull cricketers bowled over by national triumph
  Birmingham Mail
  Young cricketers from Solihull School knocked their opponents for six to be crowned national champions. The school's under-13s beat New Hall School, from Chelmsford, Essex, by 22 runs in the final of the prestigious English Schools Cricket Association ...and more »
  
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• Owen Smith joins Labour leadership race

  13-07-2016 09:53
  
  Former shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith joins Angela Eagle in seeking to unseat veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn
  
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• Armed thugs terrorise couple in Eastside City Park

  13-07-2016 09:41
  
  One believed to have brandished a gun after being rebuffed by girl
  
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• Morning news headlines: Theresa May to appoint Brexit minister after taking reins from David Cameron; Sign up to save our party, Angela Eagle urges Labour supporters

  13-07-2016 09:14
  
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• Sixty firefighters at Oldbury recycling blaze

  13-07-2016 08:58
  
  Eleven crews raced to the scene as residents urged to stay indoors
  
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• Pedestrian pinned against wall in horror Bishopsgate Street crash

  13-07-2016 08:39
  
  Midnight collision in Lee Bank involved Honda Civic and Audi Q7
  
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• Solihull teenager boxing hopeful receives cash boost following impressive national result - Solihull Observer

  13-07-2016 08:36 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  
  Solihull teenager boxing hopeful receives cash boost following impressive national result
  Solihull Observer
  A BOROUGH teenage pro-boxing hopeful has received a cash boost to help fund her efforts in the ring after being recognised by a national company. Elise Glynne first started boxing two years ago after being inspired by Olympic gold medalist Nicola Adams ...
  
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• Tree branch crashes on to car in Solihull - driver avoids serious injury - Birmingham Mail

  13-07-2016 08:15 via birminghammail.co.uk
  
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  Tree branch crashes on to car in Solihull - driver avoids serious injury
  Birmingham Mail
  A driver was lucky to escape serious injury after a huge branch came crashing down on their car in Solihull. The car was travelling down Sillhill Hall Road just before 2pm, on Tuesday, when the branch from an oak tree came smashed onto the car and ...
  
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• Tree branch crashes on to car in Solihull - driver avoids serious injury

  13-07-2016 08:15
  
  Branch from old oak tree broke off and hit car in Silhill Hall Road
  
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• Why Theresa May might be good for Birmingham

  13-07-2016 07:30
  
  Britain's next PM has looked to Birmingham for answers before and her decision to open her campaign in the city is reason for optimism  
  
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• New PM urged to act over legal funding for Birmingham pub bombings victims

  13-07-2016 07:30
  
  'Treat us in the same way as the Hillsborough Disaster families,' they say
  
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• Broad Street thug broke paramedic's nose in drunken attack

  13-07-2016 07:30
  
  Tony White now assaulted four times while working for West Midlands Ambulance Service
  
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• MPs barred from taking part in HS2 inquiry

  13-07-2016 06:50
  
  MPs representing communities affected by HS2 are asking the House of Lords to listen to their concerns about the rail line
  
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• Convoy of caravans move on to Selly Oak Park

  13-07-2016 01:00
  
  They arrived on Tuesday evening
  
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• Trial begins for Walsall group facing terrorism charges

  13-07-2016 00:00
  
  The trial has begun at the Old Bailey in London of four men from Walsall accused of Syria-related terrorism charges.The four are all charged with funding terrorism.Brothers Mohammed Iqbal Hussain, aged 26, and Mohammed Suyaubur Rohaman, aged 32, both from Castle Road, are accused of sending money to their other brother Musadikur Rohaman, who is believed to have travelled to Syria in December 2014, with his wife Zohura Siddeka.Iqbal is charged with five counts of funding terrorism and Suyaubur wi
  
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• Police tell of family anguish when loved ones travel to conflict zones

  13-07-2016 00:00
  
  Counter terrorism officers launch new filmCan describing the pain of one family prevent the suffering of another?That is the hope for a new film released by national counter terrorism policing today (Wednesday 13 July), featuring officers who witness the consequences of a loved one travelling to conflict zones.‘Left Behind’ is a short film made by police Prevent contact officers serving in different parts of the UK. Their role is to support the partners, parents and sibling
  
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• Police appeal after couple threatened on Birmingham park land

  13-07-2016 00:00
  
  West Midlands Police is appealing for information after a couple were threatened on a park land in Birmingham.One man waved a machete at the couple and a second person pointed a what appeared to be a handgun at them as they walked along park land, off New Canal Street, on 6 June at 2.15pm.It happened after one of the men approached the 21-year-old woman and she told him she was with her boyfriend.Although shaken, neither of the pair were injured and managed to take photographs of
  
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• Police appeal after couple threatened at Millennium Point Park

  13-07-2016 00:00
  
  West Midlands Police is appealing for information after a couple were threatened at Millennium Point Park in Birmingham.One man waved a machete at the couple and a second person pointed a what appeared to be a handgun at them as they walked through the park on 6 June at 2.15pm.It happened after one of the men approached the 21-year-old woman and she told him she was with her boyfriend.Although shaken, neither of the pair were injured and managed to take photographs of the suspects on their mobil
  
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• Good Samaritan helps arrest off-road bike menace

  13-07-2016 00:00
  
  Off-road bikes have been seized by police after a Good Samaritan helped catch a suspected dangerous rider who fled following a collision in Solihull.West Midlands Police has praised the member of the public who made a citizen's arrest after a pedestrian was hit by one of the bikes in Dorridge.Two off-road bikes are believed to have been causing a nuisance in Station Road just after 12.15pm on Sunday (10 July) and one of them struck a 54-year-old woman who was walking on the pavement.Passers-by r
  
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