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• Nearly 20 per cent fewer West Midlands Police officers today than in 2010

  21-07-2016 19:28
  
  Reduction of roughly 1,700 full time officers over last six years
  
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• Crime rate rises: Police federation describes as 'alarming'

  21-07-2016 19:25
  
  Biggest rises in sexual offences, violent crime, and murder
  
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• Concern as big jump in violent crime, murder and sexual offences

  21-07-2016 19:04
  
  Police boss warns over budget cuts and urges government to support West Midlands Police
  
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• Prison officer smuggled drugs and phone cards into prison

  21-07-2016 18:31
  
  Police officers found drugs in bin at prison and in Richard Stack's car
  
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• Watch: Birmingham Dad punched on school run after honking horn

  21-07-2016 18:30
  
  Rupinder Dhillon punched Raj Thaper in the mouth Sandwell Magistrates Court heard
  
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• Shocking figures show that FGM in Birmingham is the worst in England

  21-07-2016 18:30
  
  NSPCC said statistics for the city are "very concerning"
  
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• Tax cheat Mohammed Suleman Khan who built 'Buckingham Palace' in Pakistan has appeal thrown out

  21-07-2016 17:05
  
  Criminal known as 'The General' was ordered to pay £2.2 million back
  
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• The one-eyed 'pirate' cats now looking ship-shape after being rescued!

  21-07-2016 16:02
  
  Little Aye Aye, Kane and Plankton all needed surgery after being found abandoned
  
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• Boy, 14, dragged onto wasteland, beaten and mugged in Castle Vale

  21-07-2016 15:51
  
  Police release images of men they want to identify after attack
  
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• Hall Green Stadium to be demolished after fight to save historic track fails

  21-07-2016 14:59
  
  Greyhound track opened in the 1920s will now close to make way for more than 200 houses in Birmingham suburb
  
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• Amazon set to hire drivers £15/hour to deliver within HOUR of order in Birmingham

  21-07-2016 14:49
  
  Eventually company hopes to use drones to deliver after city pilot scheme
  
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• Amazon set to hire drivers £15/hour to deliver within HALF HOUR of order in Birmingham

  21-07-2016 14:49
  
  Eventually company hopes to use drones to deliver after city pilot scheme
  
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• Sparkbrook shooting: Can you tell a real gun from a replica?

  21-07-2016 14:22
  
  West Midlands Police warn owning a replica gun could put your life atrisk     
  
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• Police seize £300,000 cannabis in raids on shop and Great Barr loft

  21-07-2016 14:06
  
  Cops find huge cannabis factory in cellar of disused store
  
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• Russia loses appeal against track and field Olympics ban

  21-07-2016 13:45
  
  Sanction was imposed after damning World Anti-Doping Agency report into widespread doping in Russian track and field
  
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• Everything you need to know about Flying Ant Day in 2016

  21-07-2016 13:45
  
  Annual phenomenon that is set to be as annoying as ever
  
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• Woman seriously injured in attack near Chase Terrace church

  21-07-2016 11:33
  
  Victim had suffered serious head injury in brutal assault near local park
  
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• Sam Allardyce set to take over as England football manager

  21-07-2016 11:07
  
  61-year-old was originally interviewed for the role in 2006, only to be overlooked in favour of Steve McClaren
  
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• Drive-by shooting in Sparkbrook street leaves man in hospital

  21-07-2016 10:45
  
  Victim rushed to hospital after two cars peppered with bullets on Wednesday night 
  
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• Watch: Republican senator Ted Cruz booed after refusing to endorse Donald Trump for US President

  21-07-2016 09:10
  
  Texas senator was defeated by Trump in race to become Republican candidate in the race for the White House
  
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• Morning news headlines: Corbyn launches bid to stay Labour leader with workplace discrimination vow

  21-07-2016 08:00
  
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• Sir Lenny Henry becomes Chancellor of Birmingham City University

  21-07-2016 07:30
  
  "It's a superb opportunity for me," he says
  
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• Scandal as 159 children left home alone in Birmingham by parents

  21-07-2016 07:30
  
  Charity says it is getting more than one call a week about kids being abandoned
  
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• Pressure on social workers eases as Birmingham children's services shows signs of improvement

  21-07-2016 06:50
  
  However, Birmingham Children’s Commissioner Andrew Christie said more social workers still needed to be hired
  
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• British Cycling championships comes to Birmingham's Broad Street

  21-07-2016 06:50
  
  Some of the sport's elite competitors will take part in fast and furious road race around city centre streets
  
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• Shots fired in Sparkbrook - investigation launched

  21-07-2016 00:00
  
  Police are appealing for witnesses after firearms officers responded to reports of gunshots in Barrows Road in Sparkbrook just after 8:15pm last night (20 July).Two cars were found with gunshot damage and have been seized for detailed examination.The area was sealed off while forensic officers examined the scene but the cordon has since been lifted.Just after 11pm officers were called to the QE hospital where a 22-year-old man had arrived with non-life threatening gunshot injuries to his shoulde
  
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• Prison officer jailed for smuggling drugs into HMP Birmingham 

  21-07-2016 00:00
  
  A prison officer has found himself on the other side of the bars after being convicted of taking illegal drugs and psychoactive substances into HMP Birmingham.Richard Stack, from Kingstanding Road in Kingstanding, was detained at the Winson Green facility on 21 June by West Midlands Police detectives working as part of the force’s prison-based investigation team.The 35-year-old pleaded guilty to conveying cannabis and mobile phone memory sticks into the prison; possession with intent to su
  
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• Police search for missing Wolverhampton teen

  21-07-2016 00:00
  
  Police are searching for a Wolverhampton teen who hasn’t been seen for several weeks. Luke Coates, aged 18, has been living in Pennfields and is described as white, 6ft tall, slim, clean shaven with short dark hair and a southern accent.He was born in Kent but also has links to South and West Yorkshire.Anyone with information should call police on 101 or the Missing People charity on 116 000.
   
  
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• Police appeal after 14-year-old mugged in Castle Vale

  21-07-2016 00:00
  
  Police have launched an investigation after a teenager was dragged into wasteland and mugged in Castle Vale.The 14-year-old boy was walking along the Chester Road near to the M6 motorway bridge at around 2.30pm on 3 July when he was approached by two people and dragged into nearby wasteland.He was punched and kicked a number of times before his bag containing a small amount of cash and a bank card was stolen. His phone was also damaged.Officers have trawled CCTV and have now released images
  
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