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• Solihull Moors 0 Forest Green 1 - BBC Sport

  25-10-2016 23:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Solihull Moors 0 Forest Green 1
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  Forest Green maintained their four-point lead at the top of the National League, and kept a seventh consecutive clean sheet, with a 1-0 win over Solihull Moors. It took until the second half, but the league leaders finally broke the deadlock on the ...and more »
  
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• Knives, cues, hammers and wrenches - weapons hidden in Birmingham parks

  25-10-2016 19:56
  
  Police carry out searches in effort to combat violent crime after spate of stabbings 
  
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• Broad Street hotel plan scrapped for 31-storey apartment block

  25-10-2016 18:48
  
  Left Bank project takes a new direction as developers plan to build one of Birmingham's tallest residential towers
  
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• Busted! Cashpoint scamming device discovered at Moseley bank

  25-10-2016 18:44
  
  Police are investigating following discovery at Co-op
  
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• Anorexic nurse who died weighing 5st was 'denied hospital bed'

  25-10-2016 17:59
  
  But health chiefs deny bed claims and consultant says nurse could still have died in hospital
  
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• Solihull Moors v Forest Green: Match night LIVE with Rob Iles - Gloucestershire Live

  25-10-2016 17:44 via gloucestershirelive.co.uk
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  Solihull Moors v Forest Green: Match night LIVE with Rob Iles
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  Forest Green head to the Automated Technology Group Stadium four points clear at the top of the National League table after their 3-0 win over Guiseley on Saturday. Mark Cooper's side are currently unbeaten in their last seven and haven't conceded a ...
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• Police hunting THREE knifemen after TWO stabbings in less than 48 hours

  25-10-2016 17:43
  
  Stabbings epidemic continue to rock city
  
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• Massive expansion of Birmingham Airport could double passenger capacity to 55 million

  25-10-2016 17:27
  
  After the Government backs a third runway at Heathrow, West Midlands politicians want to expand Birmingham Airport - and that's likely to mean a new runway
  
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• JLR owner Tata removes chairman

  25-10-2016 17:04
  
  No explanation given for sudden departure of Cyrus Mistry after four years in the role
  
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• Deeside Dragons lose 17-goal thriller to Solihull Barons - ChesterChronicle.co.uk

  25-10-2016 16:43 via chesterchronicle.co.uk
  
  Deeside Dragons lose 17-goal thriller to Solihull Barons
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  DEESIDE Dragons ' losing run in NIHL North 1 stretched to three matches after they were beaten 10-7 by Solihull Barons in a thrilling encounter on Sunday. Scott McKenzie's side headed to the West Midlands looking to bounce back from heavy defeats to ...
  
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• Watch: Fire crews save kayaker from raging torrent

  25-10-2016 16:09
  
  Hero 999 workers race into action during training course in Wales
  
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• Teenager found GUILTY of murder of Kenichi Phillips in Birmingham drugs war

  25-10-2016 15:58
  
  Disharn Downie, 18, facing life in jail after victim gunned down as he sat in car
  
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• Watch the hilarious moment when Citizen Khan meets Sadiq Khan

  25-10-2016 15:52
  
  Get a sneak peek of the new episode of the BBC1 sitcom
  
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• Sadiq Khan is going on Citizen Khan - here's what happens

  25-10-2016 15:52
  
  BBC sitcom returns for fifth season next month
  
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• City shamed as bigamy blackspot - after love rat dumped sick wife in care home

  25-10-2016 15:40
  
  Brum worst place outside London for multiple marriage crimes
  
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• Heathrow third runway approved at last

  25-10-2016 15:39
  
  Government approves Heathrow expansion but critics call for expansion at Birmingham.
  
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• Scared of the dentist? Then blame the genes inherited from your parents

  25-10-2016 15:24
  
  What are the best ways for dealing with anxiety over visiting the dentist?
  
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• North Wales named as one of Lonely Planet's top 10 places in the world to visit

  25-10-2016 15:15
  
  Ireland's Skellig Ring, a coastal route in Co Kerry, also named
  
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• New gallery to open in the Jewellery Quarter

  25-10-2016 14:14
  
  Contemporary photography gallery will showcase work by both UK and international artists
  
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• Firefighters called to Acocks Green three-car smash - Solihull Observer

  25-10-2016 14:01 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Firefighters called to Acocks Green three-car smash
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  Firefighters from Hay Mills Fire Service attended the scene on Flint Road, Acocks Green, at around 10.45am. Three cars were involved in the collision with one car crashing into the lamppost and another into a wall. A West Midlands Fire Service ...
  
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• OAP's Jaguar destroys Tesco petrol station

  25-10-2016 13:54
  
  Lucky escape for driver and two staff
  
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• Cape Hill internet cafe killer jailed for life after stabbing dad-of-two to death

  25-10-2016 13:36
  
  Douane Brown targeted fellow Jamaican Horace Williams in revenge attack
  
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• New appeal over hit-run killer who mowed down grandma

  25-10-2016 13:02
  
  Mary Elizabeth Humpherson, 88, died after being hit by a silver Ford Mondeo
  
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• Merry Hill owner plans £85m revamp

  25-10-2016 12:51
  
  Intu is hoping to raise £350m through a new bond offer which will be partly used to remodel and reposition the popular Black Country retail hub
  
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• Heathrow expansion: call for shovels in ground 'as soon as possible'

  25-10-2016 12:35
  
  Controversial decision given go-ahead despite fierce opposition
  
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• Manchester mayor candidate Andy Burnham complains the Midlands is replacing the Northern Powerhouse

  25-10-2016 12:30
  
  The Government used to focus its attention on the Northern Powerhouse - but now it cares more about the Midlands, according to one of the North's most senior politicians
  
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• Assay Office chief executive to step down

  25-10-2016 12:08
  
  Woman who led the office's move across the Jewellery Quarter after almost 140 years is to move on to new challenges
  
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• West Midlands MEP Bill Etheridge pulls out of UKIP leadership contest

  25-10-2016 11:29
  
  Bill Etheridge is quitting the UKIP leadership race and will support candidate Paul Nuttall instead.
  
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• Man stabbed in horror McDonalds attack

  25-10-2016 11:00
  
  Victim knifed in popular Chester Road branch
  
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• Pete Burns dies at the age of 57

  25-10-2016 08:44
  
  The former Dead or Alive singer-songwriter died on Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest, his management said
  
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• Morning news headlines: Government to announce winner of airport expansion decision; More than 50 dead as militants attack Pakistan police training centre

  25-10-2016 08:36
  
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• Reckless Ryders planning Halloween gridlock protest are IDIOTS, says real biker

  25-10-2016 07:30
  
  Motorcycle clubs say renegade bikers break law but do not get collared by cops
  
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• Married sex offender jailed for grooming teen at riding school

  25-10-2016 07:30
  
  Shamed Stuart Moreland branded 'audacious and arrogant' by judge
  
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• This is how your high street is transforming in 2016

  25-10-2016 06:00
  
  New report says American diners and jewellers are thriving while charity shops and recruitment agencies continue to suffer on region's high streets
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover appoints BAM for Castle Bromwich expansion

  25-10-2016 06:00
  
  Luxury car manufacturer recruits group behind Three Snowhill and Barclaycard Arena projects to build new car park in north Birmingham
  
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• Birmingham's most expensive house ever sold at auction

  25-10-2016 06:00
  
  Edgbaston property sells for above guide price as auctioneer hails 'another feather in the cap for Birmingham'
  
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• Weapons recovered during police crackdown on knife crime

  25-10-2016 00:00
  
  Weapons sweeps have been conducted in parks and wasteland across the West Midlands as part of a concerted offensive on knife crime.Up to 15 parks, plus open land and communal residential spaces, were searched last week by officers on the hunt for knives hidden in public stashes by offenders.Plain clothes officers also worked with Trading Standards on ‘test purchase’ operations at the region’s shops looking for outlets flouting retail laws by selling knives to children.The clamp
  
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• Search for conman who tricked pensioner in Wolverhampton

  25-10-2016 00:00
  
  Police are hunting a cruel conman who posed as council contractor to trick his way inside a pensioner’s home before duping her into handing over hundreds of pounds.The conman struck in Fowler Street, Wolverhampton, alongside two other men claiming they’d been sent to carry out building maintenance work.The 83-year-old woman let the men inside to do some work, but they demanded payment first and drove her to a Post Office when she told them she didn’t have any cash.After they le
  
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• Photos of car involved in Great Barr fatal hit-and-run released  

  25-10-2016 00:00
  
  Police investigating the death of a Great Barr pensioner have released a picture of the car believed to be involved in the hit-and-run. An investigation was launched after the 88-year-old was struck by a silver Ford Mondeo on Birmingham Road on Friday 21 October.Mary Elizabeth Humpherson, known as Betty, was taken to hospital with serious injuries but sadly died later that day.The driver of the car abandoned the vehicle at the scene and ran off and enquiries are on-going to trace him. 
  
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• Man convicted of murdering Birmingham teenager Kenichi Phillips

  25-10-2016 00:00
  
  A man who shot dead a teenager as he sat in a parked car in the Ladywood area of Birmingham earlier this year has been convicted of murdering him. Disharn Downie was part of a group that opened fire at the Seat Ibiza on St Marks Crescent on the evening of Thursday 17 March.Disharn DownieOne of the bullets struck 17-year-old front seat passenger Kenichi Phillips in the jaw and neck. Luckily the other two occupants were not hit and got 
  out of the vehicle unharmed.All three men quickly r
  
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• Man charged with firearms offence following incident in Newtown

  25-10-2016 00:00
  
  A man has been charged with possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, following an alleged incident in Birmingham.Baboucarr Huma was arrested yesterday after being stopped in a car in Small Heath in the early hours of yesterday morning (24 October).The 18-year-old, of Handsworth Close, Handsworth, appeared at Birmingham Magistrates Court today (25 October).He heard that he was accused of pointing a hand gun at a man on New John Street in the Newtown area of the ci
  
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• Life jail for internet café knife killer 

  25-10-2016 00:00
  
  A Jamaican man who plunged a knife into a fellow countryman’s neck - killing him during a midday attack in an internet café - has been told he’ll spend at least the next 21 years in jail. Douane Brown stabbed Horace Williams at the Smethwick café on 16 April in what witnesses described as being like “scenes from a horror movie".
  CCTV showed the pair exchanging glances at a money transfer counter in the café moments before Brown - originally from Kingst
  
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