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• Tories have come 'a long way' on gay rights says Theresa May

  26-07-2017 23:30
  
  The Prime Minister said she was proud of the role the Conservatives had played in tackling discrimination in recent years
  
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• First look at Claudia Jessie in new hospital sitcom Porters

  26-07-2017 22:00
  
  The Birmingham actress moves from the police to nursing
  
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• BBC announces 12 new comedy pilots - what you need to know

  26-07-2017 21:00
  
  An animated sitcom starring Tom Hardy and a stereotype-busting programme about three Chinese girls living in London feature
  
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• New Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker on challenges of playing real doctor

  26-07-2017 20:23
  
  Before Whittaker takes on her role as the 13th Doctor in the sci-fi series she will appear in BBC One's psychological thriller Trust Me, in which she plays a nurse
  
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• Solihull School decathlon day raises over £6000 for cancer charities - Solihull Observer

  26-07-2017 20:18 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Solihull School decathlon day raises over £6000 for cancer charities
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  PUPILS at Solihull School's junior school have donated more than £6,000 raised from their decathlon day event to four cancer charities. The annual event, which was held on the junior school fields, featured 12 activities, including shooting baskets ...
  
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• Mum who tried to help killer son and lover escape police after Kenichi Phillips murder is jailed

  26-07-2017 20:08
  Selina Simms protected her son Disharn Downie, 19, and her lover Isaiah Wright-Young who were later jailed for life for murder
  
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• This Long Lost Family story will make you cry as Walsall man reunited with son after 47 years

  26-07-2017 19:00
  
  The ITV show helped a father who's been searching for son adopted against his wishes
  
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• CCTV seized from Legs 11 'showed drunk customer being whipped by two gyrating women with own belt'

  26-07-2017 18:58
  
  The X-rated allegations were made by police who have applied for the Broad Street club's alcohol license to be revoked
  
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• Legs 11 accused of DRUGGING customers, offering sex for £1k and swindling £90k from credit cards

  26-07-2017 18:38
  
  Police have lifted the lid on alleged criminality at Broad Street venue, with claims of links to Albanian gangsters
  
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• Birmingham City: Connal Trueman and Dan Cleary join Solihull Moors on loan - BBC Sport

  26-07-2017 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
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  Birmingham City: Connal Trueman and Dan Cleary join Solihull Moors on loan
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  Solihull Moors have signed goalkeeper Connal Trueman and defender Dan Cleary on loan from Birmingham City. The pair, both 21, will be with the National League club until 2 January. Trueman has yet to play a senior game for Blues, but signed a ...
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• Husband who killed wife after discovering her lover at their Willenhall flat is jailed

  26-07-2017 17:55
  
  Azad Singh has been convicted of the murder of Kulwinder Kaur
  
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• Birmingham bin strike: All your questions answered

  26-07-2017 17:37
  
  The dispute over changes to working practices and the downgrading of supervisor jobs has now entered its third week with no sign of a resolution in sight
  
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• Watch: Thousands of dead fish discovered at city 'lake of death'

  26-07-2017 17:33
  
  Footage shows mass fish deaths at Salford Park, Nechells where council previously said water is 'safe'
  
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• Eight reasons Charlie Gard shouldn't go home to die, according to Great Ormond Street doctors

  26-07-2017 17:29
  
  They say a hospice would be a better plan
  
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• Rare footage shows Solihull in 1980s - before Touchwood shopping centre existed - Birmingham Mail

  26-07-2017 17:19 via birminghammail.co.uk
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  Rare footage shows Solihull in 1980s - before Touchwood shopping centre existed
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  Remember when you could drive around Solihull town centre? Take a trip down memory lane by watching this rare video footage of the town in the 1980s. Share; Comments. ByAnnette Belcher. 16:19, 26 JUL 2017; Updated 16:20, 26 JUL 2017. News.
  
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• Rare footage shows Solihull in 1980s - before Touchwood shopping centre existed

  26-07-2017 17:19
  
  Remember when you could drive around Solihull town centre? Take a trip down memory lane by watching this rare video footage of the town in the 1980s
  
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• Emma Willis discovers relative tortured two men on Who Do You Think You Are?

  26-07-2017 17:12
  
  A shocked Emma said: "That’s horrific. How can you defend doing that to somebody?"
  
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• Claudia Winkleman favourite with bookies to take pay cut after BBC row

  26-07-2017 17:10
  
  Winkleman was revealed as the BBC’s highest-paid female star last week
  
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• Government pledge to pay back employment tribunal fees after court ruling

  26-07-2017 17:04
  
  Midlands TUC says there was a 72 per cent cut in tribunal claims as workers were 'priced out of justice' by fee hike
  
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• Teenage Solihull serial burglar caught hiding out by the SEASIDE - Coventry Telegraph

  26-07-2017 17:03 via coventrytelegraph.net
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  Teenage Solihull serial burglar caught hiding out by the SEASIDE
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• Lufthansa plane emergency lands in Manchester after woman gives birth on board

  26-07-2017 16:25
  
  Luckily, three doctors were on board the trans-Atlantic flight to help with the delivery
  
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• Ten firefighters needed to save 13 STONE dog after 100ft fall

  26-07-2017 16:22
  
  Dramatic rescue for Major the enormous bullmastiff
  
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• Crowds flock to Cheswick Green's Party in the Park - Solihull Observer

  26-07-2017 16:18 via solihullobserver.co.uk
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  Crowds flock to Cheswick Green's Party in the Park
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  Some 700 residents of Cheswick Green came together for the event which has been running for around 40 years. (s). Catherine Thompson 26th Jul, 2017. PARTY-GOERS were living it up at Cheswick Green's annual 'Party in the Park'. Some 700 residents ...
  
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• Hundreds of mourners gather for Manchester Arena terror attack victim Saffie Rose Roussos' funeral

  26-07-2017 16:13
  
  On Wednesday, the youngest victim of the Arena bombing returned to the city in a casket
  
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• Girl, 7, drowned at best friend's birthday pool party while no lifeguard was on duty

  26-07-2017 16:11
  
  Maya Kantengule was found at the bottom of the swimming pool at Waveney River Centre holiday park in Burgh St Peter
  
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• This is how many drivers plan to buy fully electric vehicles

  26-07-2017 16:00
  
  A further 10% of motorists say they will buy a hybrid vehicle, which combines a combustion engine with an additional power source such as an electric battery
  
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• BBC apologises after Tory donor insults Jeremy Corbyn on air

  26-07-2017 16:00
  
  Mr Mullins was asked by BBC Radio 4 World At One host Martha Kearney whether the UK should be seeking to remain in the trade bloc after Brexit
  
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• Pollution charges could be brought in for three Birmingham roads: What leaders have said

  26-07-2017 15:41
  
  Council's urged to seek innovative measures including scrappage schemes and pollution charges to improve air quality
  
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• Crooks break into DIY SOS vans as they work on cancer mum's home

  26-07-2017 15:40
  
  Offers of help flood in after presenter Nick Knowles makes appeal
  
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• Subaru flips on side and driver flees after police chase

  26-07-2017 15:38
  
  Footage shows shocking aftermath after it 'failed to stop' for traffic cops     
  
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• Can transgender people serve in the British Army?

  26-07-2017 15:38
  
  US president Donald Trump has said he will bar transgender people from serving "in any capacity" in the US armed forces
  
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• Horrified Alum Rock residents forced to SWEEP UP maggots found in rubbish pile during bins strike

  26-07-2017 15:34
  
  Video shows bugs crawling over front wall and black sacks
  
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• Severe delays at Birmingham Airport after raft of ground handlers call in sick

  26-07-2017 14:21
  
  People heading off for family holidays have reported delays of more than an hour
  
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• BMW driver beaten and left for dead by 3.30am carjackers in Duddeston Manor Road

  26-07-2017 14:15
  
  Attackers 'turned on' victim of savage assault
  
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• Police arrest four teenagers after Range Rover and BWM carjackings across Birmingham

  26-07-2017 14:08
  
  Three men aged 18 and a 16-year-old quizzed over spate of thefts of high-value vehicles
  
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• Police arrest four teenagers after Range Rover and BMW carjackings across Birmingham

  26-07-2017 14:08
  
  Three men aged 18 and a 16-year-old quizzed over spate of thefts of high-value vehicles
  
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• Wonder Woman 2 sequel release date confirmed by Warner Bros

  26-07-2017 14:00
  
  Gadot was first seen in the role of Diana of Themyscira in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice and is the first actress to play the part on the big screen
  
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• 'Four attempted break-ins' to where Princess Diana's buried, according to Earl Spencer

  26-07-2017 14:00
  
  Diana is buried on an island in an ornamental lake known as The Oval within Althorp Park's Pleasure Garden
  
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• Earl Spencer says 'harrowing' Princess Diana funeral still haunts him

  26-07-2017 13:59
  
  Earl Spencer also recalled how the 1997 event must have been a "million times worse" for the Princess' two sons William and Harry
           
  
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• The huge number of over-90s still holding a driving licence

  26-07-2017 13:53
  
  The latest data shows that 248 people aged more than 100 still hold valid licences, compared with 100,281 over-90s
  
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• Nigel Farage accuses Tories of 'cheating' Brexiteers over immigration

  26-07-2017 13:52
  
  Mr Farage, writing in the Daily Telegraph, said arguments about the need for a transitional period were a "re-run of an argument"
  
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• This is how much Love Island winners earn within a year

  26-07-2017 13:51
  
  The pair - crowned winners in Monday night's final - revealed plans to wed as they celebrated their £50,000 prize money
  
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• Fraudster who hopped into her car AFTER bus crashed into it scuppered by CCTV

  26-07-2017 13:48
  
  The quick-thinking fraudster deceived doctors, solicitors and the courts of her fictitious whiplash injuries
  
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• Jaw-dropping mid-flight plane photograph snapped by Google Maps

  26-07-2017 13:29
  
  Redditors have stumbled upon the jaw-dropping satellite image of the jet flying across South Downs National Park in the UK
  
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• Funeral of youngest Manchester bomb victim Saffie Rose Roussos to be held today

  26-07-2017 13:18
  
  Saffie, along with 21 others, seven of them aged under 18, died in the terror attack as fans streamed out of the Arena following an Ariana Grande pop concert
  
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• Falling sperm counts in Western men could pose threat to fertility

  26-07-2017 13:18
  
  Scientists documented a 59.3% drop in the average amount of sperm produced by men from North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand
  
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• Teens risk their lives freerunning on top of Superdrug in Sutton Coldfield town centre

  26-07-2017 13:13
  
  Police called as worried shoppers spot them high above ground
  
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• Fires in France force evacuation of 10,000 people

  26-07-2017 13:00
  
  Holidaymakers flee after wildfires rage through the French Riviera
  
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• I'm not scared to eat an American chlorinated chicken

  26-07-2017 12:43
  
  The row over chlorinated chickens from the USA is just good old-fashioned British Yank-bashing
  
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• This is exactly when the rain is forecast to stop in Birmingham today

  26-07-2017 12:40
  
  Met Office is curiously predicting a sharp end to the downpour in the afternoon - after torrential rain sweeps the city
  
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