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• Why driving at 31mph could add HUNDREDS to car insurance bills

  30-07-2017 22:48
  
  Drivers are being warned that, when it comes to speeding, points mean higher insurance premiums too
  
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• This tool will tell you whether the Government owes you HUNDREDS

  30-07-2017 22:40
  
  Once logged in if you have paid too much tax, it should show at the top of the screen below your name
  
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• Booking your summer holidays at these times can save you HUNDREDS

  30-07-2017 22:37
  
  The report showed that, depending on where you are headed, you can reap the rewards by making your bookings just a few months before
  
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• The things you should NEVER do while vaping

  30-07-2017 22:31
  
  More than a third (35 per cent) of vapers admit they don't really know where they can and can't vape
  
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• THIS is what happens when someone objects at a wedding

  30-07-2017 22:25
  
  Scenes of somebody stealing in, out of breath and all dramatic, only seem to happen in soaps
  
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• Warning over dangers of babies in prams during hot weather

  30-07-2017 22:22
  
  Researchers in Sweden have discovered covering a pram to shade a child from the sunlight has the effect of creating a 'furnace-like heat'
  
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• Swollen hedgehog 'size of beachball' deflated by animal charity

  30-07-2017 22:12
  
  Animal experts say the male hedgehog is suffering "balloon syndrome" and is thought to have been injured by a car, causing air to be trapped under his skin
  
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• Why failing your driving test means you're destined for success

  30-07-2017 22:11
  
  West Midlands wannabe drivers, from Birmingham and Wolverhampton, were most likely to fail their practical driving tests
  
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• How the number of approved mortgages is plummeting for UK property hunters

  30-07-2017 22:10
  
  Analysts are now expecting a further slowdown in the housing market, which has already shown signs of cooling
  
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• Dozens of prisoners released from jail by mistake as numbers hit new high

  30-07-2017 22:09
  
  A raft of statistics released on Thursday by the Ministry of Justice also revealed violence across the prisons estate in England and Wales has surged
  
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• Mum's terror as man attempts to snatch girl, 5, from outside Primark

  30-07-2017 22:08
  
  Police were called to the scene and a man was arrested
  
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• Soaring numbers of Birmingham pupils taught in unlawfully large classes

  30-07-2017 22:07
  
  Sandwell has the largest average infant class size in England, with 29.4 pupils per class taught by one teacher
  
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• This hangover cure is being urgently recalled amid health risk fears

  30-07-2017 22:05
  
  The statement said Health Aid is recalling its HealthAid Concentrated Air-Oxy product because it contains the unauthorised food additive sodium chlorite
  
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• Fully electric Mini to be built in UK as car industry gets boost

  30-07-2017 21:53
  
  The car will be a variant of its three-door hatch model and will go into production in 2019
  
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• Instagram to use artificial intelligence to fight trolls

  30-07-2017 21:30
  
  A button is being added to the app's settings under the Comments section, enabling users to turn on the comment blocker
  
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• Jeremy Hunt says NHS could pay to sort out damp in people's homes

  30-07-2017 21:13
  
  The Health Secretary was discussing the role of the NHS in preventing ill health as he set down new funding for plans
  
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• This is where Theresa May will spend her summer holiday

  30-07-2017 21:11
  
  The Prime Minister confirmed her plans in an interview with LBC radio at the end of a parliamentary year
  
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• Model ​Cara Delevingne could be the next James Bond girl

  30-07-2017 21:10
  
  MGM executives have been impressed by her performances in Luc Besson’s Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets
  
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• How One Love Manchester beat General Election for viewing numbers

  30-07-2017 21:09
  It beat audience numbers for the first hours of the big UK vote coverage four days later, which was requested by 1,314,000 people
  
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• Former Great British Bake Off presenters Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins to revive The Generation Game

  30-07-2017 21:08
  
  Due to air on BBC One, the programme will include many features familiar to fans of previous series
  
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• Jennifer Ellison is unrecognisable as she flaunts weight loss

  30-07-2017 21:07
  
  She posted two photographs - one before and one after her weight loss
  
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• Nose and throat bacteria may be key to battling childhood infections

  30-07-2017 21:06
  
  Scientists have found that babies prone to colds and chest infections have variations in the bacteria that live in their respiratory tracts compared with healthy children
  
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• Ashleigh opens up on death of Pudsey, Britain's Got Talent winning dog

  30-07-2017 21:06
  
  Pudsey died at the age of 11 following a leukaemia diagnosis, five years after the pair won the ITV talent contest
  
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• Casualty star Tom Chambers defends BBC salaries: 'Men need to pay for their wives'

  30-07-2017 21:04
  
  Thompson, who has played Charlie Fairhead in the BBC One medical drama since its inception in 1986, earns between £350,000-£399,999
  
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• UK defence spending falls to lowest level in five years

  30-07-2017 21:02
  
  Labour former defence minister Kevan Jones said this showed Britain has neglected investment in innovation at home and sought to buy more of its equipment overseas
  
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• These are the MTV VMA Award nominations for 2017

  30-07-2017 21:02
  
  Sheeran's Shape Of You is also up for best pop song while his video for Castle On The Hill earns a nod for best cinematography
  
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• Prince Philip's final public engagement before he retires to take place this week

  30-07-2017 21:02
  
  Earlier this year it was announced he would retire after the summer
  
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• Noel Edmonds raises Lloyds compensation claim to £300m

  30-07-2017 21:02
  
  The former Deal Or No Deal host had originally been seeking in the region of £50 million to £70 million
  
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• Director confirmed for forthcoming JRR Tolkien biopic

  30-07-2017 21:01
  
  Helsinki Filmi CEO Annika Sucksdorff confirmed that 40-year-old Karukoski would direct the film about the formative years of British writer Tolkien's life
  
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• Love it or hate it? The black Princess Diana statue

  30-07-2017 16:45
  
  Walsall's statue has always divided opinion
  
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• Thousands commemorate life of Birmingham mosque founder

  30-07-2017 16:33
  
  Celebrations in memory of much loved spiritual leader
  
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• Mum-of-eight on benefits "set to buy a horse"

  30-07-2017 16:11
  
  Octomum Marie Buchan says it is no different to buying a car
  
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• Man charged with rape of 14-year-old girl

  30-07-2017 15:28
  
  Suspect, 27, will appear before Birmingham Magistrates
  
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• Criminals serving longer terms after complaints over sentences

  30-07-2017 14:36
  
  Record number of crooks have sentences increased
  
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• TV star Ant McPartlin set to leave rehab after 'winning drink and drugs battle'

  30-07-2017 13:24
  
  Friends say Ant  ‘is on the mend’ and wants to make a TV return hosting I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here in October
  
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• Carter and Hylton Screamers Help See Off Stratford - Vitalfootball

  30-07-2017 13:09 via solihullmoors.vitalfootball.co.uk
  Carter and Hylton Screamers Help See Off Stratford
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  Pre-season is predominantly about getting your fitness levels up and working on your shape ahead of the new season. It means getting overworked about results is futile, no matter how positive or negative. Yet you can still learn a fair bit by watching ...and more »
  
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• UNSOLVED: The brutal doorstep murder of widow which has baffled police - for 20 YEARS

  30-07-2017 12:47
  
  Linda Chandler was stabbed to death outside her Kingstanding home in 1997
  
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• Locked up in July: the criminals jailed in the city

  30-07-2017 12:41
  
  Our list names and shames people locked up by the courts in July
  
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• Revealed: Shocking number of motorcycles, quad bikes and MOBILITY SCOOTERS stolen in the West Midlands

  30-07-2017 12:22
  
  The figures come as a ten year crime wave rocks the UK, with vehicle crime up by 23%
  
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• Bouncing bomb raised after 75 YEARS in a loch

  30-07-2017 11:12
  
  Midland diver helps recover a rare wartime anti-shipping weapon invented by the man who inspired the Dam Busters
  
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• Memorial for one of the Black Country's greatest war heroes

  30-07-2017 11:10
  
  A memorial has been unveiled on Coseley Green to Thomas Barratt, a Great War scout who hunted down the German snipers who picked off his colleagues in the mud of Ypres.
  
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• Tribute to the 'Brian Epstein' of Birmingham

  30-07-2017 11:06
  
  Rock manager Roger Allen was as influential to Brum’s 60s music scene as the late Beatles manager was to Liverpool’s.
  
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• Man quizzed over city centre bomb scare

  30-07-2017 11:00
  
  Part of Birmingham put on lock-down during bomb hoax
  
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• Jailed cowboy builder 'takes up plastering course' inside!

  30-07-2017 10:44
  
  As a builder with a soiled reputation, a plasterer’s qualification will add another string to the 44-year-old’s bow.
  
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• Memorial garden to open in Lichfield to honour little girl who died of a rare blood disorder

  30-07-2017 10:40
  
  City to open memorial to little girl who tragically died of rare blood disease
  
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• Moors Ladies begin their pre-season campaign - Vitalfootball

  30-07-2017 10:36 via solihullmoors.vitalfootball.co.uk
  Moors Ladies begin their pre-season campaign
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  Solihull Moors Ladies begin their pre-season campaign this afternoon as they travel to face Coventry United. The match takes place at the Cryfield Sports Pavilion in Coventry, with the match kicking-off at 2pm. The Moors Ladies' first friendly will ...
  
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• Riddle of kneeling body in pink socks found 46 years ago

  30-07-2017 07:30
  
  New twist in murder mystery of buried victim dubbed ‘Fred the Head’
  
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• Poker ace whose luck ran out 10 years after his wife ‘disappeared’

  30-07-2017 07:30
  
  Thousands of miles away from Bebb-Jones’ local haunts, Vegas police were unravelling the mystery of his wife’s disappearance over a decade earlier.
  
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• Miss Transgender Birmingham speaks out: Trump military ban on us is an 'outrage'

  30-07-2017 07:30
  
  Talulah-Eve Brown fears the US President’s shock announcement is part of a gradual erosion of LGBT liberties.
  
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• I'm sorry for sparking city bomb siege - Redditch pensioner

  30-07-2017 07:30
  
  Midland pensioner jailed for explosives hoax tells of his regret
  
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