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• Watch chanting Black Lives Matter protesters march on M6

  07-06-2020 20:27
  
  Black Lives Matter demonstrators jumped over M6 central reservation at the Exhall interchange, near Coventry, bringing traffic to standstill
  
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• Mark Chapman's wife dies aged 44 as BBC presenter left 'devastated'

  07-06-2020 19:58
  
  Mark's wife Sara has died following a "long illness", according to reports
  
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• M6 partially closed as 'Black Lives Matter protesters block road'

  07-06-2020 19:55
  
  Motorists were urged to seek alternative routes from around 6pm after demo at the Exhall interchange, near Coventry
  
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• Matt Hancock denies racism amid Black Lives Matter protests

  07-06-2020 18:48
  
  'I’ve spent my political life fighting for equality and diversity....  There’s always more that can, and must, be done'
  
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• CPS lawyer who charged Caroline Flack with assault defends decision

  07-06-2020 18:45
  
  The TV star committed suicide this year - a day after finding out the Crown Prosecution Service was pursuing charges over an alleged attack on her boyfriend
  
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• Live updates as city street taped off by police as 'grenade' found

  07-06-2020 18:39
  
  Officers could be seen blocking off Garrison Lane on Sunday afternoon following the reported discovery
  
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• Black Lives Matter protesters pull down statue of slave trader

  07-06-2020 17:55
  
  The bronze memorial of Edward Colston situated in Bristol city centre was erected in 1895
  
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• Charles Bronson is now a Lord after family buy him plot of land in Scotland

  07-06-2020 17:03
  
  The 67-year-old is officially Lord Charles
  
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• Hundreds attend Wolverhampton and Dudley Black Lives Matter demos

  07-06-2020 16:54
  
  Anti-racism protests were held at West Park, Wolverhampton, and Coronation Gardens, Dudley
  
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• Easyjet summer sale offering flights to Spain from just £18.49

  07-06-2020 16:26
  
  Brits can also snap up bargain flights to Santorini in Greece from £24.99
  
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• Sunday morning terror as armed burglar ransacks home

  07-06-2020 16:02
  
  A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon and burglary
  
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• Banged up: Round up of Birmingham criminals jailed this week

  07-06-2020 15:26
  
  James Ferrie, Jayon Foster, Michael Hayer and Simon Burrin all make the list of crooks now getting used to life behind bars
  
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• Latest coronavirus death toll as 72 more die in hospitals

  07-06-2020 15:22
  
  The patients were between 45 and 96 and all had underlying health conditions
  
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• Pictures reveal devastating aftermath of cannabis factory fire

  07-06-2020 15:11
  
  The blaze broke out at a terraced house in Bridge Street South, Smethwick, at around 2.10am on Sunday, June 7
  
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• Murder probe after former Birmingham sports coach dies

  07-06-2020 15:03
  
  The 23-year-old victim shared his passion for fencing with children at Birmingham University every Saturday
  
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• MMA leg4end Conor McGregor is retiring again

  07-06-2020 14:42
  
  Conor  McGregor tweeted his decision to quit the MMA sport
  
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• Five caught driving from Brum to Wales for 'walk on beach'

  07-06-2020 14:36
  
  They were fined as lockdown rules in Wales state people should only drive locally
  
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• Debt-hit Merry Hill owner intu 'puts administrators on standby'

  07-06-2020 14:33
  
  intu Properties, which runs the Brierley Hill shopping centre, has asked for an 18-month standstill on debt repayment
  
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• Emmerdale actress Natalie J Robb's 'secret romance with co-star'

  07-06-2020 14:10
  
  They join a list of Emmerdale stars who are couples off screen
  
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• Nightlife boss calls for Broad Street clubs to reopen in summer

  07-06-2020 13:55
  
  Mike Olley has called for reopening of Broad Street clubs like Pryzm, Rosies and Velvet Music Rooms
  
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• Fears secondary school Covid-19 chaos could continue next year

  07-06-2020 12:52
  
  Sage expert Gavin Morgan said missing school was worse for pupils than catch coronavirus
  
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• Cannabis found in terraced house destroyed by fire

  07-06-2020 12:51
  
  A house allegedly being used as a cannabis factory has suffered '100 per cent fire damage' despite massive fire service response
  
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• Watch: Brazen thug hurls brick at family home

  07-06-2020 12:17
  
  Footage shows the brazen thug on the driveway of the property in The Crescent on Thursday, June 4
  
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• Taxi driver attacked for refusing 15 mile trip for £5

  07-06-2020 12:17
  
  Brave members of the public stepped in to detain the suspect until officers arrived on scene
  
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• Desperate appeal to find woman missing for three weeks

  07-06-2020 11:31
  
  Anne-Marie Campbell, also known as Trisha and from Smethwick, was last seen on Friday, May 15
  
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• Gogglebox issues grovelling apology to Eamonn Holmes

  07-06-2020 11:24
  
  The controversial Celebrity Gogglebox episode featuring Eamonn and wife Ruth Langsford has been re-edited
  
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• Inside £450,000 student digs which was turned into cannabis factory

  07-06-2020 11:14
  
  West Midlands Police appeal for information after fire in cannabis factory - but this is what the Selly Oak property is really like inside
  
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• Prime Minister's 11 Covid-19 errors that may have cost lives

  07-06-2020 10:56
  
  More than 40,000 people have died and there are an estimated 8,000 new infections a day
  
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• Estate agency boss called nurse 'low level trash' in free flat row

  07-06-2020 10:23
  
  Bobby Singh posted verbal attack on nurse Daani Evans online after she complained about his Oldbury company, Love Your Postcode
  
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• What I have to teach my six-year-old about racism

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Janae Owyn is raising her daughter to be aware that she may not be accepted by everyone for being biracial.
  
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• Watch cop car in wince-inducing near miss on route to emergency

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Quick-thinking officer praised after swerving to avoid motorist who suddenly emerged from junction
  
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• Walsall boy comes up with adorable idea to help save his favourite zoo

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Zac Dykes has been gutted that he hasn't been able to visit his favourite zoo
  
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• Sex offender jailed for child abduction after boy stayed at flat

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Simon Burrin, from Erdington, said he did not initially know age of youngster who he met on gay dating site
  
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• River Cole tree reveals what a difference 100 days makes

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  A tree next to the River Cole shows just how much the water level has fallen since the storms of February
  
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• Retired cop took own life after mum struck down with Covid-19

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Former West Midlands Police officer Joanne Gough, 58, took own life day before Walsall mum died from coronavirus
  
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• Properties you can rent for less than £400 a month in the Black Country

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  A list of affordable housing currently available in Wolverhampton, Walsall, Sandwell and Dudley
  
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• Nine ways Brum life will change forever without a Covid-19 vaccine

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  How does the worst case scenario of living permanently with the Covid-19 threat  affect Brum restaurants, hair salons, travel, work and leisure?
  
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• How cashpoint gang left trail of destruction in £200k crimewave

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Steven Ives, from Kingstanding, was part of a cashpoint robbery gang who targeted ATMs
  
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• How Brum stalker dubbed Phantom Snipper cut and stole kids' hair

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  We look back at the bizarre crime that stunned Birmingham in 1950s - and speak to last victim of Phantom Snipper
  
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• How Birmingham looked in 1990 - 30 years ago

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  1990 was a key year for Birmingham we take a look back to the time when the ICC was nearing completion, Merry Hill had just opened and the Birmingham Super Prix was having its last year.Here are some of the pictures to remember that time, now three decades ago.
  
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• Hauntingly beautiful walk through Moseley Bog after the sunniest spring ever

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Enjoy our lockdown walk through Moseley Bog, ten years after The Lord of the Rings site received £376,500 of Heritage Lottery Funding
  
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• Fears patient files at city GP surgery hacked - urgent probe launched

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Staff at Hockley Medical Practice, Birmingham, have acted swiftly after being made aware of the possible cyber attack.
  
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• Dancing Wolverhampton binmen go viral in Australia

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  The group's videos have amassed more than 11 million views
  
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• Chocolate thief, drink driver and fare dodger: Latest from court

  07-06-2020 06:30
  
  Some of the cases that have gone before courts in Walsall and Wolverhampton
  
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• Police appeal after woman attacked at Solihull pub - Solihull Observer

  07-06-2020 06:17 via solihullobserver.co.uk
  Police appeal after woman attacked at Solihull pub  Solihull Observer
  
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