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• First Reading terror victim named as teacher, James Furlong

  21-06-2020 18:33
  
  The identity of one of the three terror attack victims in Reading has been revealed
  
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• Man arrested after Wolverhampton pub window smashed with bike part

  21-06-2020 17:55
  
  The front forks of the push bike were used to smash the window on Wednesfield High Street
  
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• Mum shares heartbreaking reason girl, 15, was brutally beaten in park

  21-06-2020 17:44
  
  Devastated mum says she 'dreads to think what might have happened' had a Good Samaritan not got out of his car and stopped the attack on Kingstanding Road
  
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• Police appeal to trace car driver after biker left 'critically' ill in smash

  21-06-2020 17:04
  
  The driver of a black VW Golf and two passengers fled the scene
  
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• Murder inquiry after rave - police crackdown on illegal gatherings

  21-06-2020 16:43
  
  This comes after an illegal rave in Chasewater, Staffordshire led to 13 arrests overnight and up to 200 people got together in an Erdington park, leaving piles of bottles and 'hippy crack' behind
  
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• You might need to book in advance to buy a pint at your local pub

  21-06-2020 16:22
  
  Although pubs and restaurants are expected to reopen from July 4, the Government has warned that to ensure social distancing customers may have to book in advance if they want to go for a drink
  
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• One in six parents calling for school holidays to be cancelled

  21-06-2020 16:07
  
  However, the majority of parents surveyed said they wanted the summer holidays to remain in place, saying it was a time to relax and take a break
  
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• 26 more people died with coronavirus in England in latest update

  21-06-2020 15:54
  
  The latest figures from NHS England showed 26 people died with coronavirus - but for the second day running the Midlands had the highest number of deaths
  
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• Gallery: Police at the scene of a double stabbing in Upper Gornal

  21-06-2020 15:25
  
  Gallery: Police at the scene of a double stabbing in Upper Gornal
  
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• Kate Garraway breaks her social media silence with heartwarming message

  21-06-2020 15:16
  
  The Good Morning Britain star has stayed away from Instagram recently as her husband Derek Draper remains critically ill in hospital after contracting coronavirus.  But she went back on social media yesterday to send Eamonn Holmes' daughter birthday wishes
  
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• Watch: Neighbours take to Solihull street in summer solstice conga

  21-06-2020 14:33
  
  Residents of Stoneleigh Grove in Olton celebrated the Summer Solstice
  
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• Watch 4x4 try to reverse ram police in double stolen car chase

  21-06-2020 14:30
  
  Dash-cam footage of a getaway chase in Omberlsey shows a 4x4 driver trying to ram into police to stop them getting to a second stolen vehicle
  
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• Once upon a time, Birmingham looked like this

  21-06-2020 13:35
  
  We take a look back to the 1950s from the archives at a developing Birmingham. The Erdington Lyndhurst Estate was just being built and areas like Rubery and Shard End were just beginning. Other established regions of the city have not changed in many years, Sparkhill, Small Heath, all look very similar over the passage of time.
  
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• Police shut down big rave in park leaving booze and drugs rubbish

  21-06-2020 13:23
  
  The parks was littered with rubbish as police dispersed the huge crowd after residents complained
  
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• TUI: when it will begin flights from Brum to Spain and Greece

  21-06-2020 13:17
  
  The UK's biggest travel operator said on Sunday that holidaymakers could fly to Spain and Greece from Birmingham Airport from July 11 as coronavirus restrictions were eased
  
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• Five arrested over illegal raves in Staffordshire

  21-06-2020 13:04
  
  “We are in an unprecedented time and we won’t accept anyone putting our communities at risk by holding these illegal raves" - Staffordshire Police
  
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• 13 people arrested over illegal raves in Staffordshire

  21-06-2020 13:04
  
  “We are in an unprecedented time and we won’t accept anyone putting our communities at risk by holding these illegal raves" - Staffordshire Police
  
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• Angry driver pursued motorist on m-ways in SIXTH road rage incident

  21-06-2020 13:01
  
  'Menace on the roads' Nick Headland was involved in a spree of road rage incidents which culminated in him pursing another driver reaching speeds of over 100mph
  
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• Reading mass stabbing declared a terror attack by police

  21-06-2020 12:54
  
  Three people have died and a further three have been seriously injured in the incident in Forbury Gardens, a park near the centre of Reading, on Saturday night
  
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• Prince William and his children grin with delight in new Father's Day pictures

  21-06-2020 12:45
  
  New pictures - taken by the Duchess of Cambridge - released to mark Prince William's birthday and Father's Day show the heir to the throne laughing as George, Charlotte and Louis clamber all over him at Amner Hall
  
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• Police shutdown after two men stabbed in late night knife attack

  21-06-2020 11:53
  
  Police cordon off junction and on man has been arrested after the outbreak of violence
  
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• Iron Age funeral site uncovered on HS2 route near Solihull - Coventry Telegraph

  21-06-2020 11:34 via coventrytelegraph.net
  
  Iron Age funeral site uncovered on HS2 route near Solihull  Coventry Telegraph
  
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• Aldi Specialbuys include an outdoor bar and more garden items

  21-06-2020 11:12
  
  Aldi Specialbuys frenzy leads to online queues as thousands try to log on
  
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• Live updates - Police shutdown after two stabbed in knife attack

  21-06-2020 10:52
  
  A cordon is currently in place between Jew's Lane, Burton Road, Eve Lane and Kent Street
  
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• Live updates - Junction cordoned off following police incident

  21-06-2020 10:52
  
  A cordon is currently in place between Jew's Lane, Burton Road, Eve Lane and Kent Street
  
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• Three people dead and three injured after stabbings rampage

  21-06-2020 10:27
  
  Three people have died and three more left with serious injuries after a mass stabbing in a park in Reading town centre. It happened on Saturday evening as the park was filled with people enjoying the sunshine
  
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• Father and girlfriend charged over death of his six-year-old son

  21-06-2020 10:08
  
  Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died in hospital after he was found unresponsive at a house in Cranmore Road, Shirley
  
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• Teaching behind a perspex screen - how one city school is keeping kids safe

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  The responsibility for opening city schools safely is weighing heavily on head teachers like Sarah Hewitt-Clarkson - she's come up with ingenious ideas to help keep coronavirus at bay
  
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• Stephanie Slater's best friend speaks out as evil kidnapper denied parole

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  Stacey Kettner, now 52, spent 25 years of her life on the Isle of Wight with the Birmingham estate agent to help her heal - but she never got over her ordeal
  
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• Resident's petition to save city telephone box from removal by BT

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  Almost 500 people have signed a petition to keep the iconic red box and will apply to adopt it for £1
  
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• Mum shares secret to making free school meal vouchers go further

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  "I don't class myself as a poor person even though we live below the poverty line" says single mum Vicky Fisher following the government U-turn on supermarket vouchers
  
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• High street shopping - what it's like as non essential stores reopen

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  How much has social distancing changed shopping in Dudley?
  
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• Fruit picking - how popular farm shop harvests their produce to survive

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  BirminghamLive reporter Andy Richardson visited Essington Farm, near Wolverhampton, to see how the farm is picking strawberries this year following new coronavirus guidelines
  
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• Footage captures moment moped rider skids and falls through red light

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  The moped ride can be seen trying to keep himself upright before the tumble
  
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• Diary of Birmingham keyworker mum-of-five during lockdown

  21-06-2020 06:30
  
  Birmingham mum Jane Hooper has been working full time at her local supermarket while trying to care for her five children
  
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