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• Mowbray hints at sticking by Wildsmith

  05-04-2025 19:18 via bbc.com
  
  West Brom boss Tony Mowbray hints he will stick by Joe Wildsmith despite another error from the goalkeeper in the defeat by Sunderland.
  
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• Major factory blaze leads to power cut at 380 homes

  20-04-2025 19:47 via bbc.com
  
  More than 75 firefighters have been tackling the Sparkhill fire and crews will be there all night.
  
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• Birmingham fire: 75 firefighters battle huge blaze in factory - Daily Express

  20-04-2025 15:36
  Birmingham fire: 75 firefighters battle huge blaze in factory  Daily Express
  
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• Major UK supermarket chain removes self-checkouts from majority of stores - Birmingham Live

  20-04-2025 15:06
  Major UK supermarket chain removes self-checkouts from majority of stores  Birmingham Live
  
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• Husband 'watched in horror' as wife killed on golf course

  20-04-2025 14:44 via bbc.com
  
  The husband of Suzanne Cherry says golf "should have been the safest" of her hobbies.
  
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• HMRC writing to UK households demanding £2,751 which 'isn't theirs' - Birmingham Live

  20-04-2025 12:23
  HMRC writing to UK households demanding £2,751 which 'isn't theirs'  Birmingham Live
  
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• 'Fear' grips Boots stores with thousands across UK issued warning - Birmingham Live

  20-04-2025 10:29
  'Fear' grips Boots stores with thousands across UK issued warning  Birmingham Live
  
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• 'Why I'm running a marathon dressed as a dog'

  20-04-2025 08:11 via bbc.com
  Emma Chetwynd Jarvis is running the London Marathon to raise money for the Guide Dogs charity.
  
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• Your photos: A duck, pink blossom and a windmill

  20-04-2025 08:10 via bbc.com
  Take a look at some of your best images from across the West Midlands over the past week.
  
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• 'Awake mastectomy' is one of hospital's firsts

  20-04-2025 08:10 via bbc.com
  Walsall surgeon Matt Green says the procedure prevented pre-cancerous changes developing into breast cancer.
  
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• Two West Midlands Greggs 'among worst in UK' for food hygiene - Birmingham Live

  20-04-2025 06:12
  Two West Midlands Greggs 'among worst in UK' for food hygiene  Birmingham Live
  
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• 'Fuming' Watkins channelled anger into 'dynamite' display

  19-04-2025 22:41 via bbc.com
  Ollie Watkins has a message for his manager Unai Emery - he wants to start the biggest games after inspiring Aston Villa to victory over Newcastle.
  
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• Hutton and O'Neill help Notts dominate Warwickshire

  19-04-2025 20:46 via bbc.com
  Brett Hutton and Fergus O'Neill take five-wicket hauls as Nottinghamshire dominate Warwickshire on day two of the County Championship match at Edgbaston.
  
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• A plane aborted its takeoff and experienced a malfunction at Melbourne airport - WFTV

  19-04-2025 18:53
  A plane aborted its takeoff and experienced a malfunction at Melbourne airport  WFTV
  
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• Millions of UK households who sleep with bedroom door open 'warned' - Birmingham Live

  19-04-2025 18:10
  Millions of UK households who sleep with bedroom door open 'warned'  Birmingham Live
  
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• Poetry event held in honour of Benjamin Zephaniah

  19-04-2025 17:51 via bbc.com
  Sixty-five poems are read out before being attached to trees in the writer's memory.
  
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• Woman's body found floating in water off popular UK beach - Birmingham Live

  19-04-2025 17:44
  Woman's body found floating in water off popular UK beach  Birmingham Live
  
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• UK households doing DIY over Easter weekend face £43,850 charge - Birmingham Live

  19-04-2025 14:59
  UK households doing DIY over Easter weekend face £43,850 charge  Birmingham Live
  
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• 'Rat tax' suspension amid bin strike welcomed

  19-04-2025 14:02 via bbc.com
  
  Birmingham City Council has temporarily suspended charging residents for rat control treatments.
  
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• Central Cee, Birmingham Utilita Arena: UK’s biggest breakthrough rapper dwarfed by a too-big venue - The Telegraph

  19-04-2025 12:41
  Central Cee, Birmingham Utilita Arena: UK’s biggest breakthrough rapper dwarfed by a too-big venue  The Telegraph
  
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• Road workers abused by frustrated drivers

  19-04-2025 12:02 via bbc.com
  
  Much of the abuse is targeted against traffic officers setting up roadblocks after accidents.
  
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• 'Snooker's recovery' 40 years after classic final

  19-04-2025 08:09 via bbc.com
  
  The league with "the biggest field of players" has hundreds, decades after the sport's 1980s boom.
  
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• 'TikTok helped me after I became a widow at 24'

  19-04-2025 03:32 via bbc.com
  
  Tania Pomroy shares her journey with grief on her TikTok and has created a community on the app.
  
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• Bin strike exposes divide between rich and poor

  19-04-2025 02:16 via bbc.com
  
  The long-running dispute, now in its sixth week, has seen uncollected waste pile up in some areas.
  
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• Two held over Aston Villa Euro disorder in 2023

  18-04-2025 18:25 via bbc.com
  
  West Midlands Police says five officers were injured in the clash with Legia Warsaw fans.
  
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• Warwickshire & Notts frustrated by rain

  18-04-2025 18:15 via bbc.com
  
  Warwickshire reach 34-2 against Nottinghamshire before rain curtails day one of their County Championship game.
  
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• Christians mark Good Friday with Walk of Witness

  18-04-2025 16:33 via bbc.com
  
  Groups in towns and cities gathered to mark one of the church's holiest days.
  
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• Woman seriously hurt after being struck by car

  18-04-2025 14:19 via bbc.com
  
  The driver remained at the scene and is helping with inquiries, police say.
  
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• UK tourists face £5,000 fines for bringing back cheese from France - Birmingham Live

  18-04-2025 12:46
  UK tourists face £5,000 fines for bringing back cheese from France  Birmingham Live
  
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• Birmingham's 'time warp' pothole uncovers historic Victorian cobbled street - Daily Express

  18-04-2025 12:29
  Birmingham's 'time warp' pothole uncovers historic Victorian cobbled street  Daily Express
  
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