A man charged with murdering a couple in their Birmingham home is found dead in prison.

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Murder accused found dead in cell

A report criticises the handling of the privatisation of Birmingham prison – which last year became the first in the UK to pass into private hands.

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Concerns at prison privatisation

This weekend Elvis tribute acts from all over Europe are gathering in Birmingham competing to be the King.

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VIDEO: Elvis acts pay tribute to the King

This weekend Elvis tribute acts from all over Europe are gathering in Birmingham competing to be the King.

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VIDEO: Elvis acts pay tribute to the King

A government-backed report gives the clearest signal yet that a new high speed rail line between London and Birmingham will be approved.

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Fast rail link ‘to be approved’

A group of business leaders, economists and MPs unites in a newspaper campaign to support the proposal to link Birmingham and London with a new high speed rail line.

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Campaign backs HS2 fast rail link

A British soldier who died in hospital in Birmingham 18 months after being injured in Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence.

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MoD names hospital death Gurkha

The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of The Nutcraker is packing up and heading to the O2 in London

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VIDEO: How to move a ballet

The government is to look again at the HS2 high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham, which could result in a new tunnel being built in the Chilterns.

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Government considers HS2 tunnel

A 51-year-old man is arrested in Birmingham as part of a renewed investigation into the murder of an elderly woman in Belfast more than 20 years ago.

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Arrest over 1988 strangle murder

Four men are arrested in a major counter terrorism operation in the Sparkhill area of Birmingham, police say.

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Four held after anti-terror raids

There is a “good case” for the government’s HS2 high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham and beyond, a committee of MPs says.

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MPs back HS2 high-speed rail link

There is a “good case” for the government’s HS2 high-speed rail link between London and Birmingham and beyond, a committee of MPs says.

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MPs back HS2 high-speed rail link

Some 100 passengers leave plane at Birmingham Airport after refusing to get off for several hours.

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Passengers leave jet after sit-in

Footage of the beheading of British hostage Ken Bigley was found in the home of a Birmingham bookshop owner accused of “priming” Muslims for terrorism, a jury hears.

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Beheading films ‘found at home’