Gang shooting mum sets up charity
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012The mother of Birmingham gang shooting victim Letisha Shakespeare is setting up her own charity to help combat gang culture.
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Gang shooting mum sets up charity
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Teachers balloted over academies
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012Teachers at Birmingham primary schools are being balloted for strike action over plans for them to become academies, a union announces.
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Teachers balloted over academies
Blackpool 1-0 Birmingham
Friday, May 4th, 2012An own goal by Curtis Davies earns Blackpool a narrow first-leg semi-final lead over Birmingham in the Championship play-offs.
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Blackpool 1-0 Birmingham
Terrorism Suspicions Lead to 3 Arrests at Heathrow
Friday, April 20th, 2012The suspects, residents of Britain’s second-largest city, Birmingham, were arrested Thursday night as they arrived from Oman.
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Terrorism Suspicions Lead to 3 Arrests at Heathrow
Boy accused over terror line hoax
Saturday, April 14th, 2012A teenager from Birmingham is charged by police investigating hoax calls to a Scotland Yard counter-terrorism hotline.
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Boy accused over terror line hoax
Francis ill with heart problems
Friday, April 13th, 2012Former England and Birmingham City striker Trevor Francis is recovering in hospital after a suspected heart attack.
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Francis ill with heart problems
MP Byrne ‘to quit shadow cabinet’
Thursday, March 29th, 2012Liam Byrne is expected to announce he will resign from the shadow cabinet in May, if Birmingham votes for an elected mayor.
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MP Byrne ‘to quit shadow cabinet’
Murder accused found dead in cell
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012A 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
Concerns at prison privatisation
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012A 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
VIDEO: Elvis acts pay tribute to the King
Saturday, January 7th, 2012This 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
VIDEO: Elvis acts pay tribute to the King
Saturday, January 7th, 2012This 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
Fast rail link ‘to be approved’
Saturday, January 7th, 2012A 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’
Campaign backs HS2 fast rail link
Friday, January 6th, 2012A 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
MoD names hospital death Gurkha
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012A 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
VIDEO: How to move a ballet
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s production of The Nutcraker is packing up and heading to the O2 in London