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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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’

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’

Ahmed Faraz, a Birmingham bookshop owner, goes on trial accused of “priming” Muslims for terrorism by distributing extremist books and videos.

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Bookshop owner on terror charges

Tributes are paid to an 11-year-old Birmingham boy who has died after raising thousands for cancer research.

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Cancer fundraising boy, 11, dies

An Iraq war veteran is awarded the Queen’s Gallantry Medal for confronting an armed robber in a betting shop in Birmingham last August.

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Soldier who foiled raid honoured

A Birmingham MP whose wife burgled the house of his mistress and took her kitten claims his love life does not hinder his role in public office.

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‘I am no role model’ says Hemming

Six men and a woman are arrested in Birmingham in an anti-terrorism operation, West Midlands Police say.

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Seven held in anti-terror raids

Nearly a quarter of UK engineering graduates are working in non-graduate jobs or unskilled work such as waiting and shop work, research from Birmingham University suggests.

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Engineers ‘take unskilled jobs’

Hong Kong businessman and Birmingham City football club chairman Carson Yeung gets permission to travel to the UK.

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HK’s Yeung gets travel permission