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MPs heard the Conservatives ‘mothballed’ part of the scheme after scrapping plans to build a high-speed line between Birmingham and Manchester.

Birmingham-based drill musician known as Twista Cheese made gun gesture in video and shouted ‘pow, pow, pow’

Hospitals in Birmingham, Cornwall and Liverpool among those affected, with one patient forced to wait 50 hours to be admitted

The author of more than two dozen books is best known for his trio set in a fictionalised version of the University of Birmingham, where he worked from 1960 to 1987

One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted for the 1974 pub bombings in the city who spent 17 years in jail

A novel methodology developed by academics at the University of Birmingham shows how advanced artificial intelligence (AI) approaches can assist in discovering potentially dangerous chemical chemicals in rivers by monitoring their impacts on small water fleas (Daphnia). Read further on Dynamite News:

More than 30,000 creatures were involved in the count including terrapins, gentoo penguins and sea otters.

The ex-Alabama coach has some regrets, clearly.

Revellers left disappointed after social media reports of display turn out to be a damp squib

We select 10 young players who have the capacity to make their mainstream breakthrough in the next calendar year

Guardian analysis reveals families often given little notice to relocate to already deprived communities far away with no extra support