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Historic Birmingham office regen boosted by council cash

West Midlands Combined Authority backs restoration of Victorian building to create new mixed-use office and retail complex

Birmingham Post

Winvic Construction joins £1bn West Midlands logistics park project

Contractor will lead the design stage brief of the West Midlands Interchange in Staffordshire which is set create 8,500 jobs in the region

Birmingham Post

Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project crowned West Midlands' top civil engineering project

Institution of Civil Engineers praised project for restoring natural habitat and its potential to boost both local economy and education

Birmingham Post

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RSPCA warns about 'not normal' badger chasing people and dogs in broad daylight

Bizarre footage shows the animal wandering after people in broad daylight at a park in Cannock Chase, West Midlands, on Monday

Daily Mirror

Dozens of ambulance stations shut in Health Secretary's 'backyard'

The Lib Dems found 57 stations had closed in the West Midlands - where Sajid Javid is an MP - over the last seven years

Daily Mirror

Dog who survived 12 days in badger hole is vet's most incredible story in 30 years

Beloved dog Freda was stuck down a badger sett for 12 days before being miraculously reunited with her owner Victoria Hogan, 46, and treated at Blacks Vets' veterinary hospital in Dudley, West Midlands

Daily Mirror

Dad told he couldn't see his sons due to driving convictions takes his own life

Richard Jeavons, 37, was found dead in the living room of his home in Chelmsley Wood, West Midlands - police tried to save his life, but CPR efforts failed to revive him

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Conservatory Outlet secures £20m deal with 5 Star Windows

The Wakefield manufacturer has extended its partnership with the West Midlands-based home improvement specialist

Birmingham Post

People urged to 'be safe' after strange object like 'some sort of nest' spotted

People in Stourbridge, West Midlands, have been urged to 'be safe' after a strange object like 'some sort of nest' was spotted hanging in a tree in someone's garden

Daily Mirror

Drink-driver who killed baby in pram crash could be freed from prison in two years

James Paul Davis, 35, was jailed for six-and-a-half years earlier this month after he crashed his car into baby Ciaran Leigh Morris in Walsall, West Midlands

Daily Mirror

Easter weather: UK hotter than Spain as temperatures hit 23C - see forecast in your area

Sun is set to shine over huge swathes of the UK between Good Friday and Easter Monday as the Met Office predicts temperatures exceeding sunny Nice, Athens and Barcelona

Daily Mirror

Inside dirty flat where child killer used cables to trap three-year-old boy in room

Horrific images released by West Midlands Police show the chaotic living conditions young Kemarni Watson Darby endured in the two-bedroom flat - where he was trapped inside rooms locked with electrical cables

Daily Mirror

West Midlands receives £210m funding boost

Local leaders will decide how many can be spent to help businesses and create employment opportunities

Birmingham Post

Kemarni Watson Darby: Chilling 999 call mum made after boyfriend murdered son in flat

West Midlands Police have released audio footage from Alicia Watson's 999 call after she found son Kemarni Watson Darby, three, "lifeless" in her flat in West Bromwich, after he was attack by her ex-boyfriend Nathaniel Pope

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Gunman Jailed: 21 Years For Shooting Drug Rival On Birmingham Street In Broad Daylight

The shooting took place in the suburban town of Handsworth in the West Midlands, in the United Kingdom, on August 3, 2021.

Daily Mirror

Moment Asda security 'pull woman with pushchair filled with bottles' into store

The video taken at the Asda supermarket in Walsall, in the West Midlands, appears to show the pram has what look like bottles of alcohol inside, with no sign of a youngster in sight

The Guardian - UK

Liberty Steel to cut 200 jobs but create up to 160 more in plant move

Jobs set to go at Stocksbridge in South Yorkshire and at West Bromwich, but new posts to be created at Rotherham

Birmingham Post

Steamhouse and Perry Barr restoration make RICS shortlist

Some of the most impressive building projects in the West Midlands are competing in the 2022 RICS awards

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Daily Mirror

Bills crisis will spark 'crime spree' as parents 'steal to feed kids', police boss warns

Labour's Tom McNeil, Assistant to the elected Police and Crime Commissioner for the West Midlands, said crime has 'no excuse' but claimed it's 'common sense' desperation will lead to car thefts and drugs

Birmingham Post

Work to start on major West Midlands transport projects as £1.3bn investment programme confirmed

The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed a £1bn grant to transform road, bus, rail, tram, cycling and walking infrastructure across the West Midlands

Daily Mirror

Bride-to-be fears wedding will be cancelled after scammers take £12,000 savings

Carol Duffy, 57, from Solihull, West Midlands, lost her life savings to a convincing telephone scam - now her wedding, pension and house are at risk

The Independent UK

Police probing disappearance of teenager Phillip Harris in 1999 search property

The current residents of the property being searched, in St Paul’s Road, Smethwick, West Midlands, are unconnected to the enquiry, police said.

The Guardian - UK

I had to keep my sources secret, or the Birmingham Six might still be in jail

My investigation was overwhelmingly in the public interest, says former MP Chris Mullin

Daily Mirror

Brave mum trapped under car after hit-and-run saves unborn baby using her fingernails

Aaliyah Lunn, 23, managed to claw herself and her unborn baby to safety after she was mown down by a hit-and-run driver in Stourbridge, West Midlands in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham pub bombings: Chris Mullin wins fight to protect source

Historic case for press freedom as judge rules police cannot force journalist to identify man who confessed to role in attack

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