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The Latest Breaking News from West Midlands

What time is Commonwealth Games opening ceremony and how to watch on TV and online

The creative team behind the show are expected to highlight the talent and diversity of the West Midlands

The Independent UK

Drone owners face prosecution if they fly over Commonwealth Games in 'safety ban'

The government has placed a strict ban on flying drones over Birmingham and the West Midlands during the Commonwealth Games, with anyone breaching the order facing possible prosecution

Daily Mirror

Birmingham council bosses ‘wouldn’t rule out’ city bid for future Olympic Games

This year’s Commonwealth Games hosts failed in their attempt to hold the 1992 Olympics in the West Midlands.

The Independent UK

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Woman left traumatised after falling into canal she thought was a patch of grass

Alex Niang, from London, was visiting Walsall, West Midlands, when she fell into a notorious basin of water which looks "exactly like grass", and has urged the council to take action

Daily Mirror

New West Midlands Police chief constable will ‘rebuild neighbourhood policing’

Craig Guildford will take up his new role around the end of the year, after he was confirmed in the top policing role.

The Independent UK

Sport stars to look out for during Commonwealth Games - from Adam Peaty to Laura Muir

The Commonwealth Games kick off on Thursday with events taking part in over 15 venues across the West Midlands. The opening ceremony will take place on Thursday at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium

Daily Mirror

New £515m funding pot for West Midlands skills

Mayor reveals latest round of capital aimed at improved employability in the West Midlands

Birmingham Post

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'Deliberate' hit-and-run death of dad, 40, being treated as murder by police

Andrew Flamson, 40, from Coventry, was walking a dog with a friend when they were all struck by a silver Ford Mondeo, with West Midlands Police launching a murder probe

Daily Mirror

Latest West Midlands Metro tram extension to open this weekend

Three new stops will come online as the long-awaited completion of the 'Westside' extension is ready to welcome passengers

Birmingham Post

UK's worst airports for flight delays revealed - see full list of where to avoid

Departures from the West Midlands airport were an average of 12 minutes and 24 seconds late taking-off in 2021, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data

Daily Mirror

Royalist chewed man's face accusing him of 'hating the Queen' after Philip's death

'Drunk' Stephen Woodall pounced on grandad Philip Price, accusing him of hating her the Queen, at a pub in Dudley, West Midlands last year

Daily Mirror

‘It’s place first, not party first’: city mayors on how they are reshaping English politics

England’s directly elected leaders – from Sadiq Khan and Andy Street to Andy Burnham and Joanne Anderson – are shaking up the way the country is run. We paired up six of them to ask where they see the future of politics – clue, it’s not in Westminster

The Guardian - UK

Horrified locals blame delivery drivers for discarded bottles of wee and faeces

Jane Garner from Coventry, West Midlands believes 'there is a problem with delivery drivers' after finding human faeces in lay-bys, gateways and business parks across the city

Daily Mirror

Police launch criminal investigation into racist abuse of India supporters

West Midlands police have launched a criminal investigation into the behaviour of fans at Edgbaston

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Dramatic moment getaway car linked to drive-by murder explodes into giant fireball

Otis Collier, 20, and an accomplice set alight a VW Golf, which earlier was used in a fatal shooting of victim Abdul Xasan, 19, in Coventry on March 13, 2020

Birmingham Post

New HMRC regional hub opens in Birmingham

Thousands of government staff from across the West Midlands have been brought together in new centralised office

Daily Mirror

Mum given devastating diagnosis after suffering an agonising toothache for months

Katie Washbourne, from Solihull, West Midlands, ensured months of pain, caused by non-hodgkin lymphoma, which happens when white blood cells grow abnormally and form growths

Daily Record

Woman killed and man fighting for life after devastating explosion destroys home

West Midlands Fire Service confirmed this morning that a female victim was found dead at the scene.

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The Independent UK

Woman found dead at scene of house destroyed in gas explosion

West Midlands Fire Service confirmed the body of a woman had been found on Monday morning.

Daily Mirror

Birmingham explosion: Woman found dead after home destroyed in fireball blast

The West Midlands Fire Service has confirmed a woman was found dead at the scene of Sunday night's explosion in Kingstanding, Birmingham

Daily Mirror

Urgent search for 'very distressed' girl, 14, seen getting into car outside pub

A 14-year-old girl has disappeared after being last seen looking "very distressed" while getting into a car outside The Woodman pub in Dudley, West Midlands, sparking an urgent search

The Independent UK

Pub bombings family to bring civil action against alleged conspirator

Lawyers have issued a civil writ against an alleged conspirator in the Birmingham pub bombings and West Midlands Police.

Wales Online

Mystery of 'killer clown' paintings which were found in West Midlands home

Artist John Wayne Gacy painted the pictures while on death row prior to his execution after confessing to 33 murders

Daily Mirror

Poundland is opening two new convenience stores this summer - is one near you?

Poundland will open the doors to new convenience shops in Clapham, London and Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, this summer. The discounter says it small format branches offer the same value as its larger stores

Birmingham Post

New backing to regenerate brace of historic West Midlands buildings

Erdington Baths in north Birmingham and Victorian Globe House in Walsall are both set to be reborn as commercial space and housing respectively

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