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Pub customers stunned as BEAVER wanders in and heads to the smoking area

Punters at a pub in the West Midlands were left shocked after a beaver nonchalantly walked off into the smoking area, before casually 'lying on its back washing itself' there

Daily Mirror · Jul 28, 2022

Accenture launches recruitment drive for new Midlands hub

Global business consultancy will bring together its teams into single city centre location and plans to hire new staff for regional expansion

Birmingham Post · Jul 28, 2022

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 · Jul 28, 2022

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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 · Jul 28, 2022

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 · Jul 27, 2022

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 · Jul 27, 2022

Commonwealth Games: Buzz missing in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM: As the West Midlands bound train enters the New Street railway station, the mind is engulfed with an air of anticipation.

The Times of India · Jul 26, 2022

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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 · Jul 26, 2022

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 · Jul 23, 2022

New £515m funding pot for West Midlands skills

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

Birmingham Post · Jul 18, 2022

'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 · Jul 16, 2022

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 · Jul 15, 2022

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 · Jul 10, 2022

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 · Jul 10, 2022

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The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2022

‘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

Daily Mirror · Jul 7, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2022

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

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Birmingham Post · Jul 4, 2022

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 · Jul 2, 2022

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 · Jun 27, 2022

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.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

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 · Jun 27, 2022

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 · Jun 24, 2022

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 · Jun 23, 2022

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.

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