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West Midlands Police admits ‘overstating evidence’ which led to Maccabi fan ban from Aston Villa game

West Midlands Police has confirmed it ‘overstated the evidence’ received from Dutch police and made a number of other errors in its assessments ahead of the high profile Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv Europa League match

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Masked Singer's Joel Dommett reveals ITV halt show every time just before unmasking

The ITV show host explained there was a practical reason to stop the show

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Prolific Midlands paedophile jailed for string of sexual offences against children

Andrew Pope from Burton-on-Trent has been jailed for 26 years

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Hunt to find ‘hit-and-run’ driver as pubgoer left with ‘serious injuries’ in Midland street

Police are appealing for witnesses after man was struck by a vehicle and left 'seriously injured' in the middle of a road after visiting his local pub

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Armed police rush to ‘knifeman’ report at Bearwood shop - but CCTV shows something else

Firearms officers were called to a busy high street in Saturday morning following reports of a man with a knife in a shop

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DWP handing out £150 compensation after 'six months of hell'

An engineer in the Midlands faced "months of sheer hell" due to a wrangle with the DWP about Child Maintenance Service payments.

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Met Office names all the UK areas facing snow in 10-day bomb - full list

The Met Office has issued two separate forecasts, with the first spanning 10 days, from January 28 to February 7.

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Lloyds Bank sending free £250 payments to three popular accounts - full list

Customers can switch your current account to a new Club Lloyds, Club Lloyds Silver or Club Lloyds Platinum account and enjoy £250

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Motorbike rider fighting for his life after hitting lamppost near Midland golf course

A motorbike rider is said to have left the road and crashed into a lamppost suffering critical injuries before being taken to hospital

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DWP bringing in big change for 250,000 claimants - but people can refuse

Claimants face being pushed back to work thanks to the intensifying rollout of WorkWell.

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He scammed DWP out of £7,000 Universal Credit - despite having £85,000 savings

Gergely Tomasovszky claimed for Universal Credit from the DWP in April 2020.

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Met Office names nine counties in England set for snow before end of Monday - full list

A new frontal system will approach from the west bringing rain into Northern Ireland and western Britain, forecasters say.

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Households on one side of road face twice as much council tax than the other

Households on one side of the street pay almost £1,000 more in council tax than their neighbours opposite.

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Man due in court after woman tricked into handing over nearly £10k

Sahil Rabbani from London has been charged after a woman was tricked into handing over £10,000 in cash

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Millions missing out on 'one per cent trick' to boost pensions by £23,000

Workers could increase their pension by as much as £23,000 simply by raising their contributions by one percentage point.

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Fire crew extinguish burning rubbish dangerously dumped in middle of busy West Midlands lane

Two heaps of burning rubbish was dumped in the middle of Wigmore Lane in Great Barr / West Bromwich

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UK households urged to 'keep five metres away' as predators sweep England

They are spreading rapidly throughout Britain, it has been warned.

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Urgent warning for 149 million Gmail users after passwords exposed

A data leak warning has been issued - as tens of millions of online login credentials have seemingly been left exposed to criminals.

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Urgent appeal to find missing girl in Birmingham who is 100 miles from home

Members of the public are being asked to call 999 immediately if they spot Chelsey who could be in Birmingham and has been missing for days

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New £200 Cost of Living payments coming for people on one DWP benefit

The government has announced that there will be a new Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) from April, too