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Government 'exploring new Birmingham-Manchester rail link' - but 'no decisions taken'
A new Birmingham-Manchester is being considered - but the government has said it's 'too soon to get into specifics'
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Police update after human skeletal remains found in Midlands
Members of the public raised the alarm after making the discovery
Dad of Kingsbury Water Park victim 'frantically' tried to save her, says witness
Emergency services raced to the beauty spot after the teenager went missing in the water on Bank Holiday Monday
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Telford mum and daughter fall pregnant at same time - and give birth eight weeks apart
They were both surprised by the news
Teenager stabbed to death as 'machete fight breaks out at house party'
An air ambulance was also dispatched to the scene
Two months of childcare left me in £2,000 of debt
The rising cost of childcare has sparked warnings mums and dads will struggle to cover funds for their little ones.
Shamed cop with gambling habit attacked woman in city hotel room, court told
Metropolitan Police Pc Lewis Rollins, 29, used women he met on dating apps to fund his habit through fraud and coercive behaviour
Police release grainy CCTV after Tyseley crash victim seriously injured
The woman was struck by a bike on Arden Road and was found by a member of the public
Met Office names 42 UK areas under new seven-hour thunderstorm warning
'Isolated intense thunderstorms' are forecast for today
Nationwide issues 'five working days' warning to customers over accounts
The building society, which has branches in Birmingham, replied to a customer who said they had just recently applied for a FlexAccount.
Birmingham woman tells of horror moment she found eight-day-old baby in M50 crash
The crash happened on bank holiday Monday
Love Island 2026 boys in full as Birmingham model signs up looking for the one
Six new male contestants have been unveiled, including a Birmingham model and Dudley electrician
Midlands dad throttled girlfriend in passport row
Matthew Mills, 43, has been handed a community order
Mum's 'menopause' hot flushes were actually sign of incurable lung cancer
Kim Oakhill, 51, from Ely, was prescribed HRT for what doctors believed was perimenopause, but a CT scan later revealed a stage four lung cancer that had spread to her heart and brain
Stepmother convicted of manslaughter after girl, 5, died in scalding bath
Janice Nix, 67, was found guilty of manslaughter and child cruelty after five-year-old Andrea Bernard died from scalding bath injuries in Thornton Heath in 1978, decades after her brother finally came forward
All the 16 Midlands areas under Met Office thunderstorm alert today
A yellow weather warning for thunderstorms has been issued
UK households who pay for energy by Direct Debit told to 'challenge' supplier
Martin Lewis says May marks the bottom of the curve for the energy direct debit cycle, when you will be most in credit.
Barclays 'next day' alert as customers may not realise they qualify for £200
Barclays is offering a £200 bonus to eligible customers who switch their current account to the bank — but there are strict deadlines and eligibility criteria to be aware of
Mega thunderstorms to hit Birmingham and Midlands as Met Office issues yellow weather warning for 42 regions
The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning for 42 regions across the UK
Kingsbury Water Park teen tributes as friends say 'Always in our hearts Lil'
Emotional visitors leaving flowers at the spot where the 15-year-old died after she was pulled from a lake