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Baton Rouge shopping mall shooting leaves 10 injured as police launch manhunt

The shooting happened at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Midlands neighbours told they are 'trespassing on own gardens' and face having land seized

Residents were 'disgusted' to learn they'd been 'effectively trespassing' for decades as they do not own much of their extensive gardens

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Rape victim's powerful message as attacker finally jailed almost 50 years on

The woman was 18-years-old when David Sharp smashed through her bedroom window and raped her

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Parts of Midlands set to be hotter than Ibiza this weekend as maps show 21C scorcher on way

Ibiza was expected to see highs of 20C on Saturday

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Married couple ordered to sell Midland home after police make disturbing discovery

Mark Clarke, 50, and Jemma Clarke, 42, have been told they must sell their home to 'to repay the criminal benefit' of their 'drug trafficking' operation

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Council launching spy drone Blade 0.1 in Dudley this summer

Capable of covering a 15-mile radius - it will be the council's 'eye in the sky'

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Mum of baby who died week after home birth was 'failed by NHS'

Poppy Hope Lomas likely died from a severe hypoxic ischaemic brain event suffered in the 30 minutes before her birth

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Shop owner sexually assaulted girl, 13, who 'tried to steal vape' in Paignton

Janpal Singh, 27, was jailed for six years and eight months

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M6 fuel thief jailed following burglary spree

Michael Maughan stole a BMW 5 Series from one property he targeted

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Birmingham all-girls Islamic school facing closure after problem for 'number of years'

The Small Heath school says it has a £93,261 deficit for the current year

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HIV rapist jailed for life after deliberately infecting Grindr victims

Adam Hall was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 23 years and 42 days - having spent 323 days on remand - for 22 counts including five of rape and seven of GBH with intent for the deliberate transmission of HIV

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Pukka Pies Midlands supplier collapses into liquidation after 4 decades

They supplied the pies across the West Midlands, Staffordshire, and Shropshire

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Police probe after Birmingham City Council candidate and family 'targeted'

With weeks until the election. Paul Smith said 'this is not what politics should be about'

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Midland mum 'didn't recognise own baby after doctors operated on her face'

Charlotte Hall has written a children's book after he daughter was born with a cleft lip and palate

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Rats, drugs and 'brazen' fly-tipping - reality of life in 'rundown' Birmingham area

Residents in the Birmingham ward of Lozells have voiced concerns over the bins strike and fly-tipping as a critical election approaches

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Drunk driver with vodka bottles in his car crashed into moped rider - then it got worse

Paul Cox had a 'considerable amount to drink' before knocking a rider off his moped and assaulting a witness in the street

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Ex-Premier League footballer speaks out after Birmingham Lamborghini court case

Former West Ham striker Michail Antonio has denied being behind the wheel of a Lamborghini alleged to have been speeding

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Three asylum seekers convicted of raping woman on Brighton beach while she heard laughter

Ibrahim Alshafe, Abdulla Ahmadi and Karin Al-Danasurt have been found guilty of raping a woman on Brighton beach in Sussex after a five-week rape trial at Hove Crown Court

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Murders rise across West Midlands despite fall in knife crime, new figures show

Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows the number of murders increased in the region over the past year

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BBC Radio 2 breakfast show confirms Sara Cox as Scott Mills replacement

The teatime slot replacement is yet to be confirmed