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Inside Crown Place Birmingham - luxury student accommodation changing the city's skyline

We toured Crown Place on Lancaster Street, Birmingham's tallest student building offering luxury student flats with hotel-like amenities and stunning skyline views

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Birmingham City Council's bins boss says free bulky waste collections return under this condition

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport also said the booking system at Tyseley Household Recycling Centre would be scrapped to improve "accessibility."

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Dudley woman died aged 35 after getting 'bad cough' on holiday

Jess Roberts had beaten breast cancer once, and was enjoying life to the fullest when it returned. Now her partner Darren is running the London Marathon in her memory after they both crossed the finish line together

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Action taken on Costco traffic queues causing weekend misery for Midlands residents

Residents near the Costco store and petrol station in Torrington Avenue say they are getting stuck in traffic for an hour at weekends as new lane markings are installed

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Healthy 27-year-old from Solihull shocked after diagnosis very rare in his age group

Charlie Morgan was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukaemia, a rare cancer in his age group

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New train station plea as Camp Hill Line reopens in Birmingham

The Camp Hill Line has reopened through Moseley, Kings Heath and Stirchley after 80 years, but Balsall Heath residents are calling for their own station to serve one of Birmingham's most deprived areas.

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Drivers hit with 48,000 private parking tickets a day as 13million issued in nine months

New figures show that 13.1 million private parking tickets were issued by parking management businesses between the start of April and the end of December last year

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Birmingham mum's stress as child says 'I just want my own bed' after two years in temporary housing

Her mum opened up on the reality squeezing three children into one room for the past two years as they await a permanent home

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Midlands towns and cities ranked on list of poorest in England - with one in second place

Three Midlands cities were named in the national top 20

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'I've lost 57 family members to the same disease - people need to get checked'

Simeon Greene, 60, saw all three of his brothers die of prostate cancer

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'When Solihull police stopped him they smelt alcohol on his breath and his eyes were reddened'

Jamie Kesterton was spotted 'driving erratically and speeding' by police officers on a mobile patrol

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£100 Nationwide payments set to arrive for certain customers in June

The banking group has announced its intention to continue with its fairer share bonuses for 2026

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Police charge 94-year-old driver over serious Midlands crash

The elderly motorist was charged with either causing death or serious injury by dangerous driving

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'I 'died' after running marathon - and heard paramedics break the news to my wife'

Midland dad Richard Green, 62, has written a book about what happened - and what he say and heard

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Moment killer carer tells paramedics 'he's been dead for 12 days'

Video footage of the moment paramedics find Leon Pratt's body was released

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I texted British Transport Police's 61016 number on a Birmingham train - here's what happened

I texted the non-emergency reporting line after feeling uncomfotable on a train journey

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New AI cameras installed on UK roads - they can detect four things

Drivers warned they face being punished for motoring offences

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Inside Mark Goldbridge's stranger-than-fiction world as Midland cop turns UK's biggest football vlogger

He used to be an anti-fraud detective with West Midlands Police - but soon found his football opinions were worth far more

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Alum Rock store facing rap for illegally selling WKD Blue to underage teen

7 Star Food and Wine shop in Glenpark Road tested by teen twins who bought booze without being challenged for ID

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I visited Midlands town named among best in the country - and I can see why

The historic town was named among the best places to live