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New cameras can see if cars have had MOT

More advanced cameras have been added to roads

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Sir Keir Starmer handing six million households £150 bonus before leaving as Prime Minister

Cost-of-living boost confirmed for more families as Starmer to exit Number 10

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Plans to convert former sports hall into new 400-student medical school in Wolverhampton

A former gymnaisum and squash courts will be converted into new classrooms and mock hospital wards

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New plans for empty 143-year-old West Bromwich church approved

The main building will remain after previous criticism from conservation officers over the demolition of the historic church

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Next 30C 'UK heatwave' days away as weather maps turn red

More warm weather on the horizon after scorching June heatwave

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Birmingham driving test centre top in whole country for faults - and another is in top 5

Birmingham is producing some of the drivers with some of the highest fault rates in the country

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Millions of iPhone users could be set for £77 payout after UK case

Which? has accused the tech giant of "trapping" users into its cloud service.

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Watch furious row in Midland B&M store amid dog 'left in car in heatwave' claim

A man was heard saying he would 'punch' a woman in the face if she did not hand over the animal

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HMRC set to target families who have built up 'substantial savings'

Additional guidance on forthcoming inheritance tax reforms that will incorporate the majority of untouched pension funds into estate calculations from April 6, 2027.

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Friend booked flights to Pakistan for killer driver suspect still on the run four years later

Philip Dale, 45, was killed after being struck by a car in Small Heath in November 2022

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Secondary school named best in Midlands in new league table

Prestigious school once again named as region's best

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DVLA 'got wind' of driver's arrest and banned him as court has final say on the matter

Richard Smith said his passenger handed him the joint without telling him it contained THC

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The one callous truth paedophile scout leader who preyed on boys in Birmingham told at trial

Stuart May, now 82, has been convicted for a second time for abusing boys when he was a scout leader in Sutton Coldfield

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Major change to rough sleeping laws in Birmingham start on Monday

The 1824 Vagrancy Act will be repealed - decriminalising rough sleeping in England and Wales after more than 200 years

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Birmingham dad-of-two 'gives up drinking' as family BBQ lands him in court

Martin Winstanley was stopped by police with 'glazed eyes' and 'slow speech' after drinks at a gathering with friends and family

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Man pleads guilty to punching girlfriend in Birmingham Travelodge vape row

Nathan Stanley pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm after punching his girlfriend in the face at a Birmingham Travelodge following a row over a vape last October

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Heartbroken family of woman found dead in Black Country canal 'left with emptiness'

Chereiss Bailey's family have organised a family fun day to raise the cash for the memorial headstone she 'truly deserves'

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HMRC could stop £1,407 payments for UK households from August 31

HMRC Child Benefit, paid out by the Labour Party government, typically ends on August 31 as the teen turns 16.

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State pensioners handed automatic DWP payment boost with HMRC benefit

Mums and dads can claim Child Benefit from HMRC, which helps with the costs of childcare.

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Family releases devastating CCTV of moment son is killed they want everyone to watch

WARNING: DISTRESSING FOOTAGE Luke Thompson, 25, died after Dylan Maxwell punched him during a confrontation in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, causing the young dad to fall and suffer fatal head injuries