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All the Birmingham Airport flights cancelled on Saturday amid Iran war and pilot strike

Flights to the Middle East have been impacted by ongoing unrest in the region

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'B line' Birmingham drug dealers caught after phone blunder

Adam Bailey and Reayarn Douglass were caught after a simple mistake with a phone led to their County Lines drug dealing operation being uncovered

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Donald Trump sends 5,000 US Marines to Middle East as Iran war escalates

The US president is also sending several warships and F-35 fighter jets to the region

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Start-up with aim to rival global smoothie giant Innocent wins Dragon’s Den-style Pitch Up competition at Venturefest West Midlands

The father and son team behind a flavoured water product have won this year’s fiercely competitive Dragon’s Den-style Pitch Up competition.

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Cruel burglars laughed as they threatened to decapitate elderly woman and her dog

A judge told Craig Rogers, Lee Justice and Lee Kinnell that they should be ashamed of themselves

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Appeal after woman 'assaulted and has phone snatched' in Handsworth Wood

West Midlands Police want to speak to him after a woman was assaulted during a robbery on Handsworth Wood Road on 1 March

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Watch shocking moment Birmingham driver speeds into families, killing Mayar Yahia, 4

Trigger warning: Shocking dascam footage shows the moments leading up to a horror crash in Highgate, Birmingham, that claimed the life of four year old Mayar Yahia

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More than 160 arrested and 18 County Lines shut down during crackdown

The team also seized over £53,000 in cash, 78 mobile phones, a dozen vehicles, five firearms and 78 weapons including zombie knives and machetes

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Appeal launched following assault and robbery of woman on Birmingham street

An appeal has been launched after a woman was assaulted during a robbery in Birmingham.

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Birmingham predator who struck in 10-second gap to abduct and sexually assault girl, 5, is jailed

Abdulraziq Mohammed, aged 38, from Winson Green was found guilty of false imprisonment with intent to commit a sexual offence and sexual assault

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Update as Birmingham driver charged with murder of Dylan Fitzpatrick appears in court

A driver charged with the murder of a man at a Midland railway station has appeared at crown court for an initial hearing

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'Noah was only 3-years-old' - Tributes paid to little boy killed in shopping centre car park tragedy

Noah Sikora, three, died after being struck by a vehicle in an underground car park at Charlestown Shopping Centre in Finglas. A fundraiser was launched to help support his family with funeral costs

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Anger over 'inadequate' jail term for killer Birmingham driver as dad says 'not right'

Babiker Yahia, whose daughter Mayar was killed in a horror crash, and road safety commissioner for the West Midlands, Mat MacDonald, speak out

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Two men sentenced over drug supply line with links to Staffordshire

Two men have been sentenced after admitting their involvement in a drugs supply line in Stafford.

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Tamworth flytippers fined after dumping waste in Lichfield

A number of flytipping incidents have led to more than £5,000 fines being issued as an authority cracks down on waste dumping blighting its area

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New Epstein files drop includes cosy snap of Mandelson, Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein together wearing bathrobes

It is the first ever photograph of the trio all together

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Funeral held for Birmingham murder victim after well-wishers raise £4,000

Ali Alshmari was stabbed to death in Alum Rock earlier this month

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Birmingham man jailed after causing death of ’cheerful and bright’ girl in fatal crash

A man has been jailed after a four-year-old girl died following a crash in Birmingham.

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Boy, 15, in court after girl 'stabbed in back with carving knife' at school

A school was placed into lockdown following the alleged incident

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UK engineering firm collapses into liquidation after over 50 years in business

Joint administrators have been appointed