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UK households issued new HMRC tax alert with July deadline

Households in the United Kingdom have been warned of an approaching deadline for HMRC

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JD Sports announces two shop closures this week as Midlands verdict clarified

The closures will take place as the company eyes up expanding trading online

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Birmingham doctor denies 45 sexual offences and due to stand trial next year

Nathaniel Spencer, 39, from Hockley, is due to stand trial in October 2027

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Emma Willis addresses new Strictly role as she admits 'it worries me'

New Strictly Come Dancing presenter Emma Willis has opened up ahead of the new series of the BBC show

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Redditch 'sexual predator' exploited photographer position to abuse girls

Steven Liles, 60, from Redditch, has been jailed for more than eight years

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Rachel Reeves tax plan could see certain state pensioners facing £200 reduction

The plans could work similar to PAYE where tax is taken from payments before the money is issued

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A Place in the Sun guests ‘flabbergasted’ by ‘perfect’ property 30k under budget

Viewers were thrilled for Gary and Sandra from Redditch as the couple bagged a bargain Spanish holiday home on Channel 4's A Place in the Sun

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Jet2 confirms Birmingham Airport 4.5 hour check-in rule

Under the travel operator's rule, passengers can drop off their luggage during a 4.5-hour window the day before your flight

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Tragedy as body found in police hunt for missing person

Officers had been hunting for an 87-year-old man who was last seen in Broseley in Shropshire

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Eight Legia Warsaw fans in court after violence outside Villa Park

Eight men are in court charged with violent disorder after trouble erupted outside Villa Park ahead of a match against Legia Warsaw

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New £221 bill arriving for British Gas, EDF and EON customers from Wednesday

Customers will face paying more money as Ed Miliband admitted the rise in the price cap was 'deeply unwelcome news' for many

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Serial killer 'fanatic', 18, with 'murder bingo card' threatened to blow up Stafford College

Jagger Strang wrote in a 'manifesto' that he thought about doing 'something big, something violent'

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Five reasons why Andy Burnham as PM would be great for Birmingham and West Midlands

He's all but destined to be the next Prime Minister and his landmark speech today suggests his presence in Downing Street could be game changing for Birmingham and the West Midlands.

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'Avoid the area' warning after man hit by lorry in Great Wyrley

The pedestrian was rushed to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in a 'serious condition'

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Key Birmingham waste services 'on council's radar' - but no definite date for return

Birmingham Council's garden and bulky waste collection services were suspended last year due to the bins strike

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£458 DWP boost arriving for state pensioners living with certain condition

Pensioner households are able to get a payment boost if they live with a certain condition

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UK households facing extra £329 charge if you have certain number of bedrooms

Despite the ongoing cost of living crisis, households with a certain number of bedrooms face paying more money

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Helicopter scrambled over Kings Heath after escaped prisoner went on the run

The National Policing Air Service joined in the operation to find the escaped prisoner

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New £13 Morrisons rule confirmed with start date for UK supermarkets

The rule will benefit staff members who worked for the supermarket chain

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Mum refutes dark claim over son who was killed in flat fire arson attack

Daniel Gardner, 36, died after his home in Highters Heath was torched by his ex-girlfriend's partner Stephen Dale