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Freddy Brazier welcomes first child with ex and shares special nod to late mum

The 21-year-old has welcomed a baby girl with former girlfriend Holly Swinburn

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BBC Gardeners' World star shares heartbreaking tribute to late father

The Kent nursery owner opened up about losing his father during an emotional episode of the BBC gardening programme

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Warning over children lobbing stones at cars from Midland bridges

Police have issued a warning to parents and carers after increasing reports of children throwing stones from bridges at passing motorists.

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Hunt to find man with West Midlands links wanted after fatal driving incident in Norway

The National Crime Agency is appealing for the public's help to find Charles Quinn who has connections to the West Midlands

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ITV This Morning's Alison Hammond addresses BBC Celebrity Traitors rumours

She has also revealed if she would rather be a faithful or a traitor

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Five arrests, 19 vehicles seized and over 200 penalties issued during Eid traffic operation

Police have made five arrests, seized 19 vehicles and issued more than 230 traffic penalties during a traffic operation for Chaand Raat and Eid.

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Midland abuser strangled ex and attacked her in home

Kieran Hemming strangled his ex-girlfriend on one occasion and on another forced his way into her home and shoved her to the floor

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Greg James 'broken' as he finds out total of Comic Relief challenge live on BBC

The Radio 1 star found out the total he has raised on his tandem bike ride across the UK live on Comic Relief

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Everything we know about meningitis strain at centre of UK outbreak

Secondary cases of people who did not get infected at the nightclub but from someone else who was there are still a possibility

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BBC star Louise Minchin hit by diagnosis after being in 'brutal' conditions for 14 hours

Former BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin hs been forced to pull out of an extreme 300-mile bike race in -40C conditions

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Woman 'obsessed' with stranger photoshopped pictures of them together and watched his home

Amy Pickard, 41, became 'fixated' with the stranger

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Unite respond to Birmingham bin strike offer from council leader

Unite has responded to an offer from Birmingham City Council to get around the table and try and thrash out a deal to end the year-long all-out bin strike

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Man tells of dog shooting heartache and says 'one of my worst ever days'

The dog was fatally wounded during the ordeal

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'Vulnerable' girl 'detained in hospital room with no windows' for more than two months

A judge said the girl was 'placed in a single room with an en-suite bathroom and no windows'

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Birmingham TV star Alison Hammond addresses Celebrity Traitors rumours

This Morning presenter Alison Hammond has said rumours that she will be starring in Celebrity Traitors are off the mark because filming clashes with her hosting Bake Off.

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Alison Hammond reveals surprising link to boxer Muhammad Ali and fans will be floored

This Morning star Alison Hammond has revealed an unexpected connection to the late heavyweight champion

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'The last thing I won was a bottle of Jameson’s' - West Midlands dad reacts to wining Porsche 911 from 25p raffle ticket he 'bought on a whim'

A West Midlands dad was left 'shaking' after he won a luxury car after entering an online raffle with just a 25p ticket.

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Teens charged with drug dealing in Tamworth after car stopped in layby

A boy and a man, both teens, have been charged with drug-dealing offences after a police car stop in a lay-by

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Strictly Come Dancing hosts 'confirmed' as bookies suspend bets

A clear frontrunner has emerged to host Strictly Come Dancing after bookies suspended betting, with another star tipped to join him following Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly's exit

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Tragedy as man dies in fall from Midlands house

It is understood the man had been working at the property