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Major update after beauty brand falls into administration and shuts all UK stores

The company was first set up in 2004

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Diamond Buses to replace key National Express West Midlands route at the end of month

The number 27 service will be run by Diamond buses and link Solihull to Rubery

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Midlands woman sofa surfing at 75 after being evicted from 'forever home'

Sue Locking and her dog Moby now have no permanent place to live

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HMRC set to send tax demands to UK households with £16,000 savings

Basic rate taxpayers account for £4.7billion of that total according to the building society’s analysis.

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Dad, 28, threatened to 'batter' mum after asking to see his daughter before he went to jail

Callum Lacey, 28, thought he was going to go to prison so asked to see his child

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Cleaner stunned after discovering 3,000 Pepsi bottles in Cheshire property

Specialist deep cleaner Iain Watson spent three and a half days clearing more than 140 bags of rubbish from the social housing property in south Cheshire

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'Ryanair owes us over £4k - it has been a two-year battle'

Rosie McGrane and her husband Chris have been battling Ryanair for two years after the airline lost her suitcase on a Copenhagen trip - but they still haven't seen a penny despite a court order

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Woman refused job at Midland estate agents because car 'too old'

Alanah Thompson French, 18, spent over a year working two cafe jobs to pay for the £2,800 Citroen C1 but was rejected for the £20,000 trainee role at haart in Nottingham because her car is two years too old

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Inside England's fly-tipping capital - and it's nowhere near Birmingham

No fewer than 53,268 incidents in a single borough

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Moment Walsall baby murderer Sean Jefferson was arrested - then complained

Sean Jefferson, 35, was convicted of murdering his five-week-old daughter Darcy who suffered a catastrophic brain injury and 47 rib fractures

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970,000 homeowners face up to £5,652 jump in mortgage bills

Around 970,000 borrowers who secured fixed-rate deals below two per cent back in 2021 face a steep annual rise.

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Sex offender, 38, groped woman at Midland church

Convicted sex offender Jyhun Zeynalov has been handed a community order

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UK households urged not to run washing machine half-full ahead of Wednesday change

From Wednesday, April 1, it will become cheaper for UK households to run their loads of washing.

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BBC Morning Live expert explains how to save £57 a month on water bills

Laura Pomfret said all water companies have social tariffs to help people struggling.

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The warped theory parents of Jon Venables gave for their son's chilling murder

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson murdered toddler James Bulger in 1993

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HMRC urged to increase inheritance tax gifting rule to £11,600

Inheritance tax, or IHT, is undergoing a shake-up from the Labour Party government, with the 40 per cent duty extended from April 2027.

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Warning as common household item leads to house fire

Firefighters were called to a house on Chestnut Drive in Thrapston, Northants., where sunlight reflecting off a glass ornament set curtains ablaze. One person was treated by paramedics.

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Meet the UK farmer being screwed over by fat jabs

Farmers across the UK say they are facing having to ditch thousands of stored potatoes due to declining sales, with one grower blaming weight loss jabs and healthier eating trends

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Young mum killed as man, 30, arrested in murder probe

The woman has been named locally as Amy Doherty

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Inside West Midlands 'county lines' operation as arrests made and dog seized

Police seized a number of drugs and a dangerous dog during the operation in Solihull