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Thugs behind Wolverhampton shooting that saw drug dealer blasted in car jailed for more than 24 years

Ilir Hoxha and Ethan Edwards have been locked up for targeting 'drug dealer' Mohammed Jamil

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Controversial exempt housing provider Ash Shahada quits Birmingham with 3,000 tenants affected

The social housing provider has hundreds of properties in the city

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Masked thug 'slashed homeless man's face after learning he wasn't a local'

Adam Plant, who previously admitted carrying out the violent attack, is due to learn his fate at Stafford Crown Court on Thursday, May 14

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Utah mum who wrote kid's book on grief jailed for husband's murder

Kouri Richins been sentenced to life for the murder of her husband Eric

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UK weather as maps show possible 30C heat as 20 counties could reach 27C or above this May

Weather modelling maps suggest the UK could bask in 30C heat before the end of May – and as many as 20 counties may hit 27C or above, according to the GFS weather model

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Popular handbag chain shuts four stores in blow to UK high street

Another location just shut its doors for good

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Luna Springs Digbeth nightclub licence suspended ahead of big Aston Villa night

An emergency application was made by West Midlands Police following the alleged stabbing incident at the weekend

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Old Swinford Hospital School rated 'outstanding' by Ofsted charging up to £13,800 a year

The Stourbridge boarding school was rated 'outstanding' across all areas in its latest Ofsted inspection report

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Harris Khaliq says 'uprise' of independents will help 'forgotten' Brummies

Harris Khaliq won a Birmingham City Council seat as an independent candidate after a grassroots local campaign, as part of a wider shift away from Labour in the local elections

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Harrowing full story of woman raped by Wednesbury store worker Wahidullah Hotak

Wahidullah Hotak, 18, raped a 24-year-old woman after she went into a store in Wednesbury, West Midlands, in the early hours of the morning after a night out

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Labour MPs slammed as 'arrogant' and unable 'to carry out a coup'

A leadership contest could be called tomorrow

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Matthew Perry's ketamine supplier Erik Fleming jailed for two years

Erik Fleming, 56, was handed a two-year prison sentence after admitting to supplying "Friends" star Matthew Perry with the ketamine that led to his death – he was also sentenced to three years of probation

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Firefighters at Kings Heath blaze as residents warned 'avoid area'

Two crews are at the scene

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Union chief 'worried' about prospect of Wes Streeting leading Labour

A "proper plan" is needed, the union boss said

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Keir Starmer vows to end 'status quo that has failed working people'

Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, told Labour it was time to "get serious" and deliver

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Alex Murdaugh murder conviction overturned by South Carolina Supreme Court

The South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously overturned Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions, ruling the court clerk "egregiously attacked Murdaugh's credibility"

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British toddler 'kidnapped' by dad in Cyprus as police issue urgent warning

A manhunt is underway for the 29-year-old Turkish Cypriot man who allegedly took the two-year-old child from his British mother's home in the holiday hotspot of Limassol

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Ian Watkins murder accused said 'This is what paedophiles deserve' before stabbing

Rico Gedel and Samuel Dodsworth deny murdering Ian Watkins, the disgraced Lostprophets singer, at HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire last October

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Pepsi announce 3 new flavours available in Tesco stores next week

Fans called one of the flavours "the best ever"

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Man accused of murdering Whittington Crufts breeder left devastating note in cell before suicide

Alex Verdu Munoz had been due to appear in court the day after he was found unresponsive in his cell, an inquest heard