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West Midlands Police hail knife crime fall as new law comes in - BBC News.
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Officers announce a drop in knife crime after work to arrest offenders and educate young people.
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Birmingham's Hagley Road: 'Drug-dealing is rife and police have lost the plot' - BBC News.
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Residents speak of their concerns of drug dealing, cuckooing and prostitution on the Hagley Road.
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We'll have more on the death of Ozzy Osbourne on tonight's @bbcmtd update.
Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne dies at 76 "surrounded by love", family confirms
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Birmingham road where four-year-old girl died to be pedestrianised - BBC News
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Mayar Yahia was knocked down in April 2024 as she walked home from Eid celebrations with her family.
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Coming up @bbcmtd 6.30pm.JLR announces 500 job cuts as unemployment in the region reaches 4 year high. HS2-owned homes not being maintained, say tenants. A memorial service for ‘Yankee’ a homeless man killed in Birmingham. Plus tracing Jane Austen’s travels in Warwickshire.
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NEW: Shropshire teen says government failing to listen over welfare reforms - @bbcmtd @BBCShropshire.
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Jess Young, 19, says ministers have become too focused on employment rules within welfare reforms.
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RT @BBCWorld: Srebrenica: Lives rebuilt but search for dead goes on
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Ernesa Hajdarevic, who was three at the time of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, still needs answers.
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What are the Pip and universal credit changes and who will be affected? - BBC News.
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The government watered down its welfare reform plans to get MPs to vote for the benefits bill.
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New: Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital uses warzone training to help patients. More @bbcmtd Monday 6.30pm.
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Knowledge gained on the field of battle is now a key part of trauma care at a Birmingham hospital.
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More than four decades on: justice for Jill. Walsall woman raped by brother as child targets sibling abuse - BBC News.
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Jill Harris waives her right to anonymity to share her story of abuse at a young age.
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Dudley cancer survivor to ride across Australia for charity - BBC News.
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Steve Griffiths, who had throat cancer, says the 24-day journey will be a "huge personal challenge".
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Teen sentenced after carer injured in Wolverhampton hit-and-run - BBC News.
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Freya Theobold was visiting homes with another carer when their car was hit by 19-year-old Layton Clenton.
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BBC News - Government delays publication of child poverty strategy.
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The taskforce, which is working on the strategy, has been considering scrapping the two-child benefit cap.
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Coming up on tonight’s @bbcmtd Fresh concerns over rural bank closures in #Shropshire. Bin bags piling up again during strike action in #Birmingham; Nepal’s cricket stars on form in #Herefordshire plus the married couple sidecar racing into retirement. Join us at 6.30pm.
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