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England's best seaside towns named with 'most beautiful' closest to Birmingham
Cornwall, Kent and Devon featured heavily in the top 16 list, but one Yorkshire coastal town is quicker to get to by car ...
Adored Italian restaurant with 66 branches across the UK closes in city centre after serving customers for over 10 years
A BELOVED Italian high street icon with nearly 70 sites across the UK has shut its doors in a major city centre after 10 ...
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Birmingham bin strike talks set to resume after weeks of rubbish piled up on streets
Talks aimed at ending the long-running Birmingham bin strike will resume on Wednesday. Leaders of the Unite union will meet officials from the Birmingham city council in a new bid to resolve the row.
New UK train station to be first of it’s kind in 130 years gets green light for upgraded plans as works set to start this year
REVISED plans for a major new high-speed train station in the UK have been given the green light. Birmingham’s Curzon Street ...
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Grimshaw wins approval for rejigged Birmingham HS2 station
Grimshaw’s initial designs for Curzon Street, unveiled in 2018, were changed in 2020 after then West Midlands mayor Andy ...
Thousands bring the force to streets for city run
Thousands of runners have taken to a city's streets for the AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run with one group, a paramedics team, ...
People on the street: Why Manchester beats Birmingham for the title of ‘England’s second city’
We went out into Manchester to ask people on the street about Manchester and whether it was England’s second city over ...
Birmingham bin strike: how could the heatwave impact your rubbish?
As the UK experiences the highest temperatures in 76 years, there are fears the heatwave could impact the bins on Birmingham's streets. | ITV News Central ...