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   Sport · UK The Sun 1 day ago

   Tom Brady breaks silence on Birmingham exit as NFL legend quits with Blues sitting top of Championship

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   Crime & Justice · UK The Guardian 1 day ago

   ‘I’d steal 10-15 times a day’: ex-offenders on the addictions driving prolific shoplifting

   Former shoplifters say treatment and drug rehabilitation are essential to ending cycle of theft and imprisonment Police to target 500 chronic shoplifters in retail crime crackdown in England When Rhys, 34, stole goods from shops across Birmingham, he would often leave notes for the staff apologising for his actions. “I’d feel that guilty about it. I’d pass them notes, saying I’m so sorry about this,” he said. “But in the end, I was just that numb to it, and fearless as well. I’d walk in with...

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   Sport · UK Sky Sports 3 days ago

   Birmingham announce shock Brady departure

   Birmingham have announced the shock departure of NFL legend Tom Brady as minority owner with the club sitting top of the Championship table.

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   Politics · UK GB News 3 days ago

   It's time Britain stopped turning its back on white working-class children

   With the co-chair of an inquiry declaring that society must act to improve the educational outcomes of white working-class pupils, what can be done to help raise levels of academic attainment among this left-behind group? Manchester-born Baroness (Estelle) Morris, who served as a Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley for thirteen years before being made a life peer, said that strengthening educational outcomes among white working-class children wasn’t only the responsibility of schools, but needed...

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   Health · UK GB News 31 days ago

   Somali migrant rapist wins court battle against NHS after painkillers prescribed in prison during Ramadan

   A Somali rapist has won a court battle against the NHS after painkillers were prescribed to him in prison during Ramadan. Dahir Ibrahim was first jailed for 10 years in 2006 for raping three sex workers at knifepoint in Birmingham. He was then given a life sentence with a minimum term of 10 years in 2016 for raping two more women in 2014, whom he also threatened with weapons. Now, the 41-year-old has won his case against Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Trust after he claimed its policy of...

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   Health · UK GB News 33 days ago

   My youngest son’s first national final left me prouder than I can say

   Mid-week, we drove to Birmingham’s NEC for the prestigious Horse of the Year Show. Our youngest son, Oscar, had qualified to compete on one of his brother Freddie’s horses. For us, as an equestrian family, this was a really big deal. Even our eldest son, the only one of our children who does not ride, watched online while house-sitting for us. Clemmie, who was a keen horsewoman as a child and young adult, joined us with her husband. A small army of Fred and Oscar’s friends and fellow equestri...

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