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The Latest Breaking News from West Midlands

HS2 labour supply contract win for Fortel

Company wins brief to hire around 500 roles to work on 60-mile stretch of new high-speed railway line

Birmingham Post

West Midlands businesses to hear more about the 'tens of thousands' of HS2 contracts up for grabs at online summit

Businesses from across the region are invited to take part in an online summit later this week

Birmingham Post

Queen's Birthday Honours - McDonald's franchisee, apprentice champion and ITV stalwart among recipients

Trio of West Midlands business figures have been included in the annual list in recognition of their contribution to the economy, charity, education and journalism

Birmingham Post

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HSBC UK launches new £1.5bn fund to support West Midlands SMEs

Birmingham-based bank says customers have told it they are now ready to invest for growth with sustainability and digitisation highlighted as key areas

Birmingham Post

Britishvolt partners with Prologis to build £200m West Midlands scale up facility

The plant will create more than 150 jobs and unify the Northumberland gigaplant with a centrally based tech hub

Birmingham Post

Moment sick child killer battered woman after she nudged him with pushchair on busy bus

Nathaniel Pope dragged the 23-year-old mum off the bus by her hair in front of her children and beat her on the pavement, years before he went on to murder a three-year-old boy

Daily Mirror

Pub owner tells 'horrible' diner to go to McDonald's after 'awful' Tripadvisor review

The owner of The Bulls Head in Solihull, West Midlands blasted the 'horrible' diner's Tripadvisor review and suggested they should have visited fast-food giant McDonald's instead

Daily Mirror

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'I'll be haunted forever by heartbreaking video of toddler walking to his death'

Kemarni Watson Darby was seen holding his mum's hand as they walk towards their home in the Black Country moments before he was beaten to death by her boyfriend

Daily Mirror

Health boss predicts exact date 'sinking' ambulance service 'will all fail'

Mark Docherty, of West Midlands Ambulance Service, said people were 'dying every day' from issues caused by delays to ambulances

Daily Mirror

West Midlands Ambulance Service could collapse, nursing director says

Mark Docherty said patients are ‘dying every day’ from avoidable causes created by ambulance delays.

The Independent UK

Nurse, 27, arrested after child dies of suspected poisoning at Birmingham hospital

West Midlands Police said the woman has been released while the investigation continues and the results of forensic tests are examined

Evening Standard

Woman, 38, missing from hospital as police issue 999 alert amid 'increasing concern'

Leighanne went missing from City Hospital in Birmingham late afternoon on Saturday. with West Midlands Police saying they are becoming "increasingly concerned" for her welfare

Daily Mirror

Police ‘no further ahead’ in death probe after baby found in canal a year ago

The infant was likely to have been in the water for ‘several days’, West Midlands Police said.

The Independent UK

Two in hospital and five more treated for breathing difficulties after ‘hazardous substances incident’ at Sainsbury’s

Two people were taken to hospital and five others were treated by paramedics for breathing problems after a "hazardous substances incident" at a Sainsbury's store in the West Midlands.

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Ambulances rush to Sainsbury's as seven people suffer sudden breathing issues

SEVEN people are being treated for breathing problems after a “hazardous substances incident” at a Sainsbury’s store in the West Midlands.

Birmingham Post

Double RICS awards for University of Birmingham

Institute takes home pair of prizes at annual ceremony celebrating property excellence from across the West Midlands

Birmingham Post

New app aims to tackle recruitment crisis in logistics industry

Talent Xchange is run by West Midlands sector specialist Nick Winder

Daily Mirror

Homeowner forced to use wheelie bins to save parking space on 'nightmare' road

Helen Barrell, 43, from Smethwick, West Midlands, has used her wheelie bins to reserve parking outside her house as the road is so congested, in part due to a nearby primary school

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ITV Britain's Got Talent teenage comedian with cerebral palsy hailed an 'inspiration' by viewers as judges left in stitches

14-year-old Eva from the West Midlands got a standing ovation from the judges

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham teacher arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting four girls

28-year-old man held by West Midlands police also accused of sending indecent images of himself

Daily Mirror

Gran claims she hasn't had hot meal for seven weeks due to fly infestation in flat

Joy McClenaghan has been having problems with the fruit flies at her apartment in Oldbury, in the West Midlands, since a sewer pipe broke in her kitchen at the beginning of March

Birmingham Post

Historic Birmingham office regen boosted by council cash

West Midlands Combined Authority backs restoration of Victorian building to create new mixed-use office and retail complex

Birmingham Post

Winvic Construction joins £1bn West Midlands logistics park project

Contractor will lead the design stage brief of the West Midlands Interchange in Staffordshire which is set create 8,500 jobs in the region

Birmingham Post

Marches Mosses BogLIFE Project crowned West Midlands' top civil engineering project

Institution of Civil Engineers praised project for restoring natural habitat and its potential to boost both local economy and education

Daily Mirror

RSPCA warns about 'not normal' badger chasing people and dogs in broad daylight

Bizarre footage shows the animal wandering after people in broad daylight at a park in Cannock Chase, West Midlands, on Monday

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