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Student's 'terrifying' ordeal of waking up in hospital after being spiked on night out

Tash Donald, 19, said a test found drug traces similar to “roofies” or Rohypnol , a date rape drug, in her system after she reported the incident to police

Daily Mirror

Fitzgerald Contractors becomes Employee Ownership Trust

Birmingham-based civil engineering firm is the latest to switch its ownership structure

Birmingham Post

Journalist to fight police bid for Birmingham bombing investigation sources

West Midlands Police is now using the Terrorism Act to bring the production order application.

The Independent UK

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London, Manchester and Birmingham ranked three most expensive cities in Europe for public transport

Study of 36 major cities across continent found England’s biggest at the bottom in terms of affordability

The Independent UK

Peaky Blinders actor Cillian Murphy studied Birmingham accent in local pubs

The Tommy Shelby actor has also noted that he hated having to pile on the muscle for the hit BBC series, Peaky Blinders, as it enters its final season this year.

Glasgow Live

Carlo Crivelli: Shadows on the Sky review – fruity fun with the rogue of the Renaissance

With a witty trompe l’oeil by UK artist Susan Collis, the norms of the classic old-master show are turned joyfully upside down in this homage to a subversive Venetian master

The Guardian - UK

Five accused of hunting down boy, 14, in Birmingham before fatal stabbing

Two men and three teenagers seen on CCTV chasing Dea-John Reid and running away after stabbing, court hears

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Men and youths ‘hunted down’ and murdered boy with kitchen knife, court told

Birmingham Crown Court heard Dea-John Reid was fatally stabbed on May 31 last year.

The Independent UK

Club had 'security measures in place' when three clubbers 'spiked by injection'

Three women claim they were targeted by 'spiking by injection' when out on Friday evening in Birmingham's Nightingale club and rushed to A&E after discovering pin-prick holes in the arm of one the student's jacket

Daily Mirror

Rescued rabbits looking for new home after being left abandoned in a box

The four rabbits were found abandoned in a box in Birmingham

Wales Online

Three students say they were 'wiped out by spike injections' while on night out

The women were left with bruises on their arms after being targeted in Birmingham city centre on Friday night. They needed blood tests and Hepatitis jabs in A&E

Daily Mirror

Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy visited Birmingham pubs to help his accent

The star of the BBC drama also said that the one thing he hated about preparing for Peaky Blinders was having to beef up to play the part.

Daily Record

Birmingham hero's benders, car crashes to avoid drug tests and waking up in own faeces

Paul Tait opens up about the cocaine and booze hell that drove him to the edge and led him to crashing his car every Monday just to avoid weekly drug tests

Daily Mirror

Cultural cringe: why aren’t there more songs celebrating Birmingham? (and Huddersfield and Bolton)

The creator of Peaky Blinders, Steven Knight, wonders why British people are embarrassed about mythologising the places we live in – while the US boasts love songs to every city

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Birmingham Post

GMI Construction to build £32m Birmingham apartment complex

Contractor has won brief fro HBD to construct 101 apartments and commercial space in city's Jewellery Quarter district

The Guardian - UK

Police move to ban reporters from Birmingham Six journalist hearing

West Midlands police want notes of former MP Chris Mullin, thought to hold identity of surviving pub bomber

Belfast Live

Commonwealth Games 2022: Fionnuala Toner hoping to make her mark in Birmingham

Northern Ireland are currently 11th in the world rankings with the top 12 qualifying for the Birmingham showpiece

Liverpool Echo

Was there an earthquake last night? Tremors hit Walsall, Birmingham and Dudley

Time of the earthquake and magnitude as effects felt in a 20km radius from its epicentre

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Birmingham Post

Independent café group Yorks announces third Birmingham site

Company is the latest occupier to sign up for space at the £700m Paradise scheme

Evening Standard

Peaky Blinders bluffer’s guide: The story so far and questions we need answered before season 6

It’s back! Time to dust off your flat cap, adopt a Brummie twang, and end every sentence with that infamous order

Evening Standard

Birmingham hit by 2.8 magnitude earthquake

A 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck the West Midlands late on Monday night, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said.

Manchester Evening News

Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton hit by earthquake with 2.8 magnitude

Residents were woken up by the earthquake which 'shook their homes'

The Independent UK

West Midlands struck by magnitude 2.8 earthquake – British Geological Survey

According to the BGS, the quake hit the town of Walsall, near Birmingham, at a depth of seven kilometres (4.35 miles) at 10.59pm.

Daily Mirror

Birmingham earthquake: 3.2 magnitude tremor 'shakes' city with residents 'terrified'

Residents said their walls and beds shook with one woman feeling as though "a car had crashed into my house" as the earthquake hit 7km north west of Birmingham

Birmingham Post

x+why agrees new deal to open Birmingham base

Flexible office space provider will launch facility on Brindleyplace estate in the spring

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