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The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham

How the HS2 shambles could have been avoided – if we’d copied the Swiss

Train Talk: After all the squandered billions, some lessons for the future of railway expansion

The Independent UK

Carlos Muñoz Villalobos obituary

Other lives: Political refugee who founded an Andean band that performed at the Southbank Centre and at Womad

The Guardian - UK

Aimee Betro had intention to kill before flying to UK, detectives believe

US woman Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted of conspiracy to murder at Birmingham Crown Court.

Evening Standard

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US woman found guilty of conspiracy to murder after failed assassination plot

Aimee Betro, 45, was convicted by a jury at Birmingham Crown Court.

The Independent UK

Woman disguised in niqab guilty of conspiracy to murder in Birmingham

Aimee Betro tried to shoot Sikander Ali at point-blank range as part of revenge plot in 2019 but gun jammed

The Guardian - UK

The village ‘ripped apart’ by scrapped HS2 line – while taxpayers foot bill for empty homes

Villagers sold their homes over plans for the scrapped HS2 line from Birmingham to Manchester

The Independent UK

Jury given majority direction in trial of US woman accused of murder plot

Aimee Betro, 45, denies any involvement in an attempt to shoot a businessman’s son in Birmingham in 2019.

Evening Standard

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Why Tom Brady's bombastic Birmingham documentary is the anti 'Welcome to Wrexham'

The National (Scotland)

Almost 300 arrested in ‘week-long crackdown’ on asylum seeker illegal working

Officers targeting suspected illegal workers in Hillingdon, the borough with highest concentration of migrant hotels in London, as well as Dumfries in Scotland and Birmingham stopped 1,780 people

Evening Standard

Perry's Phoenix fly in Aussie-strewn Hundred clash

Ellyse Perry has steered her Birmingham Phoenix side to victory over Ash Gardner's Trent Rockets in their Hundred tournament opener at Edgbaston.

AAP

Man charged in connection with theft of flowers from Ozzy Osbourne tribute

Parviz Jafari, 45, is accused of stealing flowers from Broad Street in Birmingham following the death of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne.

Evening Standard

BBC to air hour-long documentary titled Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home

The programme will screen on August 18.

Evening Standard

Thousands face travel chaos after emergency landing shuts runway at Birmingham airport

Passengers faced hours of delays even after the runway reopened

The Independent UK

Birmingham Airport runway reopens after hours of delays from emergency landing

One person suffered minor injuries from the incident, which occurred at around 1.40pm on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Thousands stranded after emergency landing closes Birmingham airport runway

At least 25 departures cancelled while incoming flights diverted to Manchester and East Midlands airports

Evening Standard

Birmingham Airport flights grounded until 8pm after emergency landing

One person from the aircraft suffered minor injuries from the incident, which occurred at around 1.40pm on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

How a 41-minute flight closed one of the UK’s busiest airports

Birmingham Airport, the UK’s seventh busiest, suspended flights after an incident on the runway

Evening Standard

Birmingham Airport shuts runway after small aircraft forced to make emergency landing

Birmingham Airport has said it will keep passengers at the airport informed with the latest information while others are being advised to check the status of their flight before travelling

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Evening Standard

Jury retires in trial of US woman accused of taking part in murder conspiracy

Aimee Betro, 45, denies being part of a failed assassination plot in which a person wearing a niqab fired a gun at a man in Birmingham.

Evening Standard

Jack Osbourne expresses ‘sorrow and gratitude’ after death of father Ozzy

The Osbourne family joined fans in laying flowers at the Black Sabbath bench in Ozzy’s home city of Birmingham last week.

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne’s daughter Aimée adds special detail to rocker’s death certificate

Singer and actor honoured her father’s legacy on the death certificate that also revealed the rock legend’s cause of death

Euronews

Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne died of heart attack, death certificate shows

Osbourne died at home surrounded by his family on 22 July at the age of 76, just weeks after his farewell concert in Birmingham.

Evening Standard

Ozzy Osbourne exhibition at Birmingham museum extended after public demand

Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero was opened by Sharon Osbourne ahead of Black Sabbath’s farewell concert at Villa Park.

The Independent UK

Ozzy Osbourne’s cause of death revealed after rock legend’s funeral

Black Sabbath rocker died weeks after playing his final show with the band in his hometown of Birmingham

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Birmingham tributes to Ozzy Osbourne will be taken down and given to his family

Birmingham City Council has begun to take down tributes left for Ozzy Osbourne in his home city following the heavy metal icon's death aged 76 last month and plan to give them to Black Sabbath frontman's family.

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