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Chess: England gains new grandmaster as Ameet Ghasi qualifies at age 37

The Birmingham amateur achieved his title in Norway after years of trying, while Jonah Willow, 21, became the latest from the young generation to score a GM norm

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s aim is to ‘create havoc’ if it is behind DHL fires, says air freight expert

Goal seems to be for people ‘to lose confidence in the system’, says Brandon Fried after devices found in Birmingham and Leipzig

The Guardian - UK

Changes to HS2 are being 'actively considered' by ministers amid reports line will reach Crewe

Minister Simon Lightwood refused to deny reports that the Government is looking at re-extending the high speed line north from Birmingham

Evening Standard

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22-Year-Old Man Charged With Murder In Birmingham Mass Shooting

Damien McDaniel arrested for murder in Birmingham mass shooting case. Mayor vows justice for victims. Gun violence concerns rise in the city.

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A man has been charged with murder in connection with an Alabama shooting that left 4 dead

Authorities say a man has been charged in a mass shooting that left four people dead and more than a dozen wounded in the city of Birmingham, Alabama, last month

The Independent UK

Russia suspected of planting device on plane that caused UK warehouse fire

Exclusive: Police investigate whether spies placed incendiary package that caught alight in Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

DI Ray season 2: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and everything we know

Parminder Nagra is back on ITV and ITVX for DI Ray season 2.

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George Osborne backs ‘HS2-lite’ plan for Manchester-Birmingham route

Exclusive: Business leaders seek support for scheme in budget as former chancellor calls it ‘good investment’

The Guardian - UK

Dance into the fire! Duran Duran’s 20 greatest songs – ranked

As they reissue their Halloween album Danse Macabre, we rate the best of a band who went from Birmingham to blazer-clad world domination

The Guardian - UK

The heavenly harmony of the spheres: A beginner's guide to the Mellotron in six essential songs

The official sound of prog, made in Birmingham

Louder

What is happening with HS2 now? Everything we know as 'HS2 light' is proposed

Hope has been offered amid ongoing conversations about the future of the long-awaited project

Evening Standard

‘HS2 light’ link to Manchester could replace scrapped line beyond Birmingham

Proposals are being reviewed for a more cost-effective HS2 line to Crewe

The Independent UK

Building HS2 to Euston and Crewe could pay for itself, analysis finds

Extending high-speed line at both ends would let government charge more for rights to run it, rail leaders say

The Guardian - UK

CAMRA Great British Beer Festival quitting London after 34 years and heading for Birmingham

CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival to quit Kensington Olympia in favour of Birmingham’s NEC

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‘A shattering effect’: Birmingham youth services face huge cuts

Department may be left with just 23 employees, with its 16 youth centres at risk, raising fears for young people’s futures

The Guardian - UK

Inquest to open over deaths of patients treated by breast surgeon Ian Paterson

One of UK’s largest ever inquests to begin at Birmingham and Solihull coroner’s court with cases of 62 people

The Guardian - UK

Confused and conflicted: Tory party’s future hangs in the balance after divided conference

The four leadership candidates strutted around Birmingham last week like celebrities, but members seem unimpressed – and MPs think whoever wins might not even last until the next election. How do the Conservatives move forward?

Evening Standard

Who else has performed at the Tory conference after Peter Andre is ridiculed

Singer enjoyed event – and so did Conservative members … but his appearance might not win him new fans

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Five injured after car driven into crowd outside Birmingham nightclub

Police seek driver believed to have deliberately driven vehicle into crowd of people at university freshers’ event

The Conversation

The Tories who are fit to serve have no wish to do so – why party conference should have been a moment to reflect on that

Hope, it seems, springs eternal in Tory breasts. No matter how disastrous the outlook might appear for their party, members can always cheer themselves up by exercising their right to choose new leaders, in the full knowledge that within months they will be plotting against them for not being “conservative”…

The Guardian - UK

Albatross Death Cult, Birmingham: ‘Exciting, challenging and the cooking is fantastic’ – restaurant review

A special restaurant run by people at the top of their game

The Guardian - UK

‘The night of the living dead’: denial-fuelled Tory conference ends without direction

Delusion and short-term relief brought a strange buzz to Birmingham, with the leadership race still wide open

Evening Standard

OPINION - Jon Sopel: I’ve seen the Republicans up close and Britain’s Tories aren’t like them — they’re a unique brand of special

I am sitting writing this in a corner of the Birmingham ICC, a conference centre and concert venue as though designed by Max Escher with a confusing array of staircases going everywhere and nowhere, it seems. But that is not what strikes me as odd. More, I am struck by…

Evening Standard

Brits flee Lebanon on superyachts and UK lays on new evacuation flights amid scramble to escape conflict

UK government charters further flights from Beirut as conflict between Israel and Hezbollah spirals

The Independent UK

Aston Villa repeat their greatest night with historic Champions League win over Bayern Munich

Aston Villa 1-0 Bayern Munich: The hosts emulated their famous victory over the Bavarians as Jhon Duran came off the bench to score a late winner in the Champions League

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