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Fund to hand out £4.7bn from axed HS2 northern section to smaller projects

Ministers say smaller towns and cities in north of England and Midlands to benefit from scrapping of Leeds and Manchester lines

The Guardian - UK

The Midlands Boxing Takeover Is Presented By GBM Sports As “ICE BREAKER.”

GBM Sports Promoter Izzy Asif is hoping to build on his incredible breakthrough year.

Zenger

West Midlands PCC applies for judicial review over scrapping of his role

Simon Foster will go to court over plan to transfer his powers as police and crime commissioner to region’s mayor

The Guardian - UK

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Amazon accused of using ‘union-busting’ tactics at Midlands warehouses

Claim comes as GMB union prepares for three days of strike action at tech company’s Coventry warehouse

The Guardian - UK

Man dies of measles in Ireland after 'trip to Birmingham'

Health officials have raised concern over an outbreak in West Midlands

Evening Standard

Manchester-Bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing At East Midlands Airport Due To Fuel Crisis

The incident happened on a Singapore Airlines flight.

International Business Times UK

UK weather: England remains on flood alert as temperatures dip

Majority of flood warnings in south of England and Midlands, with some snow flurries overnight

The Guardian - UK

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The birth of the replica football shirt, 50 years on

It's been half a century since a small Midlands firm went from manufacturing nuns’ knickers to selling the world’s first replica football kits, just in time for Christmas

FourFourTwo

Boy, three, reunited with lost toy after Monkey’s 600-mile rail adventure

Monkey the monkey travelled from Midlands to Edinburgh to Bristol, gaining a Christmas jumper en route

The Guardian - UK

Heavy rain forecast in areas hit by Storm Babet flooding, Met Office warns

Yellow weather warnings issued for parts of England and Wales, as Scotland’s first minister visits flooded town

The Guardian - UK

Met Office issues new rain warning in wake of Storm Babet floods

Yellow 'heavy rain' warning issued for East Midlands and Yorkshire

Evening Standard

Rare red weather warning issued in Scotland as Storm Babet batters UK

A new amber warning for rain has been issued for parts of northern England, the Midlands and Wales, and a rare red warning is in place for Scotland.

The Independent UK

Starmer warned Tories could sneak ‘shot in the arm’ by-election win in red wall battle

Labour majority could be blocked if it doesn’t win back Midlands seats like Tamworth, say polling experts

The Independent UK

Harper urged not to delay rail hub plans after ‘disappointing’ HS2 news

Plans to launch the Midlands Rail Hub to improve east-west connectivity need to get under way, a transport body in the region has said.

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Industry backlash at Sunak’s ‘damaging’ U-turn on northern leg of HS2

Businesses unimpressed by announcement of alternative ‘Network North’

The Independent UK

HS2 cuts throw away once-in-a-generation opportunity, warns David Cameron

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced HS2 will no longer extend beyond the West Midlands.

The Independent UK

Sunak axes HS2 to Manchester because ‘facts have changed’ and costs doubled

Rishi Sunak said he would reinvest ‘every single penny’ of the £36 billion in hundreds of transport projects in the north and Midlands.

The Guardian - UK

Poll spells trouble for Rishi Sunak as voters who ‘lent’ votes look to take them back

Party loses 40% of 2019 voters in south and Midlands according to exclusive Opinium poll for the Observer

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The Guardian - UK

‘Cost of living, tax, potholes. It makes me angry’: Tamworth voters turn on Tories ahead of byelection

The dithering over HS2 has added to anger in the Midlands town and Sunak’s party will be hard pressed to hold on to Chris Pincher’s former seat

The Independent UK

How the Integrated Rail Plan disintegrated

Train Talk: HS2 is the very definition of how not to run a railway project – and how to destroy a dream

The Independent UK

HS2 news - live: Sunak insists he’s committed to levelling up as rail backlash grows

Rishi Sunak says his government is committed to ‘spreading opportunity around the country, not just in the North but in the Midlands, in all other regions of our fantastic country’

Evening Standard

Aston Villa 3-1 Crystal Palace: Roy Hodgson absent as Villains earn late comeback win

Eagles boss taken ill before game despite traveling to the Midlands

The Independent UK

Nearly a third of councils in poorest areas on verge of bankruptcy

A survey has found 14 of 47 councils in the North, the Midlands and on the south coast may go bust this year or next

The Independent UK

Nearly a third of councils in poor areas considering bankruptcy

A survey has found 14 of 47 councils in the North, the Midlands and on the south coast may go bust this year or next.

FourFourTwo

Liverpool make shock approach for Midlands midfielder to bolster ranks: report

Liverpool are looking to sign another midfielder before the transfer deadline in two weeks – and could make a surprise move

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