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HS2 reports subcontractor to HMRC after alleged fraud

This comes after a whistleblower threw a spotlight on two firms working on the the West Midlands section of the high-speed line.

Evening Standard

Map reveals where thunderstorms could hit UK today as Met Office warning comes into effect

Thunderstorm warning comes into effect for London as hot spell continues

Evening Standard

Heavy showers to hit parts of UK with risk of thunderstorms and flooding

The heavy showers will mainly affect the West Country, South Wales and parts of the West Midlands.

Evening Standard

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Thunderstorms to hit parts of UK with warnings of possible flooding

Heavy and potentially thundery showers could arrive on Sunday, mainly affecting the West Country, South Wales and parts of the West Midlands.

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves caught joking about government debt in ‘hot mic’ moment

Rachel Reeves was caught joking about government debt in a ‘hot mic’ moment during a visit with Keir Starmer to a Jaguar Land Rover plant in the West Midlands on Monday (7 April).

The Independent UK

‘Everyone is affected’: UK town with Jaguar Land Rover plant reacts to Trump’s tariffs

In Solihull, where the factory employs 9,000 workers, there are fears for an ailing industry and wider community

The Guardian - UK

William visits Aston Villa in training ahead of Champions League game

The prince was in the West Midlands at a referee training course on Tuesday when he stopped off to see the team.

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William poses for selfies with schoolchildren and referees football match

The Prince of Wales carried out his first engagement with the FA since becoming patron at Sporting Khalsa FC in the West Midlands.

Evening Standard

Record high modern slavery referrals ‘shows shocking scale’ of issue in UK

Greater London was the area where exploitation in the UK was most commonly said to have occurred

Evening Standard

Transport Secretary puts ‘spades in the ground’ for tram extension

Heidi Alexander marked the start of work to provide a tram service from Wednesbury to Brierly Hill in the West Midlands.

Evening Standard

Labour and Tory politicians honoured in New Year list

Sadiq Khan, Andy Street and Nick Gibb have all received knighthoods, while Emily Thornberry has been made a dame.

The Independent UK

‘When I show people this, they think it’s Mordor’: the architect viewing the West Midlands as a national park

Birmingham City University thinktank imagines new approach to urban areas and land use across the region

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: property developers behind ‘breakfast club’ that donated £130,000 to Labour

Funding from property firms raises questions over loopholes in political finance rules

The Guardian - UK

Heart attack patients told to take themselves to hospitals due to ‘significant pressures’ on ambulance service

Leaked memo reveals that, in the West Midlands, category three and four patients will be asked if they can make their own way to an emergency department

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Evening Standard

Boy, four, killed following horror bus collision in West Midlands

A four-year-old boy has died after being hit by a bus in the West Midlands.

The Independent UK

Royal Shakespeare Company to look at AI and immersive technology in theatre

The RSC has previously used motion capture technology in a performance of Dream

Evening Standard

Owners’ joy as cat missing from Scottish home found 300 miles away in Coventry

Beans went missing from its home near Glasgow before turning up weeks later south of the border in the West Midlands.

The Independent UK

Gang behind £2.6m raids called themselves ‘Sticky Bandits’ after Home Alone

A gang who raided businesses across the West Midlands in a £2.6 million crime spree called themselves the “Sticky Bandits” in reference to the burglars from the Home Alone Christmas films.

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The Independent UK

Watch: Starmer and Reeves speak after Labour’s £40bn tax-raising Budget

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves deliver remarks during a visit to the West Midlands after the Budget announcement on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer will ‘embrace harsh light of fiscal reality’ ahead of Budget

The prime minister will warn of ‘unprecedented’ economic challenges as he delivers a speech in the West Midlands today

The Independent UK

Boy, 13, stabbed to death in own home in Oldbury as police launch manhunt

A 13-year-old boy was fatally stabbed in Oldbury

Evening Standard

Police hunt two bulldogs as man dies in garden after suspected mauling

Two dogs have already been seized by police and officers are now searching for two American Bulldogs

The Guardian - UK

Pat Fleetwood-Walker obituary

Other lives: Educationist who strove to promote sustainable communities in the West Midlands

The Independent UK

Has Labour given up fighting Nigel Farage in Clacton? Candidate Jovan Owusu-Nepaul ‘sent to West Midlands’

The party has reportedly sent its candidate from the seaside constituency in Essex to campaign in the West Midlands instead

The Guardian - UK

Cleaner air in West Midlands could prevent 2,000 deaths a year, study finds

Meeting WHO guidelines would avoid many cases of diseases and save the NHS millions, research shows

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