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The Latest Breaking News from West Midlands

Budget 2023: West Midlands business leaders react

Planned new investment zone and childcare help welcomed but others left disappointed by unspent Levelling Up fund

Birmingham Post

Budget 2023: West Midlands poised to get new investment zone

'Investment zones will make a valuable contribution towards enhancing prosperity for residents right across our region' - Mayor Andy Street

Birmingham Post

UK's 'wonkiest pub' with optical illusion for sale as locals fear it could close forever

The Crooked House in Himley, West Midlands has attracted punters from all over the world who come to see its wonky structure and slanted bar on which coins can appear to roll uphill

Daily Mirror

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Firearms officer ‘secretly filmed sex and shared video with colleagues’

West Midlands police officer said to have filmed encounters at a Christmas party without women’s knowledge

The Guardian - UK

Ex-regional TV anchor receives honour from Princess Royal

Bob Warman was made an MBE for services to broadcasting and journalism in the West Midlands.

The Independent UK

West Midlands moves up the ranks in Women in Work Index

Region given positive bill of health when it comes to women in the workplace

Birmingham Post

Britain's youngest bus driver takes to roads at just 18 after passing test with no minors

Luke Brown is now a qualified bus driver for National Express in Coventry, West Midlands, after being inspired by his dad, who has worked for the company for 20 years

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'Don't dither and deliver HS2 all the way' says Midlands Connect chief

Sir John Peace makes plea head of regional transport body's annual conference in Birmingham today

Birmingham Post

Queen Consort Camilla tests positive for Covid, Buckingham Palace confirms

Queen Consort and wife to King Charles III, Camilla, has tested positive for coronavirus after cancelling a planned visit to the West Midlands.

The National (Scotland)

Quake victims have ‘lost everything’, say relatives in plea for donations

Up to 150 tons of aid has been donated to one collection depot in the West Midlands, alone.

The Independent UK

Camilla to miss events in West Midlands after contracting ‘seasonal illness’

The Queen Consort was due to visit Birmingham and Telford.

The Independent UK

Queen Camilla forced to pull out of event after 'contracting illness', Palace confirms

Queen Consort Camilla has been forced to postpone an engagement tomorrow in the West Midlands after Buckingham Palace announced she had "contracted a seasonal illness"

Daily Mirror

Vicious owl terrorises kids and pensioners - and injured residents 'fear leaving home'

A neighbourhood in the West Midlands is being terrorised by an aggressive owl that keeps swooping down from the sky and viciously attacking people outside of their homes

Daily Mirror

Mum's cancer tragedy after mansplaining doctor bets mortgage she is too young to have it

Beth Doherty, of West Midlands, said she felt like she was wasting her doctor's time when he mansplained why she didn't have cancer leaving her undiagnosed for six months

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Butcher surgeon Ian Paterson could have hundreds more victims after old database found

Surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 on 17 counts of wounding with intent, but 1,500 other patients have now been found following a review at Spire hospitals in the West Midlands

The Independent UK

Further 1,500 patients of breast surgeon Ian Paterson to be recalled for investigation

Paterson is known to have treated thousands at Spire Parkway hospital and Spire Little Aston hospital in the West Midlands between 1997 and 2011

The Independent UK

Further 1,500 patients of breast surgeon Ian Paterson to be recalled

Paterson is known to have treated thousands at Spire Parkway hospital and Spire Little Aston hospital in the West Midlands between 1997 and 2011.

Evening Standard

Policeman admits grooming, abducting and sexually assaulting 13-year-old girl

Haider Siddique was a serving West Midlands Police officer at the time he committed the offences

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Tory mayor Andy Street says levelling up policy should trust local people more

West Midlands mayor believes it shouldn’t only be up to civil servants in London to make all the project funding decisions

Birmingham Post

Tech trials signal new future with NHS virtual wards

WM5G is working with tech companies and health trusts on project to help people leave hospital earlier and tackle bed-blocking crisis

Birmingham Post

University rail station delayed for a third time

MP says delay 'is a huge blow for our city and our region'

The Independent UK

Ferrari worth £500,000 wrecked as driver smashes into parked cars

Pest control boss Richard Cullen admitted driving without due care and attention in Halesowen, West Midlands

Wales Online

Another health services union joins super strike day on February 6 in Wales

A series of fresh strikes by ambulance workers has been announced

Manchester Evening News

Levelling Up: Full list of every UK project getting cash in round two

The transformational projects across the UK will include Eden Project North visitor attraction in Morecambe and a new AI campus in Blackpool

Birmingham Post

Plans for £200m Britishvolt factory over as warehouse goes back on market

Prologis UK confirms it is on the hunt for new tenants for its Hams Hall site following collapse of manufacturer which would have created 150 new jobs in the West Midlands

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