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Injunction imposed on Birmingham gang members
Eighteen members of two notorious crime gangs in Birmingham have become the subjects of the UK’s biggest-ever gang injunction. The men are now forbidden from associating with each other, entering certain areas of the city, or appearing in music videos promoting gang violence for the next two years. Police officers welcomed the civil injunction, which…
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London attacks: the Birmingham connection
As detectives continue to investigate Khalid Masood’s networks, the city where he was living, Birmingham, has once again been linked to terrorism.
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Police investigations in Birmingham
To Birmingham now, where police officers have been active all day as they seek to find out more about Khalid Masood and any possible associates.
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Birmingham prison riot: 240 inmates to be moved out of jail
The 12-hour disturbance by inmates at Birmingham’s Winson Green prison has left two wings of the jail badly damaged and two more with superficial damage.
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Major disturbance at privately-run HMP Birmingham prison
A specialist riot squad has been deployed to a privately-run Birmingham jail after a major disturbance spread to four wings. Disorder broke out at HMP Birmingham this morning when inmates managed to get hold of an officer’s keys.
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Birmingham man guilty of giving cash to Brussels attack suspect
He was known as “the man in the hat” when he was caught on CCTV ahead of the bombing of Brussels airport in March. Later accused of involvement in the attacks, Mohamed Abrini told Belgian investigators that he had visited Britain in the summer of 2015 to collect money from two contacts.
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Birmingham pub bombings inquests reopened
Fresh inquests are to be held into the deaths of 21 people in the Birmingham pub bombings more than 40 years ago.
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‘Birmingham’s benefits queen’: I fear eviction after budget
Will the poorer get poorer after the benefit changes announced by George Osborne? Darshna Soni meets a single mum with eight children, who is worried she could be evicted because of the welfare cap.
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Seven other errors of ‘No Go Birmingham’ Pundit
Fox News issues an on-air apology after commentator, Steve Emerson, claimed that Birmingham was a “totally Muslim” area and a no-go area for non-Muslims. Here are some of his other errors:
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Birmingham men fear reprisals over ‘grooming’ order
Birmingham bans several men from ‘approaching’ teenage girls, despite not enough criminal evidence to prosecute them. One of the men tells Darshna Soni that it will “destroy” his life.
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‘Birmingham is glamorous’ – Peaky Blinders writer
The big budget historical drama Peaky Blinders has wowed audiences here and is proving a success in the US too. But what about its setting: Birmingham…?
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Two Birmingham men plead guilty to Syria jihad
Two men plead guilty to travelling to Syria to join al-Qaeda militants, after they were turned in to police by their worried parents. Home Affairs Correspondent Darshna Soni reports.
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Ofsted finds ‘culture of fear’ at Birmingham schools
Education watchdog Ofsted says a culture of fear and intimidation has developed at some Birmingham schools inspected following claims of a hardline Muslim plot.
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Michael Gove ‘sorry’ over Birmingham school extremism row
Education Secretary Michael Gove apologises to the prime minister after his row with Theresa May over the “Trojan horse” school claims, despite earlier saying it was not damaging to the government.
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‘Outstanding’ Birmingham Academy now ‘inadequate’ – Ofsted
Oldknow Academy, one of the Birmingham schools at the centre of the Trojan horse allegations of an attempted take-over by Islamic extremists, has its Ofsted rating slashed after its latest inspection.
