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Jude Bellingham only earns £145 a week but with his maturity and talent, he is destined for the top

TOM COLLOMOSSE: It says everything about Jude Bellingham that, at 16, he is seriously considering the idea of living and working in a high-pressure environment in a foreign country.




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Parents boost bicycles in clever hack to help children pretend they're outside

Parents from around the worlds have shared their clever hacks to keeping their children entertained amid the lockdown, including Louise Graham from Glasgow who placed static bikes by the window.




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The Queen thanks 'all those working hard to complete' new 4,000-bed NHS Nightingale Hospital

The monarchy's official Twitter account paid tribute to the military who have been on 15-hour shifts as they transform the ExCel convention centre into a 4,000 bed hospital for coronavirus patients.




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How one woman solved Britain's most notorious honour killing

Detective chief Inspector Caroline Goode, discovered the body of Banaz Mahmod, 20 in a Birmingham garden in 2006. She documents the quest for justice in a new book.




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Excel's Abu Dhabi owners back down on up to £3m-a-month charge to the NHS

Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions company, Adnec, has reversed its decision to charge 'some fixed costs' to the NHS for use of the London-based centre as a coronavirus hospital.




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Manchester City set to fine to Kyle Walker after sex party with two escorts during lockdown

The defender apologised after holding a sex party with two escorts last Tuesday. It emerged the pair - who it is claimed were paid £2,200 - had been invited to Walker's rented Cheshire property.




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NHS doctor evicted and told to live in tent due to landlord fears he'll infect them with coronavirus

Vincent Okafor, 57, said his landlord thought he might be infected and bring the killer bug into the property. He was given five days' notice to vacate his rented accommodation on March 23.




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Survivor's no-holds-barred coronavirus diary tells how he pulled through

Panayiotis Elia, 66, didn't show typical Covid-19 symptoms. However, his condition rapidly worsened and, within ten days, he was in a critical condition at Good Hope Hospital in Birmingham.




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Off-duty female cop, 39, 'shoots dead another woman after she found her in an unmarked police car

Woman was found dead in an unmarked police car Friday night after being shot. The victim had been in the car with an off-duty Birmingham police detective at the time.




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Coronavirus could push vulnerable species like mountain gorillas and orangutans 'over the edge'

Coronavirus presents a 'clear and present danger' to wildlife that could push vulnerable species 'over the edge', a leading expert from Birmingham University warned last night.




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Easter Sunday horror as boy, 13, is run over and killed while out walking with his family 

A family have been left devastated after a 13-year-old boy was killed by a black VW Polo in Birmingham on Easter Sunday (pictured, forensics officers at Chester Road).




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Woman, 28, is arrested over 'hit and run' death of 13-year-old boy

Mason O'Grady was hit by a Volskwagen while on a family walk in Erdington, Birmingham, and a 28-year-old woman has been arrested. His brother Adam has paid tribute to him in an emotional post.




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Alison Hammond bakes her late mum's banana bread recipe live on This Morning

After fans noticed that she cooked the family recipe alongside a picture of her mum and a lit candle, she responded to Twitter users with a touching message




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Australia's tourism minister issues warning international travel unlikely to resume

Holidaymakers should avoid booking any international travel during the coronavirus crisis, warned Tourism Minister Simon Birmingham.




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Police chief left fighting for life with coronavirus shares image of moment he 'cried like a girl'

Phil Dolby, of West Midlands Police, was struck down with the killer bug a fortnight ago and said he'd never known an illness as bad as the one he was experiencing.




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Relatives of four victims reveal the agony of their loss 

Reg Amison passed away at the Bradwell Hall nursing home last month, after testing positive for the coronavirus.




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NHS consultant warns Ramadan could lead to a 'big spike' in coronavirus infections

Dr Adnan Sharif (pictured), who works at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said the amount of social interaction during Ramadan festivities could be a worry.




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NHS intensive care nurse, 56, who worked a 72-hour week 'devastated' to find her car window smashed

Sarne Mawby, 56, of Stoke-on-Trent, had worked six consecutive nights, including an extra shift, transporting seriously ill children to Birmingham when she discovered the crime.




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Stir crazy music producer samples his dog's noises to make George Michael's Careless Whisper

Audio engineer and producer Dan Willett, 34, sampled his five-year-old samoyed's dog noises to make George Michael's Careless Whisper while isolating at home in Birmingham.




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Coronavirus UK: Duchess of Cornwall is set to open Britain's third NHS Nightingale Hospital

The NHS Nightingale Hospital North West at the Manchester Central Convention Centre has already started treating coronavirus patients from the region after being completed this week.




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Manchester United 'confident of winning Jude Bellingham battle'

United are one of a host of top European clubs, including Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea, who are desperate to sign the 16-year-old this summer and are negotiating £35m deal.




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Rupert Grint surprises NHS midwife during UK's One World: Together At Home

Rupert Grint surprised one 'massive' Harry Potter fan, who is also an NHS midwife working on the frontline in Birmingham during the coronavirus pandemic, via video link.




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Armed gang open fire with handguns outside a chicken shop in broad daylight shooting 

Hooded attackers are seen running across the street in Handsworth brandishing weapons and appearing to fire them at a group of males who then seek refuge in DFC Chicken.




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Life and Birth viewers are left emotional at baby's birth

The six-part BBC1 documentary, which premiered last night, follows mothers, partners and staff at three of Birmingham's busiest maternity hospitals in the weeks leading up to birth.




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Danielle Lloyd gives fans a tour of her Birmingham mansion 

She recently signed up to X-rated subscription site, OnlyFans. And Danielle gave her followers a further insight into her life this week as she opened the doors to her Birmingham home.




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One of Britain's first social workers to die of coronavirus is named

Muhammad Islam, who worked with young people leaving care at Birmingham Children's Trust and was described as a 'well-respected' and 'highly valued' individual, died on Thursday.




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Former Arsenal physio Gary Lewin reveals how he saved Eduardo's foot in 'the worst injury I saw'

The physio who was first on the scene after Martin Taylor's leg-breaking challenge on former Arsenal forward Eduardo has recalled the shocking scenes that dramatically change the Croat's career.




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Doorbell camera shows delivery driver spitting on customer's porch

Corinne Howart, from Birmingham, caught the disgusting moment on her doorbell camera earlier this month after reviewing the footage. Ms Howart, who suffers from asthma said he is angry.




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Former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal reveals his brother's body was kept in an industrial fridge

The family were unable to bury Umar Afzal, 71, a former interpreter for the Home Office, for nine days due to the coronavirus outbreak. Birmingham mosques turned their car parks into morgues.




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Hermes couriers caught sending packages straight to auction houses 'three to four times a week'

In tonight's episode of the Channel 4 show Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, the team discover delivery service Hermes are sending packages straight to auction houses in Birmingham.




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The giant Nightingale hospital that hasn't treated ONE patient

The temporary hospital, which was built in eight days and opened on April 10. But West Midlands mayor Andy Street admitted it has 'not needed to be used'.




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Man, 53, who triggered armed police siege arrested 15 hours later over 'threats to kill' 

Officers were called to an address on Birmingham Road at 10.30pm last night following reports of a 'firearms incident'. A 53-year-old man has been arrested after a 15-hour siege.




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Britain's barely-used NHS Nightingales may FINALLY see patients

Health Secretary Matt Hancock is planning to reopen key areas of the NHS for routine care - including cancer treatment starting from today - and 13,000 people could move to the UK Nightintgales.




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Mother-of-two reveals how she transformed her tired 1970s £467,500 house on a budget

Laura Deller, a 35-year-old teacher from Birmingham, told FEMAIL she bought the detached five bedroom property in Bedford for £467,500 with husband Chris in May last year.




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Jack Grealish raises over £54,000 for NHS workers after auctioning off Second City derby shirt

The Aston Villa captain has auctioned off the famous No 10 shirt with all proceeds going to NHS Charities Together following the outbreak of the coronavirus.




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JANE FRYER takes a lesson with Camilla's ballet teacher

JANE FRYER: Almost every week for the past 18 months - until lockdown - the Duchess of Cornwall has hosted an exclusive Clarence House gathering.




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Life and Birth viewers are left in awe of mother who 'pushed like a demon' through a 56-hour labour

First time mother Roo, a yoga teacher, was filmed in the final hours of her 56-hour labour at Birmingham Women's Hospital for last night's episode of BBC1's Life and Death.




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Clarifications & corrections

A report on match-fixing allegations in Greek football said that Olympiacos were set to be relegated and that their owner Evangelos Marinakis faced a fine and life ban from football.




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Police officer bodyslams a woman in an Alabama Walmart 'for refusing to wear a face mask'

A woman in Birmingham, Alabama, was slammed onto the floor of a Walmart store for allegedly not wearing a face mask




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Elderly 'bullied to stay in their flats'

Residents at a social housing complex in Birmingham have complained they are living under 'concentration camp' conditions enforced by managers over-reacting to the coronavirus.




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Taliban vow to 'fight for 100 years' after Trump calls off Camp David talks

Taliban leaders claimed they had already rejected Trump's overtures and vowed that 'we will continue our jihad' nearly 18 years after they were forced from power in Afghanistan.




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Trump says peace talks are 'dead' and America is clobbering Taliban like never before

'They did something that they sure as hell shouldn't have done,' Trump told reporters at the White House. He said he ordered the Pentagon to hit the Taliban 'harder than we've hit them in over ten years.'




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Author who penned first ever oral history of 9/11 admits he 'cried almost every day' compiling it

The Only Plane in the Sky, by journalist Garrett M. Grath, focuses on the men and women who experienced first-hand the unprecedented drama of that tragic day in New York on September 11, 2001.




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It's an army chair! Craftsman turns military uniforms into furniture upholstery 

Dougie Smith, 50, from Saffron Walden, Essex, has been inundated with orders to make the bespoke furniture for former servicemen since he created his first masterpiece.




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Taliban vows to keep fighting and says Donald Trump will 'regret' ending Afghanistan peace talks 

The Taliban (alleged member, right) vowed to keep fighting US forces in Afghanistan on Tuesday adding that US President Donald Trump (left) would 'regret' abandoning recent peace talks.




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We will have to 'waterboard the corgi' to find out if PM lied to the Queen jokes Rory Stewart

The former International development Secretary made the quip about the highly controversial torture technique as he was grilled about the PM's closure of Parliament.




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Donald Trump confirms Osama Bin Laden's son Hamza was killed in a US counter-terrorism operation

Hamza bin Laden, the son of former Al Qaeda leader and 9/11 mastermind Osama, was killed in a counter-terrorism operation, the White House said. It is unclear when he was killed.




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War hero, 31, issues hilarious response after businessman asks him to work for 'free lunch'

Former Marine, Andy Grant, 31, had his right leg amputated in November 2010 after he was injured by a bomb in Afghanistan. He felt disrespected by the request and decided to respond with humour.




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Taliban says its 'doors are open' to resuming stalled talks with Washington hours after killing 48

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai made the comments after 48 people died in two Afghanistan attacks. Donald Trump called off negotiations earlier this month when a US soldier died.




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Afghan war hero, 34, battles NHS for £1.5m

Captain Stuart Croxford, pictured, survived a bomb attack in Afghanistan in 2012 where he suffered severe foot and ankle injuries - although his leg had been saved.