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Stan Collymore slammed by fans after sticking up for Jack Grealish antics during coronavirus crisis

In response to Grealish's apology, Collymore wrote 'Good lad' followed by a heart emoji. Fans hit out at Collymore for appearing to stick up for Grealish but the ex-forward clarified what he meant.




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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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Coronavirus UK: NHS nurse crowdfunds for cancer treatment

Heather Wilson, 55, from Grimsby, has to raise £50,000 for life-saving cancer treatment. The NHS nurse's surgery was delayed by five months due to the coronavirus pandemic.




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Coronavirus UK: Army finish London NHS Nightingale Hospital

Built in around ten days, the Nightingale hospital in London will have 4,000 beds for coronavirus patients. Similar hospitals are being installed in Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow.




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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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Up to 100 mourners including Labour MP ignore coronavirus lockdown

Labour MP Tahir Ali was one of 100 mourners attending a funeral of a constituent in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham despite the ongoing coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown.




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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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Coronavirus: UK deaths occurring every TWO MINUTES

Figures show the trust with the leading number of victims in England is University Hospitals Birmingham, with 263 deaths so far, followed by several trusts in London.




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Father-of-three from Birmingham who recovered from coronavirus dies from heart attack

Father-of-three Jawal Iqbal Dad, 50, from Hodge Hill, Birmingham, died from a heart attack only days after he returned home from hospital where he had recovered from coronavirus.




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Heartbreaking video reveals war veteran, 85, living in squalid conditions

The pensioner, known only as Reg, 85, lives in the dilapidated home in Hall Green, Birmingham, with no working fridge, cooker, microwave or washing machine.




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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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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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Married heart doctor keeps his job despite trying to kiss a senior nurse while showing family photos

Dr Syed Akbar, 43, has returned to work despite trying to kiss a senior nurse while showing her photos of his family. The married heart doctor expressed regret over his actions.




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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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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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Coronavirus UK: NHS Birmingham Nightingale hospital opens

Prince William, 37, officially opened Birmingham Nightingale hospital today - before personally recognising the hard-working staff who had made the project a reality.




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ISABEL HARDMAN reveals how the wonders of the wild pulled her back from a mental health crisis

ISABEL HARDMAN: On the day of my breakdown, I was at the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, trying to write the political briefing for the Spectator magazine.




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Nurse reveals her skin is peeling off and her face is bruised from PPE

Jennifer McDowall, 27, who works as a Critical Care Nurse at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust has shared a series of TikTok videos showing her skin peeling off and her faced bruised.




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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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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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Sobering pictures show large stack of empty coffins at temporary morgue

Chilling images from inside the temporary mortuary at the Central Jamia Mosque Ghamkol Sharif in Small Heath, Birmingham, have given a rare insight into the scale of the coronavirus crisis.




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Police catch family enjoying kebab and chips in the street as they break coronavirus lockdown rules

West Midlands Police have released bodycam footage of officers confronting three different sets of people flouting strict lockdown rules in Birmingham from the Easter weekend onwards.




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Senior NHS nurse claims ethnic minority health workers are being pressured to work on coronavirus

Carol Cooper (pictured), who is the head of equality, diversity and human rights at Birmingham Community Hospital said her staff were 'terrified' because of the current pandemic.




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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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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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Line of Duty star Stephen Graham set to appear in the next series of Peaky Blinders

Stephen Graham has revealed he was set to join the star-studded cast of Peaky Blinders before the COVID-19 pandemic brought filming to a standstill.  




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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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Danielle Lloyd showcases her washboard abs in a red bikini as she enjoys water fights and kisses

The glamour model's children Archie, nine, Harry, eight, George, six and Ronnie, two, looked delighted to be cooling off during the sun-soaked day




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Coronavirus UK: Identical twin nurses, 37, die days apart

Emma Davis, a former nurse herself, died at Southampton General Hospital today, just three days after the death of identical twin Katy, a children's nurse, at the same hospital.




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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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Jack Grealish raffles off shirt he wore when attacked by Birmingham fan to raise money for NHS

Jack Grealish has offered up the shirt he wore when he was assaulted by a Birmingham fan before scoring Aston Villa's winner to raise money for the NHS.




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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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Demi Rose shows off her buxom bust and tiny waist in a tiny peach string bikini in throwback snap

Demi Rose looked incredible as she posed in a string bikini in a throwback snap shared on Tuesday.




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Doctor spared jail for hit and run after telling judge he hoped to work at Nightingale hospitals

Doctor Ali Shah, 40, from Birmingham, (pictured left) drove at the victim and knocked him off his feet with his wing mirror when he 'saw red'. He drove off without checking if the elderly man was injured.




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Grandfather, 83, killed himself in lockdown because he feared catching coronavirus

Dennis Ward, 83, had felt vulnerable and scared of catching Covid-19, said his grandson James Parnaby, who confirmed he was found dead at his home in Kings Norton, Birmingham, on Saturday.




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Coronavirus UK: London supermorgue triples size to hold 3,000

EXCLUSIVE: The site in Epping Forest was originally designed to cope with 1,000 bodies but has now been expanded to deal with 3,000 people as the nation continues its battle against Covid-19.




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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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Moment reckless driver almost hits a five-year-old girl before her stepfather jumps in front of car

Dash-cam footage shows a driver almost crashing into Jason Payne, 34, and his five-year-old stepdaughter, Gracie, as the family use a zebra crossing on Green Lane in Birmingham yesterday.




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Restaurant empire Caprice Holdings makes 75,000 meals a week

Caprice Holdings hospitality establishments, which include Mayfair celebrity hotspots such as Scott's, Annabel's and Sexy Fish, are preparing food at their kitchens for NHS staff across the UK.




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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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Pret A Manger will reopen 71 more stores for takeaway and delivery from May 11

The cafe chain temporarily closed all stores on March 21 prior to the lockdown, but has been gradually opening sites across the country for takeaway and delivery.