Michael Gove has outlined plans to appoint commissioners to take over Birmingham City Council and to launch an inquiry into the cash-strapped authority. The Communities Secretary told MPs that he
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The leader of Birmingham City Council has said “tough decisions” must be made to save the local authority as unions called for urgent talks to safeguard jobs. Councillor John Cotton
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A cyclist who was killed after being hit by a car in Coventry has been named as hospital worker Joel Carreido. The 47-year-old was confirmed dead shortly after the collision
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Birmingham City Council has declared itself in financial distress over multimillion-pound liabilities to settle equal pay claims. In a statement on Tuesday, Europe’s largest local authority confirmed that it had
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The grandmother of a five-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at his home has pleaded guilty to his manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility. Warwick Crown Court was told
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A total of 21 people have been found guilty of their roles in one of the biggest child sex abuse cases to be investigated by West Midlands Police. Seven victims,
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A review describing a toxic culture of bullying at one of the country’s largest NHS trusts shows its “reluctance to accept criticism”, a health watchdog has said. Rob Behrens (pictured),
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Around 1,500 more patients of convicted breast surgeon Ian Paterson will be recalled so their treatment can be investigated. Spire Healthcare, which runs private hospitals, said the patients were being
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A woman has been charged with the murder of a five-year-old boy who died while in her care last January. Elena Anghel appeared at Leamington Justice Centre on Thursday and
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The death of a one-year-old boy at a nursery is being treated as “suspicious” by police, with six women arrested in connection with the incident. West Midlands Police said a
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