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Airport security removed nearly a tonne of liquids in just over three hours
A passenger claimed the large queues were a 'health and safety disaster' and that 'animals would not be treated so badly' - now the airport has revealed just how much liquids were removed
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Man 'beaten unconscious' on station platform as he waited for his train
The victim was suddenly punched, lost consciousness and received 20 stitches for facial injuries - police are now looking to speak with a man who was captured on CCTV at the scene
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Woman dies at Burger King after suffering 'medical emergency' in fast food chain
A woman died in Birmingham city centre after she was found in a "critical condition" in a Burger King. Despite the best efforts of the public and ambulance services, she sadly died at the scene
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Jet2 airliner with 220 passengers in report of 'smoke inside plane'
The Jet2 plane was travelling back to the UK when It was diverted and made an emergency landing at Faro Airport in Portugal after reports that smoke appeared due to a fault
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Four children rushed to hospital after minibus crashes into lamp post
Pictures from the scene in Birmingham show the mangled minibus with severe damage to the vehicle's nearside after it hit a lamp post with 14 children travelling inside
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Festering mountain of rubbish dumped outside home sparks misery for neighbours
People in Handsworth, Birmingham, are begging authorities, including housing association Midland Heart, to take action as the rubbish has piled up outside the building
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One of UK's biggest 'Breaking Bad' labs produced drugs worth £10million a month
John Keet invested profits from a career dealing cocaine, cannabis and amphetamines into building and managing the lab in Henley-in-Arden, a quaint market town in Warwickshire
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Police issue images of man hunted after pregnant woman loses baby in crash
West Midlands Police force have issued images of the man, who officers believe may have been the driver of a BMW that collided with a Toyota on Cooks Lane in Solihull, last year
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Teen footballer 'kidnapped at 3am and forced to spend £400 on laughing gas'
A 18-year-old footballer and his family have been left traumatised after he was kidnapped after leaving nightclub Lab11 in Digbeth and taken on a three-hour terror attack around Birmingham
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Police officer stabbed by knife-wielding man after responding to distress call
West Midlands Police have said a man has been arrested after they responded to a distress call on Wednesday in which one of their officers was stabbed in the shoulder. The incident occurred in the Kings Heath area of Birmingham
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Racist death threat graffiti leaves kids asking 'is someone going to hurt us?'
Despicable graffiti, including 'p*** scum out', 'dead', and 'ISIS out' appeared on an outside wall, window, door, back gate and paving slab at the family home in Birmingham on Monday