Four people have been treated for smoke inhalation following a "severe fire" at a property in Gravelly Hill, Birmingham.

West Midlands Ambulance say they were called to Shepherds Green Road at around 00:15 this morning, the fire service was already on the scene.

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Four people had been in the property at the time of the fire.

Two men, aged 52 and 43 were taken to hospital, and two other men aged 31, and 66 where assessed but did not need hospital treatment.

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Birmingham City lost 1-0 to German side Union Berlin in their first pre-season friendly in Austria last night.

Albion and Wolves both have friendlies in Austria later.

The Baggies play the Czech champions Slavia Prague, while Wolves take on German side Werder Bremen.

Closer to home, Aston Villa have two friendlies this evening, as they're sending one squad to Kidderminster and another to Telford.

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Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man is returning to Birmingham later this month.

It's five years since he was last here to prepare for the London Olympics in 2012.

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Now it's been confirmed that the Jamaica track and field team will once again use the University of Birmingham as their base, ahead of the World Athletics Championships in London next month.

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A mother and son from Walsall are facing jail after faking her death to claim on life insurance policies worth almost £140,000.

Arafa Nassib, 48, and Adil Kasim, 18, pleaded guilty at the end of May to conspiring to commit fraud against Scottish Widows between March and December last year.

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The pair, from Lower Rushall Street, are due to be sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court later after being prosecuted by City of London Police.

Officers brought the charges after an inquiry into claims that Ms Nassib had died in Zanzibar, off the coast of Tanzania.

A woman from Tamworth has claimed a world record for the most amount of people bouncing on their own mini trampolines at the same time.

Jenny Belcher, was invited to take up the challenge in Singapore, by the government there.

She managed to organise 375 people to bounce at the same time for five minutes at a fitness fair.

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West Midlands Police say they were called to the Cyclone Club on Broad Street after a shot was fired through a window from a passing vehicle.

It happened around 23:30 last night, the force said no-one was injured.

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BBC Weather presenter

It will be a fine day with plenty of sunny spells, these perhaps becoming more prolonged during the afternoon and evening.

With light winds it will feel much warmer than on Tuesday - highs of 21C (70F).

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Wolves sign goalkeeper Will Norris for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal from Cambridge United.

A lorry driver is fined £1,000 and given five penalty points during a police safety campaign.

Twenty-one people died in the explosion at two city centre pubs in November 1974.

We're back from 08:00 on Wednesday.

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The judges who'll decide whether Birmingham should be England's choice to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022 are looking at the city this week.

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Their visit is likely to include tours of Alexandra Stadium in Perry Barr and the University of Birmingham which would host hockey and squash.

Birmingham is up against Liverpool to go through to the international stages.

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Journalist, BBC WM

Wolves and Birmingham City have defended themselves after failing to meet a promise to interview black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates for managerial jobs.

The two clubs volunteered for the EFL pilot - based on American Football's Rooney Rule - which requires NFL teams to interview at least one qualified BAME candidate.

Wolves did so when they appointed Paul Lambert, but said it didn't happen during the appointment of Walter Zenga due to exceptional circumstances after the sale of the club.

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Blues insisted they "abided by the agreement" when Harry Redknapp was brought in because the scheme allowed clubs to appoint "specific individuals" without a full recruitment process.

The number of BAME managers in the top four divisions in English football fell to two by the end of last season.

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Presenter, BBC Midlands Today

A painting of Lichfield Cathedral by Joseph Turner has been sold for £310,000.

The watercolour was bequeathed to the cathedral from a private collection.

More than 20,000 people came to see it when it was put on display a few weeks ago.

The money will be used to help preserve the building for future generations.

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Here are the top sports stories we're looking at this evening:

• Wolves have confirmed that Helder Costa has undergone what the club describes as a successful operation on a long-standing ankle injury
• Sevilla have made an approach to take Villa defender Jordan Amavi on loan, a day after they pulled out of an £8m permanent transfer, citing medical reasons

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• Birmingham City are without the injured Stephen Gleeson, Check Keeta, David Stockdale and Tomas Kushchack for their opening pre-season friendly against Union Berlin in Austria

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A businessman and his ex-girlfriend, who are serving prison sentences for a multimillion-pound tax fraud, have been ordered to pay back more than £200,000 or face further time behind bars.

Satpal Singh Mahal, 49, from Walsall, was ordered to pay back £100,000 and chiropodist Louise Brown, 54, from Plymouth ordered to pay £100,684.43, the HMRC said.

The couple, who used bogus identities to set up fake companies to steal more than £2.3m in VAT, are currently serving 10 years in jail.

The pair were found to have used fake names and stolen identities to set up the companies and bank accounts online.

They claimed each of the seven companies sold UK media advertising to overseas clients but the investigation found that none of the companies actually traded and the couple had used them solely to fraudulently claim VAT repayments on fabricated expenses.

The couple faced a confiscation hearing at Blackfriars Crown Court on 5 July 2017 and were ordered to pay the amount owing within three months or each face a further 15 months in prison.

Rich Davis
BBC Weather presenter

The rain should clear up overnight and it will be a lot dryer tomorrow, but there will be lots of cloud around.

RAF Cosford has been granted the freedom of the city of Birmingham this afternoon.

The city council voted to confer the honour which gives the base the right to parade through the streets with "drums beating, bands playing colours flying and bayonets fixed".

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It is the 12th military unit to be given the status since World War Two and the council said it was in recognition of the close links the base, which trains aircraft engineers, has with the city.

It is the first RAF station to receive the honour.

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Elderly residents at two Lichfield housing blocks have welcomed the installation, external of a new sprinkler system to guard against fire.