Two men who held "an impromptu street race" in which a man was killed have been jailed, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) says.

In December 2014, Mohammed Kamran, 27, from Kitts Green, Birmingham, was driving along Stratford Road in the city. Kaesar Ali, 27, from Sparkhill, Birmingham, was also driving on the same road in a stolen car.

The two cars accelerated away from a set of traffic lights at the junction of Stratford Road and Shaftmoor Road, with Ali seen on CCTV to be driving on the wrong side of the street.

The vehicles touched, the CPS said, causing the drivers to lose control. A pedestrian was hit and the passenger in Ali's car, Asim Shaikh, was killed. He was 29.

Ali pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison.

Kamran was found guilty of the same offence and was handed a four-year jail term.

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A paramedic at the scene of last night's ceiling collapse has told BBC WM it was "a miracle" no one was seriously injured.

At the Al-Miraj Banqueting Suite in Small Heath, a suspended ceiling collapsed on hundreds of people during a school prom, injuring children and adults.

James Williams, a paramedic from West Midlands Ambulance Service, said when they arrived everyone had managed to get themselves out of the building.

Mr Williams added a plan was soon put into place with other emergency services to make sure everyone was accounted for.

"In light of the potential risk it's a miracle that no one was seriously injured.

"The size of the ceiling that had come down and the weight involved would have been significant."

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Six people had to be treated when a suspended ceiling fell during a school prom at a banqueting suite.

An investigation is being carried out at the Al Miraj Banqueting Suite in Small Heath, Birmingham, after a suspend ceiling collapsed at a school prom last night injuring people including two children.

The "immediate danger" has been addressed according to investigators.

The remaining ceiling structure is said to be "potentially dangerous" but the building is deemed secure.

A man has been arrested after liquid was squirted in a pub-goer's face with the cry "I've got acid", West Midlands Police says.

According to the force,, external the arrested man, 23, handed himself in. He is being questioned in custody.

The liquid is thought to have been cleaning fluid, with the targeted person unhurt.

It happened outside The Chalice pub in Dickens Heath, Solihull, on Tuesday. Police said a man was seen running from a car on Main Street before throwing the substance.

The suspected driver of the car, 21, has also been arrested.

The victim used water from a dog's bowl to wash off the liquid with which he was sprayed.

A man who was abandoned as a baby in a cinema toilet in the 1950s has met his long-lost brothers in Scotland.

The agency worker was pictured with her head on a desk in an image shared on social media.

Talks have taken place between Birmingham City Council and the union Unite over refuse workers' industrial action, the local authority says.

The council said it would clear up rubbish over the weekend and during next week.

The union says members are set to strike until September, with daily two-hour stoppages increased to three hours from 28 July.

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Unite says the council is cutting more than 120 jobs.

Following talks yesterday, Councillor Trickett said: "There will be no job losses for those who wish to remain with the council and there are options ranging from alternatives at the same grade, to promotional opportunities to staying within the refuse service, or taking redundancy."

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Warwickshire's other competitor at the Open this week, Atherstone's Paul Broadhurst, teed off his second round at Royal Birkdale four hours after Andy Sullivan.

The former Ryder Cup player's job will be to repair the damage of an opening-day five-over-par 75, knowing he needs to shoot under par to stand any chance of making the halfway cut.

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The 51-year-old reigning British Seniors Open champion might have his best days behind him. But he has done well in the United States this year on their Champions Tour - and he remains a highly competitive individual.

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Six people are recovering after a ceiling collapsed on top of them at a banqueting suite in Small Heath, Birmingham.

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The venue was packed with hundreds of guests, among them dozens of primary schoolchildren attending a celebration.

Reporter Giles Latcham will have the latest on BBC1 from 13:30.

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A dial-a-drug phone line selling heroin and cocaine to hundreds of West Midland users handled over 20,000 communications in 10 months, a judge heard., external

Around 80 people in West Bromwich have been left looking for somewhere to live after a privately-owned block of flats was declared a fire risk, Sandwell Council says.

According to the authority, Metro Court, a three-storey, former office block in High Street, breaches rules on fire doors, smoke alarms and insulation - and has been made subject to a prohibition notice by West Midlands Fire Service.

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Fourteen families with children, the council says, have been offered temporary accommodation.

The authority is seeking an order to close the building to prevent anyone else from living there and adds that in conjunction with the fire service it is pursuing prosecution against the leaseholder - First Job Ltd, which it says is responsible for building and fire safety standards when the building's use was converted.

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National Air Traffic Services says it expects to handle a record-breaking 8,800 flights today

It comes as Birmingham Airport anticipates a 12% percent rise in passengers over the next three days compared to the same period last year.

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More than 130,000 people are due to fly in and out of the city, with the school holidays playing a part.

A teacher who appeared to be sleeping at a school where earlier this year students threw food at Ofsted inspectors is not welcome back at the site.

The image showing a classroom at "inadequate" Willenhall E-ACT Academy has been shared on social media.

A spokesperson for school sponsor E-ACT said the individual was not an employee but agency staff, adding: "We have expressed our disappointment in the strongest terms directly to the agency, and have informed them that we will not be using their services in the future.

"The individual in question had been drafted in by the academy for one day to help invigilate an exam alongside one other teacher."

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West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis says he has no reason to sell Nacer Chadli.

The Baggies boss has dismissed reports linking the Belgian winger with a move to Swansea.

Pulis told BBC WM Sport he's trying to sign players - not sell them.

Emergency workers treating people caught in a ceiling collapse at a school prom say it was lucky no one was killed.

It happened on Thursday evening at the Al Miraj Banqueting Suite in Small Heath, Birmingham, where hundreds of people were in attendance.

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A 10-year-old girl was treated for minor face injuries caused by glass and a number of other people were treated for shock.

The Health and Safety Executive has been informed which says the local authority will look into the matter.

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A scrap metal company in Willenhall has gone into administration.

W H Marren had been operating for 110 years. The decision was taken after a court case involving HMRC.

Of the 52 staff members, the posts of 45 were made redundant earlier this week.

The ex-boss of a flagship academy trust who was feted by former prime minister David Cameron before quitting amid a financial investigation has learned from his mistakes, his new school says.

Welcoming Liam Nolan, The GORSE Academies Trust said it was a "non-judgmental employer".

He will be principal at the trust's The Ruth Gorse Academy in Leeds from September.

Mr Nolan had been running Birmingham's Perry Beeches Academy Trust. As chief executive there, he oversaw five schools before quitting in May 2016.

Two months before his resignation, the Education Funding Agency (EFA), which was investigating Mr Nolan's salary, criticised the Birmingham trust for "significant weakness in financial management".

A spokesperson for The GORSE Academies Trust said its selection process "examined in detail the circumstances leading to Mr Nolan's departure" from Perry Beeches.