Pharmacist jailed over £1m black market pills salepublished at 16:41 Greenwich Mean Time 2 March 2021
Balkeet Singh Khaira made about £59,000 from pills such as diazepam and tramadol, say investigators.
Read MoreBalkeet Singh Khaira made about £59,000 from pills such as diazepam and tramadol, say investigators.
Read MoreOrganisers of the Coventry festival said the coronavirus pandemic had made planning "challenging".
Read MoreA 34-year-old man is arrested after the victim died at the scene in Birmingham.
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Today is expected to be dry with a good deal of cloud. It will feel chilly under the cloud with light winds of variable direction. Highs of 6 to 9C (43 to 48F).
Tonight will be dry and cloudy throughout. Mist and fog patches will develop overnight under calm conditions. A cold night with light winds. Lows of 2 to 5C (36 to 41F).
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The mosaic, which took Jackie Nash a year to create, serves as a coronavirus tribute to NHS staff.
Read MoreIndy Bains says it has been "devastating" losing his mother and sister to the virus.
Read MoreBy one measure, unemployment benefit claims are higher in Birmingham than anywhere else in the UK.
Read MoreA report of a disorder in which a man was stabbed is not believed to be linked, police say.
Read MoreEllie Wright holds five-week-old Leo's hand after having life-saving treatment following his birth.
Read MoreLast night’s meteor, visible over the West Midlands, was caused by a piece of asteroid entering the earth’s atmosphere, according to scientists from the UK Fireball Alliance (UKFAll).
The fireball sent a sonic boom across southern England, the organisation said.
Dr Luke Daly of the University of Glasgow and UKFAll said: “This meteor fragmented a lot, as you can see in the videos.
"Most of the meteoroid vapourised during the six seconds of visible flight. However, with this one we think quite a few fragments probably reached the ground”.
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What's been reported as a meteor was captured on CCTV and on doorbell cameras last night, an astronomer has said.
The bright streak across the sky was spotted shortly before 22:00 and was visible for around seven seconds, said astronomer Andrew Lound.
The debris which hit the earth's atmosphere was "probably only the size of a pebble," he said.
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Posts on social media show it was spotted in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Solihull.
It will be a dull, grey day with lingering patches of fog and cloud with highs of 8°C (46°F).
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Read MoreGunmen release about ten shots at the property in Bordesley Green, Birmingham, police say.
Read MoreEntrants can take part in October or complete a virtual run on the original event date of 21 March.
Read MoreWest Midlands Police said it was too soon to know if the two incidents were linked.
Read MoreBethany Fanthom says restrictions have left her feeling isolated as she adapts to motherhood.
Read MoreInfections have "continued to decrease" across the UK in the week to 19 February, the latest figures from the ONS infection survey suggest.
In the West Midlands, one in 140 people are estimated to be testing positive for coronavirus in the period.
At England level, one in 145 people are estimated to be testing positive for the coronavirus compared with one in 115 last week.
About 97% of people aged over 70 in the region have received a Covid-19 vaccine but there is concern that take-up is lower among some ethnic minority groups and people who live in poorer neighbourhoods.
Final sign-off would be in March over plans to build stations, West Midlands mayor Andy Street says.
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