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‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires

Thursday has been described by residents as ‘horrendous’, ‘distressing’ and ‘one of the scariest days of my life’People in Stourbridge have described the fires that devastated more than a dozen homes

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One dead, dozens injured and thousands evacuated in Croatian wildfires – as it happened

Firefighters discover body and say more than 40 people hurt in the Lokva Rogoznica and Omiš areasEngland has received just 4mm of rain so far in August, or 6% of the long-term average for the month, t

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Four taken to hospital and homes damaged in West Midlands fires

Grassfire covering about 16 hectares near golf course in Stourbridge was one of several large blazes in regionFour people have been taken to hospital and several homes damaged as fires tore through re

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‘Birmingham Four’ lawyers hope spycops inquiry will help reopen case

Undercover officers working for West Midlands ‘special projects team’ planted evidence to convict men, lawyers claimLawyers representing four men convicted of terror offences are increasingly hopeful

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Meet the offenders cleaning canals in the West Midlands as an alternative to prison

With the debate over prison overcrowding and what to do about it raging, one initiative offers an alternative solutionAs the prison overcrowding crisis shows no sign of abating and the debate rages ov

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‘A guy did a runner in a Jaguar’: the petrol theft scandal – and the garage owner struggling to stop it

Since the start of the Iran war in February, there has been a 23% rise in fuel theft, with more than £1.2m stolen from British forecourts each week. Why aren’t the police doing more to apprehend the c

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‘My shirt was wringing’: National Express bus drivers speak out on 40C conditions

Drivers in West Midlands say buses ‘unbearable’ during heatwaves, raising employee and passenger safety fearsBus drivers in the West Midlands have spoken out about the “horrendous” working conditions

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‘They’re local lads’: artist puts mural of Bellingham and Rogers on chip shop

The mural in a Birmingham suburb is so popular that the shop’s owner is opening two hours early to meet demandOn a busy junction in Quinton, a suburb of Birmingham, England football stars Jude Belling