15 h. ago Birmingham New Street Station declared busiest outside London

Birmingham New Street Station declared busiest outside London - but our top 50 lists reveal some in our region are virtually deserted  Express & Star

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17 h. ago The staggering number of commuters passing through Manchester Piccadilly railway station

It's the second busiest railway station outside of London

Sport

17 h. ago Busiest train stations in London revealed as Elizabeth line helps capital to dominate national league table

London has the 10 busiest stations in the country

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18 h. ago Busiest train stations in London revealed as Elizabeth line helps capital to dominate UK league table

Liverpool Street station retains crown for third year in a row as passenger numbers continue to grow

Politics

22 h. ago ‘A mini Battle of Cable Street’: the English neighbourhoods still grappling with the meaning of the flags

The controversy over flags has faded from the national agenda – but street by street, late at night and with ingenious equipment, their raising and removal is the subject of a roiling dispute over local identityThe Christmas lights have gone up in Stirchley. A multifaith mix of stars and swirls add a festive air to the lamp-posts along the main street of this south Birmingham suburb. Stirchley is a modest kind of place, sandwiched between better known (and better off) areas such as Bourneville and Moseley, but there is plenty of evidence here of the lively community spirit that last year resulted in the area being named the best place to live in the Midlands.Posters in shop windows along Pershore Road advertise a knitting group, a neighbourhood winter fair and the local food bank, while in the former swimming baths, now a community hub, friendly flyers for coffee mornings and choirs are stacked. Continue reading...

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60 h. ago Suspect leads police officer on foot chase before getting painful dose of instant karma from quick

A police foot chase on Birmingham's Broad Street ended dramatically when a quick-thinking bystander delivered a painful dose of instant karma to the fleeing suspect.

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5 d. ago Voting in Keir Starmer was a big mistake... the Budget opens the floodgates for handouts: Benefits Street star White Dee's withering verdict on Rachel Reeves's welfare bonanza

White Dee, 54, as she is better known, famously said her friends and neighbours in the 'welfare ghetto' of Birmingham 's James Turner Street were simply claiming what they were entitled to.

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7 d. ago What residents of TV's Benefits Street say about Reeves' welfare bonanza: From 'more money is good news' to 'they're getting free money'

So what do today's inhabitants of Benefits Street in Birmingham - 11 years on from that now-infamous documentary - really think of the Chancellor's cash grab?

Economics

9 d. ago What's Actually Worth the Hype at London's Busiest Food Hall

What's Actually Worth the Hype at London's Busiest Food Hall  Yahoo

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2 w. ago Birmingham horror stabbing update after teen knifed in street and killer at large

Yassin Alama, 19, was knifed on Hutton Road in Handsworth at around 5.20pm on Sunday, November 16 - police say his alleged killer, 17 is still at large but have arrested a 20-year-old man

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2 w. ago Gary Numan reveals shock death of his younger brother John moments after they said goodbye: ‘It will haunt me forever’

British musician said his brother was found collapsed on a street in Birmingham after they spent an evening together as he tours the UK

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2 w. ago Horror Birmingham stabbing as man in 20s dies in street and police swarm in

A murder investigation has now been launched after a man in his 20s was stabbed to death in the street in Birmingham - police and forensic officers have set up a tent and cordoned off the area

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3 w. ago Affordable airline Jet2 is launching flights from one of London’s busiest airports for the first time

Affordable airline Jet2 is launching flights from one of London’s busiest airports for the first time  Time Out

Transport

3 w. ago One of Britain’s busiest train stations in south London is getting a huge transformation

One of Britain’s busiest train stations in south London is getting a huge transformation  Time Out

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3 w. ago One of Britain’s busiest train stations in south London will undergo a huge transformation in the next decade

One of Britain’s busiest train stations in south London will undergo a huge transformation in the next decade  Time Out

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3 w. ago 'Busiest day for Watford to London trains' coming up this week

'Busiest day for Watford to London trains' coming up this week  Watford Observer

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3 w. ago Tributes to 'beautiful and kind' woman, 34, stabbed in the neck during 'unprovoked attack' in Birmingham city centre

Katie Fox, 34, suffered a serious neck injury after being brutally knifed just metres away from Birmingham 's New Street Station. Her family described her as their 'shining light'.

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3 w. ago 'Beautiful' Birmingham teen found dead in street pictured as man charged with murder

Floral tributes and heartbreaking messages have been laid in memory of Lily Whitehouse who was found dead in Sandwell, West Midlands on November 5 - Mohammed Azim, 41 has been charged

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3 w. ago Man charged with murder after woman stabbed in Birmingham dies

Katie Fox was taken to hospital with a serious neck wound after city centre attack on Friday evening A man has been charged with murder after a woman who was stabbed in the neck in Birmingham city centre on Friday night died from her injuries. Katie Fox was taken to hospital with a serious neck wound after the attack outside the entrance to Birmingham New Street station shortly before 9pm. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Man charged after woman stabbed in neck in Birmingham attack

Police arrested a man in his 20s near to the scene and he is in custody

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