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Police issue update after body found in West Midlands canal

Police have issued an update after a body was found in a canal in Wednesfield.

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Supporting image for story: 'How awful that some feel they can steal from children' - Wolverhampton school has breakfast food delivery stolen
'How awful that some feel they can steal from children' - Wolverhampton school has breakfast food delivery stolen
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Supporting image for story: Man, 24, charged with burglary in Dudley
Man, 24, charged with burglary in Dudley
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Supporting image for story: Jailed: Man who sprayed people with noxious substance in West Midlands park
Jailed: Man who sprayed people with noxious substance in West Midlands park
Sutton Coldfield|2 hours ago
Supporting image for story: Second dedicated retail crime team launched to target prolific offenders in Sandwell
Second dedicated retail crime team launched to target prolific offenders in Sandwell
Crime|2 hours ago
Supporting image for story: West Midlands school shuts due to 'ongoing incident' with reports of man with knife
West Midlands school shuts due to 'ongoing incident' with reports of man with knife
Birmingham|3 hours ago
Supporting image for story: Date set for man to be sentenced after threatening residents of a house in Wednesbury with a fake gun
Date set for man to be sentenced after threatening residents of a house in Wednesbury with a fake gun
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Man charged over Ford Fiesta collision with a lamppost in Oldbury - police update vehicle was stolen
Crime|21 hours ago
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Four detained after disorder in Birmingham city centre
News|Mar 22
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Man arrested in Great Barr with police helicopter support after driving with 'cloned plates' and a machete discovery
Great Barr|Mar 22
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Moment West Midlands armed robber gets trapped inside shop he tried to rob by quick-thinking shopkeeper
Crime|Mar 22
Supporting image for story: Moment West Midlands man who murdered his five-week-old baby calls officer handcuffing him a “jobsworth”
Moment West Midlands man who murdered his five-week-old baby calls officer handcuffing him a “jobsworth”
Crime|Mar 22
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Police probe hate crime at a crematorium near Walsall - how you can help
News|Mar 21
Supporting image for story: ‘Police were all over the place’: Oldbury residents react after a Ford Fiesta crashed into a lamppost on their street and a man is taken to hospital
‘Police were all over the place’: Oldbury residents react after a Ford Fiesta crashed into a lamppost on their street and a man is taken to hospital
Crime|Mar 21
Supporting image for story: ‘Rightfully brought to justice’: Stafford man, 41, jailed for assaulting and strangling his ex-partner as police praise victim
‘Rightfully brought to justice’: Stafford man, 41, jailed for assaulting and strangling his ex-partner as police praise victim
Crime|Mar 21
Supporting image for story: Man seriously injured after a Ford Fiesta in Oldbury crashes with a lamppost and parked cars - road closed and suspect arrested
Man seriously injured after a Ford Fiesta in Oldbury crashes with a lamppost and parked cars - road closed and suspect arrested
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Chief Rabbi: British Jews saddened by ambulance attack but will not be cowed
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Swinney warns Starmer against ‘slide into offensive war’ in Iran
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UK’s Ultra Cyber to be bought by US aerospace giant Airbus
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Downing Street welcomes ‘postponement’ of US strikes on Iranian power plants
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Viral News

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Northern Ireland’s answer to the Camino de Santiago hailed
Viral news|Mar 15
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Man’s ‘disbelief’ after five-year quest for rare book ends in local Oxfam shop
Viral news|Mar 5
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Inventive West Midlands dad turns car into amphibious vehicle by fitting 5ft snorkel
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Charity campaigner flies to America for 3,000-mile ‘tartan trek’
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Iran threatens to mine entire Persian Gulf if land invasion takes place
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