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Al Carns Hints at Labour Leadership Bid
MP for Selly Oak Al Carns has strongly hinted he plans to run for Labour leader, aiming to take Keir Starmer's job. However, the Daily Mail has revealed that one of his biggest supporters is a local businessman with a fraud conviction.
Local Labour Drama
Majid Mahmood, member for Bromford and Hodge Hill, has dramatically resigned from the Labour Party, prompting a former colleague to call him a "wasteman."
Ryan Bridge Arrested at Protest
Raise the Colours founder Ryan Bridge was reportedly arrested at an anti-immigration protest in Brighton on Saturday. Attendees were trapped in a pub after being surrounded by counter-demonstrators.
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Catch Up and Coming Up
History writer Jon Neale explored a 1940s Edgbaston houseshare that led to the atomic bomb development. Freelance writer Rachel Segal-Hamilton examined how smartphones affect Birmingham schoolkids. The Mill published an investigation into the 1996 Manchester IRA bomb, revealing the IRA planned to bomb Birmingham after Manchester but called it off.
