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Ben Sidwell

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BBC Midlands Today reporter, proud dad and long suffering football fan. These are my views and not those of the BBC.
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Mini-mart at centre of investigation closed down

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By Ben Sidwell Verified
| Yahoo Verified
Follow Mini-mart at centre of investigation closed down The Cradley Market shop, in Sandwell, has been closed for three months [BBC] A mini-mart in the West Midlands has been closed for three months after an undercover BBC investigation exposed cocaine, cannabis, and prescription medicines being sold over the counter. Crystal Meth and cannabis had also been seized last week from the Cradley Market store, on Cradley High Street in Sandwell, leading to one arrest.
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Becky Hill returns to venue she played as a teen

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By Ben Sidwell Verified, Shehnaz Khan Verified
| Aol Verified
Becky Hill returned to the Marrs Bar to to play a special gig to just 250 fans on Sunday Becky Hill may be used to headlining festivals and selling out arenas, but on Sunday she returned home to play a special show for just 250 people. The Bewdley-born singer performed at The Marrs Bar in Worcester as part of Everywhere At Once, a UK-wide grassroots music festival backed by The National Lottery and Music Venue Trust.
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Uncovering the West Midlands roots of Thomas the Tank Engine

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By Ben Sidwell Verified, Elliot Ball Verified
| Yahoo News Malaysia Verified
Many readers may not be aware that one of the most successful and culturally influential British children's series ever, which many will have read and still read, has its origins in a Birmingham suburb. Christopher Awdry, the son of Reverend Wilbert Awdry who created Thomas the Tank Engine, said the series' roots were entrenched in Kings Norton, just 200 yards (183m) from its railway station where he lay ill with measles in 1942.
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