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HARDY CYCLAMEN Hardy cyclamen is a real February gift, because they flower when so much else is still deciding whether winter has truly gone. The most reliable February performer is Cyclamen coum, in shades of pink, magenta, or white, with rounded, sometimes silvermarbled leaves that sit neatly at ground level. It's a welcome early nectar stop when the first insects begin to stir.

JESY NELSON: LIFE AFTER LITTLE MIX Prime Video HAVING cameras follow you as your happiness turns into trauma would send most mums-to-be spiralling.

A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation.

"It is sometimes said that hope is a muscle that we must build and develop. In the seemingly impossible situations we see around the world, we must flex the muscle of hope."

GORDON RAMSAY'S expletivefilled kitchen meltdowns are the stuff of TV legend.

HERBS are a simple way to support everyday wellbeing while making food taste better. Right now you can start tender herbs from seed in a warm propagator on a bright windowsill. You can also buy small pots and keep them indoors for quick picking.

THOUSANDS of supporters of Nepal's former king gathered outside Kathmandu airport Friday to greet him and demand the restoration of monarchy in the Himalayan nation.

"THE Palace will co-operate with the Police" and at last that's great news, but isn't it time that we recognised that there are two groups of young girls being abused?

POLICE have yet to charge anyone five months after a young Sikh woman was allegedly raped as she walked to work in Oldbury.

CHILDREN caught carrying a knife by the police could be forced to have mentoring sessions as part of Government plans to drive down reoffending.

A MIDLAND football club has become the second in the world to officially achieve carbon-neutral status.

POLICE have launched a CCTV appeal after a bus was vandalised in a Birmingham street.

THE BBC will make hundreds of millions of pounds in cuts in the next three years as it continues to face "substantial financial pressures".

BIRMINGHAM'S civic leaders and business chiefs need to shout up "brilliant" Brum and be less selfdeprecating - or risk losing out to other parts of the country.

THE interview was a disaster, not only for Andrew, whose reputation was in tatters, but for the monarchy at large. Suddenly the palace was engaged in a full-scale fire fight, with deepening questions over its relevance in a modern world, even its survival.

BRITONS would face an extra £100 or more on the cost of a fortnight's holiday in England if the government pushes ahead with plans to allow a holiday tax, hospitality bosses have warned.

SPENDING on special educational needs and disabilities (Send) has risen fastest in the most affluent local authorities, a report has found.

A SCHOOLBOY was seriously injured after he was struck by a bus in Birmingham yesterday morning.

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A GANG of dopey car thieves have been jailed after being caught out by damning videos they filmed of themselves breaking into homes and posing with stolen cars.

Q We have recently moved with our seven-year-old crossbreed dog to an area where ticks, which cause Lyme disease, are apparently prevalent. Is the disease common in dogs and what are the signs? How do you prevent this disease?

SHOPPER footfall rallied in January compared with a disappointing Christmas but remained down on a year earlier, figures show.

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SANDWELL Council has rejected plans to convert a former police training centre into a huge house of multiple occupation (HMO).

A SERIAL shoplifter has been banned from stores and a large retail park in a Midland town.

GRIMSBY defender Reece Staunton said his side were primed to slay another giant when they face Wolves in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

FORMER Wolves boss Vitor Pereira has agreed a deal to become Nottingham Forest's fourth manager of the season.

THE 13-year minimum term handed to the schoolboy who killed 12-year-old Leo Ross will be considered by the Attorney General's Office after multiple complaints that it was unduly lenient.

WOLVES boss Rob Edwards insists they won't be getting carried away by thinking about the latter rounds of the FA Cup because they have a job to do against Grimsby Town first.

ENGLAND fans will be barred from attending their Nations League match away to Croatia in October as the home nation serve a two-game punishment relating to crowd trouble last year.