Midlands

American

[mid-luhndz] / ˈmɪd ləndz /

plural noun

the central part of England; the midland counties.

Midlands British

/ ˈmɪdləndz /

noun

(functioning as plural or singular) the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries

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Sales of Aston Martin vehicles helped make the West Midlands the UK's largest exporting region to America, he said.

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Heavy rain brought flooding in parts of southern England with significant snow in parts of Wales, the Midlands and northern England as the storm bumped into cold air.

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"When you hold such high office, such responsibility and when you chair the Safer Roads Partnership, you're setting a standard that all of us should follow," he told BBC Midlands Today.

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Liverpool certainly didn't scintillate with their display in the Midlands but they showed the resilience of champions.

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"It is important that we learn from the events of last autumn and what was a serious failure of leadership by West Midlands Police," it said in a statement.

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