import re


def _remove_inner_punctuation(string):
    """
    If two strings are separated by & or  -, remove
    the symbol and join the strings.

    Example
    -------
    >>> _remove_inner_punctuation("This is AT&T here")
    'This is ATT here'
    >>> _remove_inner_punctuation("A T & T")
    'A T  T'
    """
    string = re.sub('[\&\-]', '', string)
    return string