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Jaguar Land Rover supplier DHL facing shopfloor revolt

Jaguar Land Rover

Plans for weekend working to keep pace with JLR growth anger workers

Council sickness rates soar by a quarter

Council House dyn
Taxpayers foot the bill as authority sees the number of days lost to sickness increase

Birmingham's independent stores get chance to shine during special week

Great Western Arcade will be the focus of the Celebration of Independents week
City centre Celebration of Independents week starts on July 1 and will launch new map and guide

Work starts ahead of Wragge & Co move to Two Snowhill

wragge & Co 300
Law firm's long-awaited city move progresses as fit out work set to start

Army redundancies: 4,480 soldiers told they have lost their jobs

Ministry of Defence is looking to make 5,300 soldiers redundant
Ministry of Defence said the move is necessary to help balance its books but insists operational capability will not be affected by the personnel reduction

Inflation rises to 2.7% as households continue to feel the pinch

Growth forecast has been slashed
A 22% increase in the cost of air fares and the slowing rate of price falls for petrol and diesel lifted inflation higher than expected

Business

General business

Foreign Investors in the English Regions: Who ya Gonna Call?

David Bailey writes "The recent survey by Ernst & Young of the UK's attractiveness to foreign investment showed a 2.7% rise in foreign-backed UK projects"

Jaguar Land Rover supplier DHL facing shopfloor revolt

Jaguar Land Rover
Plans for weekend working to keep pace with JLR growth anger workers

The BRENDAs awards event held at the Burlington Hotel

The BRENDAs awards.
The an annual tongue-in-cheek awards event, The BRENDAs, organised by Birmingham’s commercial property sector, was held at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham.

News

G8 leaders from left, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Francois Hollande, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy walk prior to a group photo opportunity during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland

The day's news in pictures: June 18, 2013

The day’s biggest stories from the UK and around the world in pictures

‘Angels of Woolwich’ petition presented to Downing Street

The Rev Jesse van der Falk, Rector of Woolwich delivers a petition to 10 Downing Street with wife Louise van der Falk and John Fahy, Councillor for Woolwich Riverside
More than 85,000 people have signed a petition calling for bravery medals to be given to three women who intervened in the aftermath Lee Rigby's murder

Ian Brady banned from carrying pens and ‘only comes out of his room at night’

Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of Moors Murderer Ian Brady appearing via video at his mental health tribunal at Manchester Civil Justice Centre
Moors Murderer wants to be moved from Ashworth Hospital to a prison where he believes he will be free to starve himself to death

What's On

Claire Booth (Prakriti), Gordon Gietz (Ananda) and Dale Duesing as Buddha in the Welsh National Opera’s production of Jonathan Harvey’s Wagner Dream.

Review: Welsh National Opera at Birmingham Hippodrome

Richard Bradbury gives his verdict on Wagner's Dream at Birmingham Hippodrome

Movie Review: Man of Steel

Man of Steel Premiere
Henry Cavill is Superman in the latest 'origins reboot' of the classic tale which had it's rain-soaked European premiere at the Leicester Square Odeon in London on Wednesday June 12. See the cast arrive in front of very soggy fans in the video at the end of Graham Young's review

Lucky 13 for Black Sabbath as album tops global charts

Black Sabbath - 13
Birmingham rock band, Black Sabbath have topped the charts across the globe - much to their surprise

Post People

The BRENDAs awards.

The BRENDAs awards event held at the Burlington Hotel

The an annual tongue-in-cheek awards event, The BRENDAs, organised by Birmingham’s commercial property sector, was held at the Burlington Hotel in Birmingham.

Ladies nail networking event at The Mailbox

Catherine Hepton, Denise Mickle, Ed James Group; Laura White, Margaret Daly, Sunny Gill, Kerry Pybus, Natasha Small, Alma Aganovic.
Project Emerge, a new pop-store by Bournville College in The Mailbox, was the setting for a ‘Nails and Networking’ event.

BHSF celebrate 140 years in business

Peter Maskell, Chief Executive, Noel Cramer, Marie Curie Solihull Hospice.
More than 100 guests attended the BHSF annual dinner celebrating the Birmingham company’s 140 years in business.

Lifestyle

Great Western Arcade will be the focus of the Celebration of Independents week

Birmingham's independent stores get chance to shine during special week

City centre Celebration of Independents week starts on July 1 and will launch new map and guide

Wilderness in waiting

Cannock Chase
My last column focused on a report about the loss of plants and animals in recent decades in Britain.

Property of the Day: The Tower just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon

The Tower, just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon, which covers three floors and has two garages plus two allocated parking spaces.
The Tower offers rooms with a view and more on country estate.

Politics

Council House dyn

Council sickness rates soar by a quarter

Taxpayers foot the bill as authority sees the number of days lost to sickness increase

Two freed on bail after new arrests over Andrew Mitchell "Plebgate" affair

Andrew Mitchell leaves Downing Street on his bike
Diplomatic protection group police officer and a 49-year-old woman were held for questioning on Saturday

Outcry at council's £29,000 wheelie bin publicity campaign

The new wheelie bins are delivered to Brandwood
Cash-strapped Birmingham authority spent funds to get public behind controversial scheme

Videos & Photos

The BRENDAs awards.

The BRENDAs awards event held at the Burlington Hotel

The Tower, just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon, which covers three floors and has two garages plus two allocated parking spaces.

Property of the Day: The Tower just outside Stratford-Upon-Avon

Catherine Hepton, Denise Mickle, Ed James Group; Laura White, Margaret Daly, Sunny Gill, Kerry Pybus, Natasha Small, Alma Aganovic.

Ladies nail networking event at The Mailbox

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