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Council caterers claim they are forced to 'waste money'

Birmingham City Council

Civic Catering told a committee it is hamstrung through direct council control with problems including having to pay £15,000 a year extra in agency costs

City council children's services described as 'utter chaos'

City council children's services described as 'utter chaos'

Birmingham City Council

khyra ishaq — The children’s social care watchdog committee heard the department is on course to spend its fifth year tagged as inadequate unless there is a drastic turnaround

Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the Government

Armed Forces

Private Phillip Hewett — Relatives, including those of several Midland soldiers, want to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation

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Council caterers claim they are forced to 'waste money'

Birmingham City Council

Civic Catering told a committee it is hamstrung through direct council control with problems including having to pay £15,000 a year extra in agency costs

City council children's services described as 'utter chaos'

Birmingham City Council

The children’s social care watchdog committee heard the department is on course to spend its fifth year tagged as inadequate unless there is a drastic turnaround

Families of soldiers killed in Iraq can sue the Government

Armed Forces

Relatives, including those of several Midland soldiers, want to sue for negligence and to make claims under human rights legislation

Administrators of troubled Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust given more time

The health regulator Monitor said it had agreed to a request from the special administrators at the trust, giving them an extra 30 days to draw up a financially and clinically viable plan to deliver healthcare at the two hospitals it runs - Stafford Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospita

The RAF Cosford museum has taken delivery of the world's last surviving Dornier Do 17 plane salvaged from the bottom of The English Channel.

Experts begin cleaning WW2 bomber salvaged from the seabed at RAF Cosford

Armed Forces

Conservation staff at the RAF Museum in Cosford are using a very dilute acid to clean away the debris that has stuck to the aircraft

Andrew Mitchell leaves Downing Street on his bike

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

Sutton Coldfield

Diplomatic protection group police officer and a 49-year-old woman were held for questioning on Saturday

O2 Academy under threat as student flats plan approved

O2 Academy Birmingham

Fears for venue's future as office block is to be converted into halls of residence

The new wheelie bins are delivered to Brandwood

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

Birmingham City Council

Cash-strapped Birmingham authority spent funds to get public behind controversial scheme

Police officer arrested in connection with Andrew Mitchell 'Plebgate' affair

Andrew Mitchell

Diplomatic protection group constable held on suspicion of misconduct

Superdiversity represents real opportunity for Birmingham

University of Birmingham

Dr Jenny Phillimore is heading up a new Institute for Research into Superdiversity, or IRIS, which is being launched by the University of Birmingham

Tributes to NEC mastermind Frank Graves

NEC Birmingham

Mr Graves, a chartered quantity surveyor whose practice Francis Graves grew into one of Birmingham’s best known companies, enjoyed a highly prominent career in the region over several decades

College plans for The Public could force firms to leave town

Black Country

A total of 29 companies employing some 120 people, as well as about 200 apprentices, face having to find new premises after proposals were unveiled to turn it into a sixth-form college.

City MP in call for EU referendum law backing

European Union

Andrew Mitchell (Con Sutton Coldfield) is supporting a campaign launched by Conservative chairman Grant Shapps encouraging members of the public to write to their MP and use Twitter or Facebook to demand a ballot