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Handsworth
10:19, 22 SEP 2014
Birmingham councillor Deirdre Alden hits back at critics over cycle storm
Economic Development
Edgbaston Tory Coun Deirdre Alden said the plan to create a ‘Cycle City’ was discriminatory, provoking a storm of protest
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Birmingham actor Samuel Anderson becomes the Time Lord's new sidekick in Doctor Who
Retail & Consumer
Doctor Who returns with a new Time Lord and a new sidekick - Birmingham actor Samuel Anderson. He tells Roz Laws about joining the cast
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Inquiry into why people shun Birmingham City Council meetings
Economic Development
The city’s 40 ward committees meet four times a year each - but there has been an average attendance of just 18 over the last two years
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A picture of First World War heroes that has been 100 years in the taking
Retail & Consumer
As the centenary of the First World War approaches, a Birmingham school is embarking on a project to create a virtual memorial to old boys who died in the conflict. Justine Halifax reports
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City attraction set to go full steam ahead
Retail & Consumer
A new tourist attraction has opened in the Jewellery Quarter. Graham Young meets the man behind The Wonderful World of Trains & Planes
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Music and arts festival, with reggae at its core and a message of peace
Retail & Consumer
Excitement is bubbling over for the Simmer Down Festival, featuring the best of Birmingham reggae talent. Roz Laws meets the headliners
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Celebration of an extraordinary decade in history of city gallery
Retail & Consumer
Ikon director Jonathan Watkins is revisiting the 1980s for the latest instalment of his gallery's year-long 50th anniversary celebrations. Graham Young reports
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Is it time to open up selection to stamp out the 'rotten boroughs'?
Opinion
Birmingham's Labour party members throughout the city have now found themselves looking ahead to 2015 with a series of meetings select their candidates.
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Big bike giveaway to kickstart £24m cycling revolution
Economic Development
Birmingham is offering a massive 5,000 bike giveaway in a desperate bid to get people to take to pedal power.
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Two women appointed to senior city council roles
Economic Development
Council leader responds to criticism over cabinet diversity as councillors Penny Holbrook and Lisa Trickett appointed to senior positions
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A celebration of pioneers of popular culture studies
Retail & Consumer
A new exhibition is showcasing the pioneering work of an axed University of Birmingham department, The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. Graham Young reports
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Adventure Experience looks to build golf course in Birmingham
Professional Services
Adventure golf company is hunting out land in the the city as its seeks to expand its portfolio into the Midlands
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Getting a Jaguar Land Rover job 'is harder than winning place at Oxford' for deprived youths
Economic Development
Ruth Cooke, chief executive of the £175 million turnover Midland Heart group, said thousands of inner-city youngsters were unlikely to ever fulfil their dream of a place with the Midlands’ biggest manufacturer
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Deloitte continues to back CBI's Business in the Classroom initiative
Banking & Finance
Year 10 pupils from Hamstead Hall Academy in Handsworth Wood visited Deloitte’s Birmingham office to conclude their CBI Business in the Classroom initiative.
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Birmingham playwrights route to some hard-hitting drama
Retail & Consumer
Rising star Rachel De-lahay has set her latest play on a Birmingham bus route. She tells Roz Laws about her fascination with violent women.
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Justin Edgar: Birmingham has become my film set and I love it
Retail & Consumer
Filmmaker Justin Edgar talks to Graham Young about turning back the clock 20 years on the streets of Birmingham.
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Soprano so proud of her city and culture
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham soprano Abigail Kelly talks to Christopher Morley about her busy schedule with the English Touring Opera
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From bankruptcy to e-cigarette baron for E-Lites' Adrian Everett
Manufacturing
Adrian Everett’s rags to riches story has seen the E-Lites executive at the helm of a revolution in smoking habits, with 1.2 million Brits now turning to electronic cigarettes
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Expert dragged in to help Birmingham's children's services
Economic Development
Lord Norman Warner is to become the first commissioner for children's social care at the local authority, the children and families minister Edward Timpson confirmed in a letter to the local authority
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Housing benefits bill hits £1.2bn a year in West Midlands
Economic Development
Private landlords raking in £6m a year from subsidised rent payments
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Drivers take on council over £60 bus lane fines
Economic Development
Around 20 cases were heard at the Traffic Penalty Tribunal which aims to establish whether adequate signage has been used to warn drivers of restricted routes.
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Birmingham solicitor struck off after practising while suspended
Professional Services
Peter Chahal, from Handsworth, twice acted on behalf of clients despite being suspended.
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Police target mobile phone fraudsters in early morning raids
Economic Development
Officers raided seven homes and two business across Birmingham and arrested the four suspects after intelligence was handed over by mobile phone manufacturers.
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Insurance clampdown sees seven Midland law firms close
Professional Services
Four high street law firms in Birmingham, as well as practices in Wolverhampton, Coventry and Redditch, are among those forced to wind down following a purge by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
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