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Pitch battle with pubs over games is still live and kicking
Opinion
Premier League fights back with plans to bring 100 prosecutions.
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M6 to be focus of new BBC documentary series
Economic Development
The BBC is planning a documentary on the M6 motorway, and is desperate to speak to Midland road users for their tales of woe.
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Top men at city's LEP commit for three years
Economic Development
The GBSLEP board has approved the extension of Andy Street’s spell as chair and Steve Hollis’s tenure as deputy chair, both for a further three years
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£1.3 million European funding boost to support region's film and TV companies
Economic Development
Issue has been a bone of contention for business and community leaders in the city, with broadcasting investment far below rival regions, and the likes of BBC show Peaky Blinders being based in Birmingham but largely filmed in Liverpool and Yorkshire
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Robin Valk: Why it's so hard to keep loving the BBC
Economic Development
Broadcaster Robin Valk looks at how the Midlands has been left behind by the BBC
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Thousands turn up for Peaky Blinders auditions
Economic Development
A queue of applicants snaked almost half a mile round the streets of Digbeth, as they waited for their chance to be chosen to play a new character in the BBC Two TV drama
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A priest who is venerated across globe
Retail & Consumer
The oh-so-English detective drama Father Brown is making waves abroad. Roz Laws goes on set to meet its stars.
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The boys breaking down the barriers
Retail & Consumer
A project to challenge young men’s perceptions of dance is under way across the West Midlands. Catherine Vonledebur chats to schoolboys about the impact it has had on their lives.
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I learn new things every day... and that’s a fact
Retail & Consumer
TV producer John Lloyd is responsible for some of our best programmes. He tells Roz Laws some quite interesting facts.
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Peaky Blinders through the eyes of Cecilia Costello
Opinion
Recovered song gives an insight into the real Peaky Blinder.
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Ex- BBC executive becomes Town Hall and Symphony Hall chair
Enterprise
Anita Bhalla succeeds Roger Burman who has been in the post since 1991.
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Simon Woods: Denmark shows BBC that local investment is possible
Retail & Consumer
TV producer laments the corporation's lack of confidence and ambition in the West Midlands
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Call for more BBC production despite investment
Economic Development
MPs campaigning for more BBC investment in the city welcome £23.5m boost, but want more
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BBC boss unveils 'new creative vision' for Midlands broadcasting
Economic Development
Director-General Tony Hall vows to turn Mailbox into centre of digital and training excellence, creating 80 jobs
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Lord Heseltine hits back at HS2 critics
Economic Development
Former deputy prime minister says the scheme's timetable should be accelerated and that the private sector should contribute to the cost
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Alpha Tower up for sale: Pictures of a landmark under construction
Economic Development
Alpha Tower was constructed at a time of rapid change in Birmingham city centre with the Paradise Forum development housing the John Madin-designed Central Library being built at the same time
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Boost to campaign for more BBC investment in Birmingham
Enterprise
MPs campaigning to get the Midlands off the bottom of the pile for BBC investment expect progress in weeks
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West Midlands Plebgate police have 'big opportunity' to set record straight
Economic Development
Two officers facing MPs' committee as Keith Vaz reveals cost of row has reached almost a third of a million pounds
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Labour 'could wait until election' over HS2 decision
Economic Development
Party sources said it may delay making a final decision on the High Speed Two project, known as HS2, until after polling day in May 2015
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Entrepreneur Laura Tenison MBE backs mums and daughters event
Economic Development
Founder of children’s clothing retailer JoJo Maman Bébé to speak at  Achievers Academy for Women conference
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Interserve wins £150m facilities management contract with the BBC
Economic Development
Five-year deal covers all of the corporation's operational sites across the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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Salford exec Tommy Nagra joins BBC Birmingham as new Head of Business Development
Economic Development
Nagra began his career at BBC Pebble Mill in the early 1990s before leaving to join Birmingham based indie Maverick Television in 2005
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Work begins on new Birmingham Dental Hospital on Pebble Mill site
Economic Development
The former home of Top Gear and Telly Addicts will be transformed into the first standalone Dental Hospital and School in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ for 40 years
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Malala Yousafzai: Girls do not value education enough
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Girl tragically shot by Taliban for standing up for education says º£½ÇÊÓƵ teenagers need to appreciate how lucky they were
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