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Jazz Diary
Retail & Consumer
Another solid week of good club gigs and free treats lies ahead, with some vibrant visiting players and strong support from the home teams.
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Birmingham Opera Company's RPS Award for Stockhausen performance
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham Opera Company has won the Opera and Music Theatre award at the Royal Philharmonic Society Music Awards.
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Jewellers' investment preserves Anglo-Saxon treasure
Economic Development
Artefacts dug up on the same site as the Staffordshire Hoard have been saved for the nation after an appeal gained a donation from the same jewellers who made the Duchess of Cambridge’s wedding ring.
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Jon Griffin: A retirement to chew over for Sir Alex
Economic Development
It's almost a JFK moment, or the day Princess Di died.
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Tories hoping to wipe out memories of Solihull election losses
Economic Development
It was a huge shock to the Conservative Party when it lost its iron grip on the safe Solihull seat back in 2005 when Lib Dem Lorely Burt replaced John Taylor as MP.
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Why Birmingham's football teams can't compete with Manchester's
Economic Development
With Manchester United winning the Premier League with games to spare and Aston Villa suffering the worst season in decades, the difference between the two conurbations’ footballing achievements has never been more stark.
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Nursing boost after Birmingham charity's record year
Economic Development
Birmingham charity Cure Leukaemia is doubling funding for vital research nurses following a record financial year.
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Great tastes straight from Birmingham's streets
Retail & Consumer
Birmingham's next generation of chefs are turning their backs on restaurants to run burger vans and snack shacks, writes Mary Griffin.
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Review: Walking With Dinosaurs at the NIA, Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
The moment the first dinosaur appeared on stage, my sons were entranced.
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Food hub could spice up 'Mayfair of the city'
Economic Development
Birmingham's reputation as a culinary destination has been boosted by plans to create a food hub in one of the city’s most desirable districts.
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NHS changes don't go far enough, says Stafford Hospital campaigner
Economic Development
The changes announced by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt do not go far enough, said a leading campaigner for changes in the NHS whose mother died at Stafford Hospital.
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Peter Sharkey: New agent could see the Bradley Wiggins brand soar
Economic Development
If Bradley Wiggins does move to a new management team, he can expect to generate significant sums of money for the rest of his life.
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Stage legend Jacobi boasts: I bedded James Bond years ago!
Retail & Consumer
It’s 50 years since the young Derek Jacobi was plucked from Birmingham Rep by theatre old boy Sir Laurence Olivier.
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Chris Upton: Salt Library is one for the record
Economic Development
Whenever there's a new Stephen Poliakov drama on TV, I end up thinking: "It was good, but not as good as Shooting the Past.
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Rich List 2013: No.33 - Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe (£165m)
Economic Development
It’s all change at the top of Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe’s Calthorpe Estates in Edgbaston.
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Before Google, before the internet, there was the Birmingham Post Year Book
Economic Development
When Google failed to supply an answer about one of the city’s late great politicians, Jon Griffin reached for a trusty old friend, the Birmingham Post Year Book.
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Sounds like we're set for supersonic year in 2013
Retail & Consumer
This year is set to sound fantastic with an abundance of new artists following in the footsteps of Adele and Emeli Sandé.
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Restaurant Review: Sushi Passion at Birmingham's Indoor Market
Retail & Consumer
From time to time, I ask readers to recommend exciting new restaurants and I generally receive somewhere between zero and two replies.
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No... it's the next Superman
Retail & Consumer
Seven years ago, Christopher Nolan considered him for the titular role in the Batman reboot before deciding he was too young, while Twilight author Stephanie Meyer wanted him to play vampire Edward, but by the time the film was shot, he was considered too old
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Minister tells councils to sack managers and sell buildings
Economic Development
Councils must sack managers and sell their buildings to make ends meet as they struggle to cope with funding cuts, Local Government Secretary John Denham has warned.
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Mike Whitby looking to have last laugh on leadership challenge
Economic Development
Local government correspondent Neil Elkes finds Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby carrying on regardless, despite facing a threat to kick him out of office
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A secret garden paradise in Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Ankle deep in rubble and dust, it’s hard to believe that this muddy building site is soon to become Britain’s best-loved garden – especially as it is television’s best-kept secret.
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Concert true to Handel original
Retail & Consumer
Colin Baines has sung in more than 80 performances of Handel’s Messiah and helped prepare at least 30 as assistant conductor of the City of Birmingham Choir.
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Death of conductor Richard Hickox sends classical music world into mourning
Economic Development
The British classical music world is in shock after the sudden death of one of its most prolific talents.
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