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Welfare agencies review â€inevitable’ after Keanu Williams murder
Birmingham City Council
Top police officer says lessons must be learned after tragic death of two-year-old
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Families â€could have been spared’ garden tax
Birmingham City Council
Minister claims Birmingham City Council did not have to charge gardeners ÂŁ35 a year for rubbish collections
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Recovery specialist urges council to back new scheme to help ailing high streets
Economic Development
Sixteen per cent of shops in the West Midlands are empty – a figure that could easily be slashed, according to John Kelly, regional managing partner of business recovery experts Begbies Traynor
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Independent shops to be put on map in city
Economic Development
The free guide will be offered during a week-long series of events planned by retail chiefs to promote the city centre’s 140 stand-alone stores
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Historic cutlery manufacturer saved by rescue deal
Manufacturing
The cutlery and catering materials maker, part of the troubled Metalrax empire, has been salvaged after collapsing into insolvency – safeguarding 40 jobs
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Flybe to concentrate on core bases like Birmingham Airport
Economic Development
The carrier, which already has a heavy presence at Birmingham, said it hoped to make savings of ÂŁ50 million by 2014/15 after slashing more than 20 per cent of its workforce
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Birmingham claims third spot in high growth league
Economic Development
A total of 140 Birmingham companies made the High Growth 10,000 league - between them recording a turnover of ÂŁ10.4 billion.
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Economy recovering says chancellor George Osborne
Economic Development
Mr Osborne will deliver his spending review on Wednesday, setting out ÂŁ11.5 billion of cuts in Government departments in the year after the next general election.
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Deaf Blind people unaware of help according to new University of Birmingham research
Economic Development
Sense, the charity for people who are both deaf and blind, warned that the lack of support could lead to people feeling lonely and depressed
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Ed Miliband gives speech in Birmingham: Labour to be 'ruthless' on spending
Economic Development
The Labour leader said he would not make any promises on changes to the spending plans set out by the Chancellor unless he can be "absolutely crystal clear" where the money would come from as he set out the "hard reality" facing the party
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Tales of matchstick men
Opinion
Dr Steven McCabe writes "Growing up in the 1970s there seemed to be matches everywhere in our house. Matches were an essential staple in most households and the main producers made a great deal of money for what was a simple item. "
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Council shunt Moseley and Kings Heath railway stations into the sidings
Opinion
Keith Gabriel writes "Birmingham City Council’s decision to essentially shunt prospective Moseley and Kings Heath railway stations into the sidings is indeed a provocative one."
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Businesses bring festival fever to Southside with Bollywood 100 Mela, Shock & Gore and Le Truc jazz nights
Retail & Consumer
Arcadian takes part in Bollywood 100 Mela, Electric hosts horror films for Shock & Gore and Le Truc holds two nights as part of Birmingham Jazz Festival
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Couple who put faith in business set to retire
Economic Development
For ten years ChaplaincyPlus has been offering Christian and spiritual support to Birmingham’s business community
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Police stations no longer a priority, says commissioner
Economic Development
Bob Jones: Keeping officers on the beat in the comunity more important than property
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Birmingham’s Grand Hotel restored to former glory
Commercial Property
Hortons’ Estate to invest a further £1 million in the restoration of the facade
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Property chief’s son died in Scottish walking trip
Economic Development
Body of Dr Oliver Smith, the son of Opus Land owner Richard Smith, found after two months missing
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Law could see firms audited for equal pay
Economic Development
“Four decades since the Equal Pay Act, we still do not have full workplace equality. We cannot wait another 40 years.”
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Review: Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra at Adrian Boult Hall
Retail & Consumer
Christopher Morley reviewed the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra at the Adrian Boult Hall.
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Birmingham's secret society offers foodies a taste of the unknown
Retail & Consumer
Fancy a dining experience with a difference? Mary Griffin meets 200 Brummies who did at Birmingham’s Secret Dining Society.
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Review: Denis Matthews Memorial Trust Concert at Adrian Boult Hall
Retail & Consumer
Norman Stinchcombe reviews Denis Matthews Memorial Trust Concert at Adrian Boult Hall
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Home from home for the Australian cricket team
Opinion
Chris Upton writes "Australian cricket is currently in disarray. The captain has crocked his back, while the volatile opening bat, David Warner, has been suspended."
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Single sex schools are best for girls
Opinion
Sarah Evans writes "Most of the country swept away single-sex education in the 1960s and 70s but Birmingham was much less keen to embrace this for a number of historical reasons."
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It’s a barnstorming Wagner celebration in the Cotswolds
Retail & Consumer
A Cotswold barn has become the unlikely setting for the country’s only professional production of Wagner’s ring cycle in the bicentenary year of his birth. Christopher Morley pays a visit.
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