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Ibsen play made me fall in love with writing
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Hedda Gabler becomes Heather Gardner as Ibsen comes to Birmingham, discovers Roz Laws.
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Russell Luckock: A wonderful time to be a candle-maker
Economic Development
Once more, we see a Government shying away from making decisions, this time the problem being the United Kingdom's ability to produce its own electricity.
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Launch of Birmingham Young Professional Of The Year 2013
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Warwickshire CCC and Birmingham City Council drop sponsorship proposals
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Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Birmingham City Council have officially scrapped proposals to rebrand its T20 team Birmingham Bears and rename the Edgbaston stadium as part of a ten-year sponsorship deal.
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Council leader dismisses MP's HS2 'dumping ground' claim as 'hypocrisy'
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A council leader in Warwickshire has attacked an MP’s claims Labour would “dump†a maintenance depot for high speed rail in the county.
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Stage legend Jacobi boasts: I bedded James Bond years ago!
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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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Russell Luckock: Let heads roll for the waste they create
Economic Development
Last week's Conservative's performance at Eastleigh should send alarm bells ringing through Tory head office.
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Film and theatre: Sir Derek Jacobi reflects on his extraordinary career - which began in Birmingham.
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An only child of working class parents, Sir Derek Jacobi was just 10 years old when he sat down to write a letter that wasn’t to change his life.
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Injury nightmare continues for Warwickshire spinner Chris Metters
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Warwickshire spin-bowler Chris Metters has suffered more rotten luck after it emerged that surgery on his injured shoulder last year has not corrected the problem.
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Birmingham CIPD Event
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Birmingham Law Society champagne toast
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A look back at Midland mining after Daw Mill disaster
Economic Development
The final nail may have been driven in the coffin of Midland coal-mining – ending a proud working culture which helped fuel the Industrial Revolution
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Theatre Fever aims to leave Midlands audiences hot and bothered
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Theatre Fever is aiming to leave audiences hot and bothered. Marion McMullen finds out why the region's blazing art scene is super-cool.
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Discover the spectacular views across the River Rhine
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Ross McCarthy enjoys the sights along one of Europe's great rivers.
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Richard McComb tries his hand at waiting on people
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How hard can it be to wait on love-struck customers at a busy restaurant?
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Russell Luckock: The longer we work the fitter we'll be
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David Willetts, Minister of State for Universities and Science, has announced that there is now no age limit on student loans.
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Chris Upton: Salt Library is one for the record
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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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Peter Sharkey: The Aston Villa letter which spawned the billion-pound game
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Earlier this week, telecommunications giant BT clinched another audacious rights deal as the company continued its determined attempt to make a serious impact upon the domestic television market when its two BT Sport TV channels launch this summer.
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Birmingham Future and Forward Airport event
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War of words as Birmingham City Council announces £102m cuts to services and 1,000 jobs lost
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Birmingham city council leader Sir Albert Bore stressed his commitment to job creation and economic growth as he announced a budget of swingeing cuts.
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Birmingham Rep marks 100th birthday
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Daniel Day-Lewis will take Midlands' film history to extraordinary new heights.
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If Daniel Day-Lewis is immortalised by winning a third best actor Oscar on Sunday night, he will take the Midlands' already underappreciated film history to extraordinary new heights.
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Birmingham Law Society's President's Dinner
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Birmingham beauty queen Maria Petitjean launches Littlejohn fashion in Stratford-upon-Avon
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A former model has found a niche in the fashion world by looking local for her customers.
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