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West Midlands firms 'have lost confidence in police'
Economic Development
Claims faith must be restored to the business community after data showed that two out of five businesses nationally do not bother to report crime to police
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Sex professor's lecture on auto-eroticism at Birmingham Arts and Science Festival
Retail & Consumer
Professor Lisa Downing will be giving a 45-minute presentation called Dying for Sex at the University of Birmingham.
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Questions over future of our trial by jury
Opinion
In South Africa, jury trials were abolished in 1969, during apartheid, amid fears of racial prejudice by jurors.
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£4m jump in cost of West Midlands superprisons
Opinion
The force had earmarked £30.6 million for two huge 60-cell blocks, which are due to be built in Bromford Lane, Oldbury, and Holford Drive, Perry Barr
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Grisly past of industrialist's fine mansion
Retail & Consumer
From social campaigners to shocking murders, Chris Upton looks at the varied history of a prominent house in Birmingham.
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Court chaos forecast as lawyers walk out
Professional Services
Criminal lawyers across the region are to stage a mass exodus in anger at Justice Minister Chris Grayling’s latest cutbacks, which will see a further £220 million shaved off the legal aid bill
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Birmingham City owner 'could be stripped of shares'
Economic Development
The lead prosecution lawyer in Hong Kong, John Reading, has revealed that Yeung’s stake in Blues could be confiscated following his conviction on £57 million money laundering charges
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Birmingham Royal Ballet dancer 'almost blinded' in attack
Economic Development
Dominic Antonucci was beaten and robbed after being set upon in broad daylight during the company’s visit to Manchester
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Sutton Coldfield insurance rates soar after town is labelled burglary hotspot
Economic Development
Councillor investigates claims by insurers that Vesey ward is one of the country’s worst places for burglary claims
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Noam Chomsky and Ken Loach oppose university suspensions
Economic Development
In open letter in a national newspaper, 40 signatories described University of Birmingham’s actions as 'at odds with freedom of speech and the right to protest'
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Region near top of º£½ÇÊÓƵ's fraud list of shame
Banking & Finance
The region saw the highest level of reported fraud outside London for the third consecutive year, racking up crimes worth more than £205 million in the last 12 months, according to BDO’s Fraud Track research.
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Green light for 450 more West Midlands Police officers
Economic Development
In all, West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner Bob Jones has given the green light for the recruitment of 550 extra staff after councillors backed the force’s 2014/15 budget
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Home Office director calls on society to help halt child abuse
Economic Development
Home Office director general of crime and policing Stephen Rimmer says all of society must now play its part in tackling problems like trafficking, online grooming and domestic abuse.
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Private company involvement can improve morale says West Midlands Police chief
Economic Development
Chf Const Chris Sims told a committee of MPs that pay cuts and criticism from politicians and the media has left the rank and file feeling under siege
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The law is always chasing the next 'legal high'...
Opinion
There must surely be some benefit in at least considering whether drug users would be safer buying controlled, legal substances, rather than driving the industry underground again.
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Cover-up claim over Oakwood Prison disorder
Economic Development
Trouble broke out on a wing at G4S-run HMP Oakwood at 5pm on Sunday evening and was not resolved for nine hours until 2am on Monday, the Ministry of Justice and G4S said
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Barristers strike over legal aid cuts
Professional Services
Up to 90 barristers, some in full legal attire, protested outside the entrance to Birmingham Crown Court amid a growing war of words over the future of the criminal justice system.
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Historic strike action for barristers over legal aid cuts
Professional Services
Lawyers will protest in legal dress outside Birmingham Crown Court today as part of a campaign by members of the legal sector
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Questions asked as closed courthouses cost £22,000 a month
Professional Services
Ministers say the aim was to dispose of buildings which were unfit to be courts and deny Labour claims the policy was designed to save money.
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Nuclear physicist wages war on hackers
Economic Development
West Midlands businesses are being blackmailed by gangs of organised cyber criminals who are charging monthly fees for them to access their own databases.
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Sir Albert Bore: South East flourishing at the expense of cities
Economic Development
Councils across the West Midlands are bracing themselves for another round of funding cuts
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Closed Midland courthouses costing taxpayers £22,000 a month to maintain
Economic Development
Figures were released by Ministers in response to questions in Parliament
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Nearly 3,500 metal theft recorded every year by West Midlands Police
Economic Development
West Midlands Police deal with almost ten cases of metal theft every day, it has emerged.
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Birmingham's Southside district to use Facewatch system to tackle crime
Economic Development
The online crime reporting facility allows Southside’s large network of independent retailers and entertainment venues to report crime instantly
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