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Fears for summer holiday police commissioner election, when polling stations will be closed and vital staff are away
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham City Council is warning that the August by-election to choose a West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner could descend into chaos
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Birmingham's council tax debt tops that of Wales
Economic Development
Arrears have risen by 15 per cent over the past year with the council owed more than £105 million
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Plans approved for new £353 million hospital
Economic Development
Chancellor George Osborne announces approval for the new hospital in Smethwick during a visit to the Black Country
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Unclean air is costing 1,500 lives in West Midlands
Economic Development
Almost 1,500 people in the region are dying from pollution and targets will be missed  
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Real Estate Investors sells Cathedral Place for £4.6 million
Commercial Property
Paul Bassi remains active in the market with latest property deal
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Call to protect Trafalgar hero James Eaton’s Sandwell home
Economic Development
Campaigners want the Government and Sandwell Council to protect naval hero James Eaton’s former home as a building of national importance for generations to come.
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Bloomin' great time to see fine meadows
Retail & Consumer
Meadows across the Midlands are in bloom and conservation experts say now is the prime time to see them at their best. Mary Griffin asks The Wildlife Trust to share some of the region's top meadow walks.
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Big bike giveaway to kickstart £24m cycling revolution
Economic Development
Birmingham is offering a massive 5,000 bike giveaway in a desperate bid to get people to take to pedal power.
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Orchestra's going strong thanks to people power
Retail & Consumer
An orchestra with a difference celebrates its second anniversary with a major cash injection. Roz Laws reports.
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Real Estate Investors recruits new investment chief
Commercial Property
Andrew Osborne to lead busy programme of acquisitions and disposals
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Real Estate Investors continues acquisition spree with trio of deals
Commercial Property
Former Sandwell College and high street unit among latest purchases for Paul Bassi's investment company
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£9,000 pay gap between parts of the West Midlands
Economic Development
People in Sandwell are earning on average £9,000 a year less than those in Solihull but still end up working two weeks a year longer, reveals the ManpowerGroup Pay League, a new series of local insights into º£½ÇÊÓƵ pay trends
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Half of city primary schools still unable to provide free dinners
Economic Development
Almost half of city council-controlled infant and primary schools are not yet ready to provide free meals to pupils.
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Who will get to vote on May 22 and who's it for?
Economic Development
Chris Game examines the potential machinations of next week's local elections across the West Midlands
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MPs call to speed up fairer funding plan for schools
Economic Development
Midland rural-based MPs have urged the Government to speed up the introduction of a new funding formula designed to end what they see as decades of unfairness.
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Alcohol shortens men's lives by over 12 months
Economic Development
New figures reveal drink-related health crisis across the Midlands
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Solihull stands in the way of West Midlands combined authority
Economic Development
Talks are taking place over the region’s authorities uniting under one banner, which could unlock a £20 billion pot were Labour to take power next year
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Birmingham City Council leader: We must redraw region's economic boundaries
Economic Development
He is among a group of Labour leaders in the region, alongside the leaders of Wolverhampton and Sandwell’s councils, to call for a West Midlands-wide authority in recent weeks
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Ed Miliband promises "Greater Birmingham" share of £20 billion - but only if region creates a combined super-council
Economic Development
Labour leader Ed Miliband is revealing plans to strip £20 billion from Whitehall departments and give the funds to regions to create jobs, during a visit to Birmingham.
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First Midland digital autopsy facility to be set up through iGene partnership with Sandwell Council
Economic Development
The partnership represents a £1.2m investment by iGene and the facility is expected to open in June 2014.
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Black Country Chamber announces Ninder Johal as new President
Economic Development
Mr Johal is well known in the local business community and besides his position within the Chamber; he is also chair of the Black Country Asian Business Association (BCABA) as well as a Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) board member
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Birmingham takeaway ban 'begins to pay off'
Economic Development
Latest figures show 64 per cent of people in the city are overweight, obese or morbidly obese, above the national average
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Wonderful or whimsical? A Black Country garden city
Retail & Consumer
The Black Country's innovative garden city proposal has been entered for a £250k prize for new garden city designs put up by the Wolfson Foundation.
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Selly Oak businesswoman sets up food school at Harborne School Yard development
Economic Development
The deal means the School Yard, at the Grade II-listed Clock Tower, is fully let – and comes after previous plans for a food school on the development fell down after a fall out
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