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Spot the Leopard
Retail & Consumer
If you think you have seen, or do see, a big cat let me know and I will pass the details on to those studying them.
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Midland sailors helped win Battle of Trafalgar
Economic Development
New research shows one-in-seven of Nelson's sailors came from landlocked counties
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Alton Towers and Warwick Castle company to float on stock market
Economic Development
Merlin Entertainments operates 99 attractions in 22 countries and received more than 54 million visitors in 2012
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Drayton Manor Park co-founder Vera Bryan dies aged 96
Economic Development
Her passing follows the death on September 20 of her husband of 71 years, George
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Jo Bell is inspired by life on the water
Retail & Consumer
The country’s first canal laureate Jo Bell looks forward to the Birmingham Literary Festival with Graham Young .
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Get round to healthy living
Economic Development
I recently played in a four ball at the beautiful West Midlands Golf Club after a friend booked our round online.
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Steve Hollis is new chairman at high wealth management specialists Sorbus
Banking & Finance
Deputy chair of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership says he had been impressed with the innovative approach of Staffordshire firm
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Gary Hexley tells court: Evil banks made me go bust
Banking & Finance
Court hears former financier failed to mention to clients that he had been made bankrupt in May 2010
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Man dies after microlight aircraft hits pylons near Stourbridge
Staffordshire Police
Power outage after incident in Stourton area of Stourbridge
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£10m investment pledged to get passengers back onto trains
Economic Development
Centro and London Midland unite in bid to woo commuters onto the railways
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The alternative to a possibly cruel cull
Retail & Consumer
Common sense indicates that a potential solution which, if successful, enables livestock and wild animals to co-exist without harming each other, has more chance of success than an uncertain, possibly cruel and at best only partial solution.
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Punch Taverns profits drop nearly a quarter to £49m
Economic Development
Pubs group also reports a 7 per cent fall in revenue for the 2013 financial year.
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Manley brasserie investment brings feuding families together
Economic Development
A £250,000 facelift of a long-established restaurant has ‘reunited’ two blue-blooded West Midland families who were reportedly keen rivals for centuries.
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Braving the waters like David Cameron and Vladimir Putin in new trend for outdoor swimming
Retail & Consumer
A growing wave of swimmers are turning their backs on the pool to head for the great outdoors. Mary Griffin finds a lake on the outskirts of Birmingham that’s enticing newcomers to take the plunge
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Campaigner bids to stop badger culling
Economic Development
Faye Burton, head of the Rural Policing Liason Group, raising money to fund bovine TB vaccinations for the threatened animals
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Jazz Diary with Peter Bacon
Retail & Consumer
Peter Bacon rounds-up the coming week of jazz events in the West Midlands.
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Staffordshire Hoard inspires touring exhibition
Economic Development
Exhibition will tour community venues across the West Midlands for three years
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New JLR plant sees revenue rise at Interserve
Manufacturing
The new £500 million Jaguar Land Rover engine plant near Wolverhampton has helped boost the construction arm of building firm Interserve.
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West Midlands migrant population rises by 60 per cent in decade
Economic Development
Region has third largest proportion of foreign-born residents in England after London and South East
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HS2 could free up other lines, claims Network Rail study
Economic Development
Towns and cities across the West Midlands will benefit from faster and more frequent rail services once the new high speed rail line is complete.
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Quality still a crunch asset for business
Opinion
Tamworth-based Real Pork Crackling have carved out such a tasty niche that they now supply the likes of Harrods, and Fortnum and Mason, as well as overseas markets from the Seychelles to South Africa.
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Call for culture change after Stafford Hospital scandal
Economic Development
Review says changing the culture of the NHS will trump any new rules and strategies
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Sales fall at Ultra
Economic Development
The group said it had posted a “steady performance", with revenue and operating profit as expected
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Devil of a sweet dessert hits Selfridges' shelves - and could be the Queen's snack pot of choice!
Economic Development
Mum-of-two launched Little Devil dessert snack pots from a factory in Aston just five months ago
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