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Proud Birmingham film-maker salutes hero
Retail & Consumer
A Birmingham film-maker is giving away his new movie to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of city inventor Alexander Parkes. Graham Young reports.
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Birmingham's Hidden Spaces: Perrott's Folly a source of intrigue and inspiration
Hidden Spaces
The tower itself is a melancholic, haunting structure, surrounded by worn brick walls and a black iron gate. Standing in the courtyard, it is easy to see why its statuesque presence is rumoured to have inspired a young Tolkien to create the tower of Minas Tirith in the Lord of The Rings
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Birmingham's Hidden Spaces: Modest Ravenhurst Cottages built as safe haven
Hidden Spaces
Nearly a century after their opening the cottages were struck by a bomb during the Second World War, killing one of the residents and leaving the building damaged until its repair in 1948
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Construction works starts on £3m biomedical centre at University of Birmingham
Commercial Property
Nottingham-based Clegg Construction is creating a new two-storey building to house a new biomedical centre on the university’s science park.
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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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University of Birmingham engine-deers aluminium 3D laser printed Christmas model
Retail & Consumer
The process involves using lasers to fuse thin layers of metal powders sequentially spread on a substrate to build the reindeer bottom upwards
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Parking wars: Queen Elizabeth Hospital expansion must have full transport plan
Economic Development
Sympathetic planners have backed residents' calls for a transport strategy and demanded one be drawn up and approved by them as a strict condition of planning permission
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Gove: Research push will see ‘scientific renaissance’ for skilled workers
Economic Development
Secretary of State for Education backs Birmingham’s plans to create thousands of positions in life sciences
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Parking wars break out on Birmingham streets
Economic Development
Furious Edgbaston residents protest as roads become clogged with cars
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Students offered university slots in Birmingham based on predicted grades
Economic Development
Universities in the city are revolutionising their admissions processes by making unconditional offers to A level students.
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Review: Bramall First Anniversary Weekend at the University of Birmingham
Retail & Consumer
Christopher Morley reviews the Bramall First Anniversary Weekend, at the Bramall Music Building in the University of Birmingham.
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International interest in city life science push
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore said inward investment body Marketing Birmingham had been inundated with interest
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University of Birmingham occupation protest continues despite injunction
Economic Development
Students vow to carry on protest in ongoing dispute over education changes
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University staff allegedly injured as students occupy campus building in protest
Economic Development
Police called after protesters barricade themselves into Aston Webb building at the University of Birmingham
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Balfour Beatty lands £42m student accommodation contract at University of Birmingham
Construction
New building will house 726 bedrooms and be completed by winter 2015
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New £6.8m University of Birmingham biomedical hub to open next summer
Economic Development
The facility will offer laboratory and office space for growing biomedical businesses in a move expected to create 600 jobs
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Photos of Birmingham's skyline from the Post Flickr group
Economic Development
News of a new community  photography project for Birmingham
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Villarreal named as new chairman of West Midlands Young IOD
Economic Development
A city entrepreneur is seeking to inspire others to follow in his business footsteps as he takes the reins of the West Midlands Young Institute of Directors.
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Review: Tine Thing Helseth at the Barber Institute in Birmingham University
Retail & Consumer
David Hart reviews Tine Thing Helseth at the Barber Institute in Birmingham University.
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£15m donation for pioneering Birmingham forests centre
Economic Development
Entrepreneur and former student Professor Jo Bradwell, and his wife Barbara, return with surprise donation to University of Birmingham
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Tudor trilogy full of orchestral colour
Retail & Consumer
Expect explosive plots as Welsh National Opera takes audiences back to the Tudor period with a week of performances in Birmingham. Christopher Morley reports.
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Councils should collect their thoughts – and all that is owed
Opinion
Among the many reasons for mistrusting the Chancellor of the Exchequer is his inability to grasp percentages.
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Overseas interest sees CBSO revenue rise
Economic Development
The world-renowned orchestra heads east this week as it continues its busiest touring year in its history which has brought in much-needed income
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University of Birmingham students lie in road to support national strike over pay
Economic Development
Up to 40 Birmingham students throw all-day protest cordon around the site off the A38 in a show of solidarity with the nationwide dispute
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