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Peru Climate Change conference - limited actions but acronyms aplenty
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This latest climate change get-together in Peru has been criticized for its carbon intensity; countless air miles and hotels, fleets of buses to drive everyone around and diesel generators to power the conference venue.
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What does the price of oil really tell us?
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There may be a temptation to believe that because the price of oil has dropped dramatically since June we will immediately benefit from lower fuel costs, there are negative aspects such as lower inflation and economic growth.
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Fitness gizmos fuelling the technology market
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Sales of 'wearable technology' are expected to triple over the next couple of weeks, to £105 million, according to the Centre for Retail Research.
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Tinkering is all very well - now it's time to get down to business
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George Osborne's Autumn Statement was overtly political and aimed to demonstrate the economy is safer in his hands than under Ed Balls.
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Political jockeying has already started ahead of big race
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There is going to be an election in 2015. And for perhaps the first time since 1992, it really is anyone's guess who's going to go be Prime Minister once it's all over.
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High Streets need little guys for the spice of life
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Most High Streets across Britain are dominated by national chains, pushing out the smaller independent shops.
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Damning reports and massive cuts leave us in a real pickle
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It has been a difficult week for Birmingham City Council as two national reports have prompted yet more negative headlines and another wave of budget cuts unveiled.
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The worst is yet to come as George Osborne tries to slash police and council spending
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The Chancellor's Autumn Statement revealed plans to slash funding for local services to the bone
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Surfing rides on crest of a wave as the influence of crowdfunding grows
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Water sport leads the way as appeal-based funding gathers momentum.
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Industrialist's claims on JLR pay talks were just another stumbling block
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Jaguar Land Rover management and unions this week reached a new two-year pay deal, with a rise of 4.5 per cent in the first year of a two-year deal, plus a bonus payment of £825 per worker.
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Why Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood is speaking out over radicalisation...
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Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood says the ideology promoted in some city schools could lead children into extremism when they are older.
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Birmingham's Council Chamber shows steady resolve to rise up and fight sexual exploitation
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Councillors are adamant that Birmingham needs to come together to get a grip of child sexual exploitation.
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Peter Pannu's abusive rant apparently made towards a Blues fan
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Peter Pannu, who has made a considerable sum out of Birmingham City, remains executive director, CEO and MD of the parent organisation which still controls a much-loved football club. Blues fans deserve better direction than that of a man forever damned by his own desperately clumsy words.
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'If Manchester is the Mourinho of how to run things then we're in a lower league altogether'
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Chris Game argues that Birmingham seems content to be a slavish follower of Manchester and Greater Manchester and the way it has led in matters such as combined authorities
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º£½ÇÊÓƵIP will only go so far before it's turned back
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Nigel Farage's party certainly gets its fair share of headlines, but will that convert into actual seats come next May?
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Is it time to head back to Whitehall with the begging bowl?
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Perhaps the biggest threat is the soaring cost of child protection – the priority service for the city
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Beverley Nielsen: Showcasing the best of Midland design and innovation
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The annual Birmingham Made Me Design Expo showed off some great Midlands innovation and design at Millennium Point as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.
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Fair game to probe Premier League's TV deals
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Bid to get more football on the box at lower cost to supporters.
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Why Digbeth could do with a dose of Barcelona if we want it to thrive
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High Street is a medieval street, originally connecting the centre of Birmingham at the Bull Ring with the village of Deritend, across the River Rea
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Radicalisation at home is battle we all need to fight
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Midland MP Khalid Mahmood has warned that increased terrorist activity abroad makes it easier for extremists to recruit young people to their cause here.
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Time for Birmingham council to tell landlords to get their houses in order
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A new planning policy for Selly Oak has seen an acceleration in building activity as landlords try to get their house extensions finished.
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Birmingham Chamber still packs a punch amid modern political bunfight
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In Edgbaston, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce has been banging the business drum for the capital of the Midlands for more than 200 years.
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Birmingham had never seen so many voters - but guess who they were voting for...
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Romanians queue around Birmingham City Council House for their Presidential elections.
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Peugeot Citroen to cut 90 jobs at Coventry HQ
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French car making giant Peugeot Citroen is to cut 90 jobs at its Coventry headquarters.
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