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Questions over future of our trial by jury
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In South Africa, jury trials were abolished in 1969, during apartheid, amid fears of racial prejudice by jurors.
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Frontiers of history are rarely final
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I’m always surprised how my medieval history lectures accidentally stumble into topicality.
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Forget 'second city' - we should be the º£½ÇÊÓƵ's 'first region'
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Britain doesn't have a second city, according to a BBC documentary that’s captured the attention of Birmingham’s political class.
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When 'consultation' leaves politicians stuck right in the thick of it
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Discussions over the district budget, specifically the proposal to close the historic Spring Hill Library, seemed to be couched in all sorts of innuendo and euphemism
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Virtual lives leave no time for touch of real life riches
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Consumers in affluent Solihull would seem to be rather more interested in buying an iPad or an iPhone than splashing out on a new suit or a three-piece suite.
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Regional 'Growth Fund' still largely unspent
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Sadly, much of the RGF remains unspent and the cost of actually creating jobs through it has rocketed, the National Audit Office has claimed in a recent report
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Premier Group - torching laws of physics to produce global icon - in the Midlands
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Celebrating our design legacy is one way we can promote a stronger reputation to inspire and retain the talent that we need to nurture and engage
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Interesting times indeed
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The title of this week's blog is a derivation of Francis Wheen's book  Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia  in which he reflects on the peculiar and sometimes inexplicable events of the 1970s.
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Gary Bainbridge: A night on the town
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Useless mobiles, hen parties and the Green Cross Code
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£4m jump in cost of West Midlands superprisons
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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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Christopher Bucktin: Obama versus Putin - who is going to blink first?
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US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are in a  battle of wills over the situation in Crimea – and Putin seems to be winning
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Sport looks increasingly to Asia for big-money opportunity
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Formula 1 and tennis latest to cash in on a growing demand
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What are the costs of doing business with an independent Scotland?
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Does Scotland’s referendum in September about independence matter to businesses in Greater Birmingham?
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Baldrick's cunning plans would have had more success
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Chris Game on the Coalition Government's pledge to give voters the power through petition and election to recall/remove MPs and other public officials before the end of their term of office.
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One step forward, two steps back with city's masterplan B
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The launch of the city council's new Curzon Masterplan for the development of the area around Birmingham's future HS2 terminal took place recently.
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Debate about Scotland's future actually a debate about the whole of º£½ÇÊÓƵ
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The future of Scotland, and the United Kingdom, will be decided in the independence referendum on September 2014 – but there’s another key date before then.
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Whatever happened to 'my word is my bond'?
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As the years roll by, one of the matters that really concerns me is the lack of integrity in business.
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A council whitewash over the bus lane ticket enforcement fiasco
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An independent expert on traffic enforcement had decided that the bus lane enforcement locations responsible for issuing the vast majority of £60 fines since September had 'inadequate' warning signs.
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The Great War - finally the nation has a debate
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You might have noticed that there's a war on. No, not what’s happening in the Crimea or in Syria or Afghanistan, but the legacy of one which broke out a hundred years ago.
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Great British pub in peril as a way of life dries up
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A letter in last week's Post from Keith Watkins of the Walsall Campaign for Real Ale summed up the state of much of what is left of our pub industry.
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Interesting - and dangerous - times in Ukraine
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Ukraine has had the misfortune to be the battleground of conflicts for centuries going back to the invasion by the Mongols in the twelfth century.
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Capita contract published in part
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After considerable public pressure the Capita Service Birmingham Contract has been partly published.
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Martin Lewis: Cut your debt now with new products
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Latest consumer news and advice
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Christopher Bucktin: Are the United States promoting peace or simply surrendering?
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Defence Secretary Chuck Hage has proposed reducing America’s army to its lowest troop level since before World War II.
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