Birmingham Post - 2016-11-03

• ‘ Miss Macaroon’ aims to open 100 shops by 2021
• Blow in fight to stop the wholesale conversion of homes into student flats
• Midland workers are lowest paid in country
• Historic England director claims city has lost ‘most interestin­g’ buildings
• Calls to buy M6 Toll before HS2 comes down line West Midlands mayoral candidate says public benefits would outweigh costs
• High speed trains to share part of main line to create new links
• Look again... photo-realist artist gets to the heart of Second City
• M&S to open food store in new parade
• Anger as 65 city binmen get just 24 hours’ notice Workers devastated at shock council cull of agency staff weeks before Christmas
• Call to leave tree alone as city centre loses 200 in total
• Steel panels at station to be dulled to stop hotspots
• Rail adviser who paid zero tax for 13 years is jailed
• Congestion charge ‘ruled out’ But extension of ‘clean air zone’ to all polluting vehicles is still a possibilit­y
• New apartment block to be built on old industrial land
• Demolition for eyesore block after decade of ‘store wars’
• Residents try to block new bar beneath flats
• Call for bosses to pay living wage 20p increase adopted by firms but more need to cough up, claim leaders
• Retail business investment group wins new five-year-term
• Top medic calls for specialist fertility treatment for young cancer patients
• Travellers’ eviction from park ‘delayed by football match’ Police too busy at St Andrew’s, councillor claims
• Payroll assistant stole £300,000 from recruitmen­t firm over 5 years
• Restaurant aims to make fine dining more affordable
• Candidates for mayor back City of Culture bid
• Duke unveils monument to the men who underwent pioneering surgery in war
• West could lose the propaganda war with ISIS, says MP Byrne New book reveals how internet has brain-washed thousands of recruits
• Police misconduct probe over alleged assault of ex-Clash roadie
• Boost for hotels in city as tourism economy thrives
• New art gallery for Jewellery Quarter
• Blacks three times as likely as whites to be stopped and searched by police But West Midlands force says progress is being made as system is ‘more efficient and fairer’
• Teenager could still be alive if hospitals ‘had communicat­ed’ Mother to sue over damning findings after son died from fluid on the brain
• Inspectors find dirty kitchens and out-of-date food at hospital Facilities score just one out of five in hygiene checks
• 75 new airport engineerin­g jobs
• ‘Witch hunt’ as call goes out for strange ancient markings
• Hospital scheme for legal claims after doctor used banned implants
• Sperm bank cannot afford new donors
• Anorexic ‘at death’s door’ before she got care she needed Recovering patient criticises mental health care for sufferers in Midlands
• Control of the purse strings is key to our devolution success
• Free the M6 Toll and set the region on the road to prosperity
• Wake up to why Living Wage is good for all
• Bats need our help over the winter months
• Comment Only a Hillary landslide will settle this ugly war
• Devolution needs to be democratic
• It’s time to give us more daylight hours
• 20 assaults on officers every week
• Police payments to drug informants ‘help bigger gangs expand empires’ Ex-undercover officer says force has wasted £1m on moles
• Escape experience breaks out across the West Midlands
• Russell steps up to chief officer role
• Don’t take health and safety risks
• Work begins on 334 new homes at former ice rink
• Grand city centre move for agency
• Life’s not all bad for a ‘blighted generation’
• Not a time to throw caution to the wind
• Many happy returns as Premium Bonds turn 60
• BOOK REVIEW
• Bruce tells Villa team to forget about derby
• Guochuan associate appointed onto Baggies board
• DBEATVTIDI­NMGYERS
• James brought to book ahead of trip to Foxes
• Rowett aims to build on Villa draw
• Comeback kid Davis fitting hero for Blues
• Celebratin­g the best in the business
• ‘Phenomenal’ year capped
• By top honour
• RP’s family atmosphere is a
• From zero to £75m in less than 3 years
• Ability to stay a step ahead
• Repeat success for Weightmans
• World of opportunit­ies awaits for Connect...
• It’s Cooksongol­d standard thanks to laser technology
• Where Brum leads, London follows at Harvey Nichols
• Double success for Black
• Nick, Ian and co are Creative Top Banana on night
• Family-run firm with a handle on world markets
• Cancer-fighting Ladies beat
• Fundraiser­s bringing cheer

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