Birmingham Post - 2017-04-20

• Labour facing onslaught from Tories as Gisela goes Birmingham will be major battlegrou­nd in May’s snap election
• Turner Prize-winning artist to help put Birmingham on ‘world’s cultural stage’
• Second votes will decide run-off between Tories and Labour in tight race for mayor, according to Birmingham Post survey
• Close-run thing should inspire electorate
• New rail app could keep passengers up to speed
• More come forward after GP assault allegation­s
• Call for an end to ‘rabbit hutch-sized’ apartments Councillor­s demand Government must regulate developers
• City could see rise in synthetic drug deaths
• New restaurant to open in former school for deaf Ex-Gordon Ramsey chef appointed to create modern dishes
• Eaterie closes after not being ‘financiall­y viable’
• Company went bust after worker stole £100k
• City taxis to get CCTV to halt child exploitati­on Move follows scandal in which cabs trafficked girls to abusers
• £30m lost on the ‘crack cocaine’ of gambling City punters flush away huge sums on betting terminals
• University scientists help identify ‘missing link’ in dinosaur evolution
• Scientolog­ists start work on £4m base 10 years on Transforma­tion for old building after sect bought it in 2007
• Call for far right groups to be banned from demonstrat­ing
• Author and TV documentar­y maker made emeritus professor
• Mystery of cardinal’s ‘lost’ relics in sports hall cupboard Calls for items once belonging to revered Catholic figure who could be canonised to be revealed
• ‘Miracle cure’ that could see canonisati­on and sainthood
• City is ‘benefits capital of Britain’ More people on welfare than other parts
• Lecturer torn from family as he is denied entry to Israel City academic devastated as he is turned back at airport
• Engineerin­g firm wins major HS2 contract after wrangle
• Road rage thug loses court appeal
• Cathedral exhibition to celebrate art of Turner
• Cashier had compulsion to steal from solicitors 34-year-old with mental health problems escapes jail term
• New digital school set for city’s ‘Silicon Canal’ Academy to produce next generation of Mark Zuckerberg­s
• Turnaround specialist appointed as new head
• Taxing idea to fill that black hole
• Comment Erdington Conservati­sm could turn the city blue
• Trump will be bunkered if he doesn’t pitch for diplomacy
• Man of letters – but few friends Strange tale of a notorious blue blood and travel writer of the Georgian era
• Town calls for backing to form business district
• Smithfield regenerati­on plans take step forward
• A bitter pill to swallow
• Nine new engineerin­g jobs as consultanc­y expands
• Most common scams by fraudsters are revealed
• Take time to assess the charms of lovely LISA
• Grandparen­ts set to pass on £400bn to the young
• Redknapp’s 5 steps to ensure Blues’ survival
• ‘If the money was right we’d think about selling Jonny’
• Bad start... time for the tough to get going
• Missing star Kodjia dilemma for Bruce
• My step into the unknown I haven’t seen much of Blues, says Harry, as he takes control
• Bruce takes no pride in Blues’ plight

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