Birmingham Post - 2017-05-18

• Call to move Channel 4 to Longbridge
• Tories ‘not banking’ on gaining city seats But McLoughlin insists PM right to call election
• Council ditches costly IT tie-up with Capita Clancy: Scrapping controvers­ial ‘Service Birmingham’ contract could save £43 million a year
• How a wartime message from Hitler ground city to a halt...
• Parking charge plans delayed
• Former Post print works influence tower’s design
• Rapist and murderer will never be freed
• Region backs bid for 2022 Games
• Street calls for 1,000 ‘Mayor’s Mentors’ Major drive to tackle region’s youth unemployme­nt
• Council leader Sleigh named deputy mayor
• NHS spends £500,000 to cover for absent boss Chief operating officer has been on full pay for two years
• Crime in region rises for first time in years Top police officer reveals increasing caseloads for force
• Textile factory and JLR plant scoop awards
• Shopkeeper faces prison after 18 years on run
• U-turn after city colleges denied funding for teens Official training providers reinstated after crying foul over bid to halt funds
• Boss played unique part in the story of Concorde Tribute to industrial­ist who supplied cutlery for supersonic jet
• Ex-Pc loses appeal after swindling her own mum Former special tried to defraud mother of £50,000 pension
• OAP’s ‘life ruined’ after tray of bread fell on her in Aldi
• New Dean of Birmingham revealed by city cathedral
• Call for private hospital reform after surgeon case
• £3.5m payout is ‘not enough’ for ex-wife Divorcee demands more of former husband’s wealth
• Forgotten comedy genius who had Olivier in stitches Brummie funnyman Sid Field hit showbiz heights despite becoming an alcoholic at 13
• Ofsted inspectors pelted with food by pupils at academy
• Fed-up restaurant boss turns tables on customers by asking for deposit No-shows costing business £1,000 per week
• Ex-teacher tried to put the ‘fear of God’ into social worker he hated Obsessive offender threatened acid attack
• Airport chief urges patience from passengers after morning of chaos
• Partridges in suitcases spark bird fight fears
• Memorial for fallen police to be built in Midlands
• Culture and economy can thrive with a little creative thinking
• City council cuts its losses as it finally calls time on a bad deal
• Brexit is an opportunit­y for exporters
• Comment Why Corbyn may be the least of Labour’s problems
• Trump offers frightenin­g insight into an insecure and fearful mind
• THE WEEK IN BUSINESS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY | ASK THE EXPERTS City trails others in creative sector
• Senior appointmen­ts at Eversheds Sutherland
• £17.8m funding deal to create 22-storey block
• Firms sign up for Alpha Tower base
• Bosses need to focus on their pensions too
• Chamber warns of economic slowdown in UK
• The age of the activist investor
• Plan ahead to live the high life in retirement
• Lifetime allowance proves pensions headache
• Mortgage lenders battle it out as rates fall
• BOOK REVIEW
• Important message that must be learned
• Bruce shock at £1million transfer kitty
• Trip to Taunton can be turning point
• Albion boss to discover Lai of land on budget
• Cotterill: My future is not at St Andrew’s

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