Birmingham Post - 2017-11-02

• Regional mayors join forces to call for more powers
• Travelodge pushes councils to offer up new sites
• ‘Trial by WhatsApp’ is not acceptable, says MP Fabricant Politician calls for Parliament to discredit smears against the innocent as his name appears on list
• Labour’s Phillips criticises ‘witch-hunt’ allegation­s
• Driver jailed for murder after mowing down man
• Don’t give food or cash to beggars, urges council
• Second City beats capital as prospect for UK investment Regions offer better growth prospects
• Call to freeze beer duty as pubs ‘good for health’
• Government backs Street’s Cycles scheme
• New boss for community health trust
• Derek ‘Red Robbo’ Robinson: 1927- 2017
• Channel 4 move would create 3,400 jobs for city
• May facing opposition over vote for prisoners
• ‘Deathtrap’ fears over return of ‘back-to-backs’ Councillor­s criticise courtyard developmen­t besides canal
• Waste firm worker died in an ‘accident waiting to happen’ Company fined £255,000 for corporate manslaught­er after man crushed to death
• City council to clarify definition of anti-Semitism to stamp out bigotry
• Call to relax rules as city faces curry chef shortage
• Rare wartime bomber to go on display at RAF museum Restoratio­n of one of last planes of its type is focus of conservati­on week
• New Midland train brands on track
• Both brothers forced to have knee operations to keep them on right road
• £78m apartment complex planned
• Major survey of those who face discrimina­tion
• Number of ‘NEET’ teens one of the highest in UK
• Government crackdown on trade in antique guns Move could see crackdown on weapons dating back to 1900
• Dragons’ Den reject gets hard lesson in business ‘Boastful’ health food entreprene­ur suffers downturn in fortune
• Suburb becomes latest to form business district
• Lions star to be guest at Sportsman’s Luncheon
• Scientolog­y leaflets irk new neighbours of base Group calls on locals to join it for so-called ‘personalit­y tests’
• Great Run Business Challenge is real winner for mayor and HSBC
• Enigma of the ‘forgotten’ hero of Bletchley Park The little known Birmingham genius who broke German codes before Alan Turing but failed to win the accolades
• Birmingham finally sees the wood for the trees
• So who will blink first... us or the EU?
• Comment Time to get their House in order without a fuss
• Cruel twist if others pay price for Spacey’s ‘apology’
• How many wild boar is too many?
• Shortlist revealed for BID excellence awards
• Wates boss to take over as new chief of Carillion
• Design consultanc­y signs up for space after office refurb
• £1.5m refurb for corporate suite at hotel
• Furniture brands open move into Mailbox store
• SR Davis Architects has designs on strong growth after 15 years
• Consumer confidence falls over growth fears
• Making money and holding true to your values
• Attention to retail in the run up to Christmas
• Worst fears are confirmed as Vassell is out for 6 months
• Controvers­y as fans go like the clappers
• Bruce keen to avoid a repeat of blip which ruined Villa
• O’Hare has given boss a big nudge
• Mile shows club won’t be stuck in middle
• Has Pulis lost fear factor at the big clubs?
• Baggies set to unleash fit-again Burke on Terriers

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