Birmingham Post - 2017-12-21

• Drunks delay hundreds of trains at New Street Station
• Bailiffs search Council House to collect debts ‘Farce’ as court officers enter city landmark to settle unpaid bill
• Javid hits out at authority as Whitehall slashes funds
• Waste machine was switched on as man was cleaning inside Company fined £80,000 after worker paralysed
• City has one of worst recycling rates
• Road safety call after horror crash Victim’s sister backs demand after six killed
• Smash victim was former drug dealer jailed after 130mph police car chase
• City to clinch 2022 event after previous setback
• Little festive cheer on the M5
• Man killed sleeping wife after talk of divorce
• Tories reinstate whip after council investigat­ion
• £1.8m debt handed to council as school becomes academy Policy means taxpayer picks up tab while authority is forced to make cuts elsewhere
• Counter-terrorism unit launched on rail network
• City carers set to strike over ‘impossible’ shifts
• Hospital still in ‘special measures’
• Over 70 schools in region fail to hit standards in maths and English
• New Paradise block topped out
• Former boxer and rough sleeper dies
• Wiring sparked fire that killed doctor and family Parents and two daughters died on trip to Kazakhstan
• Jewellery heist gang jailed for terrifying armed raid 60 years for robbers who attacked shop worker with a hammer
• Old family jewellers opens London shop
• Housebuild­er refuses to save church in plan to build homes Barratt amends ‘Colditz’ design – but historic building will still go
• 1,000 new houses and flats will ‘enrich the city for generation­s’
• Hotel scheme in £35m plan for landmark Central Hall Major regenerati­on for city centre building on ‘at risk’ list
• House-building tsar named by West Midlands supercounc­il
• Get ready for adventure...Bear Grylls attraction takes shape
• Big rise in crime by under-10s Hundreds of sex offences among shocking statistics
• German market stalls failed food hygiene tests
• Bus bosses accused of placing ‘profits before passengers’ MPs slam transport authority in Commons after closure of 60 bus stops in the region
• Body liquefier proves busted flush Council refused licence to put fluid from ‘water cremations’ down the drain
• 90,000 potholes will be filled with £4.8m grant
• Helping the Midlands unlock the next industrial revolution
• Still reasons to be cheerful despite a rocky year
• | PETER SHIRLEY All good plans laid to waste
• Tory rebels could cost the UK dear
• Comment Expect the unexpected in political year to come
• Birmingham’s kick in teeth for Trump...
• New year’s resolution? How about turning off some lights?
• Comment Gone but not forgotten – but will Birmingham ever learn?
• Midland dental practice bought by two brothers
• US constructi­on giant opens base in city centre
• Retail agents team up to launch new consultanc­y
• Two new directors for developer
• Why bitcoin investors should tread carefully
• Credit card debt relief plans still pose risks
• Rise of the ‘no frills’ account
• You love them, but they cost you dear
• TOP 5 BOOKS OF THE YEAR
• Cotterill: I’m gutted to be leaving St Andrew’s
• A crisis of Blues’ own making: It’s the brutal reality of sacking Rowett...
• First impression­s are favourable for Burke
• Club make Hegazi stay permanent
• Terry: Promotion could spell end for me atVilla
• Bruce: It’s 2 steps forward ...then 3 back

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