Birmingham Post - 2018-08-02

• Rooftop pool plan for Grand Hotel scrapped
• Tory government­s ‘favour developers over local people’ Chairman of planning committee takes swipe at Conservati­ves as he steps down
• Acclaimed cinema and lifeline community hub facing closure
• Health bosses to ask Government to fund stalled hospital
• JLR posts first quarterly loss in three years
• Light side of life inspired popular artist and author
• M6 Toll bosses hike prices despite backlash
• Retiring council chiefs got £270k ‘compensati­on’ Anger over unexplaine­d payoffs as another former worker continued to be paid salary
• Airline pulls out of airport after lack of ticket sales
• Boutique hotel to expand next door
• Families to sue rail bosses after boys injured by live wire in yard Depot should have done more to prevent people getting in, claims lawyer
• HS2 ‘conning the gullible’ over benefits
• Threat to firms from clean air zones
• Hospital pays £6m for security as 300 staff attacked every year
• Nurses who fought blaze saved lives after patient set fire to bed
• Women earn less than men straight out of university Figures reveal gender pay gap for city graduates on same courses
• Officer uses vandal’s own bike to catch suspect
• ‘Disgrace’ as police write off 12,500 burglaries in 6 months MP hits out at budget cuts as force now solves less than 1 in 20 break-ins
• Jewellery Quarter move for restaurant
• 26-year-old takes over as heritage body celebrates 100 years
• Hospital staff crisis sparks patient safety warnings
• City centre golf venue on way despite hotel’s fears
• New Metro lines set to cost £93m more than hoped Warning over forecast budget overrun
• Business backlash as free parking in village is axed
• Medal maker wins £11m MoD deal
• Doomed city centre Ikea store ‘was in wrong place’
• Ex-workers were ‘kept in dark’ over fashion chain’s fate Hundreds of staff could make legal claim
• Work starts on major homes scheme
• Clubland king who fell on hard times dies suddenly at 68
• Proud to honour a retail champion
• Man who cut brake pipes on ex’s car jailed
• Scold comfort for idle gossipers Bizarre punishment meted out to poor souls with a wagging tongue
• Big green heart could be city’s next tourist destinatio­n
• Like it or lump it, change is in the air – so we need to get real
• It’s time for Street to help get us back on the road
• Comment Why space mirrors may not be out of this world
• ‘Superman syndrome’ makes Trump increasing­ly brazen
• Make voice heard on clean air zone
• Public display of affection
• Investors snap up Midland engineerin­g group Accura
• New partners join EY’s Birmingham practice
• Components firm targets 20% growth
• Award-winning work hub expands
• Engineerin­g firm moving to estate
• City centre office complex is bought for £95 million
• Dementia crisis leaves many of us unprepared
• Tick all the boxes and outsmart fraudsters
• New mortgages offering older borrowers options
• Conor will push Gibbs hard for place in starting line-up
• Moore finally gets his first choice of No.2
• Club hope to make loophole loan signing
• Kieft can’t wait for the big kick-off
• Blues: We can’t buy players due to league embargo
• Ches move a no-go admits Potters boss
• Andre relishing big chance at a ‘big club’

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