Birmingham Post - 2021-02-04

• Police smash £64m a year county lines drug gangs
• City skyline still growing despite pandemic impact
• Region’s young people and businesses hit hardest in UK Mutant South Africa strain found in Birmingham
• Staffing crisis saw dead patients left on wards for hours
• Call for new taskforce anti-vaccine conspiraci­sts
• Ex officer sent ‘funny’ police reports to friends
• £46.5m university engineerin­g block completed
• 4.99% council tax hike sparks criticism
• Cow power: Heifer called Posh Spice sells for record £262,000
• More clues show King Richard III did have princes inTower killed
• Call for Government to pay for local elections
• Victims of cladding scandal ‘suicidal’
• Mayor calls review of plans for M42 services
• Council ‘losing control’ after it rehires workers it had paid off
• Legendary Le Mans Jaguar to be reincarnat­ed 70 years on
• £220k boost for baths restorario­n
• Police appeal over prostitute murder mystery 30 years on
• Norton factory will be boost for West Midlands
• Teen jailed after mowing down motorbike officer in stolen car
• UK TRANSITION:
• Dairy Milk back where it belongs
• Chairman of HS2 to step down in summer
• ‘Profession­al pickpocket’ targeted mums in shops
• Hit and run teen admits injuring woman in crash
• Babies died lying in bed with drunk parents
• Tribute to Midland inventor of the wall plug
• Man ‘targeted by police for wearing tracksuit’
• Jaguar Land Rover posts pre-tax profit of £439m
• New track needed to retain top world events
• Why pandemic could be key to solving an even bigger problem
• New ‘wall of shame’ idea in war on fly-tippers
• Union calls for meeting over GKN closure plans
• Whatever happened to giving more power to the people?
• Zooming in on ‘digital poverty’ across region
• Buy British and give EU dose of reality
• Colourful invader will find its own niche one day
• EU vaccine chaos is the proof we needed
• Exit Donald, enter Marjorie – a conspiraci­st to beat them all
• Lightening up lockdown
• At this point in life I try not to dwell on negativity too much
• I have had more injuries surfing than snowboardi­ng – and then there are the sharks
• Pick up some Good Vibrations this half-term
• Having young sons is one of the reasons we wanted to make this movie...
• SADDLE UP...
• ASSASSINS (12) GREENLAND (15) Preview
• It’s all about balance
• RAISE A GLASS
• Create a stir
• My biggest anxiety is about the birth... whether I’ll have to be alone for it
• Spice up your night
• STYLE files
• TRIED & TESTED
• Cancel culture
• CARROT GETS AN UPDATE
• AIRCROSS HYBRID CHARGING AHEAD
• NORTH Aspects of love
• AMERICAN BEAUTY
• Peaky blinder
• In appreciati­on of America’s Rebel...
• Two Speed Crossword
• More firms face collapse as profit warnings rise
• New role for NatWest corporate banking boss
• Work starts on major new IMI base in city
• £10m regenerati­on of former copper works
• Capital gains tax squeeze could help pay for Covid
• Crackdown on buy now, pay later after criticisms
• ‘Organic’ masterpiec­e in Midlands’ priciest street
• Hose:You have to hit the ground running in T10 thrash
• Barry sad he never got chance ofVilla return
• BOOK REVIEWS
• Same again for Sam with Blades blunder
• Fred is off to France for a spell on loan
• Allardyce is Niles better after signing
• Aitor keeping calm as Blues slip further
• Boss getting no kick from Alen absence

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