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Article‘Ava­lanche of clos­ures’ could fol­low Simpsons

AN “ava­lanche” of res­taur­ant clos­ures could fol­low that of Birm­ing­ham’s renowned Simpsons, its boss has claimed. Chef pat­ron Andreas Ant­ona closed the fam­ous Mich­elin-star res­taur­ant last week after admit­ting he was unable to make a...

ArticleBin plans await coali­tion con­firm­a­tion

BIRMINGHAM Coun­cil has con­firmed that planned changes to the city’s bin col­lec­tions will not pro­gress as it awaits new polit­ical lead­er­ship. The trans­form­a­tion of the waste ser­vice, which was to include the return of recyc­ling...

ArticleCoun­cil to decide next leader amid coali­tion tur­moil

ArticleInter­na­tional stu­dent killed by car in city

A WOMAN who died after being hit by a car in Birm­ing­ham city centre has been named as an inter­na­tional stu­dent from India. Anisha Chakraborty, 28, worked part-time at res­taur­ant chain Jimmy Spice’s Broad Street branch. She died after being...

ArticleMan faked his own death for insur­ance claim

A MAN from Birm­ing­ham tried to claim he had died in an travel insur­ance claim. The man attemp­ted to claim a life insur­ance policy “after drown­ing” in Nigeria. City of Lon­don Police officers arres­ted the 24-year-old in Birm­ing­ham on...

ArticleEnd of an era, but more res­taur­ants could fol­low

Article‘I’ve never known a more chal­len­ging eco­nomic cli­mate for res­taur­ants’

ANDREAS Ant­ona’s state­ment in full... “It is with regret that I must announce the clos­ure of Simpsons fol­low­ing 32 years in busi­ness. “I didn’t want it to end like this but with the eco­nomy as it stands, and so much time and money inves­ted to...

ArticleWeth­er­spoon opens new uni­versity pub

WETHERSPOON has opened a new pub at the Uni­versity of Birm­ing­ham. Joe’s is the offi­cial stu­dents’ union bar but is also open to mem­bers of the pub­lic. It takes its name from the Joseph Cham­ber­lain Memorial Clock Tower on the Edg­ba­ston...