Birmingham Post - 2018-12-13

• Green light for revamp of former Municipal Bank
• Losing out in C4 bid ‘not a negative forWest Midlands’
• £300,000 cost of 2022 Games bid
• ‘Preferred’ developer chosen for Smithfield
• Calls to scrap Centenary Square ‘vanity project’ Costs for city centre project have spiralled by nearly £4m
• Violence levels at prison now ‘starting to reduce’
• Designs unveiled for £300m New Garden Square
• JLR sales plummet in China slowdown
• Ex-Villa star jailed for road rage attack
• Emergency funding demanded as 45,000 migrants settle in city
• Rackhams could become shopping mall and hotel Radical project could offer new future for city centre department store
• Soaring costs put council house revamp plan on ice
• Millionair­e admits to manslaught­er of girlfriend
• 140 homelessne­ss cases a week
• Flagship project to house first rough sleepers by Christmas
• Restaurant boss ejects diners in row over tapas Anger over dishes served at different times
• Man, 32, charged with causing death of girl years after crash
• Rogue trader told to repay victim in full
• Duchess surprises dress designer with top award
• Overhaul called on ‘draconian’ Sprint bus network plans
• Bogus roofer tried to con couple out of £35k
• 100-mile cycle spectacle Vélo set to return in May Business owners are urged to plan ahead for one-day event
• Historic pub destroyed by fire set to be demolished
• ‘City needs to double in size’ Region would be successful if Birmingham had population of two million – study
• Station flower stalwarts quit new high street site as business suffers
• Eight deaths spark ‘exceptiona­l step’ from city coroners Action call on mental health service funding
• The region’s thinning blue line ...but latest figures show senior officer roles have largely escaped the cuts
• Council’s ‘astonishin­g’ failures over waste deal
• Japanese restaurant and ‘A-Listers’ club put on the market
• Sikh girls were groomed by gangs for years Community was forced to turn vigilante to halt perpetrato­rs when police ‘failed to act’
• Mini inventor’s lost car goes under the hammer Prototype model of the ‘Mosquito’ sells for thousands
• Traders fear for future of city market
• Architect is appointed Hippodrome chairman
• Residents left to live with rats
• A great year to be a Brummie...our renaissanc­e is well underway
• Why we can all help the Armed Forces
• Comment Rising homeless numbers in our city shame all of us
• Don’t be put off being a councillor
• Facebook’s motto? ‘You connect and tell. We collect and sell’
• Project to find 25,000 jobs for refugees
• Growing school meals firm bought out by multinatio­nal
• Personal touch puts people at the heart of a localised service
• Landmark office block snapped up for £23.7m
• Consultati­on is launched into pension ‘superfunds’
• Hold your nerve and volatility can be your friend
• Timing key for capital allowances
• I know my hands are tied in the January window...
• FA Cup ticket figure takes a Hammering
• Wycombe boss takes Stock over loan puzzle
• New keeper please, Dean – and just get rid of Ross!
• Birkir’s got boots back on at last
• Sam: Top-2 finish is not out of reach
• Mr. Reliable

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