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Christmas rail misery returns for Avanti West Coast passengers as RMT calls strike

Train managers on routes from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow will walk out on 22, 23 and 29 December

The Independent UK

Photos of Birmingham DHL fire suggest device could have downed plane

Images consistent with fire from magnesium-based device, suspected to be part of Russian sabotage plot

The Guardian - UK

Ballet legend Peter Wright: ‘Margot Fonteyn was cold as ice. Rudi Nureyev was a bit of a pain’

At 98, the choreographer has lost none of his love for dance – or his scathing wit. As his famous Nutcracker is performed again, he talks about grit, the ‘rubbish’ classics and directing a historic duo

The Guardian - UK

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Hundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson

Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are among 600 booksellers receiving $500 holiday bonuses from James Patterson

The Independent UK

Bankrupt Birmingham City Council agrees huge equal pay deal after £760m dispute

The Labour-run council declared itself effectively bankrupt in September last year after identifying hundreds of millions of pounds worth of equal pay liabilities

The Independent UK

Birmingham city council agrees deal over equal pay claims

Unions hail ‘historic outcome’ after agreement reached on claims that left council with estimated £760m liabilities

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham City Council and unions agree ‘historic outcome’ to equal pay claim

Council leader John Cotton said the agreement would mark the start of a new era of productive and progressive industrial relations in the city.

Evening Standard

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Cleanup begins after damage brought by Storm Darragh, which left two men dead

Drivers killed when vehicles were hit by falling trees, while quarter of a million people had power cut

The Guardian - UK

Tangerine Dream announce more Phaedra at 50 live shows

German electronic pioneers Tangerine Dream continue to celebrate their groundbreaking Phaedra album with shows in Birmingham and Manchester

Louder

Married murderer walks pregnant girlfriend into woods before killing her

A married murderer took his pregnant girlfriend to woodland in Birmingham before stabbing her and leaving her to die.

The Independent UK

Galal Yafai sends Sunny Edwards into retirement with dominant stoppage victory

Former IBF flyweight champion says he intends to hang up his gloves after sixth-round defeat in Birmingham

Evening Standard

Alabama Suspect Charged With Killing Multiple People In Shootings

Alabama suspect charged with capital murder for multiple shootings in Birmingham, including deadly massacres. Mayor calls for gun safety laws.

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An Alabama man was charged with killing four in a mass shooting. He’s now been linked with another quadruple homicide

Damien McDaniel and another man are allegedly responsible for approximately 30% of all homicides that took place in the city between July and September

The Independent UK

Alabama man charged in September mass shooting faces more murder charges in July quadruple homicide

An Alabama man has been charged with capital murder in connection with a July mass shooting in Birmingham that left four people dead and 10 wounded

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BCMG/Paterson review – amplification dulls both Eötvös and Birtwistle

The late Peter Eötvös’s slender and nuanced Secret Kiss didn’t hold the attention; works by Julian Anderson, Lisa Illean and Rebecca Saunders fared better in this Birmingham Contemporary Music Group concert

The Independent UK

Married man who stabbed pregnant girlfriend jailed for at least 27 years

Filmon Andmichaen killed Liwam Bereket in woodland in Birmingham because their unborn baby was a ‘complication he was unwilling to accept’.

Evening Standard

Man shot dead in Birmingham named by police

Raad Asmael died at the scene after being found injured inside a car in the Edgbaston area.

Louder

“The sound wasn’t very good in there. And the electric risers didn’t work. You could see Jeff Lynne clambering out of a hole to get onstage”: Bev Bevan on the reality of life aboard ELO’s spaceship

The self-proclaimed second-loudest drummer in Birmingham recalls his time with The Move, Black Sabbath and more – and he wants you to know he hasn’t retired

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The Guardian - UK

‘You get desensitised to it’: how social media fuels fear of violence

Young people in Birmingham attest that violent content on apps is having a real-world impact

The Guardian - UK

London City, Bristol and Birmingham airports reportedly for sale

Canadian pension fund said to be in talks with minority shareholders as it seeks to cash in on post-Covid revival

Evening Standard

Man released in Birmingham shooting investigation

Police were called to Rotton Park Road just before 11pm on Friday to reports that two people had been shot.

The Independent UK

Man killed and second seriously injured in Birmingham shooting

Firearms officers arrested a man in his thirties on suspicion of murder

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer ‘engaging with campaigners’ on Birmingham pub bombings but does not commit to inquiry

Relatives of those killed in the 1974 atrocities have called for a public inquiry.

Evening Standard

King praises courage of Birmingham’s people 50 years on from pub bombings

In a message read on his behalf, Charles recognised the ‘exceptional strength of spirit and resolve’ of the survivors and their relatives.

The Conversation

A 50-year battle for truth: the Birmingham pub bombings and the price of injustice

When bombs tore through two crowded pubs in central Birmingham on the evening of November 21 1974, they claimed the lives of 21 people and injured 220 more. They also led to the wrongful conviction of six men.

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