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The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham

Labour MP hits out at party’s ‘putsch’ against Birmingham council chief

Ian Ward has said he will fight to stay on as city council leader after a critical Campaign Improvement Board report.

The Independent UK

Shein is opening 30 stores across the UK this year set to rival Primark

The brand has confirmed that stores will open in 30 different locations, following the success of pop-ups in cities such as Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol

Manchester Evening News

New masterplan revealed for huge Birmingham Innovation Quarter

Commercial property group Bruntwood SciTech has teamed up with Aston University and Birmingham City Council to reveal vision for land in city centre

Birmingham Post

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The news comes not long after the brand's hugely successful pop-up shops earlier this year in Bristol, Birmingham and Cardiff

Wales Online

Labour NEC to decide next Birmingham city council leader after damning report

Announcement to take decision away from councillors comes after local party called ‘dysfunctional’

The Guardian - UK

Mental Health Awareness Week: Bear Grylls calls for less screen time

The TV presenter is aiming to combat depression and anxiety at his adventure park based in Birmingham

Evening Standard

Criminal defence solicitors form new Birmingham law firm

Merger deal brings together two teams of specialist criminal lawyers

Birmingham Post

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Five dads killed by collapsing wall 'had no chance of escape' as company bosses jailed

Wayne Hawkeswood and Graham Woodhouse have both been jailed after five men were killed at the Nechells metal recycling site in Birmingham when a wall collapsed on them

Daily Mirror

Company directors jailed after wall collapse killed five workers in Birmingham

Two directors of scrap metal recycling plant were jailed for nine months after collapse of 45-tonne wall crushed five men

The Guardian - UK

New aparthotel to open in Birmingham city centre

Switch Hospitality Management which operates city's Park Regis hotel will run the new venue when it launches in the autumn

Birmingham Post

BCMG/Wendeberg review – ‘arborescent’ choral work celebrates Birmingham’s 100,000 new trees

Sung by adults and children together, Christian Mason’s composition created beguiling textures in this performance by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

The Guardian - UK

Bristol Airport flights diverted to Manchester, Gatwick and Birmingham

The pilots were ordered to divert

Bristol Post

Tony Mowbray addresses Jobe Bellingham's presence at Sunderland's play-off against Luton

Teenage Birmingham City midfielder Jobe Bellingham was pictured at the Stadium of Light

Chronicle Live

Dad left in a 'pool of blood' after police dog mauls him while chasing burglar from home

Retired teacher William Campbell, from Birmingham, was left with multiple injuries after a German Shepherd from the West Midlands Police mauled him while chasing a burglar

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Birmingham Post

Workspace booking platform signs deal with hotel chain

Birmingham-based Work From Here has now teamed up with Penta Hotel to rent out space to remote workers

Daily Mirror

Primark opens its latest Greggs café - featuring a giant sausage roll swing

The cafe is the latest to open out of a collaboration between Primark and Greggs which has seen similar cafes open in Birmingham, London and Newcastle

Birmingham Post

Two new lettings at Birmingham office block

45 Church Street welcomes leases deal with law firm and IT services provider

Birmingham Post

Sygnet Group, in Leicester, bought by Birmingham printing and sign contractor Hollywood Monster

Hollywood Monster said the acquisition meant the entire 25-strong workforce at Sygnet Group had been retained

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The Week

The long wait for HS2

In 2021-2022, the Government spent more than £5bn on HS2: about the same as it spends on the national road network. Critics often argue that the money would be far better used to fund much-needed improvements to existing railways.

The Guardian - UK

Jon Wilks: Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost review – tender and thoughtful

The hard-working West Midlands folk devotee finds inspiration from beyond Birmingham on a lively, inventive fourth LP

Evening Standard

Boy, 4, among three killed in horror crash outside country pub near Birmingham

A four-year-old boy has been killed alongside a man and woman in a horror crash on a country lane near Birmingham.

The Independent UK

Birmingham’s Fabian Edwards not fazed over fight with MMA great Gegard Mousasi

The pair clash in a Bellator middleweight title eliminator in Paris on Friday.

Daily Mirror

Mikel Arteta set to deny Arsenal star's wish despite Stan Kroenke's 'business deal'

Auston Trusty has enjoyed an excellent season on loan at Championship side Birmingham City but faces an uphill task to become part of Mikel Arteta's first-team squad at Arsenal

Birmingham Post

Plans in for next phase of Birmingham student halls

Third and final phase of Volume Works would see 220 studios built on industrial land in Hanley Street

Birmingham Post

Birmingham Airport worst in Britain for delays last year, while East Midlands was best – here is the full list

May and June were the worst months for flight reliability in 2022 after aviation companies failed to recruit and train enough staff

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