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Ferrari names unchanged WEC Hypercar line-up for 2024

Le Mans 24 Hours winners James Calado, Alessandro Pier Guidi and Antonio Giovinazzi will again share the #51 Ferrari 499P Le Mans Hypercar run by the factory AF Corse squad, while the sister #50 entry will be raced by Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina. Pier Guidi and Fuoco…

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HS2: true cost of London-Birmingham line is more like £66bn, boss admits

Inflation means project £8bn-£10bn more expensive than 2019 estimate, MPs told

The Guardian - UK

HS2 cost soars to £66.6bn, company chairman admits

The executive chair of HS2 Ltd said the cost has almost doubled from an initial estimate under Gordon Brown’s government that it would cost just £37.5bn

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From the Post Office scandal to nuclear attack: 13 TV shows that shook Britain

Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused shockwaves in Westminster. Is it the most influential TV drama ever? We weigh the contenders, from Cathy Come Home to Queer As Folk to Who Bombed Birmingham?

The Guardian - UK

Amazon workers at new Birmingham site to go on strike over pay

GMB union says up to 100 staff at fulfilment centre will take part in stoppage to boost profile of dispute

The Guardian - UK

Amazon workers at brand new Birmingham warehouse to go on strike

Just weeks after opening, workers at Amazon’s new flagship fulfilment centre have voted to join industrial action

The Independent UK

‘A national emergency’: UK theatres fear closure after more local funding cuts

Windsor and Maidenhead scraps cultural budget in wake of similar moves in Suffolk, Bristol, Nottingham and Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

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Labour could revive HS2 northern legs after government fails to sell off land

Sources say land bought for train route north of Birmingham unlikely to be sold before polls – paving way for project’s revival

The Guardian - UK

‘It can only be good’: Elvis tribute acts embrace the hologram Presley

Acts gathering in Birmingham for Elvis championships welcome forthcoming hi-tech concert experience

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak may call general election for November 14, says top political expert Sir John Curtice

The Prime Minister could fire the starting gun for the election in his speech to close the Tory annual rally in Birmingham on October 2

Evening Standard

“He was a superb craftsman who loved what he did”: Tony Iommi pays tribute to ‘Old Boy’ SG luthier John Diggins, who has died

Diggins began his career working for John Birch – the Birmingham, UK-based luthier who partnered with Iommi early in the Black Sabbath legend's career – and later struck out on his own, founding Jaydee Custom Guitars

Guitar World

Campaigners condemn 12-year sentence for man who killed partner in Birmingham

Sentence for manslaughter of Kinga Roskinska shows how justice system fails women killed by men, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK

Who is Anthony from The Traitors season 2? Meet the chess coach

One of The Traitors season 2 is Anthony, a chess coach from Birmingham. Here's what you need to know about the chess expert and his game plan for the series.

WhatToWatch

London leaver heaven: three commuter hotspots for 2024

Some places outside the capital are set to become faster to reach than many journeys within London with journey times as low as 49 minutes

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No longer welcome in baseball, Omar Vizquel speaks for first time since lawsuit

Vizquel’s life turned upside down in August 2021, when he was sued by a former batboy who has autism, for sexual harassment while managing the White Sox’s Class AA team in Birmingham, Alabama in 2019.

The Guardian - UK

British politics is rotting from the bottom up: pity our crisis-hit local councils

The collapse of town hall democracy is a scandal unfolding in real time, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Benjamin Zephaniah laid to rest in private funeral

Wellwishers are asked to plant flowers in Birmingham-born poet’s name or donate to Vegan Society or Inquest

The Guardian - UK

New plans for HS2 money will bring ‘higher fares and congestion for decades’

Rail experts say predicted passenger congestion north of Birmingham will mean ticket price rises to reduce demand

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The Independent UK

Map: When and where storms will hit the UK as Met Office issue weather warning

Householders could suffer power cuts, says Met Office, as swathe of UK north of Birmingham warned to batten down hatches

The Guardian - UK

Sir Tim Brighouse obituary

One of Britain’s most influential and charismatic educationists who was a champion of state schools

The Guardian - UK

Leicester’s Stephy Mavididi punishes Birmingham as Rooney woes grow

Leicester beat Birmingham 3-2 in an entertaining encounter, two goals from Jordan James not enough to save Wayne Rooney’s side from a home defeat

The Guardian - UK

Tim Brighouse, ‘one of the century’s great educators’, dies aged 83

The ex-London schools commissioner and chief education officer for Birmingham was hailed by colleagues

The Guardian - UK

Rooney keen to avoid ‘Wagatha Christie’ sideshow as Birmingham face Leicester

Wayne Rooney has stressed the importance of him and his players ignoring the backdrop to their match against Leicester

The Conversation

Why Nottingham and Birmingham will be followed by more cities running out of money

Almost a fifth of England’s council bosses have warned they are running out of money so badly that they will become effectively bankrupt this year or next. A report by the Local Government Association also indicates that nearly half think they will not be able to ensure the delivery of…

The Guardian - UK

UFC’s Leon Edwards: ‘In Jamaica killing seemed normal. We were used to death all around us’

Fighter opens up on his tough upbringing, escaping gang life and his stunning defeat of Kamaru Usman to become world champion

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