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Opening date announced for Karen's Diner where staff are trained to be rude to customers

Don't expect a warm welcome at this diner

Wales Online

HS2 will go to Euston after all, chancellor confirms

‘I don’t see any conceivable circumstances in which that would not end up at Euston,’ Jeremy Hunt says

The Independent UK

Irish family reveal six-year legal battle in Qatar over daughter’s severe injuries

Birmingham-based Soffe family still fighting for compensation after fire in Gulf state left Elizabeth with life-threatening burns

The Guardian - UK

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Jeremy Hunt: No ‘conceivable circumstances’ in which HS2 stops short of Euston

The Chancellor made the comment amid reports plans for the high-speed railway could be downgraded again to save costs.

The Independent UK

Cancelling HS2 to Euston would be 'height of folly', rail group says amid fears for Birmingham-Manchester leg

Chancellor insist scheme will happen; one analyst says 'If you’re flying into Heathrow, you don’t want to go to Southend'

Birmingham Post

HS2 ‘should be cancelled’ amid reports it may not run to central London

Lord Berkeley called for the tens of billions of pounds being invested in the project to be diverted to improve mainline railway services.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt says ministers committed to HS2 running ‘all the way to Euston’ – as it happened

Comments come after reports that north-south railway route could terminate to the west of London; chancellor also says ‘best tax cut right now is a cut in inflation’

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HS2 in CHAOS as Tories won't deny £60bn rail scheme may not run to London Euston

Britain's flagship HS2 rail could end up only running to the suburn of Old Oak Common in West London rather than the central Euston location as the shambles sparks fears the Birmingham to Crewe and Manchester legs could also be scrapped in their entirety

Daily Mirror

Delivery men 'left new sofa jammed on the stairs' says furious homeowner

Furniture firm disputes homeowners version of events

Wales Online

BT to welcome over 400 apprentices and graduates in September

The new roles are spread across a number of locations including Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Ipswich, Leeds, London and Manchester

Birmingham Post

Homeowner slams delivery men who left £2,000 couch stuck on stairs like in Friends

The incident resembled the famous Friends 'pivot' scene

Liverpool Echo

University rail station delayed for a third time

MP says delay 'is a huge blow for our city and our region'

Birmingham Post

Homeowner fumes as delivery men leave damaged sofa jammed on stairs after 'trashing walls'

Luke Ansell has slammed the furniture firm designersofasforyou.co.uk and claims the men damaged his walls and the couch in a failed attempt to deliver it upstairs.

Daily Record

Fury as delivery men abandon £2,000 sofa in staircase like famous Friends scene

Luke Ansell ordered a new sofa for his home in Bournemouth but says workmen from Designer Sofas 4U left it jammed on the stairs after failing to deliver it to his flat

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Birmingham Post

New images of 'once in a generation' Smithfield redevelopment

Site set to include new public squares, markets and thousands of homes

Daily Mirror

Inside the 'cesspit' shopping centre with shuttered pub and shops set for demolition

The Kingstanding Shopping Centre in Birmingham will be mowed down to make way for a Lidl after planning permission was granted - only three shops remain open among the shuttered storefronts

Birmingham Post

Junkyard Golf Club tees up US adventure as it eyes record year

The company is also hoping to open a new site in Birmingham later this year

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham club loses licence after fatal Boxing Day stabbing

Crane nightclub in Digbeth where Cody Fisher was killed described as having inadequate search regime and widespread drug use

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Evening Standard

Birmingham nightclub shut for good after fatal Boxing Day stabbing on dancefloor

Police said the club’s current operation posed ‘terrifying risks’ to patrons

The Independent UK

Birmingham nightclub has licence revoked after fatal stabbing

The Crane venue has been closed since footballer Cody Fisher was stabbed on the dancefloor on Boxing Day 2022.

Birmingham Post

Birmingham animation firm Second Homes Studios expanding on funding boost

Second Home Studios is creating 16 new jobs after securing a £250,000 debt funding package

Daily Mirror

Rats as big as CATS terrorise UK area as dead rodents pile up and streets full of trash

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES Businesses in the B8 postcode in Birmingham have spoken out about their giant rodent problem with "rats as big as cats" as dead pests lay in the alleys by their shops

Birmingham Post

Avanti West Coast ordered to stop releasing tickets late or face 'formal measures'

Avanti West Coast runs trains on the West Coast Main Line between London Euston and Glasgow Central with branches to Birmingham, North Wales, Liverpool, Manchester and Edinburgh

Birmingham Post

Cubo to expand Birmingham hub as it reaches full occupancy

Co-working and flexible office facility only launched in the city last summer but is now expanding

Birmingham Post

Birmingham office block sold for £1.42m

Portman House has new backers who are now looking to fill vacant space

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