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Jasbir Authi

Jasbir Authi

Tesco drops plan to build supermarket on site of former Moseley car dealer

Tesco has pulled out of plans to build a supermarket in Moseley, to the delight of campaigners who had protested against the development for many years.Read

Protest over plans to close Erdington’s NHS Walk-in Centre

Residents staged a lively protest demanding that NHS bosses keep a popular medical facility off a closure list.Read

Meriden gypsies allowed to stay on illegal site until weather improves

Gypsies living on an illegal development in Meriden have been allowed to stay on site for a while longer because of the bad weather.Read

Kings Heath Park tea room closes - put evicted business hopeful of return

A Birmingham park tea room at the centre of an eviction wrangle has finally closed - but there are hopes the family who were ordered out will be able to continue running the business. Read

New site application submitted by Meriden gypsies

A fresh planning application has been lodged by gypsies in Meriden to set up a smaller alternative camp on greenbelt land.Read

Service Birmingham told to save £20m by city council

Birmingham City Council has thrown down the gauntlet to its biggest contractor to save £20 million within the next year.Read

Royal Orthopaedic Hospital chairman quits after vote of no confidence

The chairman of a Birmingham hospital has quit after consultants recorded a vote of no confidence in management.Read

Meriden residents find toxic waste near protest camp

Residents fighting a green belt land battle with travellers found toxic waste dumped near their protest camp.Read

Bishop Derek Webley

Bishop Derek Webley to stand in West Midlands police commissioner election

The Chairman of West Midlands Police Authority has announced he is going to quit to join the race to be elected police and crime commissioner as an independent candidate.Read

Caravans

Meriden travellers apply for land next to controversial green belt camp

Travellers who set up home on a green belt site in Meriden have put in another planning application – for the land next door.Read

Hobley Street, in Willenhall, is cordoned off by police.

Man dies in hospital after fall from Digbeth car park roof

A man is has died in hospital after falling from the top floor of a multi-storey car park in Birmingham city centre. Read

Davenports

Historic brewer Davenports eyes return to Birmingham

Brewer Davenports has marked 185 years of brewing by unveiling a special plaque and revealed they are looking to move back to Birmingham.Read

Gypsy camp at Meriden

Solihull Council's legal battle with Meriden gypsies costs £78,000

Solihull Borough Council has spent £78,000 in legal fees battling a group of gypsies who set up camp on greenbelt land at Meriden. Read

Tariq Jahan

Birmingham riots peacemaker punched man for looking at his wife, court told

A Birmingham man praised for acting as a peacemaker during last summer’s riots hours after his son was killed, has gone on trial for allegedly attacking a man. Read

Gypsy camp at Meriden

Residents fear Meriden gypsy camp could become new Dale Farm

Residents fear an illegal gypsy site in Meriden will turn into a new Dale Farm with an eviction battle dragging on for many years.Read

HS2 protest group planning legal action against high speed rail link

The Government is facing the latest legal challenge to its £32 billion high speed rail link between London and Birmingham.Read

New Birmingham Walk of Stars planned for Kings Heath

Residents from a Birmingham suburb are planning to turn its pavements into a glitzy Walk of Fame to rival Broad Street’s.Read

Repairs and hydroelectricity planned for Tolkien tourism spot Sarehole Mill

The mill said to have been an inspiration for JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is being turned into a hydroelectric plant.Read

Hydroelectric plan for Birmingham's Sarehole Mill

One of Birmingham's JRR Tolkien tourist attractions is to undergo a £200,000 renovation.Read

Modern traditions in the Derbyshire Peak District

Jasbir Authi samples a fine hotel in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak DistrictRead

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Jasbir Authi covers central Birmingham and is a general news and court reporter. Her journalism training was carried out here in the city at the Sunday Mercury and Birmingham Mail newspapers.