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A warm welcome from Senegal

West coast Senegal offers Shahid Naqvi a great introduction to Africa.Read

Birmingham City Council to announce winner of schools transformation project

Work on the biggest transformation of secondary schools in Birmingham’s history is a step nearer with the announcement of a developer for the £1.2 billion scheme weeks away.Read

Carlsberg closes 189-year-old brewery

Drinks giant Carlsberg has announced plans to close a historic brewery in Yorkshire with the loss of 170 jobs.Read

Why The Young Ones is old hat to modern students

Think of students and most people are likely to conjure up an image of dishevelled, anarchic activists personified by the 1980s hit BBC comedy, The Young Ones.Read

Gemini's glorious part in Post history draws to a close

For more than 40 years he’s chronicled events big and small, pricking more than a few egos along the way with the caustic wit of his devilishly sharp pen.Read

Ex Cathedra revive Mendelssohn's original Elijah

It was last performed 162 years ago at Birmingham’s Town Hall but has not been heard since.Read

Shahid Naqvi: Desolation and lack of compassion in M6 horror peep show

Did you see that video of those Swedish twins trying to commit suicide on the M6 last month?Read

Birmingham Lunar Society discusses climate change

Climate change – myth or reality? It was a question that taxed some of the leading minds in the field when they gathered in Birmingham this week, as Shahid Naqvi reports.Read

Review: Art Garfunkel at Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Art Garfunkel reads out bits of his own poetry, he wears a ridiculously loose tie and dances like your English teacher at a disco. But this is not the point.Read

Neil Kinnock offers Gordon Brown some leadership advice

Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock visited Birmingham and urged Gordon Brown to show more of his “heart and guts” if he wants to win round the electorate. Read

Imams come to UK to teach Islam in a Western world

American imams are being brought to Britain and Europe to show how Islam can be taught within a Western context.Read

Cardinal Newman's body missing as Catholic church opens grave

Plans to move the body of a cardinal from Worcestershire to Birmingham took a new twist after his remains were found not to be in his grave.Read

Liam Byrne given new role after Brown's cabinet shuffle

Birmingham MP Liam Byrne has been given the role of cabinet ‘fixer’ amid the Government reshuffle that saw the surprise return of Peter Mandelson. Read

Council backing for Kings Heath village square project

A bid to create a village-style square in Kings Heath, Birmingham, has come a step nearer completion after the city council pledged £400,000 towards the project.Read

Birmingham private Islamic school's bid to become state-funded

A private Islamic school is planning to become Birmingham’s second state-funded Muslim secondary school.Read

Faith school confounds critics by adopting traditional values

It wants to become Birmingham’s second Islamic secondary faith school. Education Correspondent Shahid Naqvi goes behind the scenes at Al-Hira School in Balsall Heath.Read

Union fury as teachers' personal data goes missing

An apology offered to teachers whose personal details were lost on a disc that vanished while being taken to a Birmingham office “does not go far enough”, a union has said.Read

Bishop of Birmingham joins criticism of bankers

The Bishop of Birmingham has added his voice to criticisms of bankers and traders and their contribution to the current economic crisis. Read

Scheme to help poor youngsters get to top universities

The universities of Birmingham and Warwick have been told by the Government to do more to ensure bright youngsters from poor backgrounds apply for their courses.Read

Black Country teens bring real life traumas to the stage

Crime. Truancy. Sexual abuse. Emotional disorders. Drugs dependency. These are just some of the issues in the lives of a group of teenagers who will stage a West End-style musical in Birmingham next month.Read

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Shahid Naqvi has been working as a journalist in the West Midlands since 1995 and has been The Birmingham Posts Education Correspondent since 2002. Before that he spent two years on The Posts business desk. He also writes a regular blog on education issues and a monthly column.

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