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Shahid Naqvi

Shahid Naqvi

£1.8bn plan to build a new Solihull

Plans for an ambitions 15-year £1.8 billion project to "socially engineer" a new Solihull and bridge the borough's north-south divide, have been revealed. Read

Minister opens Birmingham family centre

A one-stop shop aimed at helping parents raise their children was launched in Birmingham this week. Read

Cash incentives for Joseph Leckie GCSE students

A West Midlands school is dishing out hundreds of pounds to its top-performing students in a bid to raise attainment. Read

Rotary leads the way in global war on disease

This summer Dong Kurn Lee will become Korea's first international president of the Rotary Club. Yesterday, he visited Birmingham ahead of next year's Centenary Convention in the city. Read

Pupils earn £7,000 from hoodie sales

Pupils at a Birmingham grammar school, however, are helping to dispel the negative image of the hooded top by setting up their own business. Read

Lessons in life for Jason, the oldest sapper in Iraq

Throwing yourself into a war zone is not something your average thirtysomething, slightly overweight teacher would consider. Read

Villa signs up for Enterprise Academy

Aston Villa Football Club is to run an Enterprise Academy to turn football-mad teenagers into future Alan Sugars. Read

Budget: Headteacher welcomes higher alcohol taxation

Increased taxation on beer and wine was welcomed by a Midland headteacher working with some of the region’s most deprived communities. Read

School admissions process slammed as a 'scandal'

Children’s Secretary Ed Balls has announced a raft of measures to strengthen the admissions process and vowed to improve the choice of good schools. Read

Edgbaston tower block bites the dust

Another piece of Birmingham's concrete past was consigned to the history books with the demolition of a 17-storey office tower at Edgbaston Shopping Centre. Read

Schools told to spend cash or lose it

Hundreds of schools in Birmingham have been warned they risk having money taken off them after it was revealed they sat on a cash stockpile of nearly £70 million last year. Read

A third of parents fail to get first choice school for children

More than a third of parents have failed to get their child into their first choice secondary school in Birmingham for the coming academic year. Read

Jumoke's supporters fear battle is lost

Campaigners fighting to save a Nigerian mother-of-two living in Birmingham from being deported fear they have lost their battle. Read

Shahid Naqvi: Parental choice and whether it is best for children

It's a familiar feeling: your hands shake as you peel open the envelope. Heart pounding, you squint as you look at the contents praying the years of hard study have paid off. Read

'Best mayor Birmingham never had' dies at the age of 81

Donald Gordon Lewis, known as the "best Mayor Birmingham never had", has died aged 81. Read

RSC wants the Bard taught in primary schools

The works of Shakespeare should be taught to primary school pupils from the age of eight, the Royal Shakespeare Company claims today. Read

Berkswell Mill sails set to turn again

For nearly 200 years, Berkswell Windmill has stood as a local landmark in the Solihull village of Balsall Common. Now its rotting sails are to be replaced and vital repair work carried. Read

Birmingham film wins Euro film festival prize

A film shot in Birmingham's Handsworth park about a girl who goes missing has won an award at a European film festival. Read

School fees slip as parents feel pinch

Independent schools are suffering an income squeeze with parents struggling to meet fees as they battle against rising mortgages, a tightening of credit and reduced bonuses. Read

Intelligent software could give students a real push

An 'intelligent"' research tool used by security services, news agencies and bluechip companies is being tested on pupils in Birmingham. 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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