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Parents supporting private schools even in recession Mar 27 2009

Parents want the best education for their children even in a recession, argues Jonathan ChallinorRead

New West Midlands chief on why apprenticeships work Mar 26 2009

Apprenticeships workRead

A family is forever - even after divorce Mar 25 2009

Divorce is often hardest on the children. Helen Jane Arnold sets out some ground rules for parents planning to split.Read

West Midlands uplands being let down in recession Mar 24 2009

Stuart Burgess says an unacknowledged part of the Midlands is being left behind by technologyRead

Council is wrong to ignore manufacturing apprenticeships Mar 23 2009

Birmingham City Council’s recent announcement of an apprenticeship scheme for youngsters “in horticulture, cleaning, caretaking, administration and business” has deeply angered a Birmingham manufacturer. Keith Chadwick, managing director of Radshape Sheet Metal explains why.Read

Electoral system in desperate need of an overhaul Mar 20 2009

I first heard the word ‘hiatus’ in the term ‘hiatus hernia’, and for years got its meaning wrong. I presumed hiatus was the sometimes acute discomfort resulting from part of the stomach sliding through a hole in the diaphragm, rather than the hole itself. From the Latin: hiatus, meaning gaping.Read

Warwickshire Cricket Club and its work in the community Mar 19 2009

Warwickshire County Cricket Club boss Colin Povey explains how the club is making a difference in the communityRead

Birmingham pledges to help parents meet challenges Mar 18 2009

Our aim is to give parents skills they need, saysRead

Restaurant staff shortages and where the blame lies Mar 17 2009

Restaurants are being crippled by lack of suitable staff, says Jabbar Khan, who runs Lasan, in Birmingham.Read

Time to end the blame game Mar 16 2009

It’s easy to pin all our troubles on the banks but, says John Kelly, we still need to take risksRead

Police-press relations turn the air blue Mar 13 2009

Police and press once worked to their mutualRead

Lord Jones on colleges' key role in training future workforce Mar 12 2009

Lord Jones of Birmingham says colleges have a key role in training the people who can drive the economy forwardRead

Powers are there to deal with anti-social behaviour - so use them Mar 11 2009

Birmingham Labour MP Steve McCabe asks why the authorities will not use powers they possess.Read

Looking for a Mr Clean in the financial investment world Mar 10 2009

Will Self, of Self Chartered Financial Planners, ponders the fallout from a spate of worldwide frauds.Read

Ken Clarke attacks "dithering" Government Mar 09 2009

Reading Lord Mandelson’s response, one is immediately struck by how many things he is thinking about doing, rather than actually doing. He is “working…to assess the impact of the credit crunch”.Read

Equality still matters in the modern world Mar 06 2009

Kathrine Ohm Thomas, manager of the Radisson SAS Hotel in Birmingham, asks if we still need an International Women’s DayRead

Making a clean start Mar 05 2009

The decision to approve a groundbreaking recycling plant in Tyseley arises directly from the fact that this country produces 750,000 tonnes of nappy waste per year, which at present finds its way into municipal and country landfill sites.Read

An abuse of liberty from Geert Wilders Mar 04 2009

With free speech comes a responsibility to respect the beliefs of others, argues Waqar Ahmad Ahmedi.Read

Sharing the pain of a child's death Mar 03 2009

Following the death of David Cameron’s child Ivan, Christine Bodkin, of Birmingham child bereavement charity Edward’s Trust, reflects on the emotional journey the Camerons have to endure.Read

A shift of power out East Mar 02 2009

Visiting Greater Nagoya in Japan’s industrial heartland between Tokyo and Osaka is like stepping into the past – the past of the once great industrial complex that stretched from Birmingham and the Black Country to Coventry.Read

A big day in Digbeth Feb 27 2009

Today marks an important milestone in the efforts of everybody who has a stake in the success of the creative industries and the economic wellbeing of Birmingham.Read

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