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Read main headlines, reports and place your comments on the stories. en-gb Birmingham Post http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/2012-games-ceremony-to-be-city-wide-65233-21637691/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:35:15 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/2012-games-ceremony-to-be-city-wide-65233-21637691/ Organisers of London 2012 will not try to imitate the pageantry of the opening and closing ceremonies at the Beijing Games, Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has said. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/faith-schools-accused-on-employment-65233-21637362/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:05:14 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/faith-schools-accused-on-employment-65233-21637362/ The Government is being urged to reform faith schools to ensure they cannot discriminate against pupils and teachers on religious grounds. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/farm-worker-killed-in-baler-tragedy-65233-21637295/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:35:16 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/farm-worker-killed-in-baler-tragedy-65233-21637295/ A farm worker has died after becoming trapped in a hay baler, police have said. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/france-rapist-may-have-fled-to-uk-65233-21637241/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:35:14 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/france-rapist-may-have-fled-to-uk-65233-21637241/ A man who raped a UK journalism student at an illegal immigrants' camp in Calais is believed be a people smuggler and may have fled to England, police have said. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/woman-killed-in-200ft-mountain-plunge-65233-21637067/ Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:35:16 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/30/woman-killed-in-200ft-mountain-plunge-65233-21637067/ A 38-year-old woman has died after falling about 200ft down a mountainside. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/hard-times-ahead-warns-darling-65233-21636804/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:05:14 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/hard-times-ahead-warns-darling-65233-21636804/ Britain's economic downturn will be "more profound and long-lasting" than expected amid the worst global economic conditions for 60 years, Alistair Darling has warned. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/ill-winehouse-pulls-out-of-concert-65233-21636658/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:35:15 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/ill-winehouse-pulls-out-of-concert-65233-21636658/ Amy Winehouse has pulled out of a concert in Paris due to illness, her publicist said. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/child-injured-in-mountain-plunge-65233-21636202/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:35:20 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/child-injured-in-mountain-plunge-65233-21636202/ A six-year-old girl has been seriously injured and a man and woman have been airlifted to hospital after they fell around 200 feet down a mountainside. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/pm-death-threat-case-trio-remanded-65233-21636053/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:05:16 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/pm-death-threat-case-trio-remanded-65233-21636053/ A man who allegedly threatened to kill Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in a posting on a jihadi website has been remanded in custody. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/arson-probe-police-examine-computer-65233-21635999/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:05:14 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/arson-probe-police-examine-computer-65233-21635999/ Police were examining a missing teenager's computer as they worked to solve the mystery surrounding her family's burnt-out country estate. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/honeymoon-deaths-police-chief-fired-65233-21635863/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:35:14 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/honeymoon-deaths-police-chief-fired-65233-21635863/ Antiguan Police Commissioner Gary Nelson has been fired by the island's Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/criminals-let-off-over-sentences-65233-21635669/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:35:14 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/criminals-let-off-over-sentences-65233-21635669/ More than 60 judges have given "unduly lenient" sentences to offenders convicted of some of the most serious crimes, according to new figures. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/passengers-stranded-in-refund-row-65233-21635471/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:35:15 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/passengers-stranded-in-refund-row-65233-21635471/ Passengers scrambled to get tickets for alternative flights following the collapse of transatlantic budget airline Zoom. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/11-8m-hit-by-new-energy-price-rises-65233-21635280/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:05:15 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/11-8m-hit-by-new-energy-price-rises-65233-21635280/ Energy firms Npower and Scottish Power have announced more bad news for households with steep hikes in gas and electricity prices. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/prince-harry-returns-to-army-duties-65233-21635050/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:35:17 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/prince-harry-returns-to-army-duties-65233-21635050/ Royal soldier Prince Harry has returned to his regiment after a summer break amid reports that he has repeated his request to return to front-line action. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/scottish-power-hikes-energy-prices-65233-21634797/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:05:19 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/scottish-power-hikes-energy-prices-65233-21634797/ Scottish Power announced it was increasing gas prices by an average 34% and electricity prices by 9%. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/guantanamo-hearing-grants-more-time-65233-21634677/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:35:16 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/guantanamo-hearing-grants-more-time-65233-21634677/ The Government was given a further week by the High Court to consider its position over its refusal to disclose secret documents in the case of a British resident held in Guantanamo Bay. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/pm-terror-threat-men-remanded-65233-21634618/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:35:15 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/pm-terror-threat-men-remanded-65233-21634618/ A man who allegedly threatened to kill Tony Blair and Gordon Brown in a posting on a jihadi website has been remanded in custody. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/divorce-at-lowest-rate-for-26-years-65233-21634348/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:05:15 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/divorce-at-lowest-rate-for-26-years-65233-21634348/ The number of couples getting a divorce has dropped to the lowest rate for 26 years, official figures showed. http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/three-face-pm-death-threat-charges-65233-21634292/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:05:14 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/news/uk-news/2008/08/29/three-face-pm-death-threat-charges-65233-21634292/ Three men are due to appear in court charged over an alleged threat to assassinate the Prime Minister.