Jan
2009
Articles from 20th Jan 2009
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Birmingham City Council clamps down on staff using Facebook
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham City Council staff have been banned from using social networking sites after officials were caught wasting hundreds of hours by chatting to friends on Facebook when they should have been working. Read
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Credit crunch impacts on Birmingham Post Rich List
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
The credit crunch and recession are beginning to have an impact on the wealth of the wealthiest Midlanders, the latest Birmingham Post Rich List will show tomorrow. Read
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Five Birmingham fire stations escape closure
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
Five out of 10 West Midlands fire stations controversially earmarked for closure will now stay open following a concerted campaign by protesters. Read
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Women forced to have sex to repay illegal loans
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
Birmingham loan sharks are forcing vulnerable women into having sex with them to pay off their debts as more people plunge into the red as the recession bites. Read
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Erdington cat cruelty pensioner backed by neighbour
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
Supporters of the Birmingham pensioner found guilty of 13 charges of animal cruelty have defended her treatment of cats. Read
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Gaza protest at Shenstone company
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
Campaigners calling for end to UK arms sales to Israel lined up outside a Midland factory yesterday. Read
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Man held over death in Kings Heath
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
A man is being held by police investigating the alleged murder of a young father found slumped on a Birmingham street with fatal head injuries. Read
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Charity reveals horrifying child sex abuse cases in Midlands
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
POLICE in the West Midlands recorded more than four sex crimes against children, some as young as one, every day last year. Read
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Official documents to go electronic at Birmingham City Council
Jan 20 2009 | West Midlands News
Days spent searching for official documents will soon be a thing of the past for Birmingham City Council staff, with a £40million scheme to transfer paper-based information to computers about to get under way. Read
