Dec
2011
Articles from 1st Dec 2011
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Hundreds attend funeral of Red Arrows pilot from Coventry
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
Hundreds of mourners paid their respects to an "enormously popular" Red Arrows pilot, from Coventry, who died after being ejected from his jet at the team's base. Read
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Payouts to laid-off workers blocked after vandalism at Birmingham firm
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
Laid-off Birmingham warehouse workers had their redundancy pay blocked when their ex-bosses found the front door to the site jammed shut with superglue. Read
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Marco Pierre White's Birmingham restaurant opens at The Cube
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
Birmingham’s highest restaurant with views stretching across the city has finally launched, along with a new hotel. Read
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Birmingham police officers suspended during misconduct probe
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
West Midlands Police are carrying out an investigation into alleged misconduct by officers based on the Bordesley Green ward in Birmingham. Read
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Poverty, greed, policing - the factors which led to the Birmingham riots
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
Poor policing in London was blamed for riots which spread across the country and claimed three lives in Birmingham, in the first report by the Government’s Riots Communities and Victims Panel. Read
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Birmingham-born historian and archaeologist Wilfred Lambert dies
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
An eminent Birmingham-born historian and archaeologist who was born in an Erdington council house but became one of the world’s top specialists in ancient eastern history has died. Read
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Chiltern Railways teams up with Birmingham's Orchestra Of The Swan
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
The region’s fastest growing train operator has signed a deal with a leading city orchestra which it hope will be music to the ears of its passengers. Read
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£57m Royal Shakespeare Theatre lands Heritage Award
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
Stratford-upon-Avon’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre has won a prestigious award from the Institution of Structural Engineers. Read
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Regional pay plans 'pose threat to public sector workers in West Midlands'
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
Public sector workers in the West Midlands could face massive pay cuts or years of below-inflation pay increases after George Osborne announced plans to scrap national pay deals and introduce regional salaries instead. Read
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Birmingham's children in care facing a future on the scrap heap
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
More than half of children brought up in the care of Birmingham City Council are at risk of falling onto the scrap heap by the time they are 19, new figures show. Read
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Birmingham teachers advised to set up Facebook accounts
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
Teachers in Birmingham are being advised to open a Facebook account – to stop pupils cloning their identity. Read
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Social enterprise plan for Birmingham education services hits problems
Dec 01 2011 | West Midlands News
A move by Birmingham City Council to cut costs and protect jobs by transferring responsibility for school meals, cleaning and other education services to a social enterprise company has been scaled back after officials discovered a “magnitude of barriers” standing in the way of the idea. Read
