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My big Birmingham bookshop crawl: why booksellers are suddenly thriving

In 2009, two bookshops a week were closing in the UK and the days of physical books seemed numbered. Now, indie stores are booming. What explains the turnaround – and can it be sustained?

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Dining across the divide: ‘He supports removing the charitable status of private schools – but I think it needs a more nuanced view’

They might have agreed on Brexit, but what about the privatisation of water and education?

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‘It cost £191 and I’ve made £1,000’: four women on the dresses making them a fortune

There has been a huge rise of peer-to-peer lending online, where people borrow clothes directly from one another. For some, it can be a lucrative side hustle and a way to pursue bigger dreams

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Mum has 'miracle' baby after brain tumour treatment that could have left her infertile

Leah Fox fell ill while on her honeymoon in Barbados

Nottingham Post

Rise of the robots raises a big question: what will workers do?

Rapid developments in AI are forcing managers and politicians alike to confront profound questions about the future of jobs

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BCMG/Wendeberg review – ‘arborescent’ choral work celebrates Birmingham’s 100,000 new trees

Sung by adults and children together, Christian Mason’s composition created beguiling textures in this performance by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

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‘People can’t just get used to it’: Wolverhampton reacts to Bank of England comments

Local authority with highest fuel poverty rate in England is angry at economist’s comment Britons ‘need to accept’ being worse off

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Dining across the divide: ‘He was humble enough to acknowledge the additional barriers for people of my demographic’

One is a Labour-supporting remainer. The other a Conservative who voted leave. Can they find any common ground?

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I'm a CEO in the booming EV space–and the son of a union electrician. Here’s why I give stock options to the army of workers who install charging stations across America

Building EV infrastructure is not only about sustainability. It's also about creating new, rewarding job opportunities.

Fortune

Scores of tourists arrive at Skomer thanks to Attenborough effect

West Wales island home to tens of thousands of puffins and shearwaters is a star of the veteran broadcaster’s new BBC series Wild Isles

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The week in classical: The Decision; The Dream of Gerontius; Soloists of the CBSO – review

Birmingham Opera Company regroup, and the CBSO triumph in Elgar’s great oratorio as the city’s rich musical life thrives. And shock and anger as the BBC Singers are axed

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Dining across the divide: ‘I think it’s an oversimplification to say the British empire was all wrong’

One is a republican and the other is a traditionalist. Will their mutual stand on Brexit save the day?

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Retirement boom among UK’s older workers creates economic headache

Wyre Forest in the West Midlands has seen a huge jump in the ‘economically inactive’, many of them affluent older people, but the dearth of workers is a real problem for employers

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Dining across the divide: ‘I don’t think we fully agreed on a definition of woke’

One is from a leftwing family but moved right; the other from a conservative background and moved left. Did that help them understand the other’s perspective?

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Irish family reveal six-year legal battle in Qatar over daughter’s severe injuries

Birmingham-based Soffe family still fighting for compensation after fire in Gulf state left Elizabeth with life-threatening burns

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Dining across the divide: ‘In almost every context, her solutions were that more money should be spent’

One wants to do away with the charitable status of private schools, one doesn’t. Did they agree that taxes should be increased on second homes?

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‘We’re so busy’: Birmingham’s warm spaces fill up as winter weather bites

People struggling with rising energy bills use dozens of sites across city while council braces for increase in those seeking help

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‘You see the lack of compassion’: anger at Tories in fuel-poor Wolverhampton

City 15 miles from Tory conference has England’s highest fuel poverty rate and is setting up warm banks for winter

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‘There will be a lot of grief in Jamaica’: Birmingham mourners on Queen and Commonwealth

At an interfaith event in the city, the emotional and political significance of the moment was on people’s minds

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‘It’s not all celebratory’: five Birmingham residents on the Commonwealth

Beyond excitement for the Games, their history inspires enthusiasm and unsettling questions

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‘He needs to resign’: Chris Pincher’s constituents on their disgraced MP

Member of parliament for Tamworth refuses to step down after claims he drunkenly groped two men

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‘An embarrassment’: voters in Chris Pincher’s seat have had enough

Tamworth’s citizens are angry with Boris Johnson and their MP but some local Tories still support the latter

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Check your check’: Minimum wage increases Friday in Chicago and Cook County

“To Chicago’s businesses, I want to say loud and clear: Labor laws are not optional. We will hold you accountable,” said a city official on consumer protection.

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‘It’s a joyful space’: National Trust tells story of Birmingham’s Windrush generation

Home from Home exhibition at Back to Backs recreates Caribbean households of 1970s

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Can’t face another sad salad? Here’s how to ditch the lettuce and forage for something more exciting

Lime leaves are perfect with vinaigrette; sheep’s sorrel seeds taste of lemon; and fox pee … well, steer clear of fox pee. Our expert explains what to pick, what to avoid, and how to make the most of your haul

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