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Accenture launches recruitment drive for new Midlands hub

Global business consultancy will bring together its teams into single city centre location and plans to hire new staff for regional expansion

Birmingham Post

Man gets £1,000 of fines for driving in Birmingham - even though he's never been

Paul Murphy insists he has never been 'north of the Dartford Tunnel' yet has been hit with Clean Air Zone fines - and has been left trying to explain the mix-up to his wife

Daily Mirror

Tower Shock: Angry Residents ‘Left To Rot’ By A Council At A Mold-Infested Tower Block

More than 50 families reside at the high-rise where it "literally rains indoors" and has mold so thick it can "almost be tasted."

Zenger

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Furious residents 'left to rot' in council tower block where MICE fall from ceilings

One occupant of the tower block in Birmingham said a mouse landed on his shoulder after dropping from a lift shaft, while one of his sons found the rodent in his bed at night

Daily Mirror

Residents 'left to rot' in mouldy and mice-infested tower block with leaking roofs

They say their lives are being made a living hell

Wales Online

Birmingham apartments approved despite concerns over night-time venues

Another residential development in the city's Gay Village has been handed the green light even though the application site neighbours bars and nightclubs

Birmingham Post

Deborah Cadman lands Birmingham City Council CEO role permanently

She was appointed to the post on an interim basis last summer

Birmingham Post

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Gran left homeless after gas blast killed her neighbour

Louby Lane's home is on the brink of collapse after fatal explosion at neighbouring property

Wales Online

DWP rules mean those who claim PIP could get up to £2,000 cost of living payment

Check our guide to see what you are entitled to receive

Chronicle Live

PIP claimants could get up to £2,000 cost of living payment - full guide and dates

Here is a full guide of what you could be entitled to and important dates

Nottingham Post

More than half a billion pounds in public money paid to rogue housing providers in just one city

Exclusive: In Birmingham, £555m has been paid out in housing benefit in just four years to providers subject to watchdog action

The Independent UK

Aston Villa launch consultation into major stadium expansion

Club plans to add more than 7,000 seats to Villa Park and create new community and commercial hub

Birmingham Post

Mum's fury as kids unable to breathe in 'death trap' tower block turned building site

"Everyone wants out" of the King's Norton city tower block which has been turned into a building site for 14 months, according to the fuming residents

Daily Mirror

Names of new Birmingham stations revealed

Pair of stations will be built on the Camp Hill line south of Birmingham and better connect suburbs such as Moseley and Kings Heath with the city centre

Birmingham Post

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New designs for Birmingham's £1.9bn Smithfield scheme to be revealed

Latest consultation event will showcase the first phase of the project containing a home for the historic Bull Ring Markets, house and commercial space

Daily Mirror

'Maggots fell from ceiling onto customer's table' in filthy restaurant with mice

Birmingham City Council has been successful in its court application to close down China Court Restaurant after a ruling said there was an 'imminent risk of injury to health'

Daily Mirror

Family-of-five's 'nightmare' as they sleep on hotel floor with kids bitten by bed bugs

A homeless family-of-five from Birmingham have been left crammed into a hotel room where nails are protruding from beds and towels are used as curtains

Wales Online

Fury as bubble bath poured into city fountain hours after £5m repairs

Council says person responsible will be put before the courts for 'vandalism' as thousands of pounds of damage is caused

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Stinking pile of rubbish so big it was visible on Google Earth festered in back garden

The rubbish was attracting vermin - until council cleared it up when problem was made public

Daily Mirror

Pile of rubbish in back garden so big it's visible on Google Earth

Angela and Kevin O'Donnell attempted to discuss the problem with the tenant living at the council house, but have never been able to get someone to answer the door

Daily Mirror

Inside 'the mouldiest flat in England' from which tenants are finally being relocated

A new video of the Birmingham flat, taken by social media housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa inside the house, has helped pressure authorities into taking action

Wales Online

Inside the grim flat where mould covers every surface

Reporter Jane Haynes went to see the home for herself

Daily Record

Mum with cancer fears family will 'have to sleep in car' amid eviction nightmare

Shirley McPadden claims she was offered "much higher rent for a ****hole" by Birmingham City Council, and is now desperately trying to find alternative housing.

Daily Mirror

Bloke fuming after jobsworth council orders him to tear down £16,000 'man shed'

A homeowner from Birmingham has slammed the council for refusing permission for an outbuilding used by fishermen on his land, saying it is "not appropriate" on the Green Belt

Daily Mirror

Horror footage of blind woman's mould-infested flat sparks outrage on social media

Housing activist Kwajo Twenboa has shed light on the horrifying state of the Birmingham property which has damp and mould on "every single wall" as the tenants say the council hasn't helped

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