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The Latest Breaking News from Birmingham

How Birmingham city council ended up in financial crisis: a timeline

Questions emerging about whether the figures behind the city council’s bankruptcy stack up

The Guardian - UK

Birmingham city council accused of basing drastic cuts on ‘imagined’ data

Whistleblowers fear £760m equal pay liability bill could be hugely overstated, as IT problems leave finances in disarray

The Guardian - UK

‘Ludicrous’ plan to build skyscraper over Georgian Birmingham building rejected

Councillors unanimously refuse permission for 42-storey block of flats on top of former residence and hospital

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Doctors condemn suspension of retired GP over UK climate protests

Dr Sarah Benn, from Birmingham, taken off medical register for five months after attending Just Stop Oil demonstration

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‘Birmingham Four’ ask CCRC to investigate convictions for terror plot

Four men were jailed for life in 2017 for planning terrorist attack in UK after elaborate undercover police operation

The Guardian - UK

We are ashamed of the role psychology played in gender care

Sixteen senior psychologists reveal how their profession failed young people at Gender Identity Development Service clinics

The Guardian - UK

Son of man set on fire near mosque says Met Police could have prevented tragedy

Mohammed Rayaz, 70, was set alight in Birmingham three weeks after an ‘identical’ attack in west London

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Undercroft: Celebrated Birmingham chef Brad Carter to open restaurant below historic Mayfair church

Having wowed diners in Birmingham for more than a decade, Brad Carter is heading down the M40

Evening Standard

Attacker who set fire to mosque worshippers given indefinite hospital order

Mohammed Abbkr, 29, was ordered to be treated in a secure mental hospital without limit of time for the ‘horrific’ offences in London and Birmingham.

Evening Standard

Birmingham airport suspends operations after plane security incident

Spokesperson says aircraft has landed safely and all passengers and crew have disembarked

The Guardian - UK

Has it come to this? We must act now to save Birmingham’s culture from cuts

Austerity-hit Birmingham’s decision to stop funding the arts is a calamity for a city whose rich contribution to UK culture – from Tolkien to the Streets – is such a vital source of civic pride

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‘I did all the things an actor shouldn’t’: Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie on class, big breaks – and houseboats

Being cast as a scheming toff in the global phenomenon Bridgerton was a surprise for Claudia Jessie. Fiercely proud of her roots, the Brummie talks about etiquette lessons, getting too many tattoos and why working-class actors so often get a rough deal

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I value Brummie art, but who else does?

Only in Birmingham could a statue of King Kong be lost twice. The city’s relationship with its cultural history is complicated

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‘The courgettes were so good last year, I got a tattoo of one’: life on a Birmingham allotment

A city of welly-wearers, Birmingham has more allotments than any other UK local authority – some of its keen plotholders tell us why

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‘I spend less time self-sabotaging’: Robbie Williams and Joe Lycett on making art

The pop star and comedian discuss their artwork, social media and how Williams came of age in a classic Birmingham club

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: all of Birmingham’s human life is here

Claire Douglass’s giant vista of ‘late-stage capitalism in frightening times’ features many city notables, including Joe Lycett clutching a carrier bag

The Guardian - UK

Joe Lycett discloses four fake stories he planted in UK media

Stories include man with bruise in shape of Prince Harry and statue of H from Steps being erected in Wales

Louder

With the swagger of Happy Mondays and the politics of Crass, Kid Kapichi's sold out Birmingham show hints they might be Britain's next breakout stars

With various dates of their UK tour sold out, Hastings punks Kid Kapichi look set for breakout success in the wake of new album There Goes The Neighborhood

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‘Anyone for cowboy butter?’: lunch with Joe Lycett at one of Birmingham’s hottest restaurants

The comedian eats out at 670 Grams, run by rising-star chef Kray Treadwell, where carrots inspire joy and handbags get their own seat

The Guardian - UK

Rock cakes in a shed, underground art and conceptual cocktails: a Brummie insiders’ guide to Birmingham

‘Brummie legends’ chosen by Joe Lycett on the city’s best venues for music, food, art, comedy and cocktails

Evening Standard

Premier League Darts: Michael van Gerwen denies Luke Littler third straight win in Birmingham

Littler wins latest thriller with Luke Humphries before falling to the reigning champion, who takes his fourth nightly victory of the year

Evening Standard

Premier League Darts 2024: Full results, final table and play-offs

Luke Littler wins finals in London

Evening Standard

What time is Luke Littler playing tonight? How to watch Premier League Darts live

‘The Nuke’ has a quarter-final clash with Rob Cross as he aims for three straight night wins in Birmingham

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Ted Baker to close 15 UK stores with the loss of 245 jobs

Outlets in Birmingham, Liverpool, Oxford, Leeds, Bristol and Nottingham among those to shut

Evening Standard

Cody Fisher: Two men jailed for life for murdering footballer in Birmingham nightclub knife attack

The 23-year-old was stabbed on a dancefloor on Boxing Day 2022

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