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HS2 trains could run slower to cut costs on embattled project

Testing the trains at their maximum speed of 360kmph would involve sending them to China, delaying the project even further

The Independent UK

F1 announces 2026 Sim Racing World Championship season opener at DreamHack Birmingham

Formula 1 has announced that the 2026 Sim Racing World Championship will begin at DreamHack Birmingham before continuing at its new Biggin Hill facility

Motorsport

How to watch 'Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man' online from anywhere

Tommy Shelby is back, the stakes are wartime, and Netflix is turning the next chapter into a feature film.

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Labour will be decimated in May local elections, Unite leader says

Sharon Graham tells party to ‘wake up and smell the coffee’ after ‘shameful’ handling of Birmingham bin strike

The Guardian - UK

Peaky Blinders fan? Here are all the places you should be visiting in the UK

With Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man hitting Netflix on 20 March, we thought it was time to dive into the world of Tommy Shelby.

Euronews

“One of the best gigs I've ever been involved in”: Brian May returns to the stage for a fiery three-song cameo with Benson Boone – then hands him the Red Special

The Queen guitarist received a hero’s welcome at the singer’s recent Birmingham show

Guitar World

Union fined £265,000 for blocking lorries in Birmingham bin workers’ strike

Court finds Unite repeatedly breached injunction by blockading and ‘slow walking’ next to waste trucks

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"Kind of rebels, both of them." Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy draws parallels between his Peaky Blinders anti-hero Tommy Shelby and Birmingham's true Prince Of Darkness

Why Tommy Shelby and Ozzy Osbourne share common ground

Metal Hammer

Cillian Murphy opens up about Peaky Blinders: best podcasts of the week

The stars of the smash hit Birmingham-set series tell all to Edith Bowman. Plus, the shocking 1969 Israeli plan to secretly transfer 60,000 Palestinians to Paraguay

The Guardian - UK

'Radiant' mother from Kentucky among 6 US service members who died in air crash in Iraq

The U.S. military is identifying the six service members who died last week when a KC-135 refueling plane crashed in western Iraq

The Independent UK

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man to The Son – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

The smash-hit period drama gets the Hollywood treatment as Cillian Murphy’s Tommy Shelby strides into 1940’s wartime Birmingham, while Hugh Jackman and Zen McGrath try to repair their fractured relationship

The Guardian - UK

Cillian Murphy on the Peaky Blinders movie: ‘There’s a blurring of lines between me and Tommy’

IN FOCUS : The Irish actor, along with his new ‘Peaky’ co-stars Rebecca Ferguson and Tim Roth, tell Patrick Smith how the Birmingham gangster series will keep its deathly cool on the big screen

The Independent UK

Birmingham bin workers’ strike: why did it start and when will it end?

Unite union began all-out strike more than a year ago and city remains without full waste collection service

The Guardian - UK

Unite announces cut to Labour membership fees by £580,000

UK union cutting contributions as talks with Birmingham council fail to reach resolution over bin strike

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The Independent UK

Major trade union drastically cuts Labour affiliation over Birmingham bin strike

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Evening Standard

Unite to cut affiliation with Labour by more than £500k amid bin strike anger

Union members have been on all-out strike for exactly a year in protest at plans to reform Birmingham’s refuse collection service

Digital Camera World

Viltrox teases new APO lenses coming to The Photography & Video Show – but I think I know what they are

Viltrox has teased two mystery APO lenses coming to The Photography & Video Show in Birmingham this week, but I already have an idea of what they are

Digital Camera World

It starts this weekend! Download your FREE Photography & Video Show guide and get prepared…

Over 200 brands are coming to The Photography & Video Show in Birmingham this weekend –download your FREE show guide

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The Guardian - UK

Trillium, Birmingham B4: ‘There’s a general feeling of people – gasp! – actually enjoying life’ – restaurant review

I’m somewhat in love with this weird, bold, silly restaurant

The Guardian - UK

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review – Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown

Cillian Murphy reprises his haunted gang boss in Steven Knight’s muscular film spin-off – as a wartime clash with Nazis and family betrayal pulls him back to Birmingham

The Guardian - UK

Brummie rapper Tony Bontana: ‘I have to speak on genocide, the same way I have to speak about my grief’

Fronting punk and ‘grungegaze’ bands while making dozens of rap albums, Bontana is a great British one-off. He explains why he’s working towards a world of peace

Evening Standard

Murder suspect charged after stabbing near Birmingham primary school

Mahmood Ibrahim, 32, of no fixed address, is due before magistrates in the city on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

On the trail of Peaky Blinders, Black Sabbath and the perfect pint – an alternative guide to Birmingham

As the Peaky Blinders film is released this week, we follow in the footsteps of the Shelbys, make a heavy metal pilgrimage and find the city’s best places to eat, drink and dance

The Independent UK

Police name victim of fatal stabbing near primary school in Birmingham

A 32-year-old male was arrested in connection with the stabbing

MusicRadar

Here's 7 of the hottest guitar gear releases I tried at The Guitar Show this weekend that are available to buy right now

I joined a sold-out Guitar Show in Birmingham, UK, to get hands-on with the latest and greatest from the world of guitar

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