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London leaver heaven: three commuter hotspots for 2024

Some places outside the capital are set to become faster to reach than many journeys within London with journey times as low as 49 minutes

Evening Standard

No longer welcome in baseball, Omar Vizquel speaks for first time since lawsuit

Vizquel’s life turned upside down in August 2021, when he was sued by a former batboy who has autism, for sexual harassment while managing the White Sox’s Class AA team in Birmingham, Alabama in 2019.

Chicago Sun-Times

British politics is rotting from the bottom up: pity our crisis-hit local councils

The collapse of town hall democracy is a scandal unfolding in real time, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

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Benjamin Zephaniah laid to rest in private funeral

Wellwishers are asked to plant flowers in Birmingham-born poet’s name or donate to Vegan Society or Inquest

The Guardian - UK

New plans for HS2 money will bring ‘higher fares and congestion for decades’

Rail experts say predicted passenger congestion north of Birmingham will mean ticket price rises to reduce demand

The Guardian - UK

Map: When and where storms will hit the UK as Met Office issue weather warning

Householders could suffer power cuts, says Met Office, as swathe of UK north of Birmingham warned to batten down hatches

The Independent UK

Sir Tim Brighouse obituary

One of Britain’s most influential and charismatic educationists who was a champion of state schools

The Guardian - UK

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Leicester’s Stephy Mavididi punishes Birmingham as Rooney woes grow

Leicester beat Birmingham 3-2 in an entertaining encounter, two goals from Jordan James not enough to save Wayne Rooney’s side from a home defeat

The Guardian - UK

Tim Brighouse, ‘one of the century’s great educators’, dies aged 83

The ex-London schools commissioner and chief education officer for Birmingham was hailed by colleagues

The Guardian - UK

Rooney keen to avoid ‘Wagatha Christie’ sideshow as Birmingham face Leicester

Wayne Rooney has stressed the importance of him and his players ignoring the backdrop to their match against Leicester

The Guardian - UK

Why Nottingham and Birmingham will be followed by more cities running out of money

Almost a fifth of England’s council bosses have warned they are running out of money so badly that they will become effectively bankrupt this year or next. A report by the Local Government Association also indicates that nearly half think they will not be able to ensure the delivery of…

The Conversation

UFC’s Leon Edwards: ‘In Jamaica killing seemed normal. We were used to death all around us’

Fighter opens up on his tough upbringing, escaping gang life and his stunning defeat of Kamaru Usman to become world champion

The Guardian - UK

What time is Tom Jones on stage at London's 02 Arena?

The Welsh Tiger, 83, is touring the UK this month and his capital date will follow performances in Nottingham and Birmingham

Evening Standard

‘His poetry, his activism… I was inspired’: readers pay tribute to Benjamin Zephaniah

Those who met and worked with him, and those who had their lives changed by his work, remember their connections to the writer and performer

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Reason

Brickbat: Working the Ref

Police in Birmingham, England, have charged two 17-year-old boys, who weren't named by the media, with a public order offense after a soccer game between Birmingham City and Sheffield. The boys are accused of directing misogynistic chants at a female referee during the game. Media reports don't make it clear…

The Independent UK

How Benjamin Zephaniah’s brilliant performance in Peaky Blinders brought him to a wider global audience

Much loved writer and poet brought genuine Birmingham charm to the BBC period crime drama

The Independent UK

How Benjamin Zephaniah’s brilliant performance in Peaky Blinders brought him to a wider global audience

Much loved writer and poet brought genuine Birmingham charm to the BBC period crime drama

Metal Hammer

In 1995 Ozzy Osbourne revisited his old school in Birmingham: The kids didn't know who he was

In which Ozzy Osbourne shows the BBC the band name he carved into the brickwork outside his childhood home

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The Guardian - AU

Shakespeare’s First Folio: State Library of NSW takes the Bard’s ‘radical’ 400-year-old book out of the vault

Half of Shakespeare’s plays would have been lost without it – and it is now among the most valuable books in the world

The Guardian - UK

Out of time? Unloved Commonwealth Games faces uphill battle to survive

Hosts are pulling out, costs are spiralling and the PR is a challenge: will the post-colonial festival of sport find a way to secure its future?

The Guardian - UK

Indian police accused of harassing Sikh activist in UK before his sudden death

Family of Avtar Khanda question UK authorities’ account that his death was reviewed by police and that there was no foul play

The Independent UK

UK cities lag behind European counterparts in public transport commuting – study

The proportion of residents of Manchester and Birmingham who commute by public transport was found to be 16% and 18% respectively.

Evening Standard

Top of the naughty list: Londoners named worst Uber passengers

It seems London and Birmingham will need to find some holiday spirit to raise their rankings, as they were placed high in the naughty list

The Independent UK

Machete attacker, 17, and accomplice found guilty of murder caught on CCTV

Two other teenagers were found guilty of conspiracy to murder after Kelvin Ward, 50, was left to die in the street.

The Independent UK

Two teenagers arrested for ‘misogynistic chanting’ towards referee Rebecca Welch

Birmingham had warned fans on Friday about their behaviour towards match officials.

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