Ontario Teachers raises stake in Birmingham airport
Birmingham airport is the UK’s seventh busiest. Photograph: Corbis Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has bought a 19.25% stake in Birmingham airport from Australia’s Victorian Funds Management,...
View ArticleWoman jailed for breaching court order by hugging granddaughter is freed
Danby’s three-month sentence had been handed down this year by Birmingham’s court of protection. Photograph: Chris Young/PA A 72-year-old woman jailed for hugging her granddaughter in breach of a court...
View ArticleMan charged with West Midlands murder of Baljit Singh
Baljit Singh’s body was found on New Year’s Day after he disappeared on 23 December while collecting a birthday cake for his son. Photograph: PA A 32-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a...
View ArticlePolice sergeant convicted after using force intelligence to help criminal gang
Iqbal pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess Class A drugs, conspiracy to manage a brothel and conspiracy to launder money. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA A Birmingham police sergeant has been given a...
View ArticleBirmingham laughs off Fox News commentator’s caliphate claim
The view over Birmingham from the Bullring shopping centre. Photograph: Edd Griffin/Rex Features The train passengers’ calm consumption of crisps and bored checking of emails on the 11.43am to...
View ArticleWith Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown and Citizen Khan’s help, I’m creating a comedy...
Adil Ray as Citizen Khan. Photograph: BBC/Jay Brooks On Sunday, on Fox News, an American terrorism expert named Steven Emerson revealed that the entire English city of Birmingham was a no-go area to...
View ArticleHow did Fox News’ Birmingham blunder make it to air? Because everything else...
Emerson said “there are actual cities like Birmingham that are totally Muslim, where non-Muslims just simply don’t go in”, while appearing on the Fox News channel. Photograph: Fox News/PA Where does...
View ArticleCadbury cuts 250 jobs in Birmingham
The Bournville factory in Birmingham. Photograph: Mondelez International/PA About 250 jobs are being cut at Cadbury’s factory in Birmingham alongside a £75m investment in new equipment that the company...
View ArticleBirmingham’s NEC Group to be sold to private equity company for £307m
Backstage at Crufts dog show in 2014. The NEC in Birmingham has hosted the annual competition since 1991. Photograph: Christopher Thomond The National Exhibition Centre is to be sold to a private...
View ArticleAlleged murderer Leo Barnes found dead in prison cell
Cynthia Beamond’s family have spoken of their devastation after the man accused of killing her was found dead. Photograph: West Midlands police/PA An alleged killer who was accused of murdering two...
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