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TAKING ON THE PORKERS
St Basils Walk in health and safety shockWill those taking part in this year’s St Basils Charity Walk Challenge be demanding danger money?Because they could be in danger of being gored by a...
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THE BEEHIVE IS BACK
Amy, Marge and Dusty would be thrilledEnda Mullen of the Birmingham Post passes on an invite which sends me right back to my teenage years.It comes from start-up business Tilly-Minx Vintage which is...
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BIRMINGHAM BEGGARS BELIEF
Time to stop pleading for government handouts – RantI’ve mentioned this before but the longer I maintain a watching brief on the Birmingham business scene the more you notice it going round in...
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OLD FATHER TIME
Nolan shows age is no barBirmingham businessman and Moseley rugby club stalwart John Nolan has finally had to reveal a vital secret.He was asked for ID in an American bar so as to confirm has age.Which...
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‘AUSSIES’ IN OUR MIDST
Birmingham’s dodgy connections Down UnderSo, Adrian Hindmarsh isn't the only person in Birmingham with a street name in Australia …One wonders what Derek Inman, ex-BT executive, former boss of...
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ANYTHING BUT A SOLLOM OCCASION
So what’s Australia got that Birmingham hasn’t – er, where do we start?Jo and Chris Sollom arrive back from Down Under muttering about Aussies but still in love with Australia.Apparently there is no...
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BIRMINGHAM TAKES A BATTERING
City must get back to basics before image can be improved – RantAnother bad week for Birmingham.Headlines like Terror Chief to lead Trojan Horse probe just confirm the wretched image of the city.We are...
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CAUGHT BY THE SPAMMERS
Add captionAll the fault of her indoors!Many apologies if you have had strange emails in the last three days or so purportedly from me.I blame the wife.It seems computer hackers somehow managed to...
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BONNIE PRINCE ALEX
Buchanan flashes his dirkMeet the laird of Billesley Common – Councillor Alex Buchanan.Yes, the Moseley Rugby Club enthusiast really is a laird and has a certificate to ‘prove’ it.You couldn’t make it...
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FAREWELL BINNSIE
Cabbie to the stars passes awaySad news – legendary TOA taxi driver Brian Binns, cabbie to the stars, has passed away aged 64.A big guy, nicknamed the Honey Monster, he was a jovial sort who would...
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MOYES TO TAKE OVER AT BIRMINGHAM
Speculation sweeps through the city – RantIs it time Sir Albert Bore was sacked as manager of the city of Birmingham?Otherwise known as “The Annointed One” (by himself), results have been poor in...
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ONE JAG ALBERT
The Jeremy Clarkson of local governmentI hear that Sir Albert “Limo” Bore, leader of Birmingham City Council, is riding roughshod over council tax payers again.Originator of the expression "we are...
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GRASSING UP COUNCIL INEPTITUDE
Garden waste tax a shambles for Labour – RantWonderful news about mass panic in Labour ranks over the garden tax – the £35 green waste charge introduced by the Birmingham bruvvers.The green backlash is...
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MASSIVE WEIGHT OFF PRESS CLUB
Hindo opts to slum it with NeanderthalsA huge boost for Birmingham Press Club.Adrian Hindmarsh can’t make it to this week’s First Thursday drinks session at The Bureau on Colmore Row.He is instead...
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TIME TO GET A LIFE
O'Donnell (right)Shame of Press Club no-showsHere is the full sad bastard no-show list at this week’s Birmingham Press Club monthly booze-up – a good turnout all the same.No show from Clive Reeves and...
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NOT A RETIREMENT!
Legal pair lauded by the DiggerAlong to see two pensions lawyers being ‘pensioned off’.Boom! Boom!Ian Forrest and Robert Gravill stepping down as partners of Squire Sanders.But continuing as...
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THE SCANDAL OF DOUBLE CHARGING
Do they think they can take us for mugs – RantI am fed up with government and councils demanding I pay twice for services and infrastructure.The Birmingham garden tax scandal reaches new heights.I have...
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A NEW LION ROARS AT THE MEYNELL
Drinkers have the hots for HottieInteresting times for my bucolic country pals in Staffordshire.Having witnessed the transformation of their old watering hole the Meynell Ingram Arms, near Burton, into...
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FAREWELL DEREK
Business and laughter went togetherLarger than life character Derek Harris, former chief executive at Aston Science Park, now Birmingham Science Park Aston, has died aged 71.He passed away at his home...
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DON’T VOTE FOR THESE MEN
James and Bracey put names forwardGosh, some desperate candidates in the May council elections.As I have previously revealed, John James is standing for UKIP out in Tim Watts land,...
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