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TIME TO STICK TOGETHER
Break up Britain lobby must be stopped – RantSo the crunch is here on Scotland.I am still expecting a No vote albeit closer than the 55-45 I had envisaged – maybe 53-47.Much has been obscured by the...
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HATE THE SCOTS?
McBellYou can’t escape the blood linkFormer Birmingham Mail council correspondent David Bell would like to see the Scots “sod off”.For two good reasons in terms of the English – no longer would we have...
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THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COYNE
Secret Footballer sent to take on GermansShamed by only beating Scotland 2-1 in the recent European Championships qualifier, Germany came up against another major footballing challenge at the...
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LABOUR’S NEW MOAN FEST
City council jobs cut shame – RantDifficult to ignore the latest projected jobs cut at Birmingham City Council.More than 6,000 staff will supposedly lose their jobs over the next four years.Already the...
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REAR OF THE YEAR
Eventmasters copper bottoms Moseley sponsorship packageEventmasters has got behind Moseley 1st XV – literally!The Birmingham-based firm has agreed a sponsorship deal for its name to go on the team’s...
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A STOOL PIGEON IN CHINA
Brum event will get to the bottom of business culture thereRegular readers (and rest assured we know who you are – both of you … the appropriate authorities have their beady eye on you two, too) might...
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TEST STAR’S LOVE OF BIRMINGHAM
Moeen returns to where it all startedBirmingham-born Test star Moeen Ali has hailed the city of his birth and those involved in his cricketing education.And he told how special it was to play for...
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CAPITAL PRICES
Getting ripped off in LarndonI seem to have woken up my correspondent deep in the rural sticks of Staffordshire.I am referring of course to renowned PR turned rustic type, Bob Keys.Keys has spotted an...
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LETTER FROM PRAGUE
Czech mate Sansi gets the cold shower treatmentJas Sansi, Birmingham's tallest photographer, has recently returned from a four day assignment in Prague. No less than 5,300 international delegates at an...
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A BINMAN GREAT
But Le Tiss trashes the Blues!Matt Le Tissier is one of Southampton’s greatest heroes.Also one of the most underrated England players mainly because of hopeless international managers.So what a...
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WHERE, OH WHERE, ARE THE POSH FROCKS?
Daisy Duke bemoans Birmingham’s fashion desert – RantDon’t look at me when it comes to assessing the clothes scene – I’m no David Beckham.But my fashion correspondent Daisy Duke knows a thing or two...
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CONSERVATIVE COLOSSUS
IncognitoHindo bestrides conference like a GoliathThe luck of the Irish … or should that be Scots and English too.Yes, Birmingham’s favourite lawyer Adrian Hindmarsh – currently doing his...
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TITTLE TATTLE TORIES
What went on behind the scenes of that conferenceSo the Conservative Party Conference has rolled in and rolled out and the people of Birmingham can reclaim the cordoned off half of their city.Security...
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TORIES WING IT
Dave RachelMore conference capers capture the imaginationWonderful tale about Rachel Maclean, prospective MP for Birmingham Northfield.She has to make a speech at one of the many events at the...
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STREET SLAGS OFF BIRMINGHAM
John Lewis boss in amazing attack on cityThe boss of John Lewis has been forced into a grovelling apology after describing Birmingham as being “an absolute dump”.Managing director Andy Street insisted...
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JO MALIN GETS PECKISH
Media girl proves to be a chippie off the old blockPicked up this great story off a tip-off.Media darling Joanne Malin, originally from Moseley, had supposedly opened a fish and chip shop in ‘the...
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MEET A RUGBY LEGEND
Former All Black to speak in BirminghamAn opportunity to spend an afternoon in the company of one of rugby’s great players.Sean Fitzpatrick, the former New Zealand All Black hooker and captain, now a...
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HOW I GOT THE GORILLA TREATMENT
Our Zoo got close up and personalSo who has been addicted to the now concluded Our Zoo drama series on BBC?Based on the true story of the Mottershead family who, in the face of staunch opposition and...
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GOVEY AND THE STRIKE
Fresh faced kid was always going placesBy Jon Hebditch,North Scots Press AgencyHe's a Tory cabinet minister who was despised by teaching unions after cracking down on numerous strikes during his time...
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ABERDEEN REVISITED
Was it really a quarter of a century ago?The 25threunion anniversary of the 1989/90 Aberdeen Journals dispute brought some 80-90 strikers, supporters and partners back to Aberdeen to remember those...
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