If you'd like to receive regular updates from this blog, please enter your e-mail address here: E-mail address:    Delivered by FeedBurner  Subscribe in a reader Friday, February 15, 2008 Local News - New Street Station (again...)  Another local story - this week it was announced that New Street Station was to (finally) get the funding from central government to go ahead with it's redevelopment. Sadly, the scheme, whilst delivering a shiny new station with more space for passengers, won't add any more room for the already over-capacity rail network using the station. Labels: birmingham, birminghamuk, new street station Posted at 6:48 PM  | 0 Comments  -  Post a Comment  |  Backlinks Comments (0): Post a Comment Links to this post:   <$BlogBacklinkTitle$>   <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link Tuesday, February 12, 2008 Tribune Cartoon - 15th February  Labels: alastair darling, tribune Posted at 10:50 PM  | 0 Comments  -  Post a Comment  |  Backlinks Comments (0): Post a Comment Links to this post:   <$BlogBacklinkTitle$>   <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link Friday, February 08, 2008 Local News - Longbridge Inquiry  Still no end in sight for the inquiry into the collapse of Rover, which has now been running for over two and a half years, at a cost of £11 million (with £100,000 on hotels alone). Labels: birmingham, birminghamuk, longbridge, rover Posted at 6:27 PM  | 0 Comments  -  Post a Comment  |  Backlinks Comments (0): Post a Comment Links to this post:   <$BlogBacklinkTitle$>   <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link Tuesday, February 05, 2008 Tribune Cartoon - 8th February  Labels: tribune Posted at 6:26 PM  | 0 Comments  -  Post a Comment  |  Backlinks Comments (0): Post a Comment Links to this post:   <$BlogBacklinkTitle$>   <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link Friday, February 01, 2008 Local News - Single Status  This week's Birmingham-themed cartoon comes from the impending strike about the Single Status agreement, which has radically reshaped the pay structure for Birmingham City Council employees with some staff receiving significant pay rises, but others (the bin-men included) being forced to take cuts of up to £20,000. Labels: birmingham, birmingham city council, birminghamuk Posted at 6:10 PM  | 0 Comments  -  Post a Comment  |  Backlinks Comments (0): Post a Comment Links to this post:   <$BlogBacklinkTitle$>   <$BlogBacklinkSnippet$> posted by <$BlogBacklinkAuthor$> @ <$BlogBacklinkDateTime$> Create a Link

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