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Watch Bruce Dickinson break gong mallet at Iron Maiden show, before pretending to play it like a flute and giving it a lick

Bruce Dickinson accidentally broke his gong mallet at Iron Maiden's recent show in Birmingham, but rolled with the punches

Metal Hammer

Heavy metal: how Janine Wiedel captured the filth and glory of Britain’s industrial 70s

The photographer travelled the West Midlands in a campervan to document the workers risking their lives to toil in steel mills, coal mines and blast furnaces

The Guardian - UK

Step inside Birmingham's Ringway Centre as future hangs in the balance

Developers are hoping to secure consent to replace 1960s block with new apartments as campaigners bid for 11th hour reprieve

Birmingham Post

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Report finds failings over ex-prisoner who stabbed eight in Birmingham

Zephaniah McLeod was not appropriately treated and medicated for his mental illness, report says

The Guardian - UK

‘These were failings’: families critical of Birmingham stabbings report

Victims’ mothers say recommendations will not secure real change after Zephaniah McLeod’s deadly attacks in 2020

The Guardian - UK

People not doing their job led to my son being killed

Jacob Billington, from Crosby, was stabbed in the neck at random by a man with severe mental health problems

Liverpool Echo

Mother of stabbing spree victim slams ‘massive’ failings after inquiry report

An independent investigation found Zephaniah McLeod had been released from prison with no statutory supervision from any criminal justice services.

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Depeche Mode announce NEW tour dates including Manchester, Birmingham, London - how to get tickets

The band will head to Manchester's AO Arena in the new year

Manchester Evening News

Private equity giant Inflexion in talks to buy global law firm DWF

As well as Manchester, DWF has UK offices in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Newcastle

Birmingham Post

Four boys died after falling into frozen lake after feeding ducks and skimming stones, inquest heard

The boys, who died in hospital after playing on a frozen lake in Birmingham just days before Christmas last year, had tried to save eachother, an inquest heard

Manchester Evening News

Work starts on £5.5m revamp of Birmingham office block

St Philips Point is undergoing major facelift to create new office space and has also been rebranded Arca

Birmingham Post

Birmingham office block reopens after back-to-frame refurb

10 Brindleyplace combines two previous buildings into a single address and now has a co-working facility

Birmingham Post

Boys who drowned in frozen Solihull lake 'tried to help each other'

An inquest into the deaths of four boys who died after drowning in a frozen lake was heard at Birmingham Coroner's Court today

Liverpool Echo

Four boys died in frozen lake after going out to feed the ducks and skim stones

Jack Johnson, 10, brothers Samuel and Finlay Butler, six and eight, and their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, died in a frozen lake last year in Solihull, after feeding the ducks and skimming stones

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Wales Online

Four boys who died on frozen lake were trying to help each other out of trouble

An initial inquest hearing, held in Birmingham on December 19 2022, was told that three of the boys were rescued after 22 minutes in the water, while the fourth was pulled from the lake after 31 minutes

The Conversation

Unpacking the controversy behind Roger Waters' latest tour

“I will not be cancelled,” roared the former Pink Floyd singer Roger Waters at a recent concert in Birmingham, part of a European tour mired in controversy. There have been police investigations in Berlin, demonstrations in Britain and accusations of fostering hatred against Jews, but Waters has remained defiant.

Birmingham Post

Buyout deal for Birmingham logistics firm

Digbeth-based DMN Logistics has acquired JLL Vehicle Distribution to boost its electric vehicle logistics operation.

The Independent UK

Inquests to be heard into deaths of four boys pulled from icy lake - old

Brothers Samuel Butler, six, and eight-year-old Finlay Butler, died along with their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, and Jack Johnson, 10, in December.

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Metal Hammer

Spiritbox and Loathe's Birmingham show just showed that metal's new stars are ready to take over

The first date of Spiritbox's sold-out debut headline tour of the UK proved metal's next generation are unstoppable

Metal Hammer

“This has to be the weirdest thing that’s ever been named after me!”: Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi presented with sculpture of 469 million-year-old fossil named in his honour

Tony Iommi meets Drepanoistodus Iommii in Birmingham

Daily Mirror

New Look is closing another store tomorrow - see if your local is shutting

New Look saw a string of closures earlier this year which saw its sites in Birmingham, Coventry, Trowbridge, Kirkcaldy, Walthamstow and Northampton shut their doors for good

The Independent UK

Judge-led inquiry to be launched at city council with £760m equal pay bill

Birmingham City Council is also facing a large bill due to errors with an IT system

Daily Mirror

Railway station ticket office closures list in full - is your local station affected?

A full list of train stations that will lose their ticket offices under new plans has been unveiled - with London Marylebone, Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street among the cuts

Birmingham Post

New Birmingham base for Cab Property

Brand and marketing studio has taken space on Brindleyplace estate in same building it has been promoting following a renovation programme

Birmingham Post

Moda Living teams up with Aviva for £400m Birmingham apartment scheme

Developer and investor announces latest project in the city after JV acquires regen site in Digbeth

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