NEVER mind Central Tonight – ITV’s daily news programme fronted by Bob Warman and Joanne Malin will soon have to be rebranded “Central, Goodnight” after the axing of 60 jobs in its Birmingham newsroom.
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THE swimming club which helped disabled teenager Ellie Simmonds win double gold in Beijing is warning that able-bodied youngsters who want to make a similar splash are being denied the chance by tight-fisted council bosses.
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CHILLY workers at an historic Birmingham office building demanded heaters to keep them warm after the central heating conked out – but their dozy council landlords sent coolers instead.
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BIRMINGHAM man Timothy Nolan made the national papers this week because he’s been denied a life-prolonging cancer drug – even though he caught the disease from a contaminated NHS blood transfusion.
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BIRMINGHAM Perry Barr MP Khalid Mahmood was shocked by our revelations about fake ID cards and called on Home Office Minister Tony McNulty to crack down on rogue websites offering them for sale.
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NOW the Portuguese police have officially removed the finger of suspicion from Kate and Gerry McCann, maybe the hateful whispering campaign against them will finally end. But somehow I doubt it.
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WITH profits of more than £2 billion a year, Tesco lays claim to the title of Britain's most popular supermarket - but my hunch is that they're the most unpopular too.
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Taxpayers beware! The Stirrer has discovered that Birmingham Council is locked in a race against time with Birmingham University to build the ultimate white elephant – a grandiose £40 million Olympic-sized swimming pool.
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