The Birmingham Post (England) back issues from June 2008:
pounds 200k stashed in air vent is claimed.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police last night said someone had come forward to claim pounds 200,000 found in an air vent of a luxury apartment in Birmingham's tallest building. A force spokeswoman conermed a potential owner had "made themselves known" to ocers, since the stash was discovered by two Polish ...
West Midlands back on the up after record lows.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Duncan Tift Business confidence in the West Midlands is picking up after reaching a record low, according to new data today. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales said manufacturing and engineering firms, which constitute a large part ...
Save the High Street, is plea from small-business leaders.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Shahid Naqvi Birmingham has been urged to do more to help smaller retailers as an increasing number of bargain stores spring up in the city centre's High Street. The major shopping thoroughfare now boasts six "pound shops", three to let units, two stores ...
Museum a shining jewel in city's tourism crown.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Rhona Ganguly A museum dedicated to Birmingham's jewellery-making heritage has been ranked alongside some of the world's top tourist attractions. The Museum of the Jewellery Quarter, in Vyse Street, rubs shoulders with the likes of the Pantheon in Rome and ...
Shooting victim named; CRIME.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police yesterday named the shopkeeper shot dead in his own newsagents as Abdo Saeed Al-Selwi from Liverpool. The 47-year-old, who lived in the Kensington area of Liverpool, was shot dead on Saturday morning by a man. Police said they wanted to trace 13 people captured on CCTV near the ...
Corpse in suitcase; CRIME.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police have launched a murder investigation after discovering a man's body in a buried suitcase. The corpse was unearthed on Saturday near a footpath in north Bournemouth after two days of searching the site, Dorset Police said. Detectives believe the dead man to be Richard ...
Four bailed over body; CRIME.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Four people arrested over the murder of a man found dead in a bin store have been bailed, police said yesterday. The body of Latvian electrician Ritvars Kozans was discovered at flats in Woolmonger Street, Northampton, on Friday morning. Two men, aged 40 and 20, and two women, ...
Betting on staying alive; SOCIAL.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A terminally ill man has collected pounds 5,000 - after betting he would stay alive. Jon Matthews, 58, from Milton Keynes, Bucks. bet he could beat doctors' predictions and live. Eight months ago he was told "don't make any plans for Christmas" but bet pounds 100 at odds of 50/1 ...
Beer barrels 'like missiles' in M5 crash which killled three.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A mother and daughter from Birmingham were recovering in hospital last night after being injured in a crash on the M5, which claimed the lives of three people. The 11-year-old, from Edgbaston, was informed at the weekend by doctors at Birmingham Children's Hospital, where she is ...
Police abandon 'misleading' targets.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Rhona Ganguly Two Midland police forces are to abandon Home Office targets - allowing officers to decide whether to make arrests. Staffordshire and West Midlands Police have followed forces in Surrey and Leicestershire in a revolt against Government ...
'Attempted child abduction' fears.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police are investigating a burglary at a house in Birmingham - described by the occupants as an "attempted child abduction". West Midlands Police were called to the address in Latelow Road in Lea Hall, at 4am yesterday after two children disturbed a man who entered the house ...
Visit High Street for bargain price.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Shahid Naqvi Birmingham's city centre High Street is for many visitors their first impression of the city. So what do shoppers think about it? Shahid Naqvi went in search of the word on the street. Anyone walking down the High Street these days is likely to be ...
Special constable was 'disciplined' over debt collection.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Murdered special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri used her position in the force to collect debts owed to her husband's escort agency. The 29-year-old, whose husband Fadi Nasri faces a life sentence for organising her murder, was disciplined by the Metropolitan Police, a Scotland ...
Jammie Dodgers deal or class HobNobbing?(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The type of biscuit served in the boardroom could make or break a business deal, according to the world's first "business biscuit study". About 80 per cent of business professionals believe that the outcome of a meeting can be positively influenced by the choice and quality of ...
head head.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Birmingham City Council is offering pounds 20 in vouchers to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people to take part in a survey about their housing needs. The study, being carried out by an independent researcher, is intended to provide information about the problems LGBT ...
head in ehrey for 2 dkecehjgsdjfgsdfj.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Brady Spice Girl Mel C could be set to see how teenagers in one of Birmingham's most deprived areas are turning their backs on gang and gun crime - after she was "ambushed" by a Midland MP's aide at one of the city's top hair salons. The singer, ...
Trial to start of Briton accused of murdering wife and baby.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Briton Neil Entwistle is due to go on trial in the US today, accused of murdering his wife - a former Midland teacher - and baby. The first few days of the hearing are expected to be taken up with legal arguments and selecting the jury. Entwistle is charged with ...
POLITICS: Straw 'nonsense' LABOUR.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Replacing Gordon Brown as Labour leader without a General Election would be "unconstitutional", Justice Secretary Jack Straw admitted. In a clear message to restless Labour backbenchers, Mr Straw also said that Mr Brown was "the best leader we could possibly have" in the current economic ...
POLITICS: Adviser off to US; CAMERON.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... One of David Cameron's most important advisers is leaving Britain to live in the US for six months. Steve Hilton, the Tory leader's director of strategy, is credited as a mastermind of the party's revival over the last two years. But it was revealed yesterday that he was accompanying his ...
POLITICS: Election focus; LIBDEMS.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The Liberal Democrats' manifesto chief has been relieved of other responsibilities so he can focus on preparing the party for the next General Election. Danny Alexander, chief of staff to Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, has given up his work and pensions brief to concentrate on his chairmanship ...
POLITICS: hedyhedy; SUBJECT.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The majority of voters believe Labour has reneged on a pledge to grant a referendum on reform of the European Union, according to a poll today. Nearly two-thirds think the Government has "gone back on its initial promise" to give them a say on the EU Constitution, even though it has been ...
POLITICS: Tory choice.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: BY-ELECTION An Oxfordshire councillor has been selected by the Tories to fight the Henley by-election when Boris Johnson resigns as an MP. John Howell, a former partner in City accountants Ernst & Young, was chosen from a shortlist of three by Henley Conservative ...
POLITICS: Boris blamed after 17 arrested on last booze Tube.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Police arrested 17 people and closed six London Underground stations following chaotic scenes after thousands spent Saturday night partying to mark the last day of drinking on the Tube, British Transport Police said yesterday. From yesterday an alcohol ban came into effect on ...
POLITICS: Parents face court if children found drinking in the street.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Daniel Bentley Parents who fail to stop their children drinking in public face court action in a new drive by Ministers to get a grip on drunken youths marauding the streets. The move will be unveiled today as part of a raft of measures designed to curb ...
POLITICS: More post offices facing axe.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Fears that thousands more post offices could shut after the current 2,500 closure programme ends were voiced today by the Midland chairman of a committee of MPs. The Business and Enterprise Select Committee said it welcomed Government intentions to keep the network at 11,500 ...
POLITICS: Goldsmith attacks 42 days.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Gordon Brown suffered a new blow yesterday as former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith launched a scathing attack on plans to hold terrorist suspects for 42 days without charge. The peer, the Government's top lawyer until Mr Brown became Prime Minister last summer, warned the move ...
Recovering alcoholic died after fall in hospital toilet.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Emma Brady Health Correspondent A recovering alcoholic left alone by A&E staff at a Birmingham hospital died after falling and suffering a brain injury, the city's coroner will hear today. Loshman Deb, a father-of-four who lived in Small Heath, was taken ...
Birmingham walker dies after missing path on Scafell.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A Birmingham woman died after falling about 200ft down a mountain and a man was injured when he fell going to her aid. Clare Wright, aged 49, from Kings Heath, and the man were both airlifted from Shamrock Crag, Scafell, in Cumbria to West Cumberland Hospital, where she died. ...
Migrant's deportation put on hold after protest.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The deportation of a university worker who was arrested under the Terrorism Act has been put on hold. Lawyers acting for Hicham Yezza, who was due to be returned to Algeria yesterday, said the Home Office had cancelled his deportation after a judicial review was sought at the ...
Chicago welcomes a taste of Birmingham to the sisterhood.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: By Jon Perks Birmingham takes centre stage in Chicago this week, when the city brings a taste of its cultural, creative and commercial offerings to the third annual Chicago Sister Cities International Festival. The week-long event, held in Daley Plaza, will ...
Father of stab-death children released by police without charge.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A man being questioned in relation to a stabbing attack that killed two children and seriously injured a baby has been released, Scotland Yard said yesterday. The man, aged 39, believed to be the children's father, will face no further action in relation to the deaths, police ...
UK could miss out on skilled migrant workers.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A climate of hostility towards immigration could hit the ability of firms to attract the highly-skilled migrant workers the UK needs, according to a new report today. The Work Foundation said migrant workers from the European Union and other countries will be needed to fill jobs ...
AGENDA: A weekend in France to prepare for those exams.(Business)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: SARAH EVANS It's easy to blame parents. Young people causing misery to each other and the rest of us with their gang wars, drunken brawling and public loutishness must be the result of bad parenting. The wicked ways of youth can be attributed neatly to the ...
AGENDA: William gets shipshape for royal life on the ocean wave.(Business)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Jones Prince William today begins a two-month secondment to teach him about the Navy's ethos and capabilities as he prepares for his future role as head of the Armed Forces. Tony Jones considers what's in store for the royal who is expected to join patrols ...
AGENDA: Conference centres to become city's technological hub; COMPETITION.(Business)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Businesses often require the latest technology on hand when conducting a training session or putting on a conference for large numbers of staff, but don't have the facilities on site and can't afford to install them. The new Maple House Conference Centre, run by etc.venues, ...
AGENDA: Working together behind a common cause.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: JERRY BLACKETT The more I see of the region at work, the more convinced I become that how we work together towards the achievement of our goals is just as important as the establishment of the goals themselves. Perhaps even more so. The current Regional ...
AGENDA: Pictures aren't always worth a thousand words; FROM THE BLOG.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... With the natural tragedies that have unfolded in the Far East, Post picture editor Simon Hadley questioned "Are pictures worth a thousand words for China and Burma?" Illustrated by graphic photographs, he wrote on May 27: "One of the most frustrating problems a picture editor ...
Letter: AGENDA - We need informed debate to protect good laws from bad.(Letters)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Douglas Jewell Dear Editor, No one could disagree on the importance of defeating terrorism nor the controversial nature of Government plans to allow people suspected of involvement in terrorism to be held in custody for 42 days before they are informed of any charges ....
Letter: AGENDA - The day John's Egyptian birds made an emergency landing.(Letters)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Ken Jackson Dear Editor, Like most of the Birmingham and West Midlands business community, I'm sure, I am so sad that John Duckers is leaving your august publication. I have been privileged to know a long line of 'Post' business editors over the last 40 years ...
Letter: AGENDA - Get in some training now.(Letters)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Chris Youett Dear Editor, I agree with resident smoothy John James about Post Business Editor John Duckers taking early retirement that it is the end of an era (Post, May 30). How will the licensed trade in Birmingham cope? That one is easy to answer! ...
Letter: AGENDA - Why there is still good news about fuel prices.(Letters)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: COLIN TROTH Dear Editor, I have a simple question to everyone moaning about petrol/diesel fuel prices going up. If it's really so expensive then why is it that traffic, car and lorry use is seemingly increasing year on year? If something becomes truly expensive then it ...
Midland light at the end of a gloomy tunnel; THE BIRMINGHAM POST.(Leaders)
Jun 02, 2008 ... It is encouraging to discover that business confidence levels in the West Midlands are returning after what has been a very difficult period. The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales has concluded despite the gloom in the rest of the country, firms here in ...
Sensible move; THE BIRMINGHAM POST.(Leaders)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The only surprise about the decision by West Midlands and Staffordshire police forces to return to "common sense policing" is that it has taken so long. They, along with Surrey and Leicestershire, have decided the best person to decide if a crime has been committed is not the ...
Jammie deals; THE BIRMINGHAM POST.(Leaders)
Jun 02, 2008 ... To dunk or not to dunk? Bourbons or HobNobs? Not the sort of choices that you would expect managing directors to be agonising over but their choice of biccy could be the difference between success and failure. According to what is being claimed as the world's first ...
INTERNATIONAL: Discovery lifts off in pursuit of space station; USA.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The Shuttle Discovery was in fast pursuit of the international space station yesterday following a spectacular launch that one astronaut called "the greatest show on Earth". Discovery and its crew of seven thundered into orbit on Saturday afternoon, carrying up Japan's EUR1 ...
INTERNATIONAL: Million threatened by quake-formed lake; CHINA.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Chinese authorities prepared to begin draining a swelling earthquake-formed lake yesterday after evacuating nearly 200,000 people and warning more than a million others to be ready to leave quickly. The lake, called Tangjiashan, formed above Beichuan town in the Mianyang region ...
INTERNATIONAL: Film studio in fire spectacular; USA.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A large fire ripped through a lot at Universal Studios in Southern California yesterday. The blaze was on a sound stage on a back lot. There were no immediate reports of injuries. Los Angeles fire captain Captain Reynoso said filming could have been going on at the ...
INTERNATIONAL: Obama closer to nomination; USA.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Democratic chiefs have agreed on a compromise to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes after Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton failed to get enough support to force their positions through. The sticking point was Michigan, where Mr Obama's name was not on the ...
INTERNATIONAL: Hezbollah hand over remains; ISRAEL.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Israel yesterday freed a convicted Hezbollah spy and sent him back to Lebanon, while Hezbollah turned over the remains of what it said were dead Israeli soldiers. Israeli authorities released Nasim Nisr after he completed a six-year sentence for espionage, driving him from a ...
She's due a slice of the pie; Anna Palmer tells Stefan Kucharczyk why she likes to hide behind her piano when things get scary.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... While the recent monsoon weather doesn't readily inspire images of tropical paradise, one Birmingham singer is currently basking in the glow of sunny acclaim. Jazz-pop pianist Little Palm, real name Anna Palmer, is quickly emerging as one of the city's hottest new talents. ...
head; Julian Arguell es CBSO Centre ****.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... There is a completely irrational way in which a West Midland audience feels a mild pride when saxophonist, composer and bandleader Julian Arguelles is on the stage. He started out in the Midlands Youth Jazz Orchestra, and then the Walsall Jazz Orchestra. Now he has a ...
inger at home with her own songs as well as the classics; Peter Bacon - Jazz Diary.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Peter Bacon The tendency for jazz singers to take on the added responsibility of song-writing can lead to disappointment. After all, the great songs that have formed the basis of their art for the last 50 years and more were the results of some of the most ...
REVIEWS: A flavour of the flyover; The Flyover Show Hockley Circus ****.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Terry Grimley Not the kind of space in which most of us would usually care to linger, the grim undercroft of Hockley Flyover proved ideally suited to Saturday's experimental community arts festival. Local resident and international jazz and hip hop star Soweto ...
REVIEWS:Successful stuff from a simple sketch; English Symphony Orchestra CBSO Worcester Cathedral Symphony Hall ****.(News)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Christopher Morley Friday must have been one of the headiest days in Stephen Roberts' life. Early in the morning he was interviewed on the Today programme, and at the end of the evening the BBC interviewed him again, this time on the World Service. And ...
CULTURE: Pierce in our time; Jason Pierce tells Andy Welch how a brush with death brought new life to his music.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Andy Welch Jason Pierce is in a joyous mood. Such a thing shouldn't be a big deal, but considering the man's reputation as an evasive, contrary interviewee, it's pleasing to see he's on such good form. He's cracking jokes a lot and laughs at himself, a far ...
CULTURE: Weller returns with a career-defining tour-de-force; CD REVIEWS.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Rock & Pop Paul Weller - 22 Dreams ***** Weller's last album, As Is Now, found the Woking-born star on fine, if somewhat traditional form. It was a record full of vim and vigour, and let us all know there was plenty of fire left in the belly of ...
CULTURE: CLASSICAL; Baiba Skride "Souvenir Russe" CBSO/ Andris Nelsons (Sony) *****.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Christopher Morley By any standards this is a significant release. It was made during that heady first weekend in September last year when the young Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons and the CBSO first came face-to-face, when they tested the acoustics of the ...
CULTURE: REVIEW - Nothing too rebellious to complicate ma6ers; Avril Lavigne NEC Arena.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Byline: Jayne Howa She's sweet-looking, but has an edge of rock star confidence. She pens love songs, ballads and full-on rock songs with more than a hint of grunge to them. Avril Lavigne is a hero to many a little girl, too. Legions of under tens swarmed ...
Quiz of the Day.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... 1. On which golf course are the Ginger Beer, Hell Bunker and the Beardies? 2. Who in 1815 invented the miner's safety lamp? 3. How did Cardinal Karol Wojtyla make headline news in 1978? 4. Which US showman is said to have coined the phrase: "There's a ...
Word Wizard.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... Here is an unusual word with three definitions, only one of which is correct. Can you identify the right definition? SPRUE 1)A young salmon in its second year; 2) ...
DID YOU KNOW?(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... A magic potion that's thought to arouse sexual desire is known as a "philter" The last thing to happen is the ultimate, the next-to-last is the penultimate, and the second-to-last is the antepenultimate A Chinese martial arts expert has pushed a truck full of adults 15 metres ...
ON THIS DAY; June 2.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... 1937: The world's rst children's zoo opened in Regent's Park, London 1941: Charlie Watts, drummer with the Rolling Stones, whose hits include (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, Angie and Start Me Up, was born on this day. 1953: The Coronation of Elizabeth II took place at ...
WEB LIFE.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... If you love your car but want to do your bit for the environment, visit ecomodder.com. This energy-saving community is more concerned with fuel economy than power and speed, but it doesn't mean you can't still love your motor. The site is packed with driving techniques and common sense to ...
Pick of the day; The Gadget Show 8pm five.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... It's a sad day for gadget fans as five's hi-tech series draws to a close. However, before they go, Jason Bradbury, Suzi ...
POST PEOPLE: DISABILITY SPORTS AWARDS.(Features)
Jun 02, 2008 ... The holders of around a dozen Paralympian medals and several World and European record titles gathered together for the 2008 npower Disability Sports Awards at Aston Villa Football Club. Nigel Murray, winner of a Gold medal in Sydney for boccia, joined swimmers Nyree Lewis and ...