West Midlands

Mortgages: a guide to the cheapest rates

Mortgage brokers have been badly hit by the credit crunch, with more than half of intermediaries going out of business in the past two years. There are now only 12,500 brokers offering independent mortgage advice in the UK,...

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Spyker relocates from Holland to Coventry

Car manufacturing in Britain is to welcome a new entrant after Dutch premium car maker Spyker said it was moving production to the UK. Sent to Coventry: Dutch sports car manufacturer Spyker is relocating to the UK. Visitors to...

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Arrests during anti-social sting

More than 30 people have been arrested in an operation tackling anti-social behaviour in parts of Birmingham. Up to 250 penalty notices were issued, 229 people stopped and searched and 20 cars crushed for having no insurance....

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'Brum Eye' opens following delays

The bad weather also slowed down the building of the wheel Birmingham's new big wheel has begun turning after the opening was delayed for six days by adverse weather conditions. The 60m (197ft) "Brum Eye", in Centenary Square,...

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Shazia Mirza: Being a comedian is not as glamorous as it seems

'I spend most of my time driving up the M1 and sleeping in strange places. I am actually a lorry driver who tells jokes' I love the ordinary. Ordinary people, ordinary life, ordinary conversations about the price of eggs. I...

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Help us through the pension maze

Pam Dean, 58, considers herself financially savvy and confident about handling her own fiscal affairs and those of her husband. During 37 years of marriage, Pam, who trained as a book-keeper, has taken responsibility for the...

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Car production still in reverse, but there are signs of recovery

Published Date: 21 November 2009 CAR production in the UK reversed last month, but the decline was the smallest this year, figures yesterday revealed. A total of 106,400 cars were made in October 2009 – a drop of 6.7 per cent...

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Harkess expects Ryan return

Published Date: 20 November 2009 EDINBURGH Monarchs expect to receive confirmation this weekend that Ryan Fisher will be back at Armadale next season. It has emerged that Fisher's parent club Coventry Bees are unlikely to use...

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Sully teas up peace talks

DAVID SULLIVAN has invited new Birmingham owner Carson Yeung to thrash out a peace deal over a cuppa. Former City chief Sullivan wants an end to his feud with the new regime, who completed a £81.5million takeover last month....

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Foursquare adds Brighton, Birmingham and more

Foursquare, the location-aware iPhone city game that invites you to check in to locations to gain points, has finally got further than London adding five more cities in the UK. Click through to find out if Foursquare has found...

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