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Carl Jackson

Local Democracy Reporter covering Birmingham City Council.

September 21, 2022

Birmingham landlords facing new £700 licence fee in rogue crackdown

Birmingham|Sep 21, 2022

February 14, 2020

Travellers 'targeting sites close to Birmingham's QE Hospital'

Birmingham|Feb 14, 2020

February 12, 2020

Leaves cleared in £400k tidy up in Birmingham city centre

Birmingham|Feb 12, 2020

February 11, 2020

Bin collections being missed over problems with blocked streets

Birmingham|Feb 11, 2020

February 5, 2020

Plans for 480 homes and hotel in Digbeth rejected

Birmingham|Feb 5, 2020

January 30, 2020

Fire-hit African Village restaurant to be demolished and developed

Birmingham|Jan 30, 2020

January 16, 2020

Forty bin staff sick after Christmas

Birmingham|Jan 16, 2020

January 14, 2020

Plan to ban cars from Birmingham city centre branded 'unrealistic greenwash'

Politics|Jan 14, 2020

January 8, 2020

Full details of Birmingham chemical leak revealed

Birmingham|Jan 8, 2020

January 3, 2020

Council wrongly sent bailiffs to single mother

Birmingham|Jan 3, 2020

January 2, 2020

Police concerns over Birmingham shop’s blue pills

Birmingham|Jan 2, 2020

December 17, 2019

Campaign against 30-storey Digbeth tower

Birmingham|Dec 17, 2019

November 8, 2019

Lifeline for Flapper after flats development rejected

Birmingham|Nov 8, 2019

October 29, 2019

£93m fire safety bill for Birmingham following Grenfell

Birmingham|Oct 29, 2019

October 23, 2019

Shop denied licence due to troubled history

Birmingham|Oct 23, 2019

October 15, 2019

Plan to 'ban cars' from Birmingham city centre

Transport|Oct 15, 2019

October 14, 2019

‘Luxury’ skyscraper criticised over affordable homes in Birmingham

Birmingham|Oct 14, 2019

October 3, 2019

Council blocks birthday party over noise

Birmingham|Oct 3, 2019

Woman fled ‘respected’ FGM cutter role

Health|Oct 3, 2019

Shake-up to bin collection days touted

Birmingham|Oct 3, 2019

Bulky waste fee increase ‘punishes’ residents

Birmingham|Oct 3, 2019

September 30, 2019

Repairs hope for Birmingham's "worst road"

Birmingham|Sep 30, 2019

September 18, 2019

Five shops fined for selling knives to children

Birmingham|Sep 18, 2019

August 30, 2019

HMO landlord in Birmingham hit with £2,000 penalty

Birmingham|Aug 30, 2019

August 29, 2019

Council workers taking on fly-tippers in Birmingham

Health|Aug 29, 2019

August 16, 2019

'Eyesore' masts to be taken down and replaced with 75 foot tower

Great Barr|Aug 16, 2019

August 11, 2019

Golf course should be ‘community forest’ instead of 800 homes, say councillors

Birmingham|Aug 11, 2019

August 9, 2019

Two busy Birmingham roundabouts to be remodelled

Transport|Aug 9, 2019

August 8, 2019

City council saddled with £241k bill for old school buildings

Birmingham|Aug 8, 2019

August 1, 2019

Arguments over £1,000-a-day consultancy fees at Birmingham City Council

Politics|Aug 1, 2019

July 31, 2019

No closure to Aston Expressway during £93m work

Birmingham|Jul 31, 2019

July 30, 2019

Investigation into unauthorised sale of antibiotics

Birmingham|Jul 30, 2019

July 24, 2019

'Nearly a fifth of girls groped every month' in West Midlands

Crime|Jul 24, 2019

June 25, 2019

Property row over 'fully-clothed' Chinese massage parlour plan

Birmingham|Jun 25, 2019

May 23, 2019

Birmingham multi-storey car park to be sold off

Birmingham|May 23, 2019

May 20, 2019

House of Fraser transformation showcased in £110m Birmingham city centre project

Business|May 20, 2019

May 2, 2019

Offensive words banned from use by Birmingham City Council

Politics|May 2, 2019

April 17, 2019

Leaders vow to tackle Birmingham's empty homes 'scandal'

Birmingham|Apr 17, 2019

April 12, 2019

Council meeting on Clean Air Zone halted by angry taxi drivers

Birmingham|Apr 12, 2019

February 5, 2018

REVEALED: Walsall trampoline centre to close less than a year after it opened following a major revamp

Walsall|Feb 5, 2018

Former Darlaston brickworks site could be transformed in 200-home plan

Darlaston|Feb 5, 2018

February 2, 2018

Stourbridge Road murder: Fourth suspect arrested over stabbing

Crime|Feb 2, 2018

From Special Measures to Outstanding in two years: Kings Hill Primary school celebrates remarkable turnaround

Ofsted reports|Feb 2, 2018

JAILED: Drug dealers locked up after police car rammed during botched escape

Crime|Feb 2, 2018

February 1, 2018

Police to stop attending burglaries and other 'non urgent' crimes as part of radical shake up

Crime|Feb 1, 2018

County Hospital's A&E performance slumps to new low

Health|Feb 1, 2018

Probe concludes not enough evidence to find nurse damaged vulnerable patient's doll

Health|Feb 1, 2018

Slitting Mill fire can FINALLY be extinguished after burning for 16 months

Rugeley|Feb 1, 2018

January 31, 2018

Mylee Billingham murder: Inquest adjourned as arrested father remains in hospital

Brownhills|Jan 31, 2018

Suspected slave found at Brownhills drugs farm

Crime|Jan 31, 2018