Whoa! There’s been a derailment on the approach to Moor Street Birmingham, on the viaduct by the Custard Factory. As you can see from these pics, a freight train has tipped over and smashed the wall of the viaduct right by the offices…
After the brief hiatus last week, here’s another cartoon on a local story, this week concerning the Labour Party Spring Conference, which is in town this week along with the beleaguered party leader and Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Note for non-Brummies – this cartoon references an Anthony Gormley sculpture, Iron: Man, that graces Victoria Square [...]
Another local story – this week it was announced that New Street Station was to (finally) get the funding from central government to go ahead with it’s redevelopment. Sadly, the scheme, whilst delivering a shiny new station with more space for passengers, won’t add any more room for the already over-capacity rail network using the [...]
Still no end in sight for the inquiry into the collapse of Rover, which has now been running for over two and a half years, at a cost of £11 million (with £100,000 on hotels alone).
This week’s Birmingham-themed cartoon comes from the impending strike about the Single Status agreement, which has radically reshaped the pay structure for Birmingham City Council employees with some staff receiving significant pay rises, but others (the bin-men included) being forced to take cuts of up to £20,000.
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