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So long, Storm Boelo.
🛬 Storm Boelo has taken more victims than just recycling bins this weekend, with a passenger plane seen veering off the runway and into the grass verge at Birmingham Airport (no one was harmed, thankfully).
At Dispatch HQ, we're feeling pretty pleased with ourselves following the success of Thursday's event with Booker-nominated writer Luke Kennard, and the addition of our newest writer to the team.
In your Monday briefing this week, we talk penguin flat-shares, LED pirates and more. Get it here: birminghamdispatch.co.uk/so-…
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An excellent write up on the beautiful chaos that was Royal Brumble at @nortons_digbeth in this piece on contemporary wrestling culture in the West Midlands, by Alex Taylor in @brumdispatch
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A live belly-shaving, orange mohawks, and a father throwing down his own son. The Dispatch went ringside to investigate Birmingham's varied independent wrestling scene - and its surprisingly wholesome core values.
Click the link for the full article🤼
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Why is Birmimgham's Chinatown flourishing where others are failing? We spoke to some of Chinatown's key community figures to uncover why... and stumbled upon a minor power struggle too.
Read all about it at the link below🥢
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Are you a Dispatch member with £3 spare and no plans on Thursday? Well, we're going to chat to Luke Kennard about his new book. There are only 11 tickets left! Don't miss out - it's not every day you get the chance to listen to a booker prize nominee.
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“Vulnerable people used as cash cows”
🏘️ A BBC Panorama documentary is the latest expose of exploitative practises in the supported exempt accommodation sector. Today’s Monday Briefing discusses the Birmingham providers at the heart of the BBC investigation, airing tonight.
On Monday night a group attacked a property in Chelmsley Wood. The same thing happened on Tuesday night. And again on Wednesday night. The local masked vigilantes say it wasn't them.
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The Dispatch has seen a letter, sent by two councillors to council leader Roger Harmer, accusing officers of failing to take basic measures to block the exploitative housing providers blighting the city. In response, Harmer has described their claims as “outrageous”.
Read the full story here:
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Do you remember Jimmy Spices? Did you go there recently? What was the food like? Let us know in the comments. We went back recently and wrote an article all about it!
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There are only a few members tickets left for next week's event! If you want to support a local writer and listen to him talk about his wicked Black Mirror-esque new book, get a seat whilst you can! You can grab a copy there. Tickets are £3 for members!
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Ever wondered what happened to Jimmy Spices? Well Jess Berry, our newest staff writer, certainly did. For today's article, she braved the weird, nostalgic world of Jimmy's to test the grub and see how the place is holding up (Yep - it's still going!)
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