The city centre news for 14 July:
- Birmingham bomb scare ‘was a hoax’
Express and Star
A suspicious package which ground part of Birmingham city centre to a halt for five hours as roads were closed and trains suspended is believed to have been a ‘malicious hoax’ police have said. - Plans for Irish Quarter collapse
Irish Post
AIB has appointed administrators to an Irish-owned company which had been planning a £150million development in the Irish Quarter of Birmingham. Connaught Square Ltd, a subsidiary of Irish developer Naus Group, collapsed after its bankfunding dried up. - Charity bike ride man “devastated” after his bike was stolen from a Ladywood car park
Birmingham Mail
Matthew Bell spent months training for the six-day challenge before his £400 mountain bike was snatched from a car park by his flat in Ladywood.
