The city centre news for November 16:
- Your Charities: Light up Christmas
Birmingham Mail
CANCER support charity Macmillan will be once again be lighting up Christmas with its annual Tree of Thought campaign. The campaign invites people to make a donation and sponsor a light on a Tree of Thought for someone who cannot be with them this Christmas. - Select Committee hears case for Brum transport future
Birmingham Newsroom
Birmingham City Council has today welcomed a House of Commons Transport Select Committee to Birmingham, as part of their inquiry into Transport and the Economy. The Committee will be hearing evidence on how investment in transport infrastructure has supported the local economy and on what should be the priorities for future investment as the West Midlands economy strives for growth in an ever-more competitive market. - Fast train will bring pain, not gain – chamber chief
Insider Media
Coventry is “going to have a lot of the pain and none of the gain”. That’s according to Doug Squires, the president of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce’s who has raised concerns over the proposed High Speed 2 rail link between London and Birmingham. He told Insider he is “not convinced” of the plan and the £34bn cost is “frightening”.
His comments came after the chamber’s chief executive Louise Bennett said the government is failing to convince companies that the HS2 rail link is good for businesses. About 50 businesses turned up to an event organised by the chamber discussing the pros and cons of the planned link from Birmingham to London last week. - Historic Birmingham bombings pub shuts
Birmingham Mail
THE Yard of Ale, the notorious Birmingham pub targeted in the 1974 bombings in which 21 people died, has shut its doors 36 years after the terrorist outrage. - Battle over future of Birmingham’s lapdancing clubs
Birmingham Post
City licensing chiefs are heading for a battle over new plans to limit lap dancing clubs in Birmingham. A draft version of the new council policy to restrict and control strip clubs, or sexual entertainment venues as they are officially known, has rejected the chance to set a quota for Birmingham.
