City centre news – 20 August 2010

The city centre news for August 20:

  • Cockroach find shuts Bullring Indoor Market for days
    BBC News
    Action is being taken at Birmingham’s Bullring Indoor Market by environmental health and pest control officers. Head of markets Steve Grogan said from Friday exotic fruit and vegetables must be put into plastic containers before being allowed into the building itself.
  • Queensgate developers promise to transform Birmingham skyline
    Birmingham Post
    Set in a prime location, Queensgate will be next to Birmingham’s Bond Street, the Mailbox, and recently-completed Cube development.
  • Caught on Camera: Suspect in two brutal assaults ‘most wanted’
    Birmingham Mail
    POLICE have appealed for help to trace most wanted suspect Munur Abduleh. The 30-year-old was charged with wounding two men who were glassed in the face in Broad Street, Birmingham, in the early hours of Sunday, July 26, 2009.
  • Family clock-making firm turning back time in the Jewellery Quarter
    Birmingham Mail
    THE clock has been ticking on British manufacturing for decades but one family company has turned back the hands to a time when Birmingham’s quality craftsmanship was the envy of the world. Jewellery Quarter-based Britain Clockcase claims to be the only firm in the country making wooden clocks by hand from scratch.