The city centre news for October 21:
- Mass vaccination scheme demanded to overcome TB explosion
Birmingham Post
Tuberculosis is now rife in Birmingham with outbreaks of the potentially-deadly disease outstripping Third World countries, a shock report has shown. Figures from primary care trusts revealed incidents of TB in some inner-city areas of the city were comparable to rates found in Africa and India. - Jobs up for grabs at Marks & Spencer
Express and Star
Openings across the West Midlands include 81 openings at Dudley’s Merry Hill shopping centre, 80 in Birmingham city centre, 45 in Wolverhampton, 24 at Walsall, 24 at Kidderminster and seven at Lichfield. - Last surviving men-only club in Birmingham will now welcome women
Birmingham Mail
A unanimous vote to allow women to join the Jewellery Quarter’s Saint Paul’s Club for the first time in its 150-year history has caused barely a stir. In rooms converted from three Georgian houses, in St Paul’s Square, are roaring fires, comfy leather armchairs, portraits of Nelson and Victorian caricatures of bustling businessmen.
