The city centre news for July 8:
- Married man dies in hospital after being attacked in Birmingham city centre
Birmingham Mail
A MARRIED man has died in hospital after allegedly being felled by a punch while on his way home following a night out in Birmingham city centre. Yasir Hammadi, aged 29, had just phoned his wife to say he was on his way home when he is believed to have been attacked in Hurst Street, near the Hippodrome. - Archeological dig at new Birmingham library unearths city’s industrial past
Birmingham Mail
THE remains of a canal, brassworks, factory and mill have been unearthed in Birmingham’s Centenary Square as work on the city’s new library gets underway. - Jewellery Quarter competes for UN World Heritage status
Professional Jeweller
An official list of nominees was published on July 7 by the UK department for culture, media and sport. A total of 38 applications were made by areas including the City of York, Forth Bridge, Jodrell Bank, the Hill of Derry and the entire city of Blackpool. - Man arrested in connection with Birmingham Custard Factory shooting
Sunday Mercury
The 23-year-old man, from outside Birmingham, was questioned on Saturday over the shooting at the Space 2 event, at the Custard Factory, on June 13 and later bailed. He was one of 15 arrests made by police investigating a spate of gun crime which has left 11 people injured over the past two months. - Birmingham Christmas lights crush blamed on see-through fencing
Birmingham Post
An independent inquiry into last November’s concert at Millennium Point featuring boy band JLS has concluded that fans climbed a fence and caused it to collapse because they could see spaces opening up inside the cordoned area.
