Jane Haynes
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Gay activists join fight against flags ban bid by Birmingham City Council (opens the original)
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Five men who describe themselves as 'gay or gay allies' have described Birmingham City Council's bid to stop people putting up flags and posters on city lamp posts and highways without consent as 'draconian' and 'disproportionate'. One of the five, Adam Biggs, from Ladywood, told how he had spent his early adulthood hiding his sexuality and feared the proposed injunction would criminalise 'legitimate expression' and could contribute to making gay people feel 'invisible again'. That's because a c
City flaggers accused of unlawful acts and intimidation amid injunction bid (opens the original)
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Controversial Birmingham flaggers were accused of carrying out unlawful acts and intimidating locals amid the council's injunction bid to halt their day and night activities, a court heard today. Birmingham City Council is seeking to stop Raise The Colours co-founder Ryan Bridge and others putting up more Union and St George's Cross flags on lampposts and bridges across the city. While Mr Bridge has accused the authority of "trying to silence" him and others in their expression of legitimate pol
Birmingham added to national inquiry into grooming gangs (opens the original)
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Birmingham has been added to the local areas of inquiry in the national probe into grooming gangs amid rising concerns about the number of live and historic cases(Image: Birmingham Live) Birmingham has been added to the local areas of inquiry in the national probe into grooming gangs amid rising concerns about the number of live and historic cases. The statutory inquiry, chaired by former children's commissioner Baroness Anne Longfield, is carrying out targeted investigations in areas across the
Ryan Bridge brands Birmingham Council flag bid 'an attempt to silence me' (opens the original)
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Raise the Colours frontman Ryan Bridge today branded Birmingham City Council's bid to ban unauthorised flagging a "draconian" "attempt to silence him". In a witness statement submitted on Bridge's behalf to the High Court, he fiercely rebutted the council's case, launched in an attempt to end the sustained campaign which has seen flags attached to lampposts, roundabouts and other street furniture. His 11th hour submission came after he sought legal advice to support his case. READ MORE: Live upd
Astonishing Andy Burnham speech channels hope for Brummies after too much doom (opens the original)
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It was Andy Burnham's rallying call to the country, and it hit home. Sitting in Birmingham, nursing a bad dose of flu that's kept me away from Labour's conference in Liverpool, it was impossible not to draw succour from the new Prime Minister's genuinely radical and heartfelt speech to the nation. READ MORE: Birmingham ranked first for growth in major boost as foreign investors choose city It was a political masterclass in delivery and content. But more than that, it was a human call to action t
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