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#birmingham

Starting with the hosts, while QPR might have signed off November with a downbeat 3-1 loss away at relegation scrappers Norwich, the Hoops come roaring back in an eye-catching fashion over the weekend. Putting in a rampant performance at Loftus Road as they stormed their way to a 3-1 victory against West Brom, Julien Stephan's side have skyrocketed their way into the top-half of the Championship standings.

The design by Heatherwick Studio and MANICA Architecture orients the stadium in Birmingham around twelve chimney-like towers that rise from the ground plane and support the roof. Heatherwick Studio draws from Birmingham's history of brickmaking, using reclaimed bricks where possible to give these structural elements a layered, tactile presence. Their scale defines the outer form while shaping light, airflow, and movement inside the building.

Birmingham City Council issued a safety plea to residents attaching flags to lampposts, stating it was upgrading streetlights to energy-efficient LED lighting and had removed about 200 banners.

Unite deals with thousands of negotiations every year. From the council side, the negotiations in this dispute have been a shambles, with the government right at the heart of it.

Birmingham, once celebrated for its municipal governance, now faces a crisis rooted in political dysfunction exacerbated by refuse workers' strikes and poor administrative decisions.

A strike by bin workers in Birmingham is continuing after the city council's latest offer was overwhelmingly rejected by the Unite union.