The distinguished career of John Matthews, from Hyder Consulting, is being celebrated next Friday at a "long lunch" at Villa Park.
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Sukhdev Singh Bhomra, president of Birmingham Law Society, nearly stole the show this week.
Speaking at the President's Dinner in the Town Hall he fell to reminiscing.
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Opposition Tories and MPs within Labour's own ranks have been making political capital out of the Home Secretary's admission that she would not feel safe walking the streets of London at night.
Jacqui Smith does not discriminate on the basis of class and she is nothing if not consistent. So, although she won't set foot in Hackney, where the bad/poor people live, neither will she take a moonlight stroll in Kensington or Chelsea, where the posh/nice people live.
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Bond girl Britt Ekland - at the Hotel du Vin for a Birmingham Press Club event - left the hacks shaken and stirred.
She was in Birmingham to help the Press Club's sponsors, Royal Mail, launch their new set of James Bond stamps based on the Ian Fleming book covers.
But Britt left an impression all round - ITV Central anchorman Bob Warman was given a lesson in kissing and Heart fm breakfast show host Ed James was given a dressing down.
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Sometimes you have to read an announcement a couple of times to make sure you have not misunderstood its meaning.
The Prime Minister's musings on knife crime, made yesterday in the wake of unprecedented savagery on the nation's streets and housing estates, is one such case.
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Has Mike Whitby taken a vow of silence, or more worryingly is he the victim of a conspiracy of silence?
Not much has been heard from the Birmingham City Council leader since the triumph of his Christmas "podcast" on something called Stirrer TV, in which he managed helpfully to remind the audience that David Cameron has come up with a lot of mad ideas over the years, elected mayors among them.
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Charles Barwell, of Barclays, nearly got caught "sloping off" from our top share tipping competition.
He came second with a 148 per cent profit on Vestas Wind.
And, unamazingly, after all this is The Birmingham Post, news reached him while on a skiing holiday in France. He tells me: "Was in Courchevel where the snow was amazing."
Except half his kit was still in Birmingham.
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One week down, only another 51 to go. The long haul lies ahead like, well, a really long haul, with no stop-overs for cocktails or shopping.
The question is: how are you going to stay motivated, or (and this may be more relevant) find motivation in the first place?
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Apologies for the delay in announcing Iron Angle's 2007 Birmingham City Council Awards.
The postal voting system used this year has experienced some teething troubles.
We continue to examine the unfortunate disparity between the number of ballot papers issued and the rather larger number counted, but remain satisfied that the results are entirely fair.
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It was a "where were you when you heard Kennedy was shot" moment.
In fact, I wasn't anywhere when JFK was gunned down, as I hadn't been born. However, the nature of the weaponry used for the presidential assassination is pertinent.