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HS2 northern leg scrapped, leaving Birmingham the end of the line

Curzon Street is unaffected, but the high-speed link to Manchester will not be built.

5 October 2023 Source: Wikipedia

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The A380 flew the Dubai route from 2016 until the pandemic, and was the first aircraft to use the airport's International Pier in 2009.

13 January 2023 Source: Wikipedia

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Chargers in kerbs and lamp posts would help the 30 per cent of homes with no off-street parking.

10 November 2021 Source: Birmingham City Council

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Twenty zero-emission buses will run from the autumn, refuelled at Tyseley Energy Park.

27 July 2021 Source: Birmingham City Council

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Wider pavements, trees and seating will come as the Metro is extended to Digbeth.

18 May 2021 Source: Birmingham City Council

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The first chargers, powered by renewable energy, will help taxi drivers go electric.

10 August 2020 Source: Birmingham City Council

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Traffic fell by 60 per cent in lockdown, and the council wants to keep some of the benefits.

14 May 2020 Source: Birmingham City Council

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Olympic champion Jason Kenny joined the ribbon-cutting on the segregated routes into the city centre.

10 June 2019 Source: Birmingham City Council

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Five Birmingham routes with a history of collisions are covered, from Bristol Road to Coventry Road.

16 August 2016 Source: Birmingham City Council

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The new Grand Central stop links the country's busiest station outside London with Snow Hill and Wolverhampton.

31 May 2016 Source: Wikipedia