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Govt bid for web control

Britain’s dangerous obsession with digital backdoors A test of trust in the age of AI The UK government’s latest demand that Apple weaken.

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Education Viewpoint

It’s time to re-write the curriculum

Teaching to the wrong test We are still running schools like factories from the industrial age – bell rings, children march in, knowledge.

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Birmingham Politics Viewpoint

Brum politics at breaking point

One moment, Labour’s in full stride, running Europe’s largest council and preaching renewal and reform. The next, its councillors are walking out, its.

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People Politics Viewpoint

Democracy is messy

The state can’t keep shrinking the square There’s something deeply troubling about the government’s latest plan to curb “repeat protests.”  On the surface,.

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Viewpoint World Affairs

Two years on: “Never again”

Today is the second anniversary of the worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust. At the end of World War II, which saw.

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Business News Transport Viewpoint

Govt-run WM Trains …

In a shade under four months, the rail franchise both loved and loathed by 100,000 daily passengers – West Midlands Trains (which, you.

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Politics Viewpoint

Andy Burnham: Pretender King

It was all just a bit of theatre for him Andy Burnham was never really serious about leading the Labour Party. It was.

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Birmingham Development Politics Viewpoint

JQ sell-off: ‘Brum deserves better’

Selling the family silver: Birmingham’s Café Block disposal and the failure of scrutiny Birmingham City Council has agreed to sell the freehold of.

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Crime People Politics Viewpoint

Stand with Jewish people

Jews advised to hide – that is unacceptable Jews across Britain, on the holiest day in their calendar, Yom Kippur, were yesterday urged.

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Politics Viewpoint World Affairs

US govt shutdown

The US Government officially shut down at 12:01 today (Oct 1) after highly partisan political opponents were unable to agree on a new.

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