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News Day 2009 as it happened
Find out how young people across the UK made the news on School Report News Day. |
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Lock firm announces 57 job cuts
A locks and hardware firm announces plans to shut its Ipswich plant with the loss of 57 jobs. |
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Ready fire control centres unused
The government spends £750,000 a month on buildings for new fire control centres which are unused, the Fire Brigades Union says. |
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Student wins business challenge
A 23-year-old from Shropshire wins a competition to find the best student in the West Midlands. |
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Airport withdraws expansion plans
Officials at Wolverhampton Business Airport in Staffordshire withdraw current expansion plans. |
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Fear over fire control shake-up
Five fire control centres across the West Midlands are to close to be replaced by one. |
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Work starts on new business park
A new £6.5m business park is announced for the Midlands which is expected to create hundreds of jobs. |
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Candidates named for delayed poll
Eight people will contest the seat of Staffordshire South, which was not fought last month after the death of a candidate. |
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Bristol rival eyes Exeter Airport
The co-owner of Bristol International Airport could be taking over its West Country rivals Exeter Airport. |
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Blackpool Airport sold for £13m
Blackpool Airport is to be sold to the owners of Wolverhampton Business Airport, says the council. |
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Resort's council to sell airport
A council's plan to sell its airport could result in direct flights to Europe from Blackpool. |
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Airport plan opposition takes off
Protestors fighting plans to expand Wolverhampton Airport organise a public seminar to galvanise support. |
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Romanian police graduate
A team of 14 border police from Romania graduate from a British university as part of their country's modernisation programme. |
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Petition against airport plans
Protestors fighting plans to expand Wolverhampton Business Airport launch a new petition. |
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Thousands against plans for take-off
Protestors fighting plans to expand Wolverhampton Business Airport will deliver a written argument to the government. |
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Backing for anti-airport group
A campaign to block the expansion of Wolverhampton Business Airport is gathering support, organisers say. |
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Rural body voices airport concerns
The Council for the Protection of Rural England raises concerns about a proposed expansion to a West Midlands business airport. |
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New status for anti-airport group
A group campaigning against expansion plans for a Wolverhampton airport earns the right to launch legal action. |
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Anger at airport plans
Plans to expand a Wolverhampton airport are met with opposition from the residents of four counties. |
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Airport expansion plans dropped
Expansion plans for Wolverhampton Business Airport are withdrawn by the airport's chairman. |