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TERY GRAVENews Shark Bites divers legA diver has been bitten by a shark when the shark attacked him from behind biting off his leg. > p12

NewsGirl sues for lack of signA teenage girl is sueing a bir-mingham city centre MacDon-ald’s firm for not displaying a wet floor sign. > Pg 6

Boy Drowns after Violent Thugs Beat him in the head with bat

A young boy drowned today as bullies beat him to his death. Adam Walker, an A grade psychology student from the Kings Norton area of Birmingham, is the latest victim of a bullying related death. It is alleged that Adam and two other friends were walking along the river bank by their college, when they were approached by a gang of hooded youths. The hooded youths asked for the boys mo-bile phones, and they refused which angered the youths. It is said that it is at this point the hooded youths became very aggressive and pounced on the three boys. An onlooker who was walking

her dog when the incident occurred said “There were three of them just walking and then loadsa’ hoodies just came out of nowhere and began beat-ing them with bats, one of the lads fell into the river, i couldnt see him moving”. Adam’s two friends broke free and ran away after several at-tempts to get Adam out of the river. It is believed the leader of the gang was beating Adam so hard with the bat, the force cracked his skull and in turn knocked him uncon-scious and forced him into the river. I was at this time the hooded youths fled the scene and Adams friends returned

with help and tried to save him but were unsuccessful. Paramedics arrived and He was pronounced dead on the scene. No one has been ar-rested in connection with his murder. According to Bullying Uk’s 2006 National Bullying Survey 69% of children in the UK report being bullied and 87% of parents report that their child had been bullied in the past 12 months It is estimated that at least 20 children a year commit suicide because of being bullied .

NewsLocal Blind Man sees redA blind man regained his sight after being knocked over.Gary Hennman from Lichfield who was born blind regained his sight after being run over earlier this year. He is sueing the driver of the vehicle.>p9

NewsStill no Justice for BBC re-porterThe murder of BBC’s news report-ed Jill Dando remains unsolved after 10 years. Barry George was aquitted in 2008 thus leaving the crime unsolved.

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Friday 27th November 2009Birmingham’s Own7

German Market Making More Money Than Pallasades

By Hannah MeretBIRMINGHAM city center’s German market has been a big hit with this years christmas shoppers. The figures were released today stating that the Pavillions has lost almost 40 % of it’s buissness to the market less than 2 minutes away from the shopping center. The Manager of the German Mar-ket stated “ I come here every year towards christmas and we do well all the time, we have reasonable prices which is why we do well on our products, there is no competition with the pallasades”. With stalls filling Victoria Square and Upper New Street and over 2 million visitors a year it is the largest authentic German Christmas market outside of Germany or Austria.

Visitors from all over the region and further come to Birmingham’s German Christmas Market to buy unusual and handmade gifts, includ-ing ceramics, candles, glasswork, jewellery and Christmas decora-tions. A number of stalls also feature traditional German items such as wooden toys, nativity scenes and marionettes. Pallasades opened in 1971 and was formerly known as Birmingham shopping centre. It occupies 290,000 square feet above the station and is currently owned by Birmingham City Council, who purchased it on 30 March 2009 from the Agora Max Shopping Centre Fund, a property fund of Warner Estate.

It occupies 290,000 square feet above the station and is current-ly owned by Birmingham City Council, who purchased it on 30 March 2009 from the Agora Max Shopping Centre Fund, a property fund of Warner Estate. It was sold to Agora Max by the previous owners, The Mall, in October 2005.The German Market Closes on the 23rd of December, leaving The Pallasades hoping to regain losses after this time.

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