'I was shivering outside, I was just crying'
Plus: a Diwali celebration to make your mouth water and the annual Irish trad festival
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Saving Birmingham from the axe
Plus: A proposal to give mayors more powers and Black Sabbath gets new fans
How bad is crime in the West Midlands?
Plus: SNOBS is moving to Broad Street and a Birmingham writer tackles the concept of 'taste' in the modern world
A death in the family? My life with the Express and Star
Our local, family-run newspaper has been sold after more than 140 years. Now what?
A 'cynical and divisive power grab'
A sit in at New Street Station and Andy Street makes his move to take control of the police
Brace for Storm Ciarán
Our second edition features bad weather, Jude Bellingham and £5 tickets at the Electric Cinema
Coming back to Birmingham
In the first ever edition of The Dispatch, I speak to people from my school about their complicated relationship with their home city