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Dos cervezas por favor! Birmingham should be like Barcelona, says lead commissioner
Plus: want to buy a cat on Vinted?
The councillor who can’t make up his mind
Sandwell’s Sukhbir Singh Gill has gone from Labour to Reform to independent in under 24 hours
BBC coverage of controversial Sikh Youth group misses far-right links
Plus, anti-digital ID activists protest at New Street station
From Small Heath to Whitehall: Shabana Mahmood is new home secretary
Plus, Birmingham celebrates the Balti
‘No rules or boundaries’: five privately run children’s homes close after shock report
Plus, Wayne Rooney reacts to Tom Brady’s criticisms
'Disappointing': Parent of coerced child criticises West Midlands police
Plus: was HS2 doomed from the start?
A second chance for Brum's most controversial exempt accommodation provider?
Plus: leaked audit report reveals union's 'pervasive fraud environment'
Lies n’ bribes: calls for chairman of Birmingham Central Mosque to stand down
Plus, the American beer taking over Walsall