Is half an HS2 worth having?
Rail expert Gareth Dennis investigates for The Dispatch
The Dispatch
Birmingham's Disgraced Surgeon Faces New Reckoning — inquests open for 62 patients
Plus, meet our new reporter!
Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz — Nathan Queeley-Dennis’ play makes hometown debut
'Being here is reenergising'
Modernisation or ‘mutiny’? Council told by commissioners to speed up improvements on the bins
Plus: The Conservative Party Conference is in town — Is it weird to be a Tory?
Read all about it — Birmingham Literature Festival turns 25
Plus, Labour conference ‘throttling’ claim
Birmingham is a ‘super diverse’ city. Should our juries reflect that?
Dea-John Reid’s case raises the question
Welcome to Brummywood — Wrexham and Blues go head to head as their owners fight it out for fans
Plus, BBC HS2 article 'mistruths' claim
Cuddles, the Killer Whale of the Black Country
He was violent, Guinness-slurping and had a reputation for kissing bikini-clad women. Or was he?
The New Newbury: Has the once-inadequate school managed to turn things around?
‘You’ll rarely have a school say, ‘Bring me an Ofsted inspection right now!’ But that’s what we’re saying’
The Hippodrome’s mammoth task
Can the theatre reinvent the musical for the 21st century?
Little Rome, Spaghetti and canals: our picks for an Italy-themed Birmingham Heritage Week
Plus, burst pipe chaos in Spark Hill
The Birmaissance: Is the Brum accent finally getting the respect it deserves?
It was once ranked as a the UK’s ‘least sexy’ voice, but thanks to TV gangsters and short-socked footballers, things are changing
Birmingham, the axe and the report that casts doubt on everything
We were told the city faced a £760m ‘black hole’. That no longer seems certain
The next generation of New Towns is coming — where could they go in the West Midlands?
‘Where hope is started and dreams can be borne’