40 Birmingham homes are going up for auction today. Why didn’t the tenants know?
‘Someone just turned up and said ‘we’re your new landlords’’
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Why everyone in the West Mids is owed £3500 — sort of
New report shows disposable income growth has slumped
How the BNP almost conquered the Black Country
Simon Darby led a far-right insurgency in the West Midlands in the 2000s. Two decades later, how much has changed?
My hunt for the Brummie officers of post-war Bosnia — and other observations
A writer’s edition from Samuel
The fall of Craig Guildford: How botched intelligence brought down a chief constable
The police leader has retired following Maccabi fan ban 'blunders'
In Moseley, a multi-million pound London property firm is making life hell
The property management company Freshwater is nearly tripling fees for Wakefield Court residents. Many can’t afford it.
Cllr Akhlaq Ahmed wants to stamp out HMOs in his ward. What about the one his wife owns?
The house in Hall Green North is a supported exempt accommodation
'Cheap labour': NHS scheme for overseas doctors ends after bombshell investigation
Plus, Only Scrans raves about Brum's curry and chips
The Birmingham neo-Nazi who became ‘World Führer’
Our second essay on British facism looks at Colin Jordan and the post-war period
A parents’ revolt and new head at the Selly Oak primary in £400k of debt
Four months after our ‘explosive’ investigation into Raddlebarn Primary’s finances, unanswered questions abound
West Midlands Police grapple with £41m financial black hole
Plus, Maneki Ramen gets the Jay Rayner treatment
Birmingham and the birth of British fascism
The first in our new series looks at Oswald Mosley’s strong ties to the city
2025 Dispatched: our pick of the year’s best stories
12 months of ‘first class investigative journalism’
The bizarre ode to brutalist Birmingham that killed Cliff Richard’s film career
The Peter Pan of Pop’s final big-screen role is a prize piece of Brummie pop culture. Just maybe not in the way he intended…
Charles Dickens was determined to help Birmingham. Do we need a new literary hero?
The city could use a friend like the great author today