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In July, £1.75 billion plans to bolster the city's rail network were launched. But not everyone is smiling
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The private meetings - and very public rancour - that led to Birmingham’s flags injunction
Elon Musk branded Birmingham council ‘traitors’ for their attempt to injunct the flaggers. No one has established how it came about — until now
From Villa Park to the Village Green
As the Midlands’ footballing elites compete in Europe and build £3 billion stadiums, we meet the fans keeping it local... hyperlocal
How not to run a pub
When the artist Mason Newman bought the Gunmakers Arms he promised leopard-print ceilings and rock n roll. It was closed in six months
The Americans want to build an Etihad in East Birmingham. Will it work?
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Keiran Goddard's Birmingham shaped him. Why did he feel so uneasy claiming it?
'Fuck it; it's not like I'm taking the place of someone else who’d otherwise be on the radio talking about Shard End'