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Keeping it local in Stourbridge
“People know who I am and what I stand for.”
It’s Jude Bellingham’s world. We are all just living in it
Plus: Yardley general election candidate in controversial WhatsApp leak
Black Country election special: Fury and apathy on the campaign trail
In the first instalment of our Black Country election coverage, we head to Halesowen and Dudley
Work, love, death, p*** ups: rediscovering the Birmingham Ballads
In the late 18th century, so many ballad singers roamed the city they were outlawed as vagrants. Today there's just one weekly folk singaround
Airport anguish as holiday makers forced to queue for hours
Plus: Stolen! - Church's 19th century eagle lectern
Definitely ‘not a cult’: life coaching arrives in Birmingham
Growing numbers of people are turning to life coaches in the pursuit of self-improvement. One American guru has been especially influential — but he is oddly elusive
Wayne Brown became the UK’s first black fire chief. Less than a year later, he killed himself
The Dispatch reveals new details about a tragic suicide and the ensuing crisis in the West Midlands Fire Service
'Don't split the right!' - Dudley candidate plea to Farage
Plus: Two elephants arrive in the West Mids
Victorian society: 'Give glassworks a chance'
Plus: Oracle, the council's 'all encompassing problem'
‘What’s the point of even being here?’ Labour’s candidate selections leave a sour taste in Birmingham
Plus: Is the Gay Village under threat?
"Swords drawn, slashing on all sides”: How the Bull Ring Riots of 1839 changed Birmingham
The middle-class had power, the working class wanted it