Dear readers — welcome to your Monday briefing. We hope our absence over the long Easter weekend didn’t spoil last Monday for you too much. It’s certainly good to be back, with a jam-packed schedule of stories lined up for the weeks ahead. First though, a quick recap. Our
The city was considered ‘a cauldron of racial hostility’. But one film covered the lives of newcomers from the West Indies with much more nuance.
As the campaign gets nasty, the May 2 election will be a referendum not just on the mayor’s record - but on the concept of the mayoralty itself
PLUS: Why Bournville is campaigning against new masts and the start of the county cricket season
The Priory has been fined £650k for its failures. But what role has the Trust played in the tragedies?
Plus: The bonkers career trajectory of disgraced surgeon who signed his patients' livers
Mysterious plans to build a 50 storey building where the Electric cinema sits have been circulating. But who is behind them?
Raw sewage keeps flooding Bournville Park. What are the authorities doing to prevent it from happening again?
