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50 years after the Birmingham Pub Bombings, revisiting the groundbreaking investigation that freed 6 innocent men
On Soho Road, a new scourge is terrorising the community: Vloggers
The road in Handsworth is faced with plenty of issues. Their biggest? An onslaught of camera-toting forty-somethings
A four year old girl has died. Will the West Midlands ‘tackle the scourge’ of dangerous driving?
‘We have so much more to do’ – Andy Street
UB40 played their first gig in Birmingham in 1979. 45 years later they’re still inseparable from the city.
Finding hope at the band's St Andrew's @ Knighthead Park gig
Is the Old Rep at risk of 'cultural vandalism'?
Glenbrook property say they want the the theatre "to thrive". The public is sceptical.
The Brummie railwaymen of Transylvania
‘Rolling hills, peeing down with rain, I feel like it's nearly back at home’
A new report says the Commonwealth Games were a financial success. The city’s bank balance says otherwise.
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.
‘For the first time, Birmingham was becoming a multi-racial city’
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.