Nek’s graffiti is everywhere. Who is he?
One man’s search for the meaning of a Birmingham tag
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The decline of a royal town
Amazon warehouses, managed decline, and flags. What’s happened to Sutton Coldfield?
‘A horror story’: the pet shop in Aston ruffling feathers
Birds4U sells exotic birds at an inner-city retail park. Customers claim it’s an animal welfare scandal
Your commute has been nationalised: the region’s railways are now in public hands
Will it make a difference?
The stubborn booksellers keeping Brum's indie scene alive
'I am not interested in running a branch of WH Smith'
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’’
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