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Secrets, lies and a botched IT system: The uncertainty surrounding Birmingham City Council’s finances
The budget for Oracle was £19m but its true cost could be much, much higher
‘It is clear that it is going in the wrong direction’ – should the Ladywood regeneration be paused?
A series of blunders has caused tension between the council and residents of the inner city neighbourhood.
The UK’s oldest cinema could be facing the bulldozers. But the mayor wants to save it.
Plus: Your last chance to catch A Midsummer Night's Dream
'We’d start noticing people disappear'
Birmingham’s gay scene was just kicking off. Then AIDS tore through the community.
Community-led libraries sound warm and cosy — the reality is anything but
Volunteers are inspirational, passionate…and absolutely exhausted
En pointe: Behind the scenes of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s majestic The Sleeping Beauty
Plus: Our City Council story causes a stir
The ‘pincer manoeuvre’: How secretive leadership and warring staff led Birmingham to the abyss
A narrative has emerged about how this city went bankrupt. Is it true? For months, we have been speaking to senior figures across the city, and today, two of them speak out on the record
Broken friendships, unproven claims and a police investigation: The war in Gaza divides students at the University of Birmingham
National newspapers have reported campus activists chanting ‘death to Zionists’. But we’ve struggled to corroborate that story - and it’s not the only one…
The eccentric entrepreneur, a family feud and a ‘mass exodus’: The rise and fall of the Custard Factory
We hear from the Digbeth business owners who have had enough of their London landlord