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February 2026
4:
‘A horror story’: the pet shop in Aston ruffling feathers
,
and
Madeleine Rousell
February 2026
2:
Your commute has been nationalised: the region’s railways are now in public hands
,
and
The Dispatch
January 2026
31:
The stubborn booksellers keeping Brum's indie scene alive
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
January 2026
29:
40 Birmingham homes are going up for auction today. Why didn’t the tenants know?
,
and
Kate Knowles
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and
Madeleine Rousell
January 2026
26:
Why everyone in the West Mids is owed £3500 — sort of
,
and
The Dispatch
January 2026
24:
How the BNP almost conquered the Black Country
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
January 2026
21:
My hunt for the Brummie officers of post-war Bosnia — and other observations
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
January 2026
19:
Police whistleblower alleges force is 'institutionally antisemitic'
,
and
The Dispatch
January 2026
18:
The fall of Craig Guildford: How botched intelligence brought down a chief constable
,
and
Kate Knowles
January 2026
16:
In Moseley, a multi-million pound London property firm is making life hell
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
January 2026
14:
Cllr Akhlaq Ahmed wants to stamp out HMOs in his ward. What about the one his wife owns?
,
and
Kate Knowles
January 2026
12:
'Cheap labour': NHS scheme for overseas doctors ends after bombshell investigation
,
and
The Dispatch
January 2026
10:
The Birmingham neo-Nazi who became ‘World Führer’
,
and
Kevin Harris
January 2026
8:
A parents’ revolt and new head at the Selly Oak primary in £400k of debt
,
and
Kate Knowles
January 2026
5:
West Midlands Police grapple with £41m financial black hole
,
and
The Dispatch
January 2026
3:
Birmingham and the birth of British fascism
,
and
Paul Jackson
December 2025
31:
2025 Dispatched: our pick of the year’s best stories
,
and
The Dispatch
December 2025
27:
The bizarre ode to brutalist Birmingham that killed Cliff Richard’s film career
,
and
Shaun Patrick Hand
December 2025
24:
Charles Dickens was determined to help Birmingham. Do we need a new literary hero?
,
and
Dan Cave
December 2025
22:
Dos cervezas por favor! Birmingham should be like Barcelona, says lead commissioner
,
and
The Dispatch
December 2025
20:
The secret lives of Birmingham’s Santas
,
and
Rachel Segal Hamilton
December 2025
17:
The McDonald's ramp that was an architectural jewel
,
and
Jon Neale
December 2025
15:
The councillor who can’t make up his mind
,
and
The Dispatch
December 2025
13:
Mozart’s angels: how the CBSO is trying to win over the under-30s
,
and
Alex Taylor
December 2025
8:
Would Birmingham's social housing scandal horrify Dickens?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
December 2025
6:
Beyond beer and bratwurst, what do Christmas markets bring to Brum?
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
December 2025
3:
‘Woeful consultation’ and ‘broken promises’ over council asset sales
,
and
Matty Edwards
December 2025
1:
West Midlands Police grilled over Maccabi Tel Aviv intelligence
,
and
The Dispatch
November 2025
28:
Two brothers arrived in Birmingham seeking safety. Four months later one was dead
,
and
Kate Knowles
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and
Aaron Walawalkar
November 2025
27:
Old Birmingham can still be found — just hop on the No.16 bus
,
and
Samantha Lyster
November 2025
24:
The search for Hall Green’s AWOL councillor
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
November 2025
22:
Penda’s Fen reinvents Mercia for the modern age
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
November 2025
20:
Che Guevara and the chief executive
,
and
Ed King
November 2025
17:
Reeves: JLR cyber attack to blame for country’s poor growth
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
November 2025
15:
Storms, solidarity, and survival
,
and
Xi'an Loves
November 2025
12:
This 19th-century Birmingham radical helped end slavery
,
and
Jon Neale
November 2025
10:
BBC coverage of controversial Sikh Youth group misses far-right links
,
and
The Dispatch
November 2025
8:
Porn stars: the Birmingham university leading x-rated academia
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
November 2025
6:
Revealed: The 1,000 assets flogged off by Birmingham’s bankrupt council
,
and
Matty Edwards
November 2025
3:
Birmingham’s deprivation crisis
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
November 2025
1:
The men who raised the flags
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and
Jack Walton
October 2025
29:
Erdington: the truth about Birmingham's most stereotyped neighbourhood
,
and
Dan Cave
October 2025
27:
Jess Phillips: Safeguarding minister fights for her job amid calls to resign
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
October 2025
25:
Au Pairs agreed to split everything equally. Now their frontwoman wants it all
,
and
Kate Knowles
October 2025
22:
The numbers that reveal Birmingham didn’t have to go bankrupt
,
and
Matty Edwards
October 2025
20:
Starmer steps in — will he overturn Maccabi Tel Aviv ban?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
October 2025
18:
The murder that never was: the strange story of Birmingham’s last public execution
,
and
Alex Taylor
October 2025
16:
Let the battle for Moseley commence!
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
October 2025
13:
Digbeth catches fire (again)
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
October 2025
11:
‘Small press, big dreams’: the indie that’s reviving publishing in Brum
,
and
Dan Cave
October 2025
9:
A controversial football fanbase is coming to town. Will unrest follow?
,
and
Dan Cave
October 2025
6:
'Help us!' JLR supply chain small firms at risk of collapse
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
October 2025
3:
Red flags: The non-existent company behind Brum's Union Jacks
,
and
Kate Knowles
October 2025
1:
The Smithfield saga
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
September 2025
29:
Does this councillor know where his on-the-run criminal brother is?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2025
27:
The last hanged man
,
and
Jon Berry
September 2025
24:
The headteacher’s missing receipts: how did a Selly Oak school get into £400,000 of debt?
,
and
Rhi Storer
September 2025
22:
Local ‘Your Party’ MPs at centre of fall out
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2025
20:
Disappearing furniture and tears in the break room: the chaotic end to two decades of Doctors
,
and
Alex Taylor
September 2025
19:
Competing vigils for sex attack victim expose divides among Smethwick’s Sikhs
,
and
Kate Knowles
September 2025
15:
'Racist' Oldbury assault: Tommy Robinson wades in after sex attack
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2025
13:
The impatience of Richard Parker
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and
Kate Knowles
September 2025
10:
Peter Phillips: prince of pop art
,
and
Ruth Millington
September 2025
8:
From Small Heath to Whitehall: Shabana Mahmood is new home secretary
,
and
The Dispatch
September 2025
8:
The Dispatch is hiring a reporter
,
and
The Dispatch
September 2025
6:
Backlash at BCU: the divisive reign of David Mba
,
and
Kate Knowles
September 2025
4:
How does Birmingham regain its buzz?
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
September 2025
1:
Does Brum have an ‘out of work’ crisis?
,
and
The Dispatch
August 2025
30:
How Harborne's lost railway directed Birmingham's future
,
and
Jon Neale
August 2025
27:
The flags dividing Birmingham
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
August 2025
23:
Alum Rock’s Kasim Ali on his new novel, Trojan Horse and writing men
,
and
Kate Knowles
August 2025
20:
Droitwich's Raven Hotel was empty for 15 years. Then it burned down
,
and
Samuel McIlhagga
August 2025
19:
What makes a 'second city' in 2025?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
August 2025
18:
‘No rules or boundaries’: five privately run children’s homes close after shock report
,
and
The Dispatch
August 2025
16:
Danny, champion of Sutton Park
,
and
Dan Cave
August 2025
13:
Inside the dramatic deselection of 11 Labour councillors
,
and
Ed King
August 2025
12:
What can Brum do to become the UK's second city again?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
August 2025
11:
Who is responsible for all the flags in Northfield?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
August 2025
9:
Shire hopping: Birmingham's forgotten summer tradition
,
and
Jon Neale
August 2025
6:
Councillor Simon Morrall says he's a Conservative. The party says he's not
,
and
Rhi Storer
August 2025
4:
Reform accuses police of ‘cover up’ in Nuneaton
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
August 2025
2:
In Dudley, the Black Country Party mounts a challenge
,
and
Dan Cave
July 2025
31:
The local groups trying to buy Brum back
,
and
Matty Edwards
July 2025
28:
Is Birmingham the UK's 'tornado alley'?
,
and
The Dispatch
July 2025
26:
Has Moseley lost its edge?
,
and
Dan Cave
July 2025
25:
Three encounters with Ozzy Osbourne
,
and
Rhi Storer
July 2025
24:
Brum bids goodbye to Ozzy
,
and
The Dispatch
July 2025
23:
A Quinton bridge has become a point of crisis. Why?
,
and
Rhi Storer
July 2025
21:
'Disappointing': Parent of coerced child criticises West Midlands police
,
and
The Dispatch
July 2025
19:
Old digs, new tracks: the end of Perry Barr stadium
,
and
Dan Cave
July 2025
17:
Opinion: the West Midlands economy can be reignited
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2025
14:
Unite goes to war with Labour over Birmingham
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2025
12:
Pebble Mill Studios and Birmingham's golden age of telly
,
and
Jon Neale
July 2025
10:
Small plates vs late night drinks: can the two sides of Stirchley coexist?
,
and
Dan Cave
July 2025
9:
A new poll, an 'old tosser' and the Dispatch's shortest interview
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2025
7:
Did the Indian government poison a local activist?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2025
5:
Who lives in the city centre?
,
and
Dan Cave
July 2025
4:
Manchester’s economy is leaving Birmingham behind
,
and
Daniel Timms
July 2025
2:
Donald Trump is disrupting business in the West Midlands
,
and
Chris Dorrell
June 2025
30:
Birmingham’s ‘road city emergency’ action stalls
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
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