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
The Dispatch
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. Our
‘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.
A Birmingham NHS Trust sends vulnerable patients to Priory Group Hospitals - two have died.
The Priory has been fined £650k for its failures. But what role has the Trust played in the tragedies?
The Peaky Blinders are coming back. And this time, they’re filming in Birmingham
Plus: The bonkers career trajectory of disgraced surgeon who signed his patients' livers
‘My children play in this park. I don’t like them walking through s***.’
Raw sewage keeps flooding Bournville Park. What are the authorities doing to prevent it from happening again?