How two fledgling property firms made £1.25m at the expense of Dudley Council
A retirement home, a pop-star-cum-entrepreneur and two startling property flips in a sleepy Midlands village
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Welcome to the new Digbeth: adult ball pits, crazy golf and a giant Bake Off tent
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After 859 years, the future of the Bullring’s markets is hanging in the balance
'The market is a working-class infrastructure. People rely on these markets'
A shock letter & a silent councillor: what really happened at Baby Aid Birmingham
And what it says about our city leaders
Want to get your child into a King Edward grammar school? The fight is fierce
'All they were interested in was their child passing the test, they didn’t care how it was done, they just wanted to pay for it'
After a 4-year hiatus, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery still falls short
'Visitors will feel the difference immediately'
How David Lodge invented Rummidge to explain Birmingham
The late author was the city’s quiet chronicler
Return of the bin strikes — Birmingham faces second of 13 days of action by refuse workers
Plus, Council chief to face trial for alleged antisemitism
Cancel culture on campus? Inside the fight for freedom of speech at the University of Birmingham
Two students may not be allowed to graduate because they participated in pro-Palestine protests
The rise and fall of Gatecrasher
The brand was born in Birmingham, made its name in Sheffield, and divides opinion across the country
Seeking Scrooge-like epiphanies from one of Birmingham’s foremost clairvoyants
Everything she told me resonated as a true event that you just couldn’t explain’
A town ringed by blossom
Birmingham's 19th Century 'guinea gardens' gave the city a split personality that it has to this day
The Battle for Brockmoor and Pensnett
Amidst declining living standards, an unpopular Labour government and scandal in Dudley Council, do the forces of populism have an inroad? Or will the two-party system hold?