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Birmingham's Disgraced Surgeon Faces New Reckoning — inquests open for 62 patients
Plus, meet our new reporter!
‘Total despair’: inside the meltdown at West Midlands Fire Service
How multiple suicides, harassment allegations, and faked credentials led to ‘mutiny’
Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz — Nathan Queeley-Dennis’ play makes hometown debut
'Being here is reenergising'
From clandestine parties to sober socials — did Freshers’ Survive COVID at UoB?
‘In the doorway stood a man in his underwear and socks, shivering, seeking sanctuary from the security guards’
Modernisation or ‘mutiny’? Council told by commissioners to speed up improvements on the bins
Plus: The Conservative Party Conference is in town — Is it weird to be a Tory?
We’re just getting started
An editor’s note from Jack
Can Birmingham really claim to be the birthplace of the industrial revolution?
Or is it Manchester? Or Ironbridge?
Jewellery fit for a Freemason - the Birmingham shop that’s been bejewelling the brotherhood for 100 years
'It's not a secret society. It’s more a society with secrets'
Read all about it — Birmingham Literature Festival turns 25
Plus, Labour conference ‘throttling’ claim
Birmingham is a ‘super diverse’ city. Should our juries reflect that?
Dea-John Reid’s case raises the question
Does David Craddock truly have Good Intent?
A Birmingham bar opened in 2019 claiming all profits would go to charity. Five years on, it hasn’t started giving
Welcome to Brummywood — Wrexham and Blues go head to head as their owners fight it out for fans
Plus, BBC HS2 article 'mistruths' claim
Cuddles, the Killer Whale of the Black Country
He was violent, Guinness-slurping and had a reputation for kissing bikini-clad women. Or was he?
The New Newbury: Has the once-inadequate school managed to turn things around?
‘You’ll rarely have a school say, ‘Bring me an Ofsted inspection right now!’ But that’s what we’re saying’
The Hippodrome’s mammoth task
Can the theatre reinvent the musical for the 21st century?