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April 2025
28:
Is this Perry Barr housing block a 'dumping' ground for the homeless?
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The Dispatch
April 2025
26:
How 1960s industrial Brum shaped world-conquering Black Sabbath
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and
Richard Franks
April 2025
25:
Fireworks, fraud accusations and fallouts at the Westside BID
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
April 2025
23:
Midlands weirdness meets Afro-Caribbean folklore in Michael D. Kennedy's world
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and
Michael D. Kennedy
April 2025
19:
Sham marriages and spies: rediscovering the Birmingham Group
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and
Jon Neale
April 2025
15:
Twenty years since MG Rover's demise, where is Longbridge now?
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and
Nathalie Olah
April 2025
14:
An abandoned warehouse in Digbeth caught fire last night — who owns it?
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
April 2025
12:
The future of Birmingham’s symphony orchestra is uncertain. Can grime help?
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and
Kate Knowles
April 2025
9:
With Rembrandt, a bid for relevance?
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
April 2025
7:
Farewell, Oasis - traders left in the lurch after market's sudden closure
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and
The Dispatch
April 2025
5:
Is this millionaire councillor lying about his address?
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and
Kate Knowles
April 2025
4:
Sparkbrook’s pigeon plague
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and
Alex Taylor
April 2025
2:
At Reform's Birmingham bonanza, set design is the real winner
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
March 2025
31:
Code COBRA! Should the government hold an emergency meeting about Birmingham’s bins?
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and
The Dispatch
March 2025
29:
Why does everyone hate us?
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and
Jon Neale
March 2025
27:
The council says striking bin workers are violent. The union says that's rubbish.
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and
Kate Knowles
March 2025
24:
'Toothless' charity watchdog closes investigation into mosque
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
March 2025
22:
The art of clubbing is dead. In Birmingham, it’s even dead-er
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
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and
Dan Cave
March 2025
20:
Richard Gamble had a vision. Now he's building a 51-metre wall of prayer by a motorway
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
March 2025
19:
Ancestral land owners, gangster pop stars and everything in between
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and
Kate Knowles
March 2025
18:
Making local news pay
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and
Kate Knowles
March 2025
17:
Bins boss abroad — councillor under fire for taking trip during strikes
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
March 2025
15:
Regional mayors paid £3m to a training company. What did they get in return?
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and
Abi Whistance
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and
Jack Walton
March 2025
13:
50 years after they formed in Handsworth, reggae legends Steel Pulse are coming home
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and
Kate Knowles
March 2025
12:
Lights! Camera! Edgbaston! How Birmingham supercharged the film industry
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and
Jon Neale
March 2025
10:
Preet Gill and the 'golden visa' money
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
March 2025
8:
The sets were wobbly. The budget was non-existent. But Crossroads stands the test of time
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and
Alex Taylor
March 2025
7:
Leaked recordings and scheming councillors: did Labour councillors engage in a ‘campaign of abuse’?
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and
Kate Knowles
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and
Jack Walton
March 2025
5:
On Shrove Tuesday in Atherstone: ‘bollocks is all that matters’
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
March 2025
3:
Birmingham bin men vs ‘zombie’ council
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and
The Dispatch
February 2025
26:
The loveliest part of England? How Jonathan Meades chronicled the West Midlands
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
February 2025
24:
The big Birmingham bailout. Is £180m enough to keep the city above water?
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and
The Dispatch
February 2025
23:
Waseem Zaffar’s house was turned into a filthy HMO. He says he has nothing to do with it
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and
Jack Walton
February 2025
20:
A tale of temperance and town planning
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and
The Dispatch
February 2025
17:
The vigilantes of Hall Green
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and
The Dispatch
February 2025
15:
New Street is in desperate need of renewal
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and
Jack Walton
February 2025
14:
Investigation: Raja Khan’s empire of dirt
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
February 2025
12:
‘Like gunshots going off outside my window’: how padel tore a Sutton Coldfield community in half
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and
Alex Taylor
February 2025
10:
‘Hordes of filth’ and ‘soiled underwear’: Robert Jenrick is no fan of Handsworth
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and
The Dispatch
February 2025
9:
The billionaire, the Yardley pub and the role of local news
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
February 2025
8:
Birmingham is not just heavy metal
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and
Jon Neale
February 2025
6:
An Irish hospitality tycoon promised to transform one of Birmingham’s most important buildings — three years later, and it’s falling apart
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and
Kate Knowles
February 2025
3:
All rise: citizens' jury decides future of Brum museums
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and
The Dispatch
February 2025
1:
The unstoppable rise of the Desi pub
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
January 2025
30:
How two fledgling property firms made £1.25m at the expense of Dudley Council
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and
Jack Walton
January 2025
29:
Welcome to the new Digbeth: adult ball pits, crazy golf and a giant Bake Off tent
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and
Alex Taylor
January 2025
27:
Brum Night Time champion’s awkward battle with the WMCA
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and
The Dispatch
January 2025
25:
After 859 years, the future of the Bullring’s markets is hanging in the balance
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
January 2025
23:
A shock letter & a silent councillor: what really happened at Baby Aid Birmingham
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and
Kate Knowles
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and
The Dispatch
January 2025
20:
Wisconsin 'assassin’ to stand trial for Birmingham murder
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The Dispatch
January 2025
19:
Want to get your child into a King Edward grammar school? The fight is fierce
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and
The Dispatch
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and
Kate Knowles
January 2025
17:
After a 4-year hiatus, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery still falls short
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and
The Dispatch
January 2025
16:
How David Lodge invented Rummidge to explain Birmingham
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
January 2025
13:
Return of the bin strikes — Birmingham faces second of 13 days of action by refuse workers
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and
The Dispatch
January 2025
12:
Cancel culture on campus? Inside the fight for freedom of speech at the University of Birmingham
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The Dispatch
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Kate Knowles
January 2025
9:
The rise and fall of Gatecrasher
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The Dispatch
January 2025
4:
Before Gail’s, there was Kardomah
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
December 2024
24:
Seeking Scrooge-like epiphanies from one of Birmingham’s foremost clairvoyants
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and
Alex Taylor
December 2024
22:
A town ringed by blossom
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
20:
The Battle for Brockmoor and Pensnett
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
19:
Give The Dispatch 🎁
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
16:
Birmingham’s Fairground Fiasco
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
14:
A tower block fire exposes Birmingham’s council housing problem
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and
The Dispatch
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and
Kate Knowles
December 2024
11:
Fancy a squirrel sandwich? Head to Stirchley
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and
Alex Taylor
December 2024
9:
Storm Darragh forges path of destruction
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
7:
When was Snobs’ golden age?
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
5:
Arrested Development? The West Midlands Growth Company was supposed to make us rich: now it’s getting downsized
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
December 2024
4:
Acorns Children's Hospice needs you!
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
4:
Did one conference save Birmingham?
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and
The Dispatch
December 2024
2:
All roads lead to 20 mph? Reducing the speed limit is controversial - but some people think it could solve the road safety emergency
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
30:
Has McDonald’s Sparked a Class War in Stirchley?
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
29:
Rachel is a victim of domestic violence. Why won’t West Midlands Police help her?
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
27:
The Rep’s festive play should be scarier
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
25:
Shabana Mahmood intervenes in assisted dying debate
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
23:
From concrete jungle to greenest city in Europe
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
21:
No justice, no peace? Why hasn’t there been a public inquiry into the 1974 Birmingham bombings?
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and
The Dispatch
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
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Kate Knowles
November 2024
18:
‘Stop the rot’ — Que Club building’s future hangs in the balance
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
17:
In India, Punjab Singh was convicted of terror offences. In Wolverhampton, he's a gurdwara trustee
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and
Jack Walton
November 2024
16:
The many lives of the Bull Ring
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and
The Dispatch
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and
Kate Knowles
November 2024
14:
Get us over the line
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
13:
Time Bomb: Birmingham’s forgotten film noir
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
11:
Is Richard Parker taking road safety seriously?
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
9:
Playing Truant? The strange case of Birmingham’s ‘HS2 Academy’
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
November 2024
6:
Roleplay, Cosplay, and Class Confidence
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and
Alex Taylor
November 2024
4:
‘David and Goliath’ — Shock Reform council by-election win in Wolverhampton
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and
The Dispatch
November 2024
2:
Steve Winwood — Birmingham’s overlooked bard
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
31:
‘Twice tried, twice hanged, twice buried’
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
28:
MP apologises for trying to silence The Dispatch
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
October 2024
27:
Are Wolverhampton’s top political family lying about their address?
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and
Jack Walton
October 2024
25:
Is Deritend still Birmingham’s Irish Quarter?
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
October 2024
23:
Where would we be without our libraries?
,
and
The Dispatch
October 2024
21:
The union man and the missing £30m — new details in Unite’s Birmingham hotel saga revealed
,
and
The Dispatch
October 2024
20:
Eight stories a day keep the readers away
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
October 2024
19:
The Smethwick gurdwara at the heart of a geopolitical storm
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and
Samuel McIlhagga
October 2024
18:
Invitation to our first members' event!
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
18:
The University of Birmingham’s Dubai campus is up and running. But do its LGBTQ+ students feel safe?
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and
Alex Taylor
October 2024
16:
Swipe or Swing?
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
14:
Stolen valour: Wolves councillor accused of exaggerating Marines experience
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
12:
The Welsh church fighting for survival
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and
The Dispatch
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and
Kate Knowles
October 2024
11:
In defence of Stoke-on-Trent
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
9:
Is half an HS2 worth having?
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
7:
Birmingham's Disgraced Surgeon Faces New Reckoning — inquests open for 62 patients
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and
The Dispatch
October 2024
5:
‘Total despair’: inside the meltdown at West Midlands Fire Service
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and
Jack Walton
October 2024
3:
Bullring Techno Makeout Jamz — Nathan Queeley-Dennis’ play makes hometown debut
,
and
The Dispatch
October 2024
2:
From clandestine parties to sober socials — did Freshers’ Survive COVID at UoB?
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and
Alex Taylor
September 2024
30:
Modernisation or ‘mutiny’? Council told by commissioners to speed up improvements on the bins
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
29:
We’re just getting started
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2024
28:
Can Birmingham really claim to be the birthplace of the industrial revolution?
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2024
25:
Jewellery fit for a Freemason - the Birmingham shop that’s been bejewelling the brotherhood for 100 years
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and
Alex Taylor
September 2024
23:
Read all about it — Birmingham Literature Festival turns 25
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
21:
Birmingham is a ‘super diverse’ city. Should our juries reflect that?
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
18:
Does David Craddock truly have Good Intent?
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and
Alex Taylor
September 2024
16:
Welcome to Brummywood — Wrexham and Blues go head to head as their owners fight it out for fans
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
14:
Cuddles, the Killer Whale of the Black Country
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
12:
The New Newbury: Has the once-inadequate school managed to turn things around?
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
11:
The Hippodrome’s mammoth task
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
10:
A big change at The Dispatch
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
9:
Little Rome, Spaghetti and canals: our picks for an Italy-themed Birmingham Heritage Week
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
7:
Birmingham was once the bicycle capital of the world
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2024
5:
The Birmaissance: Is the Brum accent finally getting the respect it deserves?
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and
The Dispatch
September 2024
4:
Diwali 'cancelled' for Soho residents
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2024
3:
Andy Street has his say on Reform and his political future
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
September 2024
2:
The Smithfield development has faced every obstacle possible. Is it finally full speed ahead?
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
August 2024
31:
Birmingham, the axe and the report that casts doubt on everything
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
30:
'A kick in the teeth'
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
29:
The next generation of New Towns is coming — where could they go in the West Midlands?
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
28:
'A huge difference to thousands'
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
27:
Festivals galore
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
August 2024
25:
In the corridors of the WMCA, Andy Street’s ghost lingers
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
23:
Dangerous dogs on the loose
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
22:
What’s bothering Birmingham’s classical music fans?
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and
Kate Knowles
August 2024
21:
Mystery donor pledges £10,000 to canal clean up
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
20:
Why are West Midlands GPs so angry?
,
and
The Dispatch
August 2024
19:
Michael Gove and the ‘fiasco’ — who broke Birmingham?
,
and
The Dispatch
August 2024
17:
Arm wrestling is on the up — Can the Birmingham Bullets help the sport get a grip?
,
and
The Dispatch
August 2024
16:
Anochrome Ltd and the cyanide spill
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
15:
Walsall chemical culprit revealed
,
and
The Dispatch
August 2024
14:
All eyes on Solihull
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
13:
Our city, my city and Roy Fisher’s ‘City’
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
12:
£320m bill for taxpayers — a Commonwealth Games legacy
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
10:
The enemies within: How the pandemic radicalised Britain
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
August 2024
9:
The Clumsy Swan, the world’s richest man and how Brum found itself at the centre of a transatlantic political debate
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
8:
'Fascist scum out of Brum'
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
7:
The West Midlands & 15-minute cities
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
6:
Far-right no show
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
5:
‘This is not Tamworth’: race riots hit the West Midlands
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
3:
Could Birmingham host the Olympics?
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and
The Dispatch
August 2024
2:
Divine beauty!
,
and
The Dispatch
August 2024
1:
The uncertain future of the council's day centres
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
31:
“THE FUTURE OF NEWS?” That’s up to you…
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
30:
Dust devils and train delays
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
29:
Birmingham unconquered? The city chosen to host the Invictus Games
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
27:
Soho Road is home to 150 wedding shops. Can they live in harmony?
,
and
The Dispatch
July 2024
26:
Relations breakdown at the ‘radically inclusive’ church
,
and
The Dispatch
July 2024
25:
'Savage cuts'
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2024
24:
In pursuit of Birmingham’s clubbing yesteryear
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
23:
One day, two collisions
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
22:
‘The issue is quality of life’ — can a new government make things better in inner-city Birmingham?
,
and
The Dispatch
July 2024
20:
A spaceship lands in Digbeth
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and
The Dispatch
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and
Kate Knowles
July 2024
19:
Waste not, want not
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
18:
'The weapon is fear' - bad review blackmailers target restaurant
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
17:
I will not moan about Brum: the reluctant bar that’s trying to stay positive in Digbeth
,
and
The Dispatch
July 2024
16:
Smethwick pool for sale
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
15:
Birmingham: The world's 658th most walkable city!
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
10:
Britain doesn't have a second city
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
6:
The Rime of the Ancient Marinator
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and
The Dispatch
July 2024
5:
Seeing red
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and
Daniel Timms
July 2024
4:
'Bribe' allegations in battle for Dudley
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and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2024
3:
It’s Birmingham’s safest seat. Or is it?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2024
2:
UEFA investigates Bellingham over gesture
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
July 2024
1:
Breathing down their NECs: Farage hopes his Brum rally can take him past the Tories
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
June 2024
29:
Lighting the fuse: how Birmingham’s all-female abolitionist group helped end slavery
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
28:
Cuts at Birmingham Hospice
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and
The Dispatch
June 2024
27:
We’re hiring a staff writer in Birmingham
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
27:
The missing detail: Meet Akhmed Yakoob’s ‘gang leader’ business partner
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
26:
Shysters, buffoons and w***ers?
,
and
Kate Knowles
June 2024
26:
The search is on for the next poet laureate
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
25:
Can you hear the Voices of Evil?
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and
The Dispatch
June 2024
24:
Can a crackdown on ‘zombie knives’ stop stabbings in the West Midlands?
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
23:
A note about The Dispatch
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and
Joshi Herrmann
June 2024
22:
The Library of Birmingham hosts a world class photo collection. Unfortunately, most of it is sitting in boxes
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and
The Dispatch
June 2024
21:
Lawrence Barton is the face of Birmingham’s Gay Village. Not everyone is thrilled
,
and
Jack Walton
June 2024
20:
Plea for help
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
19:
Keeping it local in Stourbridge
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and
The Dispatch
June 2024
18:
Ringway reimagined
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and
The Dispatch
June 2024
17:
It’s Jude Bellingham’s world. We are all just living in it
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
15:
Black Country election special: Fury and apathy on the campaign trail
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
June 2024
13:
Shrimply the best!
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
12:
Eat out to Help Out on trial
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
June 2024
11:
Work, love, death, p*** ups: rediscovering the Birmingham Ballads
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
10:
Airport anguish as holiday makers forced to queue for hours
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
8:
Definitely ‘not a cult’: life coaching arrives in Birmingham
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
7:
Wayne Brown became the UK’s first black fire chief. Less than a year later, he killed himself
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
6:
Catch the best of Desi cinema
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
5:
'Don't split the right!' - Dudley candidate plea to Farage
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
June 2024
4:
Victorian society: 'Give glassworks a chance'
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
3:
‘What’s the point of even being here?’ Labour’s candidate selections leave a sour taste in Birmingham
,
and
The Dispatch
June 2024
1:
"Swords drawn, slashing on all sides”: How the Bull Ring Riots of 1839 changed Birmingham
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
31:
Will Birmingham rival Vienna?
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
30:
Inner city pressure: General Election 2024 preview
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and
The Dispatch
May 2024
29:
'Absolute dross'
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
28:
'It's a no from me' - Andy Street
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
May 2024
25:
50% of Brummies want to cycle more. Why is it so hard?
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
24:
A new direction for Harborne?
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
23:
Investigation: A teenager took his own life in a Birmingham hotel. Now, his family want answers
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
23:
Soggy Sunak calls general election
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
22:
Which way Andy Street?
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
21:
Prepare for Pride
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
20:
'A true scandal’: Birmingham’s mental health patients are being failed
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
18:
Has the West Midlands got daddy issues?
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
17:
Losing mirth: Withnail and The Rep
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
16:
Hang-over at Dudley Council
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
15:
Who’s listening to the 3000 records in Faisal Hussain’s cupboard?
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
14:
Will the Midlands see an ‘independent wave’?
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
May 2024
13:
‘We’ll stay as long as we need to’: Pro-Palestine encampment sets up at the University of Birmingham.
,
and
Ophira
May 2024
11:
Death curious? Death fearful? Bereaved? Head to Birmingham’s most mortal festival
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
May 2024
10:
Exclusive: Huge profits, unsafe housing - and funded by £2.4m of taxpayers' money
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
9:
Yakoob under fire
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
8:
Brace for rail strikes
,
and
Birmingham Dispatch
May 2024
7:
Carmageddon at Cannon Hill
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
6:
Inside the room as the Tories lost their grip on Dudley
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
5:
A day of high drama: Inside the toppling of Andy Street
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
3:
Is Labour losing inner cities?
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
2:
Rwanda bound: First Birmingham asylum seekers detained
,
and
The Dispatch
May 2024
1:
Nowhere does sound systems like Birmingham
,
and
The Dispatch
April 2024
30:
Rwanda fears for five
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and
The Dispatch
April 2024
29:
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April 2024
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April 2024
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April 2024
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April 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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March 2024
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February 2024
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February 2024
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February 2024
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February 2024
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January 2024
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January 2024
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January 2024
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January 2024
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January 2024
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January 2024
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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December 2023
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5:
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December 2023
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December 2023
3:
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December 2023
1:
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November 2023
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November 2023
29:
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November 2023
28:
Police chief says government watchdog 'failed to act in accordance with the law'
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
22:
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November 2023
21:
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November 2023
20:
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November 2023
18:
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November 2023
17:
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November 2023
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November 2023
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1,000 gymnasts have descended on Birmingham
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November 2023
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Kate Knowles
November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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November 2023
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