Gentle Flame reaches Birmingham

New music featuring words of Greta Thunberg to receive world premiere in the city.

Bonkers brexit bonanza ballot

Richard Lutz checks into Hotel Ballotbox.

Climate protestors returning to city centre

Extinction Rebellion Youth to host ‘die-in’ at Primark and HSBC New Street.

Birmingham hosts EU Settlement events

Support offered for EU nationals living in the UK.

West Midlands urged to back #MyTown campaign

Communities given chance to share pride in their town and ideas for Town Deals.

All aboard: First plans go in for revamped Camp Hill rail line

Richard Lutz reports on a step forward in opening the Moseley/Kings Heath train line.

Frock around the Clock

Singer Emily Capell talks to Dave Woodhall.

Council opposition groups condemn Perry Barr flyover proposal

Joint Lib Dem and Conservative call for demolition plans to be scrapped.

Further calls for council to make transport plans public

Birmingham Conservatives demand Labour publish their secret transport plan.

Call for council to publish secret transport plan

Perry Barr councillor Jon Hunt responds to the city council’s proposed transport initiatives.

Everyman amongst us

Stephen K Amos talks to Brian Donaldson about Everyman, and everything.

Tory councillors criticise decision on Perry Barr flyover

Demolition to go ahead despite lack of full cumulative impact assessment.

Young Birmingham musicians to perform in Brussels

Sixty young musicians to demonstrate music’s power to unite with performance at European Parliament.

Birmingham Labour group attacks university over employee pay

Answers demanded to MPs’ letter to University of Birmingham over fair pay.

New era for climate change reporting

Environmental conference to be held in Birmingham.

Right royal messes and other stories

Richard Lutz reports on another blighted week in Old Blighty. 

Cameron is where the blame lies

Richard Lutz points the finger of blame at you-know-who.

Birmingham Conservative group criticise proposed travellers injunction defeat

Anger as council votes down citywide bid to prevent illegal encampments on public open spaces.

Britain braced for Hurricane Bojo

Take to the storm cellars, warns our Westminster hack Lord Howie Elston.

Britain: Broken, bedevilled, betrayed

Richard Lutz watches democracy go down the pan.

Mayoral candidate appeals to youth vote

Liam Byrne launches a Manifesto for the Next Generation.

My no-deal letter to my MP

Richard Lutz tries to persuade his MP to turn his back on No Deal come October.

Report reveals widespread disaffection amongst Birmingham youth

Young people feel ignored by power, but would still turn out to vote.

Extinction Rebellion protest criticised

Conservative group on city council slam plans to block roads.

Requiem for a bloody nation

Richard Lutz on the double massacre in the US.

Acorns appeal gains Mayoral support

Andy Street announced as patron for Save Acorns Black Country Hospice Appeal.

Mayoral candidate in homes pledge

Liam Byrne unveils plan to make homelessness history, endorsed by leading homelessness campaigners.

The Rocky Boris Show and The Murder Hole

Richard Lutz holds his breath as Britain twists in the wind.

Call to increase Indian flights

West Midlands MPs call for increase in flights from Birmingham to Amritsar.

Healing the Nation

Brian Donaldson talks to stand-up comic and author Andy Parsons.