Get a Wild Life this Summer!
The Wildlife Trust’s Black Country Living Landscape Community Involvement Programme invites Black Country residents to ‘Go Wild’ this summer.
Former Iron Maiden front man to perform at The Public
A former Iron Maiden front man will be performing at The Public as part of the Midlands’ Home of Metal weekender.
Lordswood Girls lend a helping hand
A Birmingham school has celebrated its 10th anniversary of providing guides at an international event for blind and visually impaired people.
Book Reviews
Recent titles covering local history and the supernatural are reviewed by Dave Woodhall.
Theatre: A Sharp and Angry Homecoming for The Homecoming
Richard Lutz reviews Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming at The Swan in Stratford
Gym creates jobs in Chelmsley Wood
Fitness fanatics in Chelmsley Wood can now build up a sweat in a brand new state-of-the-art gym.
Gent Jazz Festival 2011
Martin Longley makes what’s kinda becoming his annual jaunt to the mighty Gent Jazzfest in Belgium…
Tina MacKay – a tragic loss
Tina Mackay, for many years an active trade unionist, died last Thursday in tragic circumstances.
Poisoned legacy seeps out
If I was to offer you a glass of water saying; “Incidentally it’s poisoned……
Retirement Village to Spring Up
Plans for the former Lucas site in Acocks Green have been revealed.
Funding Secured for back-to-work Scheme
Good news for job seekers in North Solihull.
Exclusive: Murdoch Boss in Heart Swap Drama
By Ace Elston, our medical reporter James Murdoch, the son of mega media boss Rupert Murdoch, is to be given a real heart in place of his artificial organ, I can personally reveal. Investigations by the Elston Report research team have found that James, who so famously stumbled and disingenuously shrugged his way through the…
Markets for sale
Birmingham City Council has had its eye on the 21 acres of prime development land occupied by the Wholesale Markets for some years. Bleak future ahead, reckons Alan Clawley.
Remembering Botham’s Ashes
Thirty years ago this week, Ian Botham’s talismanic performance won England a memorable Ashes victory at Edgbaston.
Horrible Bosses – film review
Dave Woodhall reviews a film that shouldn’t be taken too literally.
The Phoney War
Villa are back from Hong Kong and there’s two weeks until the fun begins. Dave Woodhall’s waiting patiently.