Back to the future

Dave Woodhall comments on matters in B6, without mentioning football.

Not so much tongue in cheek…

A new study suggests many people in the West Midlands are unaware of one of the most common Sexually Transmitted Infections….

Blues poshed out of two points

Andy Munro reports on Blues’ home draw with Peterborough.

What’s on at the Assembly

Folk rock, blues rock, prog rock, ordinary rock.

Basil D’Oliviera

Dave Woodhall attempts to pay tribute to a great sporting icon.

Wolves licked by Toffees

Brendan King reports on Wolves game at Everton

99 And Counting

Richard Lutz heads north- on a mission. The Gaelic names tumble from the tongue- Carn a Coire Boidheach, Sgurr Gaibhre, Liathach and Schiehallion. Those and about 280 others that collectively are the Munro mountains of Scotland. As Nigel said last month: ‘Climbing them all isn’t a hobby- it’s a sickness.’ I went up my 99th…

Beat of the Street

Dave Woodhall was in the audience when the Beat made their triumphal return to Birmingham.

Police appeal for witnesses

Coventry police are appealing for witnesses in connection with the killing of a local man.

Up The Forum

Alan Clawley questions the openness of The Forum and reminds us ‘public’ spaces are becoming hard to find.

Roger Godsiff urges full Commons debate on Babar Ahmad

Roger Godsiff, Labour MP for Birmingham, Hall Green, urges backbench committee to reconsider a Commons debate on Babar Ahmad.

Call for interactive and film and video artists

Deadline looms for two unique open exhibitions

Oldbury residents in vigil

People in Oldbury have been demonstrating over the recent abduction of a young child

Spikey on in Brum

Award-winning comedian Dave Spikey arrives at Glee Club Birmingham on Wed 29 Feb

Rail bosses attempt to win increased funding

Local transport chiefs will lobby Westminster in an attempt to get greater funding for the region’s railways

Shock Report: Dr Fox to ‘Guard The Olympics’

Dr Liam Fox will be deployed to protect the The London Olympics next year, according to secret defence plans being drawn up deep within the bowels of the MOD. The former defence minister, who left because he has mates he likes, will be used as a shield against sinister forces who want to disrupt our…

Police working to combat hate crime

West Midlands Police are aiming to reduce a particularly nasty form of lawbreaking

West Midlands charity delighted to receive International Peace Prize

The Coventry International Prize for Peace and Reconciliation 2011 has been awarded to Birmingham-based independent peace-building organisation

Review: Don Giovanni

Richard Lutz takes his seat at the Birmingham Hippodrome for this Mozart classic about love, sex and, inevitably, death

Detroit Jazz Festival

The London Jazz Festival may well be fully throbbing this weekend, but across the Atlantic in Detroit, there’s a gargantuan (and completely free-admission) alternative. All we have to do is pay the airfare, says Martin Longley…