Ammalife Charity Backed by Close Harmony Evening
Medical charity Ammalife invites you to a choral concert in Birmingham which will not only give great pleasure but help raise cash for its international work.
HOWARD: Exclusive Tell-All Interview with The International Community
SIR HOWARD ELSTON (DOA) sits down for a shock chat with the worldwide organisation that the media always quotes but the public rarely meets- the much quoted International Community….
HS2 has “ignored, dismissed or downplayed evidence on the environment” – claim
Environmentalists plea for more help from rail expansion.
Anais seeds
Anais Mitchell plays Birmingham this Saturday. Martin Longley has already witnessed her up in the wilds of Yorkshire’s East Riding.
Birmingyum snack boxes fly the flag at MIPIM
Delegates at next month’s international real estate show, MIPIM, will get a unique taste of Birmingham’s food scene when they tuck into snack boxes being flown over for the event.
Birmingham unveils huge HS2 redevelopment plan
Today, Birmingham City Council unveils the Birmingham Curzon HS2 Masterplan, which will see 141 hectares of the city centre transformed.
Birmingham goes Down Under to showcase latest business tourism campaign
Business tourism programme Meet Birmingham to take new ‘Where The World Meets’ campaign to Australia, USA and Europe in 2014.
Review: Tonight’s the Night
Terry Wills waves his arms in the air and goes Sailing.
Birmingham based theatre company to perform their latest piece
Edinburgh Fringe award winners play mac in March.
Young, live and unsigned
Some of the best young unsigned bands in the region will be appearing at the Robin on Sunday 2nd March.
Soaking up the fun
South Birmingham arts festival returns for third year.
Willmott Dixon champions social responsibility in Birmingham
Willmott Dixon Partnerships has announced its latest figures for community engagement, after adopting the principles of the Birmingham Business Charter for Social Responsibility.
Innovation Birmingham to launch West Midlands Regional Innovation Centre
A new regional hub focused on tackling climate change is being launched at the Innovation Birmingham Campus.
Survey confirms Birmingham is best-connected airport
Which? study praises rail links to city centre.
Tories/Lib Dems must come clean on cuts say Walsall Labour group
Proposed budget “political cowardice” claim.
Wildlife Trust to open up forgotten meadow area at Moseley Bog
A treasured local Nature Reserve is to be expanded to include a forgotten meadow area and new entrance that leads towards other nearby attractions.
One Final Bon Voyage
Aviation enthusiasts descended on Birmingham last weekend for the final passenger flights of an iconic aeroplane. Steve Beauchampé reports.
More questions than answers
Terry Wills on the continuing saga of underachieving Hawthorns folk.
Review: Twelfth Night
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry.
from Richard Lutz.
Letter from Beijing
Farewell, good luck and goodbye, reflects the departing Peter Sampson.
Our vintage baths
Alan Clawley on the role our past can play in the present.
Blackpool rocked
Andy Munro travels to see Blues win beside the seaside.
Screengrab: Arrows of Fear, Japanese Style
Richard Lutz dives into this week’s TV schedules to surface with the movie that matters.
HOWARD’S OLYMPICS: Yukes Nuke Thighs in Riot Semi Finals
Our sports editor, SIR HOWARD ELSTON (DOA), reports from his ground floor Premier Inn suite in Sochi as the Olympics enters its last superduper days.
Birmingham’s first ‘fellowship of niceness’ established in Moseley
The Birmingham Secular Fellowship is a new non-religious community group which started in Moseley in October 2013.
Blair: Big Trouble in Little Britain
From RICHARD LUTZ.
Not even second best
Terry Wills on Albion and the FA Cup.
Air India declares Birmingham service a success
50,000 passengers in first six months of operation.
Martial dance and music tour kicks off in Birmingham
A celebrated martial artist and musician from Birmingham will be launching a tour of unique Oriental dance and music at MAC.
Extra cash bringing local woodlands to life
Boost for wildlife local charity.