A year in music

Stephen Pennell looks back at a vintage year for Birmingham music.

Review: Last Night of the Christmas Proms

Richard Lutz take his pew for a fanfare of classics.

The blame game

Blues go down 5-4 to Leeds amd Andy Munro is concerned.

Aston Villa and the new dawn fading

Villa lose 3-0 at Watford and Dave Woodhall ponders on decisions to be made.

2020 and the snap of the plastic flags

Richard Lutz witnesses change and immutability as 2020 approaches.

Aston Villa and the season of goodwill

Villa beat Norwich 1-0. Dave Woodhall watches.

Slow burn at Blackburn

Blues draw 1-1 at Blackburn, leaving Andy Munro impressed.

Panto review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Richard Lutz takes his pew for Christmas technicolor mayhem at Birmingham Hippodrome.

Review: The Clause

Stephen Pennell watches The Clause coming home.

Soul sister and friends

Stephen Pennell catches another blast from Birmingham’s best new talent.

West Midlands leaders build relationships ahead of China summit

Region’s senior leaders attend MIPIM Asia and Hong Kong Science Park.

Aston Villa and the gathering clouds

Villa lose 3-1 at home to Southampton. Dave Woodhall is not happy about the afternoon’s events.

Tigers too fierce for tepid Blues

Andy Munro on Blues’ 3-0 defeat at Hull City.

Coolair arrives at Platform 21

Cannock firm wins contract for city centre refurbishment.

University to encourage next generation of opera singers

Opera Nation, a free new training programme for young people, launches.

Don’t bin your tree this New Year – Treecycle it

Raise funds for charity and help the environnment.

Living Well UK appoints new CEO

Mental health consortium aims to expand during 2020.

Top dog pays visit to Cadbury World

Cadbury World visitors raise £5,000 to name guide dog.

First acts announced for Solihull Sumer Fest 2020

Get down on it with Kool & the Gang and many more.

The West Midlands Workplace Wellbeing Challenge

ideas for a positive work environment.

Young, gifted and posh

Comic Ivo Graham talks to Veronica Lee.

Pupils brave the cold for Birmingham’s homeless

Sleepout helps raise funds for homeless communities.

Peaky effect proves fact is stranger than fiction

Birmingham’s hidden industrial heritage saved from the skip.

Aston Villa and the first flush of youth

Villa beat Liverpool 5-0. Dave Woodhall on a night that won’t live on in history.

Labour and the election: no Big Idea, no shared future, no narrative

Will Mapplebeck, a Tyneside political commentator, reports on the outflow from the election.

Aston Villa and the cloudy horizon

Villa lose 2-0 at Sheffield United and Dave Woodhall is apprehensive.

New trains are a step closer

Passengers offered first glimpse of new West Midlands Railway trains.

Police unit hails drop in gun crime

Shootings down by 53 per cent as police gangs team scores success.

The Carpet Baggies

Andy Munro still finds consolation in Blues’ 3-2 home defeat to Albion.

Review: The King and I

Simon Hale watches the Alexandra Theatre’s big Christmas production.