A game of three thirds

Dave Woodhall on Villa’s Monday night encounter at the Hawthorns.

Southside celebrates a year of City Pastors

Support teams hailed as great success in Birmingham nightlife.

mac stage Birmingham’s first ‘relaxed performance’ Christmas shows

Arts centre extends commitment in removing barriers to engagement.

Birmingham City Mission’s Christmas ToyLink

Hannah from BCM explains how they help at Christmas.

Retail rankings revealed

Survey shows size of local retail economy.

Drawing some comfort

Andy Munro on Blues’ weekend game.

Birmingham voted top events destination outside London

Ranking follows third Meet Birmingham Showcase, highlighting region’s conferencing offer.

Be a record breaker at Brindleyplace

Hunt for people to take part in world record attempt.

Show of world-changing kindness comes to The REP

Can being good change the world?

80 jobs created as BBC to invest in Birmingham

“This is the place to be” says director-general.

Up, up and away

Passenger numbers continue to grow at Birmingham Airport.

Malala Yousafzai receives EU’s highest human rights prize

Strasbourg award for girl who defied terrorists.

Birmingham MP accuses council housing officials

“Conspiracy to withhold damning evidence from Ombudsman enquiry” claim.

Volunteers rejuvinate relatives rooms at Nuffield House

Local company employees provide improved facilities for patients families.

What’s so special about the A38?

Alan Clawley talks about the closest thing we have to our ‘own’ motorway.

Nothing important happened today

Dave Woodhall on the (lack of) events at Villa Park this week.

Digital gaming event to attract students and graduates from across UK

Annual conference plans to launch careers in growing industry.

Snap away

Major new Birmingham photography project launches.

Echoes Extended

Exhibition exploring the lives of people from inner city Birmingham extended by popular demand.

Brindleyplace sees record number of visitors

Boom time in city centre.

Deputy Prime Minster meets Chinese business leaders

Lib Dem leader discusses challenges facing region’s Chinese community.

Man dies after motorway bridge fall

Witnesses to incident sought.

More Wonga than Wong

Andy Munro on Blues, trials and tribulations.

When the goals go flooding in…

Dave Woodhall on Villa’s win against Cardiff.

MP calls for backing in People’s Million regional finals

Birmingham cycle bid for community funding.

Birmingham bling

Alan Clawley on the city centre’s attention-grabbing architecture.

Bah, Humbug

A Christmas Carol brings festive cheer to Birmingham Rep.

Track 65 bus mall…

Steve Beauchampe comments on yesterday’s announcement of plans for Birmingham transport.

23,000 enjoy Birmingham’s first family arts festival

Eleven city cultural organisations participate in first national event.

Green waste earlybird offer – less than two weeks left

Birmingham householders must pay for green recycling from February.