Air Malta launch charter flights from Birmingham Airport
Air Malta have announced the launch of charter flights from Birmingham Airport this summer.
Hexham Book Festival announces 2012 programme
Andrew Motion, Tam Dalyell, Polly Toynbee, Brian Sewell among those announced for The seventh annual Hexham Book Festival
Turkish going daily from Birmingham
Turkish Airlines is increasing flights between Birmingham and Istanbul from five flights a week to daily services from March
Ryanair launch new route from Birmingham to Budapest
Ryanair has announced a new route from Birmingham to Budapest, starting in March.
That’s close enough!
Supporters of the high-speed railway line are keen to bring London closer to Birmingham but Alan Clawley argues that it’s already close enough.
A lesson for the UK?
“A major step forward for American Travel & Tourism” – A lesson for the UK?
Audition for a spooky theatre company
“Don’t Go into the Cellar!” is holding auditions for West Midlands-based actors and actresses at Birmingham’s Central Library Theatre
‘Haitch’ Ess two – top toff transport
An imaginary scene from; ‘Yes Prime Minister.’
Hollywood Star in Bid To Become Scots New Boss- Exclusive
Howard McElston, our North of Carlisle reporter, puts down his claymore to tell us about developments in Tartanonia.
A miller’s tale – Sarehole and sluice gates
Plans are afoot to give JRR Tolkien’s childhood playground a new lease of life – and generate some electricity.
The Electric Highway
Electric car drivers can now travel from Birmingham to Liverpool and Manchester without fear of running out of power
A letter to veterans of WWII
Big Lottery funding for veterans who wish to return to their battlegrounds is still available.
Ryanair flying back to the ’50s
Flight attendant calls on the Advertising Standards Authority to ban demeaning Ryanair advertisement
Hybrid transport in Brum
National Express West Midlands and Centro recently unveiled their new state of the art hybrid buses at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens.
Air Passenger Duty under attack
The World Travel and Tourism Council have again criticised the UK Government for not reforming the application of Air Passenger Duty on air travel.
Best of Britain in Birmingham
Road, Rail and Air – all routes will lead to Best of Britain & Ireland at the NEC, Birmingham
Review: Measure For Measure
Richard Lutz at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford This is a play about, among other things, sex and the law. And these are two forces that are very much still in fashion these days. The liberal Duke of Vienna decides to retreat under a friar’s cloak and retire from the fraught world leaving a…
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…
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…
Solihull travel store bags ten industry awards
A luxury travel store in Solihull is celebrating after scooping ten prestigious travel awards
The Legend of Spring-Heeled Jack
Spring-Heeled Jack can be seen for free in the West Midlands next month.
Olympics: Tourism slump predicted
In a survey conducted amongst its members, the European Tour Operators Association has discovered that a major slump in leisure tourism bookings is underway.
Battered but not Brugged
Andy Munro’s account of Blues’ latest European escapade.
Moseley Bog’s a winner
Ent wives may still be hard to find but Tolkien’s playground has benefited from a cash donation
If I Don’t Know You, You Are Like Air
Peter Sampson sends one of his occasional observatory letters from Beijing
Fancy Carrying Usain’s Bag?
Here’s an opportunity to get involved in the run-up to the Olympics.
The Euro-Cup Runneth Over
Andy Munro has finally returned from Belgium.
Review: One Man, Two Guvnors
Richard Lutz takes in One Man, Two Guvnors at The New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham starring tv comedian James Corden
Birmingham Central Library now listed
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has included Birmingham Central Library in its 2012 Watch List
Birmingham’s Grand Hotel to reopen
Preparatory work has commenced to refurbish and restore Birmingham’s Grand Hotel, with the popular landmark building set to reopen as a hotel once again