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Simon Hale reviews the Broadway production of Kinky Boots.

Pointers for anyone needing Birmingham & Solihull NHS serices.

Join the famed choir for their 2020 Come and Sing workshop.

Series of events set to mark Birmingham's place in the blues.

Classic films and new releases to feature at state of the art development.

Film season sees visitor numbers increase in entertainment centre.

Alan Clawley wades through the gloom and doom of budget cuts and asks why Sir Albert Bore is predicting the end of local government as we know it.

Operation Black Vote unveiled Birmingham’s new generation of civic leaders at a media launch of their Civic Leadership Programme last week.

Alan Clawley is really struggling to garner a useful reaction from Birmingham City Council.

Birmingham City Council officials have written a report to the Cabinet stating that the 40-year-old Central Library building is not only vacant but ‘obsolete’ as well, reveals Alan Clawley.

Honorary degrees awarded at Wolverhampton ceremony.

Young people feel ignored by power, but would still turn out to vote.

The area's culture celebrated over eleven days.

Constituents "penalised for something beyond their control"

Public support for benefits 'safety net'.

Photographs and talk by Pogus Caesar on behalf of Friends of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

Support for mission to tackle loneliness in older people.

Steve Beauchampé mourns the closure of Birmingham’s finest, but little known, sausage emporium.

Cancer charity will benefit from Asia expedition.

Pedal power revolution set for the West Midlands.

Sir Howard Elston lifts the snowy lid on the cold weather that has beleaguered UK-ville.

Ride with Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity in the Midlands’ biggest cycling event.

Take the ride of a lifetime with Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Take on the ride of a lifetime with Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity.

Former patient back on his bike for Velo.

Fundraising physio conquers Europe’s toughest cycling challenge for hospice appeal.

£15,000 raised for Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

Classic films season to air at arts centre.

Businesses support Birmingham hospice with Christmas wreath-making masterclass.

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

Sleepout helps raise funds for homeless communities.

Raise funds for charity and help the environnment.

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

Richard Lutz witnesses change and immutability as 2020 approaches.

Mayor helps collection as £85,000 raised.

Richard Lutz laments the supine decision to allow the former Rover bosses to walk away from a disaster they created

Volunteers recently helped rejuvenate a garden for pupils at Broadmeadow Junior School in Kings Norton.

The newly formed ‘Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice Kings Norton Fundraising Group’ are urging all quiz enthusiasts to join them for their debut fundraising event

Fire fighters from Highgate, Kings Norton, Ladywood and Northfield fire stations are taking on a job like no other

Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice has unveiled its latest venture aimed at supporting the services on which so many rely.

Funding kickstarts construction of 26 housing units in Kings Heath.

Don't put next generation of manufacturing talent on lockdown says Make UK.

How Birmingham's 'golden mile' is being looked after during COVID-19.

Innovative augmented reality feature released.