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The new wheelie bins are delivered to Brandwood

Outcry at council's £29,000 wheelie bin publicity campaign

Birmingham City Council

Cash-strapped Birmingham authority spent funds to get public behind controversial scheme

O2 Academy under threat as student flats plan approved

O2 Academy Birmingham

Birmingham's O2 Academy — Fears for venue's future as office block is to be converted into halls of residence

Two freed on bail after new arrests over Andrew Mitchell "Plebgate" affair

Sutton Coldfield

Andrew Mitchell leaves Downing Street on his bike — Diplomatic protection group police officer and a 49-year-old woman were held for questioning on Saturday

College plans for The Public could force firms to leave town

Black Country

The Public in West Bromwich — A total of 29 companies employing some 120 people, as well as about 200 apprentices, face having to find new premises after proposals were unveiled to turn it into a sixth-form college.

Superdiversity represents real opportunity for Birmingham

University of Birmingham

Dr Jenny Phillimore is heading up a new Institute for Research into Superdiversity, or IRIS, which is being launched by the University of Birmingham

Stuart Griffiths, Hippodrome; Neil Rami, Marketing Birmingham; Andy Street, GBSLEP; Paul Kehoe, Birmingham Airport.

Marketing Birmingham Commercial Partners meeting

Left Right

Two freed on bail after new arrests over Andrew Mitchell "Plebgate" affair

Sutton Coldfield

Diplomatic protection group police officer and a 49-year-old woman were held for questioning on Saturday

Outcry at council's £29,000 wheelie bin publicity campaign

Birmingham City Council

Police officer arrested in connection with Andrew Mitchell 'Plebgate' affair

Andrew Mitchell

Payout for mum arrested after death of three-year-old son

A Birmingham mum held on suspicion of murder after the tragic death of her three-year-old son has won a large payout from police.

A&E departments hit breaking point at West Midlands hospitals

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital — Three NHS trusts running hospitals in Birmingham fail to hit waiting time targets for casualty wards

Vandals attack grave of Stafford Hospital campaigner's mother

Julie Bailey, who campaigned for an investigation at Stafford Hospital — A grieving daughter who took on NHS bosses at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital has claimed her mother’s grave has been desecrated by hate campaigners.

West Midlands Police braced for more funding cuts

The true cost of liberty in Russia today

Education

Chris Upton writes "The two locations on this planet that have given me that special tingle of walking straight into history have been downtown New York and Red Square".

Home truths for the fly by night cuckoo

Superdiversity represents real opportunity for Birmingham

University of Birmingham

Mailbox refit could ruin us, say Birmingham city centre retailers

Mailbox

Retailers in Birmingham’s traditional shopping heartland fear a major investment in the city’s exclusive Mailbox could be another nail in the coffin for them.

£50m facelift planned for Mailbox in Birmingham

Birmingham Assay Office chief executive announces retirement

Jewellery Quarter

Sir Albert's 'dialogue' on how to make £340m cuts

Birmingham City Council

With at least £340 million of savings needed by 2017 and increasing burdens on social services, Sir Albert Bore has warned that the council will need ‘to do things very differently’ if services are to be maintained