Updated 1:24pm 24 May 2013

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Jasbir Authi

Jasbir Authi

City council sets aside sites for gypsies arriving to see Pope in Birmingham

The city council is earmarking sites across Birmingham to accommodate future convoys of gypsies which may travel to the city hoping to see the Pope.Read

Islamic Relief asks for donations to aid Pakistan flood victims

The director of a Birmingham charity has called on the international community to do more to help the victims of the devastating Pakistani floods.Read

Croome Court in Worcestershire to get development cash

The restoration of an historic Worcestershire home has moved a step closer after receiving backing from the Heritage Lottery Fund.Read

Director of human rights group Liberty to speak at Birmingham rally

A public rally will be held this weekend in protest about a ring of “Big Brother” surveillance cameras in parts of Birmingham.Read

Councillors lodge official complaints over Birmingham 'anti-terror' cameras

Two Birmingham councillors have lodged official complaints with the Independent Police Complaints Commission claiming they were deliberately misled over a hugely controversial project to tackle terrorism.Read

Councillors lodge official complaints over Birmingham 'anti-terror' cameras

Two Birmingham councillors have lodged official complaints with the Independent Police Complaints Commission claiming they were deliberately misled over a hugely controversial project to tackle terrorism.Read

Police criticised for installing Birmingham spy cameras without consultation

Councillor Ayoub Khan (Lib Dem Aston) was holding a meeting with police this week to discuss why 150 covert cameras were installed without any consultation in Kings Heath, Moseley, Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath in what residents claim is an apparent attempt to monitor the city’s Muslim community.Read

Parents protest over plans to expand Kings Heath Primary School

Families fear that extra classrooms could be built on the site of the school, creating an extra 210 places for children. The school currently caters for 624 pupils.Read

Queen's Birthday Honours: MBE for disabled road safety campaigner

A Walsall man who was left brain-damaged and in a wheelchair after a car ploughed into him has been made MBE for his work preventing road accidents.Read

Girl found hanging in Olton park named

A teenage girl found hanging from a tree in a Solihull park has been named.Read

Algarve still a special destination

With splendid beaches and history to match Jasbir Authi discovers why Portugal is such a treat.Read

Motorists make Birmingham ring road crossing a deathtrap, say cyclists

Cyclists have warned that lives will be lost unless action is taken against motorists who keep jumping red lights at a busy Birmingham crossing. Read

Birmingham Airport loses £1million since flights grounded

Birmingham Airport has lost more than £1million since flights were grounded last Thursday as a result of the Icelandic volcano.Read

Airport loses £1million since flights grounded

Birmingham Airport has lost more than £1million since flights were grounded last Thursday as a result of the Icelandic volcano.Read

Antique Birmingham City FC washstand up for auction

An auction house is selling a large ciricular stone washstand which was used by the Birmingham City FC team, more than 100 years ago to scrub up. Read

Pulse Fitness offers to takeover running of Sparkhill Baths

Protesters have reacted with dismay at surprise plans that could allow a private company to take over the running of a Birmingham swimming pool threatened with closure.Read

Inspector saw resident at Maypole Nursing Home badly treated, inquest told

A care home inspector has told an inquest how he saw a resident of a Birmingham nursing home being treated in an undignified way.Read

Inspector saw resident at Maypole Nursing Home badly treated, inquest told

A care home inspector has told an inquest how he saw a resident of a Kings Heath nursing home being treated in an undignified way.Read

The lasting power of Vincent Van Gogh

Jasbir Authi gets to know the tortured genius behind some of the world's greatest art.Read

Master strokes

He died after shooting himself in a wheat field, yet the crowds today have been waiting hours to see his iconic masterpieces.Read

Author Profile

Jasbir Authi covers central Birmingham and is a general news and court reporter. Her journalism training was carried out here in the city at the Sunday Mercury and Birmingham Mail newspapers.