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Rhona Ganguly

Rhona Ganguly

Thousands flock to Gay Pride

Thousands flocked to the streets of Birmingham at the weekend to enjoy Birmingham's annual Gay Pride Festival. Read

Baggies fans get on the buses

Coach companies across the Midlands have enjoyed a surge in bank holiday business from West Bromwich Albion rushing to secure transport to the Baggies' most crucial game of the season. Read

The changing face of Stourport

Stourport is once again breathing new life, with the canal basins currently being restored to their former glory Read

Tolkien fans start raising sculpture funds

As part of Birmingham's Tolkien weekend, campaigners remembered one of the city's favourite sons by selling leaves for an Ent. Rhona Ganguly reports Read

Zilli gets a Taste for Birmingham

Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli yesterday highlighted Birmingham's potential to become "one of the best culinary cities" in the country. Read

Red Balloons: Helping patients like little Anton

Anton Turner was only six years old when a gas fire in his Black Country home set his clothes alight last year - burning half of his body. Read

Bank Holiday drivers warned over fuel

Bank holiday drivers were last night urged to "top up before they travel" following an increase in the number of vehicles running out of fuel on the region's motorways. Read

Businesses go green with help from Charles

A group of 100 Midland businesses yesterday pledged to take immediate action to reduce the effects of climate change. Read

'Puppetmaster' may be freed this year

A former Shropshire barman given a life sentence after conning victims out of more than £1 million could be released by the end of the year following an Appeal Court ruling yesterday. Read

I'm no victim, says abused child Gold

Jacqueline Gold, the daughter of Birmingham City Football Club chairman David Gold, yesterday spoke of her determination to help others by writing about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child. Read

Man stabbed at Sikh festival still critical

A man was last night in a critical condition in hospital after being stabbed during violence at a Sikh festival in Birmingham. Read

Tears and joy as troops return

There were tears of joy and relief last night as the troops of the Staffordshire Regiment returned home from Iraq to be reunited with their loved ones. Read

Culinary delights to feed a city

Birmingham's booming reputation as a diverse city is not only limited to its inhabitants - but to the choice of culinary delights it has to offer. Read

Jobless generation costs £5m a week

A jobless generation of young people is costing the West Midlands more than £5.5 million every week in lost productivity and crime, a study has found. Read

Sailors 'used for MoD spin'

The father of a military policeman killed by an Iraqi mob last night criticised the Government's decision to allow the sailors held captive in Iran to sell the stories. Read

New way tutu keep in trim

Rhona Ganguly discovers why fitness fanatics are swapping the gym for the dancehall as ballet enjoys a resurgence Read

Peter's journey from Tiswas to high sheriff

It was the television programme which changed children's entertainment forever. Read

Spend your Easter stuck on motorway

Gridlock is predicted on the Midlands' roads tonight as thousands of motorists start Easter holiday getaways. Read

Kids to monitor adult litterbugs

Children from Sandwell and Coventry will use their "pester power" to urge adults not to drop litter in a new talking CCTV camera scheme which aims to clampdown on anti-social behaviour. Read

Sandwell in doghouse over walking rules

A local authority has scrapped its proposals for dog control orders after accusing the public of misinterpreting its plans. Read

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Rhona is a news reporter for The Birmingham Post with a special interest in community affairs and diversity.

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