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Sarah Evans: Two types of parents - but who's right? Jan 20 2012

Watching how parents deal with their children on a long train journey is not a bad barometer of current parenting.Read

Roshan Doug: Allowing Abu Qatada to stay in the UK makes a mockery of justice Jan 20 2012

This week the European Court of Appeal denied Britain’s judicial right to deport Abu Qatada, the radical cleric described, as Bin Laden’s right hand man in Europe. Britain wanted to extradite him to Jordan, where he has been convicted of involvement in terrorist attacks. But he appealed a couple of years ago and now the ECA’s ruling will make it almost impossible to hand him over to Jordan.Read

Neil Elkes: New year, same old arguments at Birmingham City Council Jan 13 2012

Another mammoth six hour meeting of the city council this week was very much a case of different year, same old arguments.Read

Richard McComb: Bigging up Birmingham as a better destination than Barbados Jan 13 2012

Is Birmingham really one of the top 20 tourist destinations in the world, as the New York Times claims?Read

Jonathan Walker: Greater Birmingham threatens devolution Jan 13 2012

I don’t doubt that the Government is sincere in its desire to devolve powers from London to local authorities, but it may find this is easier said than done.Read

Chris Upton: Yearning for yesterday's Midlands Today... Jan 13 2012

A number of voices have been raised in this paper decrying the downsizing of the BBC’s presence in the West Midlands.Read

Nature Watch: Pear bestows bountiful gifts on all creation Jan 13 2012

You may have hummed the classic Christmas line about a partridge in a pear tree this festive season, but pear trees can be a great gift for all sorts of other wildlife too.Read

Sarah Evans: Schools offer structure if parents fail Jan 13 2012

The Prince’s Trust, a highly successful and significant charity set up to support young people and change lives, has released its annual Youth Index.Read

Ian Stringer: Economic gain of high speed rail will be felt even before the first train Jan 13 2012

As with every major city of note, Birmingham has always strived to do more, gain further inward investment and continue to grow.Read

Richard McComb: My new year goose was a cooking disaster Jan 06 2012

I have just oven roasted Carlos Tevez and it is going to take some time to get over the trauma.Read

Neil Elkes: A Grand design pays off for Birmingham hotel Jan 06 2012

During the 2001 general election campaign, as a junior member of the newsroom, I had to attend a press conference given by the Marxist Party at Birmingham’s Grand Hotel. Read

Nature Watch: New year but the same old problems... Jan 06 2012

My new year resolution is to try harder to believe the public statements of government ministers and others to whom environmental regulation and protection is a bane. The trouble is that they do so much which appears to go against their pronouncements that it will be a very difficult resolution to keep.Read

Sarah Evans: Our schools need advice, not a slap on the wrist Jan 06 2012

Back in the Dark Ages when I started teaching, and everyone managed without a national curriculum, a category of educationalists existed called Local Education Advisers. If as a head, if you were worried about something in your school, they would come up with helpful ideas.Read

Chris Upton: A pretty old industry that helped the city's poor Jan 06 2012

Exhibitions of fabrics are normally what I slip stealthily past in museums, along with the porcelain and the stone axe-heads. I comfort myself with the thought that I can’t be interested in everything, but still feel guilty doing so.Read

Richard McComb: Time for the 2011 McComb Awards for Dining Dec 30 2011

It’s that time of year again when the discount wrapping paper comes off the most insignificant awards in the culinary calender.Read

Keith Gabriel: Delighted to see good old cliché Dec 30 2011

Keith Gabriel considers the most popular words and phrases used by journalists and PR companies.Read

Sarah Evans: Make merry ...and learn a few lessons Dec 30 2011

The school doors have swung shut and the flaming baton of learning has been passed on.Read

Neil Elkes: Could Whitby finally receive his new year Brucie bonus? Dec 30 2011

Mike Whitby has become Birmingham’s very own version of Brucie.Read

Richard McComb: Back to the 80s ... in our 40s Dec 23 2011

The steamy room reverberated to the subversive sounds of alternative 80s music – The Clash, The Southern Death Cult, The Psychedelic Furs and Wham’s cutting-edge Club Tropicana (“Fun and sunshine/There’s enough for everyone”).Read

Nature Watch: Help stamp out threat to the albatross Dec 23 2011

At RSPB we have a festive plea – we need your help to stamp out threats to albatrosses during the season of goodwill. We are asking people to help raise funds to protect the threatened birds by saving up the stamps from their Christmas post.Read

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