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Jamaica and India may train in Birmingham before 2012 Olympics

Jamaica, Barbados and India are the latest countries being courted by Birmingham with a view to using the city as a training base before the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Read

An L of a mistake over directions for St Philip's

What’s in a name? Quite a lot if you happen to be a city council worker who can’t spell the name of Birmingham’s historic cathedral. Read

Bobby Browns to reopen in Birmingham

Popular Birmingham city centre nightspot Bobby Browns is to re-open after five years. Read

Land Rover bird scarers disturbing other Solihull residents

Bosses at Land Rover’s Solihull plant have been urged to remove a scarer - installed to keep a flock of gulls from damaging their luxury 4x4s. Read

Knights Templar building at Temple Balsall is secured

The future of an historic Warwickshire church linked with the mysterious Knights Templar order has been saved by the Land Registry. Read

Video: Robot dancing at the Bullring

Crowds at the Bullring were stunned as a giant robot walked, talked, danced and interacted with shoppers. Read

Call for Bournville to be given world heritage status

More than 1,000 people have responded to a campaign for world heritage status to be bestowed on Birmingham’s Bournville village. Read

Sunday opening for Sutton Coldfield library

A Birmingham City Council library is to open on a Sunday for the first time. Read

Colombian officers thought MP Michael Fabricant was drug smuggler

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has told how he was held at gunpoint and wrongly accused of drug smuggling in Colombia. Read

Birmingham man in court after fatal punch

A Birmingham man will appear in court today charged with the manslaughter of a man who died after he was punched in the street. Read

Accidental death verdict on soldier who died after crashing wagon

A verdict of accidental death was recorded on a soldier who died in a Birmingham hospital after crashing a wagon in Afghanistan because he was not properly trained to drive it. Read

Government owns up to eco-town advert error

Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant has received a written apology from a Government Minister over a misleading advert championing a proposed eco-town in his constituency. Read

Ethnic minorities and poor 'left behind' by Birmingham businesses

Low expectations are holding back students and workers from disadvantaged and ethnic minority backgrounds in Birmingham, a report has claimed. Read

Lessons in being green for eco-town residents

Anyone wanting to buy a house in a proposed Warwickshire eco-town will be offered lessons on how to adopt a green lifestyle. Read

Birmingham to brand itself as the UK's university city

A bid is to be launched to rebrand Birmingham as a university city backed by a major national cinema advertising campaign. Read

Council probe at two Birmingham care homes

Two Birmingham care homes have been banned from admitting new patients while the city council investigates them. Read

Man arrested after Coventry woman stabbed to death

A man has been arrested after a woman was stabbed to death in Coventry. Read

Two remanded over death outside Q Club

Two men have appeared in court charged with murdering a 29-year-old who was stabbed outside a Birmingham nightclub following an all-night music event. Read

Microsoft issues Birmingham vision of the future

A lower skyline, multi-use buildings, an increase in green spaces and solar energy, and fewer people working in the city centre. This is IT giant Microsoft’s vision for Birmingham in 2033. Read

Two more Birmingham restaurants make the Good Food Guide

Two Birmingham restaurants have been added to the city’s entries in the 2009 Good Food Guide published today. Read