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Charity slams Birmingham safeguarding board over child abuse report delay

A charity has accused child protection bosses in Birmingham of “incompetence” after waiting two-and-a-half years for a report into rape and grooming at a nursery.Read

Staff at Birmingham charity Astonbrook Housing took £1.8m from funds

Criminals who siphoned more than £1.8 million from a city charity used the money to buy themselves houses, employ family members, and handed themselves up to £10,000 “petty cash” a time, an inquiry has found.Read

Judas Priest man hoping to host PGA tour event at Shropshire golf course

Developers hope to host a major PGA event at a Shropshire golf course owned by a heavy metal legend after a new £40 million leisure development.Read

Warwickshire Bulldog Bash cancelled for the first time

The Bulldog Bash motorcycle rally held annually in the Midlands has been cancelled for the first time in its 26-year history.Read

Edgbaston former nurse who suffered domestic abuse fronts national campaign

A former nurse who was a victim of domestic abuse is fronting a national campaign to highlight the problem.Read

MPs cut Easter break short for Margaret Thatcher tribute

MPs and members of the House of Lords will cut short their Easter break to return to Parliament and pay tribute to Margaret Thatcher today.Read

Jessie J and Ne-Yo headline Birmingham pop festival

Chart-topper Jessie J and American R&B superstar Ne-Yo are to headline Birmingham’s biggest pop festival, it has been announced.Read

West Midlands house prices hold steady

House sales in the West Midlands have held steady for the third consecutive month, according to a new survey.Read

How Margaret Thatcher changed the UK mining industry forever

Jon Griffin looks at one of the issues Margaret Thatcher will be most remembered for – miningRead

Protest over plans to close Erdington’s NHS Walk-in Centre

Residents staged a lively protest demanding that NHS bosses keep a popular medical facility off a closure list.Read

Midland scientists make major chocolate breakthrough

A Willy Wonka-style discovery by scientists at the University of Warwick could lead to “skinny” chocolate bars made with fruit juice instead of fat.Read

Steve McQueen motorbike goes on sale in Midlands

A motorbike once owned by Hollywood legend Steve McQueen is set to go under the hammer in Stafford.Read

Margaret Thatcher: The leader who transformed a nation

Margaret Thatcher was the woman who, virtually single-handed and in the space of one tumultuous decade, transformed a nation.Read

Margaret Thatcher dies aged 87

Baroness Thatcher died this morning aged 87 following a stroke, it was announced today.Read

Birmingham golf club refuses to sell up to housing developers

Defiant members of a Birmingham golf club have voted to turn down money-spinning offers for their site from housing developers. Read

Michelin-starred chef Adam Stokes to open 'pop-up' restaurant in Birmingham

One of the UK’s best young chefs is to open a restaurant in Birmingham that will create 20 new jobs and bolster the city’s growing reputation for high-end dining.Read

Buildings that changed the face of Birmingham

In the first of a two-part feature, Matthew Goer of Associated Architects looks at the buildings which have helped shape Birmingham’s recent history, with one from each decade. This week he looks at the 1880s to the 1940sRead

A grave disservice for Birmingham's Victoria Cross heroes

They were feted as heroes who risked life and limb for the nation. But campaigners want action to ensure Birmingham's Victoria Cross heroes are properly remembered at their final resting places. Ben Hurst reports.Read

'Classrooms could soon be turned into battlefields'

Classrooms could become "battlefields" unless teachers are given greater support, the Government has been warned.Read

Inside the city meat lab keeping horses at bay

A Birmingham laboratory is pioneering work to ensure that horse meat is kept off shop shelves. Emma McKinney reports.Read