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September 2024

West Midlands police out of special measures after ‘record turnaround’

Crime clear-up quadruples to 13% since November but inspectorate warns there is still work to be done

The Tories have left the stage but their toxic cultural legacy is doing an encore

Stewart Lee
From Oasis ticket price hikes to trying to sell off Birmingham’s art, the Conservatives’ market-first agenda still blights Britain

• • Plans unveiled for cheaper high-speed alternative to scrapped HS2 northern leg

  • Jack Reacher would not exist without Birmingham’s libraries, says writer

  • ‘There’s a lot of discrimination’: UK training scheme aims to help social workers dealing with disabled parents

August 2024

‘Obsession’ with Reform UK could leave Tories out of power for 20 years, warns Andy Street

‘I don’t see how it’s enforceable’: pubgoers react to idea of beer garden smoking ban

The headlines will tell you about councils going bust. Let me tell you what that means to me

Michaela Makusha

Police seize two dogs after man’s death in Birmingham

• Police hunt two American bulldog-type dogs after Birmingham man’s death

• Birmingham MPs call for council cuts to be halted over financial data concerns

• Birmingham’s going bust. Here’s why everything you’ve heard about that is wrong

James Brackley

• Birmingham council to sell off athletes’ village homes at more than £300m loss

Other lives
Pat Fleetwood-Walker obituary

• Muslim leaders urge restraint in response to far-right attacks

• ‘Building something better’: the UK residents retrofitting their homes amid the climate crisis

July 2024

West coast fares could rise to incentivise people ‘to not travel by rail’, UK watchdog says

Tory conference could be like a wake as business stays away

Prince Harry hails Birmingham’s winning bid to host Invictus Games

‘Economic violence’: Birmingham residents decry plan to raze 1,900 homes

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