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Birmingham pub crowned UK's best in Good Pub Guide 2019
A popular city centre boozer has been named Town Pub of the Year by the 2019 Good Pub Guide. The Old Joint Stock, which…
£2m boost for Highbury Estate restoration project
The project to restore the historic Highbury Estate has received a £2m boost. Birmingham City Council cabinet bosses this week agreed to provide the…
New vintage steam train services to run from Tyseley
Forget the rush to spend billions on HS2 to speed journeys up. Vintage Trains is going full steam ahead after winning the right to…
Massive underground restaurant and cocktail bar Tattu to open in Birmingham city centre
BirminghamLive can reveal that work has begun on transforming the 5,000 sq ft venue into Birmingham’s biggest basement bar and restaurant Tattu. The much…
The effects of the gall wasp on our oak trees
Last time I wrote about social wasps, and how useful they are. There are though many other sorts of wasps which live more solitary…
Old factory and cemetery chapels on Victorian Society's at-risk list
A former Black Country crop factory and a cemetery’s chapels in Birmingham have been included on a new list of the UK’s most at-risk…
New project to discover Jewellery Quarter memories
A £2 million project to collect people’s memories of working in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter is hosting its first events this week. The three-year…
Question mark lingers over Touchwood shopping centre extension
The current shape of a long-delayed scheme to extend Touchwood shopping centre was discussed behind closed doors this week. Members of Solihull Council’s resources…