Raise the Colours deny links with organiser accused of making indecent child images The Birmingham-based org is keen to cut ties with Ben Cullen. But pictures say a thousand words ...

Our streets are overrun with criminality linked to these properties, and the housing benefit team descends further into chaos ...

On Monday night a group attacked the property, smashing the windows and pelting it with stones. The same thing happened on ...

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Tonight, BBC Panorama will air a special episode about supported exempt accommodation, exposing the exploitative practices that are rife in the sector in Birmingham. The hour-long documentary (online ...

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Dear readers — we hope you had a great weekend. Welcome back, and an especially warm hello to the new members who joined our ranks over the past seven days. Thanks to you, we not only reached our goal ...

Drums beat, and a trumpet sounds as amassing crowds ready themselves for the charge. It’s not quite a fife, but the tempo of ‘Hey Ya!’ is enough to prepare for the year’s largest single day of ...

Jez Collins. Background: art works in EVERYTHING MUST GO, photographed by Tom Bird. Forget the culture wars, our biggest gallery is drastically underfunded We recently published an article by Dan Cave ...

Lawrence Barton's era of the Gay Village is ending. How successful was it? February, 2012. German disco group Boney M dance on the stage, head to toe in matching metallic outfits. A sweaty crowd jumps ...