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Maureen Messent

Maureen Messent

Maureen Messent: Clearing out those city council cobwebs May 10 2012

  • Maureen Messent: What happened to the British stiff upper lip?
  • Maureen Messent: Shock tactics work as T-shirt joke hits home
  • Maureen Messent: We shouldn't tolerate such ignorant bigotry
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Paul Fulford

Paul Fulford

Paul Fulford: Mark scene of fatal crashes May 14 2012

  • Paul Fulford: Save our city from collapse
  • Paul Fulford: Fed up with your excuses
  • Paul Fulford: Wizard of an idea from Oz
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Showbiz blog

Ed James

Heart FM's Ed James dishes the dirt

Birmingham City FC Blog

Colin Tattum

2012 play-off semi-final, second leg

11 May 2012

It was 1999 all over again. Read

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Aston Villa FC blog

Aston Villa

Fans would grant Avram the same fury

WOULD Avram Grant really have been treated any differently. Read

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West Bromwich Albion blog

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Warwickshire cricket blog

Warwickshire Cricket

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The Stirrer

The Stirrer

The perils of racial division Aug 18 2011

  • A tale to lift your spirits
  • England were cricket bullies
  • No excuse for Amy's demise
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Jon Walker

Jon Walker

Jonathan Walker: Bard 'was a natural Tory' May 15 2012

  • Jon Walker: Birmingham bid for extra power
  • Jon Walker: Is David Cameron a posh bully?
  • Jon Walker: Who's life has the Budget 'simplified'?
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Jobs blog

Jobs

We want to work

Mike Olley

Mike Olley

Mike Olley: Weasel words hide NHS devastation Mar 05 2012

  • Mike Olley: Truly valuing our heroes
  • Mike Olley: West Bromwich is an area that's now up-and-coming
  • Could planners send Subway City under?
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Faiths In Our City

Indebted to those who died for us Nov 13 2010

  • Celebrating the special vibrancy of marriage
  • Buddhist message: Make peace and goodwill last all year round
  • Rabbi Yossi Jacobs: Parenting is a joint effort
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Veron Graham tells it how it is

Veron Graham

Grow A Pair and Get Rid of Blatter

20 Nov 2011

Was that too strong? I'm sorry but I thought I should get straight to the point. Read

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Film news with Graham Young

Graham Young

How Double Dip McLeish can use the movies to help to avoid his second successive relegation

CONSIDERING that it would appear to be 'squeaky bum' time down at the Villa, here's an idea how to get the team out of trouble. Read

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The world of comics with Paul Birch

Speech Balloon

Carter's Column: Brand of the Dragon 53

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Fashion and beauty blog

Style File

All that glitters...

NEW into Westfield at Merry Hill is jewellery company Magnolia which specialises in silver, precious and semi-precious stones. Read

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Is it just me?

isitjustme

Bad taste with a capital R

You might have thought that with the Murdoch empire under threat on all sides and the Sun well in the firing line that the powers that be in Wapping might just have thought it might be a good idea not to stick one's head too far above the parapet. Read

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Games and Technology blog

Technobabble

Why consulting 'dr google' can be a bad idea

A new study by feminine health brand Balance Activ has found that one in four British women has misdiagnosed themselves on the internet. Read

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