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Maureen Messent

Maureen Messent

Maureen Messent: Looking for outrage where there is none May 25 2012

  • Maureen Messent: Sex and cries of racism amid a clash of cultures
  • Maureen Messent: Clearing out those city council cobwebs
  • Maureen Messent: What happened to the British stiff upper lip?
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Paul Fulford

Paul Fulford

Paul Fulford: The agony of Queen's jubilee May 21 2012

  • Paul Fulford: Mark scene of fatal crashes
  • Paul Fulford: Save our city from collapse
  • Paul Fulford: Fed up with your excuses
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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

Jon Walker: European row is still raging May 23 2012

  • Jonathan Walker: Bard 'was a natural Tory'
  • Jon Walker: Birmingham bid for extra power
  • Jon Walker: Is David Cameron a posh bully?
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Jobs blog

Jobs

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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

Crypt of Horror Volume 14

STEEL YOURSELF for a hefty heaping helping of horror as the latest instalment in the Crypt of Horror series is published by AC Comics, now reaching Volume 14. Read

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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

Are we the filthiest nation on Earth?

WE really are a filthy nation. Read

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Games and Technology blog

Technobabble

Investigation into four letter social media vicar

Church bosses have launched an investigation into a vicar's online postings after a complaint was made about swearing and comments about having to go to church on Sunday. Read

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