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Don't silence Digbeth's din

EARLIER this week I reported on the battle for the soul of Digbeth, where pub and club owners are facing demands to curb their late night activities now that apartments are being built in the area. Read

Why Del might love a Land Rover

IN the classic eighties sitcom 'Only Fools and Horses' Derek Trotter used to own a clapped-out Reliant Robin. Read

Beach is no advert for green concerns

BIRMINGHAM'S controversial beach in Chamberlain Square has sparked anger among the city's green lobby after opening this week. Read

Blair's legacy on the big screen

ANYONE who's uncertain about Tony Blair's legacy after ten years as Prime Minister is welcome to join me at the MAC Cinema next Monday night. Read

We need mail service that delivers

WITH Royal Mail workers due to strike tomorrow over their latest pay offer, maybe it's time customers started taking to the picket lines. Read

Adding insult to injury

CAN anyone tell me why the controversial author Salman Rushdie has been awarded a knighthood? Read

Caught in possession of an offensive snack

VISITING the Cineworld Cinema on Broad Street the other day, I was amazed to see notices warning movie-goers that they can be searched upon entry. Read

Delivered as nature intended

MANY thanks to the wonderful staff at Birmingham Women's Hospital, especially midwife Marj Lescott, who helped deliver our beautiful baby daughter on Saturday night. Read

Fruits of no labour

BRITISH raspberries and strawberries are rotting in the fields because there are too few people to pick them - even though, according to official figures, 1.6 million people are unemployed. Read

A quango by any other name

COUNCIL leader Mike Whitby is never short of a word or two, but even he's having trouble getting his tongue round his latest title. Read

We can't complain if they're not taught

DOZENS of women are taking to the streets of Birmingham tomorrow after learning that their English lessons are being axed. Read

Yuppies sound off over city noises

RESIDENTS of the fancy new Abacus apartments in Digbeth think that silence is golden. Read

Better safe than sorry

MY MATES in Birmingham Airport's press office are feeling sick this week after the undercover report on ITV's Tonight programme, exposing serious security flaws. Read

Fringe benefits

HIS party gave an Assembly to Wales and a Parliament to Scotland, but now Hodge Hill MP Liam Byrne wants a day when we can celebrate our collective Britishness. Read

Locker fees plan is dead in the water

BIRMINGHAM leisure bosses have performed an amazing last minute U-turn and scrapped plans to introduce compulsory locker charges at a popular city swimming baths. Read

Vandals expose repairs boob

YOBBOS have just kept the Midland Metro off-track for the best part of a week - but blundering engineers have caused inconvenience for passengers in the Black Country for more than six months. Read

Baggies fans get that empty feeling

AS A loyal Baggies fan it wasn't only the result of Monday's play-off final that disappointed me - so did the new Wembley. Read

City venues choose fair option

CONGRATULATIONS to the NEC Group. Read

Cop this for a load of cheeky parkers

IT'S one rule for big business, another rule for the rest of us. That's the view of a disgruntled Birmingham motorist who's got buses and supermarket delivery vans caught on camera, casually parking on double yellow lines. Read

Bitchery is a joy to hear

FEARLESS verbal bitchery is a joy to hear. Read