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Digbeth could become a permanent events area

“When he’s famous and won the X Factor and played to a 50,000 crowd in Digbeth, we’ll show him the picture and tell him this is where it all began . . . !”Read

New ale launched for the Staffordshire hoard

“I thought they were unusually keen to form an archaeological group to find more Staffordshire Gold – it’s a new beer . . . !”Read

Flight of dreams in search for Santa

“Are you sure we’re flying over Lapland? I can see the Birmingham Wheel . . . !”Read

Birmingham's New Oscott Retirement Village

“It might be an American-style retirement village, Bert, but you look a bit silly in New Oscott . . . !”Read

Christmas shoplifting

“It’s to keep our security staff on their toes – the problem is getting worse . . . !”Read

Police using Twitter

“To all the police on twitter – ‘Guess where I am and what I’m doing now . . .’”Read

Student Tutition Fees Demo

“It’s having a particularly hard effect on me – I run the students’ bar!”Read

Birmingham wheel

“You can see all the way to Bournville – and Cadbury’s board telling Kraft what to do with their offer!”Read

Euro Lottery

“The last thing she said was ‘I’m just going to check my Euro Lottery numbers . . . !”Read

Married to Aston Villa

“It shows great devotion to stay together for 70 years – and his wife did well to hang in there, too . . . !”Read

MP's expenses review

“If Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up Parliament these days, he’d be welcomed with open arms . . . !”Read

UB40 play at the Rainbow pub in Digbeth

“Never mind ‘But you like UB40’ – you’re supposed to be complaining about the noise!”Read

Wayne Rooney has baby boy

“...and which one is the Rooney baby..?”Read

Trick or treaters

“Bert told the trick-or-treaters to clear off... you don’t know where we can find four wheels for a Ford Focus do you?”Read

MP's expenses to be cut

“It isn’t just you, dear. I’ll have to take my wife off my expenses list, too . . . !”Read

Midlands Indian summer

“Make the most of it – we’re going Christmas shopping tomorrow...!”Read

Broad Street star for Julie Walters

“Good grief! I didn’t think she’d come in her Calendar Girls costume..!”Read

Swine Flu Jab

“Right, all those waiting for the swine flu jab shout ‘oink!’...”Read

Council to slash 800 jobs

“Do we have a plan B if we don’t win the Euromillions lottery..?”Read

New police truck

“Sorry, did we make you jump . . . ?”Read