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THIS new production is a cross-cultural exploration for ACE Dance and Music as the Digbeth-based company blends its African and Caribbean roots with Japanese choreography by Akiko Kitamura.Read

Moseley cafe Hungry Hobbit threatened with legal action by JRR Tolkein's estate

OH, CRUMBS! A Birmingham cafe trading under the name of the Hungry Hobbit has been threatened with legal action if it doesn’t rebrand.Read

Theatre: Star is aiming to twinkle for toddlers

TODDLERS are being invited to their first taste of theatre with Star.Read

Birmingham musicians raise £1,500 in sponsored walk

A GROUP of Birmingham musicians showed they had sax appeal by raising more than £1,500 in a sponsored walk.Read

Theatre: On the pilgrim's progress

DUDLEY-based Saltmine Theatre Group has created a new production of John Bunyan’s classic novel The Pilgrim’s Progress.Read

Puns and pints at comedy night in Moseley

BIRMINGHAM comedienne Sheila M appears at the Patrick Kavanagh pub in Moseley on Friday October 14 starting at 8.30pm. Tickets are £6.Read

New head of Moseley School says school is on the up

THE new head of a city school which was subjected to a damning Ofsted report insisted it is now “moving in the right direction”.Read

Birmingham's biggest food bank to open to cope with demand for handouts

BIRMINGHAM’S first dedicated food bank is set to open its doors to cater for families left too poor to feed themselves in the depths of the downturn.Read

UB40 pub put on heritage music map

BIRMINGHAM music legends UB40 are to be honoured with a heritage award at the Birmingham pub where they began their rise to stardom.Read

Musical walkers with sax appeal

A GROUP of musicians will be marching to a different tune when they play their saxophones while taking part in the Birmingham Memory Walk in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society.Read

Group clears up Kings Heath cemetery

A GROUP of volunteers have spent the last six years doing their bit to spruce up a cemetery.Read

Watch: Kings Heath bingo hall fire investigation continues

INVESTIGATORS are looking at the causes of a fire which ripped through a much-loved former bingo hall in Birmingham.Read

Comedy night in Kings Heath for charity Sense

A COMEDY night with Birmingham’s Shazia Mirza is to raise cash for the charity Sense.Read

Moseley literary festival for hopeful authors

FUTURE J K Rowlings and Ian Rankins are being offered the opportunity to pick up tips from experts in the publishing world with a one-day literary festival in Moseley.Read

Barbara Nice headlines comedy evening

BIRMINGHAM comedienne Barbara Nice headlines next month’s Laughing Cows comedy night.Read

Theatre: Old rivalries resurface in Bette and Joan

TWO Hollywood icons will come alive in a new show in Birmingham this weekend.Read

Theatre: The Lost Happy Endings returns to mac

A FAIRY tale with a difference returns to Birmingham’s mac this Christmas.Read

Kings Heath knitter to decorate Skegness pier

A BIRMINGHAM ‘guerrilla knitter’ is to decorate Skegness Pier – with giant crochet work.Read

Laughing Cow Comedy Club raises cash for Birmingham and Soliull Women's Aid

A COMEDY club for female performers has raised £1,000 for women escaping domestic violence.Read

Birmingham theatre company to perform kitchen sink drama in your own home

A BIRMINGHAM theatre company is aiming to ensure its latest show is up close and personal – by performing in people’s houses.Read

Comedy at the Patrick Kavanagh in Moseley

BIRMINGHAM comedian Sheila M will perform a night of songs and comedy at the Patrick Kavanagh in Trafalgar Road, Moseley, on June 3 from 8.30pm.Read

Kings Heath school extension held up over traffic congestion fears

A BIRMINGHAM primary school set to be expanded to help cope with a 30 per cent increase in pupils has been ordered to find ways of avoiding traffic gridlock in the area.Read

Edgbaston artist Jane Packman leads us into the woods.

BEHIND the blacked out door into the gallery at the mac another world has been created.Read

Raise a glass to new show at mac

A NEW show by Moseley-based Women and Theatre aims to lift the lid on women drinkers.Read

Plans to convert historic Kings Heath cinema rejected

RESIDENTS and traders in Kings Heath are celebrating after plans to convert a historic cinema into a 700 seat restaurant and wedding banquet suite were thrown out by city planners.Read

Hall Green flats plan approved

RESIDENTS and a leading wildlife campaign group have failed to stop ten flats being built on the site of a Birmingham bungalow and its garden.Read

Highbury Park in Moseley restoration work welcomed

IMPROVEMENTS to a historic city park have been welcomed by a council committee.Read

Leisure boss pledges 'massive' investment in Birmingham swimming pools

COUNCIL leisure boss Martin Mullaney has pledged a ‘massive investment’ in the city’s swimming pools – including the rebuilding of Sparkhill Baths.Read

Four years after tornado Birmingham street still a mess, say residents

IN 2005 Birmingham felt the full wrath of a 130mph tornado which damaged hundreds of homes in the area.Read

Moseley Farmers Market to pay for survey to show damage new Tesco store could cause

TRADERS in a city suburb are to fund their own survey into the impact of a supermarket development after claiming that the council has failed to back them.Read

Visiting inventor left fuming after car clamping demand in Sparkhill

A WORLD renowned inventor who drove 200 miles to Birmingham for a business meeting had his car clamped when he stopped to ask for directions.Read

Birmingham balti under threat in chefs shortage

BUSINESS leaders have warned a shortage of chefs is threatening the existence of Birmingham’s famous balti – despite soaring unemployment levels.Read

Residents step up Sparkhill baths fight

PARENTS concerned for the health of their families demanded to know when a Birmingham swimming pool would reopen at a packed council meeting. About 100 people attended the Springfield Ward Committee meeting to seek answers about the future of Sparkhill pool, which closed a year ago after asbestos was found in a ceiling tile. Last month the Mail revealed the fitness centre had also been forced to close amid concerns over the building’s structure. Councillors tried to reassure residents they were committed to building a new £9m site. Coun Tanveer Choudhry (Lib Dem, Springfield) said: “We are 100 per cent committed to making sure these baths reopen as quickly as possible.”Read

Birmingham Mail balloon riddle solved by readers

QUESTIONS about the Birmingham Mail’s balloon have been answered – by our readers.Read

Piquant, 18 St Mary’s Row, Moseley. 0121 249 1216

AS a business plan, opening a curry house in Moseley might seem as likely a winner as launching a charity fund for hard-up MPs.Read

New mental health hospital in Moseley is given go-ahead

A FINAL business case for a new £17.7 million mental health hospital in Birmingham has received the go-ahead with work set to get under way later this year to bring services up to 21st Century standards.Read

Wheelers Lane Technology College

Wheelers Lane Technology College, Wheelers Lane Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 0SFRead

Swanshurst School

Swanshurst School, Brook Lane Billesley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 0TWRead

Queensbridge School

Queensbridge School, Queensbridge Road Moseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 8QBRead

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Vicarage Road Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7QJRead

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys

King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, Vicarage Road Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 7QJRead

Bishop Challoner Catholic School

Bishop Challoner Catholic School, Institute Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7EGRead

Man dragged to death by lorry in Kings Heath

SHOPPERS saw an elderly man being dragged to his death under the wheels of an articulated lorry this morning.Read

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