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Feast of flash bangers

WITH British Sausage Week in full swing, one of Birmingham’s top entertainment venues is sharing a recipe to make the most of the British banger.Read

Smokey little drop goes with a bang

IT’S a guy thing!Read

Fort Jester, Chester Road, Castle Bromwich

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THE last time I went in here was on a dark, midwinter Saturday night when the place was so unexpectedly full there didn’t appear to be any chance of being served relatively quickly.Read

Filini, Radisson BLU Hotel, Holloway Circus, Birmingham. 654 6000

WHEN a favourite restaurant loses its chef, it’s always a time of anxiety.Read

Quality 'fast' food is on right track

AS YOU whizz through the countryside by train, you’ll see rolling fields swaying with crops or inhabited by grazing animals – testimony to the wealth of high quality food that’s produced in this country.Read

The five-star Resort Hotel at Celtic Manor with its Twenty Ten course.

Luxurious way to get in the swing

THE Belfry near Sutton Coldfield is a name synonymous with the Ryder Cup, having staged it no fewer than four times.Read

Snow-capped mountains in Northern Norway

Majestic views from voyage to tippermost top of Europe

WHILE others soaked up the sun in Torquay or Tenerife, here was a chance to sail away, take a swim in the Arctic and celebrate a Warwickshire coach firm’s centenary year.Read

Travelling onboard the Northern Belle is truly a first-class experience.

A bygone style of travel beckons

FROM the moment the cream and brown carriages of the Northern Belle came into view expectations were high.Read

School of the Week: The Oval Primary, Yardley

CARIBBEAN carnival came to the slightly less sunnier climes of Yardley in south Birmingham when a local primary school celebrated Black History Month in style.Read

Learning maths is made fun for pupils at Starbank Primary in Small Heath

THE little boy is staring at a picture of a bus containing four passengers. His teacher puts two more passengers on the picture and asks him how many people are now on the bus.Read

Walsall running fanatic takes on four half-marathons in four weeks

RUNNER Steven Shaw could be forgiven for putting his feet up after successfully completing four half marathons in as many weeks.Read

One in a million: The Birmingham tot suffering from an extremely rare condition

TO HER family, little Faith Solomon is one in a million, but the youngster is also one in a small group of children with a chromosome disorder which affects just a handful of people worldwide.Read

You'll be sparkling company...

IT’S time to prepare for the Christmas parties – and it’s all about shimmering sequins.Read

Make-up Palettes

This week's tried and tested make-up palettes.Read

We Love...You'll Love

This week's We Love...You'll Love.Read

Brum's glittering stars of jewellery

DAZZLING designs by some of the world’s best contemporary jewellery artists will take centre stage at this year’s Brilliantly Birmingham, the annual celebration of contemporary jewellery.Read

Film Review: This Is It (PG)

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IT had to be something special for 85 people to turn up at Birmingham’s Cineworld Cinema on Broad Street at 4am.Read

Restaurant Review: Spice Merchant, Kings heath

AN acquaintance of mine refuses to eat lamb for no other reason than the creatures are so cuddly and cute.Read

Atlantis, St Mary's Row, Moseley

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IT will be three years in January since I last visited this shop, shortly after it had opened. Because Moseley folks are passionate foodies, my return was overdue.Read

Tom uses his loaf for good causes

AN NHS dietician has spoken of his double life spearheading a Birmingham food revolution – and foraging for grub.Read