BIRMINGHAM City Council officials were left red-faced last night after a pledge to reveal the findings of investigations into the cases of eight children who died from suspected abuse or neglect backfired.Read
A STATUE of King Edward VII paid for by Birmingham Mail readers is set for a £114,000 restoration before being returned to the city centre after an absence of almost 60 years.Read
CALLS for a £10 million transport scheme for central Birmingham were gathering momentum today after the embryonic plan was warmly received by city officials.Read
The three high-concept origami emails were designed to drum up interest in the council’s business transformation initiative by encouraging staff to transform a humble piece of paper into a butterfly – but instead left the £200,000-a-year boss wide open to ridicule.Read
SIX years of delays, legal wrangles, bidding wars and political manoeuvring are set to end later this month when Birmingham City Council finally awards a £2.2 billion contract to repair and maintain its roads over the next 25 years.Read
BIRMINGHAM City Council has been forced to hire private sector human resources experts to deal with an avalanche of appeals against a controversial pay and grading review.Read