A Birmingham autumn arts festival, on a size and scale to rival Edinburgh and Paris, could be launched in 2013 as part of the drive to become the UK City of Culture.Read
BIRMINGHAM’S leisure boss side-stepped an embarrassing grilling over the city’s £1 million big screen fiasco – but served only to highlight confusion about the project.Read
COUNCIL leisure boss Martin Mullaney has pledged a ‘massive investment’ in the city’s swimming pools – including the rebuilding of Sparkhill Baths.Read
A BIRMINGHAM-WIDE review of grassroots cricket is being launched in an attempt to build on the huge enthusiasm for the game following England’s Ashes success this summer.Read
THE massive £600,000 per year losses on Birmingham’s seven municipal golf courses are only likely to be slashed by lifting them to private club standards, the city’s sport and leisure chief said.Read