Kate Knowles

Barbara Holland, 76, and Raghib Ahsan, 79, live in a neat terrace in Handsworth overlooking the park. When I visit, they are both wearing house slippers and colourfully patterned sweaters. Ahsan ushers me into the living room then briskly heads to the kitchen to make coffee while Holland joins me on the squishy sofa. She reaches for a large folder.

Fourteen years of Labour dominance are over. How will a new ‘rainbow' council coalition fare?

The judge in the case says the home secretary's statement ‘appears to bear no relation to reality'

Dear readers — the local elections were done and dusted two weeks ago, right? Well, as we are sure you're well aware, the newly fragmented council remains under no overall control.

Dear readers — Operation Fearless might sound like something from an action movie (perhaps that's the point) but it is actually an initiative launched by West Midlands Police in Erdington in 2025.

Dear readers — today we head to Digbeth, where several business owners and one very angry Irishman are waging war against the Eastside Metro Extension.

New Orleans, 3 December 1999: Professor Charles Craddock, an expert in blood cancer, slinks into the main hall at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

At first, I think they're simply overcome with World Cup fever. Several of the melee gathered outside the Turtle Bay in Birmingham city centre, donning

Dear readers — as Andy Burnham enters number 10 (north and south), The Dispatch is pondering the rise of Ladywood MP Shabana Mahmood.

If the new PM wants more power for the West Midlands, we are going to need a bigger boat