by Mike Wongsham - Chairperson, Birmingham UAF (originally published in The Stirrer - Twice in recent months, Birmingham has played host to racist protestors. Now there is a threat they will return again. How should the people of Birmingham respond? Adrian Goldberg has suggested a “Birmingham United” event to give people of different colours and varying faiths

When Birmingham Council announced that the regeneration of the Bull Ring and the rest of Birmingham's city centre would make the place unrecognisable, I guess the people of Birmingham hadn't got this in mind.

There's been a great deal of fuss generated over a picture mistake in a Birmingham City Council leaflet. Apparently, the graphics designer responsible opened an online folder of Birmingham West Midlands images and picked one that looked nice but had been misfiled as it was of Birmingham Alabama in the USA. Yet no one up the food chain, with increasing levels of responsibility and pay was able...

I have been tracking the debate on the future of the three Trinity Mirror titles in Birmingham with interest. Steve Dyson, editor of the Birmingham Mail says that plans to merge some of the functions of the Birmingham Post, Birmingham Mail and Sunday Mercury are a reflection of the digital age we are in. To

Birmingham based blog Created in Birmingham is shortlisted for Best UK Blog in the 2008 Weblog Awards. They are currently second place behind the truly loathsome Melanie Phillips. Now, it doesn't matter if you've never read Created in Birmingham, nor if you've never heard of Created in Birmingham, nor even if you have read it but were not over impressed. The fact of the matter is th...

If you can't tell the difference between these two pictures Then you are either work for Birmingham City Council or you are a Tory MEP. A leaflet from Birmingham City Council thanking residents for recycling actually carried a picture of Birmingham, Alabama - a fine city, no doubt, but not significantly responsible for recycling in Birmingham, UK. Rather than putting their hands up and admitting a...

The Birmingham Post reports on the Liberal Democrats and their targetting of three parliamentary seats in Birmingham: Liberal Democrats are gunning for Home Office Minister Liam Byrne after party leader Nick Clegg named his Birmingham seat as a key target in the West Midlands. Mr Clegg has ordered his party to divert resources away from Conservative-held constituencies and focus on 50

The Birmingham Post reported yesterday that Birmingham City Council will be spending a huge £200million on private sector outsourcing firm Capita and its partner organisations in order to have consultants demonstrate how to save money and run services more efficiently....

The Conservative leader of Birmingham City Council is a buffoon. Just how embarrassed must his fellow Tories be (and the Lib-Dems with whom he has a cosy coalition) about this proposal.... Council leader tells Aston Villa: Call yourself Birmingham. How to upset the football supporters of both Aston Villa and Birmingham City at the same time. Coun Whitby said: "Aston Villa is one of Birmingham'...

First we had central government mistaking Newcastle-Under-Lyme for Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, now Birmingham City Council has gone one better and failed to recognise their own city. If you live in Birmingham you will be receiving – or may have already received –...