This week The Dispatch will launch our big campaign. People have called it crazy, bonkers, a mad-cap crusade. It simply can’t be done, they said. Well, we’re here to prove the doubters wrong. Ok, no ...

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A huge zoo based around Edgbaston Reservoir, complete with “pleasure grounds”: a stadium, cinemas, a water park and theatres.

Visit schools across Birmingham to talk to pupils about online misinformation and teach them how to do their own ...

Half man, half beast, he stalks the landscapes at night ...

Plane veering off the runway during Storm Boleo. Plus, why we’re feeling smug Dear readers — welcome to your Monday Briefing. We hope you’ve been safely cloistered away from the worst effects of storm ...

The actor June Spencer recording early episodes of The Archers. The show has been part of this region for the best part of a century. We can't let it go now On Thursday evening, Birmingham writer Luke ...

No Fun Dunne and Corey Johnson grapple at Smethwick Labour Club. Photo: Tracy King. Grappling with the art form that won't tap out Before we pull on our spandex and get you in a headlock, allow us ...

The claw releases the edamame bean plushie and drops it into the drawer of the machine below. I retrieve the prize and add it to my pile of loot; it smiles serenely up at me, nestled next to a ...

Dear readers — welcome to your Monday Briefing. First up, we’ve had an incredible response to the news of our upcoming (and slightly bonkers) campaign to get 1,000 new paying subscribers in November.