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The cost of being a devoted football fan extends far beyond the match tickets and the merch. Once you arrive at the stadium, it'd be rude not to raise a toast to your team with a nice, cold pint, right? B...
The last time Birmingham City played FC Barcelona was in the 1960 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final, when the European giants thrashed the Blues 4-1 at the Camp Nou. That year, Barça won their second consecuti...
What’s a breakfast without a sausage, or a BBQ, or any meal for that matter? There are over 500 varieties of the beloved British staple in the UK alone, before we even start salivating over the idea of Ge...
From the official flag flying above Victoria Square to the huge 10m sculpture inside New Street Station, you will find bulls all over Birmingham. The latest addition to this long history of horned animals...
In a stance against overfishing and to safeguard the long-term health and sustainability of our oceans, Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to stop the sale of mackerel in all its stores. The...
Airlines have scrapped more than 13,000 flights scheduled for May, triggering fresh concerns over travel disruption ahead of the busy half-term holiday period. New data from aviation analytics firm Cir...
The UK’s worst airports for flight delays have been revealed, and Birmingham has some of the poorest flight punctuality in the country. With an early start just to drag half my belongings to the outskirts...
It’s been almost a year since the beloved ‘Japanese Restaurant of the Year’ launched in Birmingham. The award-winning Maneki Ramen was maybe born in Worcester, but has hit new heights with the opening of...
UK workers are in for an unusually lucky run of calendar quirks, with both the end of 2026 and the end of 2027 set to deliver a three-day working week. In each case, the reason is the same: bank holida...
The odds are that you or someone very close to you has been affected by cancer. In the UK, almost 1 in 2 of us will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in our lifetimes. So the importance of knowing the...