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Local Democracy Reporter

Local Democracy Reporter

Rhi covers Birmingham and Sandwell councils

Birmingham skyline

Environmental health officers shut down a karaoke bar and restaurant

Blakeland Road, Perry Barr (Photo - Google Maps)

New children’s home approved in this Birmingham neighbourhood

The night owl in Digbeth (Photo - Ian Davies)

Digbeth businesses hit back at Birmingham City Council

John Stapleton, the co-owner of 1,000 Trades

Birmingham restaurateur starts petition to increase pedestrianisation

Opening of University station in Birmingham delayed for third time

Opening of University station in Birmingham delayed for third time

The 14 hectares of land previously hosted the beach volleyball, basketball, and wheelchair basketball during the city’s Commonwealth Games, and since 2018 Birmingham Pride – the biggest LGBT+ festival in the UK.

Seven new photos unveiled of Birmingham’s Smithfield development plans

Crane Nightclub, Adderley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham, where a man was stabbed to death on the dancefloor

Digbeth nightclub Lab11 hits out at reputation damage caused by Crane

Crane Nightclub, Digbeth, Birmingham

Police found hundreds of drugs bags at nightclub where man was killed

Crane nightclub, Adderley Street, Birmingham

Crane nightclub has licence revoked after death of Cody Fisher

University of Birmingham

Birmingham Uni ex Vice Chancellor paid £372,000 for four months work

John Stapleton and Jonathan Todd, of 1,000 Trades restaurant and bar in the Jewellery Quarter

Bar owner urges council to NOT to remove bollards outside his JQ venue

Charlene Lyness at Campion House in Kings Norton

High rise residents unable to return home for months after water leak

West Midlands Railway

New train plans for East and West Midlands

Sandwell Council House (Photo by Google Street view)

Sandwell church turned into nursery despite concerns over parking

Impact Education & Training Ltd (Photo credit - LDRS)

Former police station turned into education centre in Sandwell

Bagot Arms in Erdington, Birmingham

Historic Birmingham pub to be transformed into apartments

Weapon surrender bin in Cape Hill

Second weapon surrender bin placed in Sandwell as anti-crime measure

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street speaks on the opening day of the annual Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham

Demands for West Midlands devolution laid out by Mayor Andy Street

Violet, based on Soho Road

Handsworth cafe refused alcohol licence by council- here’s why

Energy bills are on the rise

300,000 Brummies living in poverty - and thousands more at risk

Millions tuned in to watch Birmingham host the global event

Birmingham 2022: Nearly half of the UK tunes into Commonwealth Games

Former Barclays bank in Bearwood to become a craft beer pub

Bearwood craft beer pub gets the go ahead

Campaigners at the hustings event

Tory leadership race: what happened at Birmingham hustings?

Buckingham Street, Hockley

Jeweller objects to TMC Cafe 5.30am alcohol licence in Hockley

Taxi drivers in West Bromwich during a protest in June 2022

Hundreds of taxi drivers quit working in Sandwell - here’s why

Venue 32 in Yardley

Yardley nursery to turn into bar and restaurant due to pandemic

Birmingham City Council Parks and Nurseries team in action installing planters around the city

Meet the team behind Birmingham city centre’s iconic flower displays

Members of GMB attending Victoria Square as the Queen\'s Baton Relay concluded in Birmingham. Copyright Finbar Bowie

Thousands of Birmingham City Council workers to vote on strike action

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

Six hour A&E wait times recorded at Birmingham hospitals

Karen Urwin, left, and Patricia Hollingshead, right, outside Manniford Hall, in Druids Heath.

Woman who runs council-owned community hall ‘paying out of own pocket’

Birmingham City Centre

Councillor bravely reveals he was raped as a teenager in Birmingham

Cllr Shabina Bano (Lab: Small Heath)

Councillor under investigation for social media posts about Covid-19