An ambitious plan to 'greenify' Birmingham's city centre to make it as attractive as European cities will be unveiled at a conference next week, as the council admits its own "concrete bound mistakes of the past" will not be repeated.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/more-trees-green-space-city-26899599

An internal report leaked last year into the bins service found that Birmingham's bins service was letting down residents, with 'unreliable' crews regularly missing out whole streets.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12372411/Binmen-fighting-760million-equal-pay-deal-knocking-early-pay-emergency-Covid-measures-council-bosses-fearful-stop.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

An office block in the heart of Birmingham's business district is to undergo a major facelift with the aim of creating a carbon net-zero workspace.

Source: https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/birmingham-office-block-undergo-total-27229962

Another weekend, another tower crane arrives in Birmingham's bustling city centre ready to help build Three Chamberlain Square.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/tower-crane-installed-spider-men-26816157

Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market has been branded a 'rip-off'

Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/25081538/christmas-markets-cost-flight-frankfurt/

Birmingham's large and highly skilled talent pool is helping to drive demand from corporate occupiers, CBRE's analysis says.

Source: https://www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-property/retail-offices-life-sciences-power-27084386

But as the week goes on the players will return to Rockliffe and the preparation for Birmingham's visit will begin, with extra time to prepare for what looks likely to be Wayne Rooney's first match in charge of the Blues.

Source: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/michael-carrick-start-again-middlesbrough-27874867

His absent father had once allegedly been a member of Birmingham's notorious Peaky Blinders gang - who are fictionalised in the hugely popular BBC series.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/uk-property-weekend-features-project/article-11705149/Rise-fall-John-Goldfinger-Palmer-told-BBC-new-podcast.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Inside story of Birmingham's 'unheard of' sex attacks that left women 'violated and embarrassed'

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/inside-story-birminghams-unheard-of-26885701

'I went to Birmingham's Christmas markets and was astonished at the price of a hot chocolate'

Source: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/lifestyle/gallery/inside-influencers-25m-warwickshire-pad-28075897

Leeds relied a little too heavily on Birmingham's lack of end product and yet they kept getting away with it.

Source: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/football/leeds-united/bizarre-sight-speaks-volumes-for-leeds-united-at-birmingham-city-graham-smyths-verdict-4253254

Like the Sunderland duo Ballard and O'Nien, Krystian Bielik will miss Birmingham's trip to Sunderland this weekend after picking up his fifth caution of the season in the draw with Ipswich Town.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/birmingham-city-krystian-bielik-sunderland-28058445

Residents living in the shadow of Birmingham's Commonwealth Games stadium say the area has been left "to rot and go to waste" amid the council's bankruptcy woes.

Source: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/11214747/stadium-left-rot-waste-money-birmingham/

Tony guided us past Broad Street and all the way up to the Mailbox, entertaining us with tales of his youth and Birmingham's past all the while.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/kayaked-through-birminghams-canals-loved-26922782