Birmingham Mail
Remembering the sights & sounds of the suburbs
IT'S not only Birmingham's city centre that has changed beyond all recognition.
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January 12, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Bar shuts after man dies following attack outside
A FULL REVIEW OF ITS LICENCE IS PENDING FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT
1 min |
January 12, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Council boss is hopeful of new brighter future
THERE HAS BEEN 'ENHANCED RESILIENCE AND IMPROVED PERFORMANCE'
2 min |
January 12, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Joe sets Sbarr high as brace leads 5-star Moors to victory
MAN of the moment Joe Sbarra struck twice as the Moors ran riot at Aldershot, taking his tally to six in three games.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Kyogo boost as boss hails growing Blues momentum
CHRIS Davies was pleased to see Birmingham build further momentum with an FA Cup win at Cambridge.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
Birmingham Mail
Kamara KO is only blow after super win at Spurs
A DELIGHTED Villa boss Unai Emery was nevertheless concerned about Boubacar Kamara's injury after the 2-1 FA Cup win at Tottenham on Saturday night.
4 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Cream of the crop Small brewers challenge might of Guinness with rival ‘nitro’ stouts
Famously, according to the old advertising slogan, Guinness is good for you.
3 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
David sends Harlequins into last 16 in nine-try demolition
Harlequins back?
3 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Underground church says leaders detained as China cracks down
Leaders of an underground church have reportedly been detained in south-west China in what appears to be a sweeping crackdown on unregistered Christian groups.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
And relax: National Trust want visitors to sit, get comfy and use their libraries
There was a time, not so long ago, when a visit to a National Trust stately home could be a staid affair and sitting on the furniture tended to be discouraged, with pine cones or teasels often placed on chairs to remind people not to perch.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
'It's just surreal': Macclesfield FC fans ecstatic after greatest shock in FA Cup history
When Macclesfield FC players return to their day jobs today, the part-time squad of PE teachers, podcasters and property developers will add one more title: giant slayers.
4 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Cutting jury trials could clear courts backlog in a decade, claims Lammy
The backlog of nearly 80,000 trials clogging up the court system could be cleared within a decade if parliament agrees to slash the number of jury trials, David Lammy, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, has claimed.
3 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
'Operation Resolve rocked!" How the Pentagon press corps was replaced with Trump fans
After US troops swarmed into Venezuela, seizing the country's president and his wife, there was little to be heard from the Pentagon.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Guarino sees size of task in Chelsea hammering
Chelsea secured a statement victory against struggling West Ham to breathe life back into their Women’s Super League title defence.
3 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
'I've never celebrated a goal at 9-0 down': inside Exeter's dressing room
Behind-the-scenes access for League One club's cup tie at Manchester City gives unique insight despite crushing loss
5 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Mandelson declines to apologise for staying friends with 'best pal' Epstein
Peter Mandelson has declined to apologise to Jeffrey Epstein's victims for staying friends with the convicted child sex offender, and suggested he knew nothing of the disgraced financier's sex life because he is gay.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Tories and Burnham back calls for under-16s social media ban
No 10 is facing renewed pressure to ban social media for under-16s after the Conservatives and the Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, supported limits to prevent harm to children.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Family differences: French lawsuit shows dangers of rise in autofiction
The Polish poet Czestaw Mitosz is credited with the quote: “When a writer is born into a family, the family is finished” - aline that was given fresh resonance this week by a French court case.
3 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Denmark Country at ‘fateful moment' in face of US president's threats, says PM
Mette Frederiksen has said that Denmark is at a “fateful moment” amid Donald Trump’s threats to take over Greenland, accusing the US of potentially turning its back on Nato.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Minneapolis killing sparks US protests as 'hundreds more' ICE agents to enter city
Thousands took tothe streets across the US over the weekend to express their outrage at the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an immigration officer, even as the head of homeland security, Kristi Noem, vowed yesterday to send “hundreds more” federal agents to the city.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal' or face consequences with Venezuelan oil cut off
Donald Trump has told Cuba to “make a deal” or face unspecified consequences, adding that no more Venezuelan oil or money would flow to the Communist-run Caribbean island.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Wessex Water bosses given extra pay despite bonus ban
The bosses of Wessex Water received £50,000 in previously undisclosed extra pay from a parent company, in the same year that the utility was banned from paying bonuses, the Guardian can reveal.
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Farke dreams of ‘fairytale’ after Leeds shake off Derby scare
Daniel Farke had noneed to channel hisinner Marcel Bielsa and send any spies to watch Derby train this past week to know that, even with eight changes to his starting XI, his Leeds squad had more than enough Premier League class to overcome mid-table Championship opposition.
3 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Art review Gods, gourds and ghosts haunt a feather-filled epic thriller of an exhibition
Relations between Britain and the Pacific kingdom of Hawai'i didn't get off to a great start.
3 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Iran warns US not to attack as protester death toll soars
Iran warned the US not to attack over protests that have rocked the country yesterday as Donald Trump weighed the options for a response from Washington and the reported death toll from the demonstrations soared into the hundreds.
4 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Child health SMA calls ‘ignored' then Little Mix star spoke up
When the former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson announced her twins had been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy type 1 (SMA1), a rare genetic condition that causes muscle wastage, the news quickly made the front pages The call for SMA to be added to newborn screening sprang to national attention and the health secretary, Wes Streeting, was quick to respond, saying Nelson was \"right to challenge and criticise how long it takes to get a diagnosis\".
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
The options How could EU and Nato stop conflict over Greenland?
Diplomacy and Arctic security
2 min |
January 12, 2026
The Guardian
Shifting narrative Saipan's film-makers got the kit right but depiction of Keane's rant is problematic
All history is to some extent narrative.
4 min |
January 12, 2026
Irish Sunday Mirror
Star to get her Cher of big Netflix doc deal
CHER is reportedly in talks with Netflix over a TV documentary deal worth a whopping €14.5million.
1 min |
January 11, 2026
Irish Sunday Mirror
Lorraine's grief
Daytime TV favourite reeling after the death of her beloved dad, 84
2 min |