Graham Young
Birmingham Mail
United Kingdom
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Birmingham pub of the year named by CAMRA
A young bar and bottle shop in Kings Heath has been named 'Pub of the Year' → Read More
When the old Birmingham Wholesale Market was about to close and Smithfield site changes in five years
It's exactly five years since BirminghamLive spent a day on the old Birmingham Wholesale Market shortly before demolition. Today, the giant city centre Smithfield site is still bare waiting for its now £1.9 billion redevelopment to begin → Read More
In pictures: Five years of Birmingham Wholesale Market transforming towards Smithfield regeneration
It's five years since the Birmingham Wholesale Mark site was closing on Pershore Street to the south of Birmingham city centre → Read More
Busy Moor Street Queensway bus lane routes to be dug up to let Metro trams cross
The six-lane Moor Street Queensway for buses could become a mass of Midland Metro Alliance roadworks before long - but how and when to get the tram track across 'this sensitive phase' it is still being worked out → Read More
Rare Black Sabbath memorabilia on show during free 'Birth of Metal' gig
Special 'Birth of Metal' event on Broad Street to celebrate the 53rd anniversary of the release of Black Sabbath's debut album will feature a new poem by drummer Bill Ward → Read More
Third 'hateful' attack at Birmingham LGBT centre condemned
A building intended to be a safe haven for members of the LGBTQ+ community has been vandalised for the third time → Read More
In photos: Horse Fair mosaic mural depicting city history falling to bits
It was unveiled on June 30, 1966 exactly a month before England won the World Cup, but the Horse Fair mosaic mural in Holloway Circus is to be 'decommissioned' → Read More
Anger as centuries of city centre history depicted in 1966 mosaic mural left to rot
Community historian Professor Carl Chinn says that allowing a Venetian glass mosaic mural to fall to pieces is "deeply depressing" when it depicts centuries of city history → Read More
I went to Birmingham's six shopping arcades and could have spent a quarter of a million pounds in a day
They might have more than 20 vacant units between them, but if you go shopping in Birmingham's independent arcades you can still spend as much - or as little - as you want to → Read More
We asked our top chefs where to eat in Birmingham and some places might surprise you
They've cooked for everyone from the then Prince Charles to Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger, so we've asked Michelin chefs, MasterChef warriors and restaurant bosses where they like to eat out in Birmingham → Read More
Crossroads star Noele Gordon faced brutal hurdles no Rolls-Royce lifestyle could overcome
Noele Gordon was the queen of Crossroads but few people really knew the star who tried to use her inner strength - and a Rolls-Royce lifestyle - to overcome every battle → Read More
Noele Gordon's life in pictures including Crossroads and home with mum
Noele Gordon was a theatre star as well as the TV Queen of Crossroad - alongside other characters including daughter Jill, Miss Diane, handyman Benny and suave David Hunter → Read More
Theatre legend met Noele Gordon at 16 and predicted 'Nolly' TV series 35 years ago
Former Birmingham Mail theatre critic Fred Norris was just 16 when he first met Crossroads star Noele Gordon - and when the soap ended in 1988 he predicted a TV drama would be made about her life → Read More
St Patrick's Day parade axed for fourth year in a row
Blow for the city's Irish community as High Street Deritend will again be without the once annual St Patrick's Day parade which was last held in 2019 → Read More
Birmingham's John Lewis store to be replaced by plans for offices, restaurant, gym and food market
New plans have been announced that will see the former John Lewis store in Grand Central turned into a mixed used development with the help of the man who designed The Cube → Read More
Marks & Spencer Bullring to replace old Debenhams 'by the end of summer'
When M&S opens in the Bullring in place of Debenhams it will have taken more than two years for one British institution to transform into another → Read More
Eastside Metro trams to take four more years to reach Digbeth via HS2
Mayor Andy Street was hoping for 2025, but HS2 says the year West Midlands Metro Eastside trams will reach Digbeth is 2027 - and services won't stop en route at HS2 until 2029 → Read More
All the real life Crossroads filming locations across Birmingham and the West Midlands
Most of Crossroads was filmed in studios, but this vast list of outdoor locations across the Midlands will surprise you - ahead of the new ITVX series reminding viewers of the story of actress Noele Gordon who played Meg → Read More
Wonderful world of A-Z delights in the West Midlands and beyond to enjoy in 2023
There's so much to see and do in the West Midlands and beyond it could take you all year to get round the amazing variety of brilliant cities, towns, villages and attractions → Read More
Chris the Singing Moose dumped in Birmingham German Christmas Market skip
Just when most people were opening presents ahead of a festive lunch, workers were busy dismantling the 22nd Birmingham German Christmas Market → Read More