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Staycity unveils launch date for new Birmingham project
Jewellery Quarter
Dublin-based serviced apartment company will open 170-unit building in the Jewellery Quarter eight months later than originally planned
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Record number of visitors to Birmingham brings £500m boost
Library of Birmingham
New data released today shows that three million more people came to the city last year compared with 2013
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Jaguar XJ Coupé from The New Avengers fetches £62,000 at auction
Jaguar Land Rover
The 1976 XJ12-C Broadspeed driven by John Steed - played by the late Patrick Macnee - sold for £62,000 at H&H Classics’ auction
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Birmingham Big Art project gets £80,000 contribution from Arts Council England
The Birmingham Big Art Project
This latest contribution means the funding pot for the project has now passed the £100,000 mark
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Birmingham's Conservatoire welcomes crop of classical superstars
Birmingham Symphony Hall
Birmingham Conservatoire's autumn season has just got under way. Christopher Morley takes a look at some of the glittering visitors heading this way.
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Chamberlain Square statues removed ahead of Central Library demolition
Chamberlain Square
The end of former library draws nearer as trio of statues commemorating city's forefathers are removed to enable demolition work to start
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Thursfields advises CFI Group owner on share acquisition
Law
Justin Gray has been managing director of Concept Furniture since 1997 and previously  owned 50 per cent of the company's shares
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Hopes raised over city park vision for Birmingham Smithfield regeneration
Birmingham Smithfield
CityPark4Brum is campaigning for Birmingham to create a green oasis in the heart of the city, pointing to New York’s Central Park as inspiration
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Yours for £30,000: Birmingham-made original Mini Cooper with 33 miles on the clock
Longbridge
A specialist car dealer in the Home Counties is selling an original Mini Cooper with just 33 miles on the clock
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Six-year battle over Anne Hathaway’s Cottage comes to head at meeting
Stratford-upon-Avon
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has spent more than £100,000 over more than six years fighting plans to develop next to Anne Hathaway’s Cottage in Stratford-upon-Avon
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Appeal launched to restore record-breaking Sunbeam
Wolverhampton
Made by the Sunbeam Company of Wolverhampton, Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 1920 Sunbeam 350hp broke the land speed record no fewer than three times
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Black Country's links to the Wild West revealed
Black Country
Midland historian Dave Reeves has highlighted a host of unlikely links between the Black Country and America's cowboy heritage
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Staffordshire Hoard shortlisted for national award
Staffordshire Hoard
Historic haul of ancient artefacts has been shortlisted in the Icon Conservation Awards
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The Black Country is a land of ice and fire
Black Country
With this nod to the book upon which 'Game of Thrones' is based, happy 40 birthday to the Black Country Geological Society.
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Beetle mania... Birmingham's amazing insect collection is latest Museums Trust 'object of the month'
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Collection is latest of series of objects of the month the Museums Trust is unveiling through the Birmingham Post
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Big Hoot art project springs into life across Birmingham
Birmingham Children's Hospital
Small owlets designed and painted by children have landed at sites across the city as part of fundraiser for children's hospital
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Birmingham Opera Company designs receive international showcase
Museums
Brace of theatre designs on show in Prague before moving to the V&A in London later this month for a six-month run
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Edwardian Tea Room extends opening hours
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery hoping to attract weekend visitors to café with new Friday night opening hours from next month
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1960s playground fish sculpture is listed gem
Acocks Green
The fish sculpture in Acocks Green, Birmingham, created by John Bridgeman in 1960, is given protected status.
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Good things can happen in the arts
In The News
Arts Council England's chief executive Darren Henley discusses the sector at a time of huge funding pressure
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Range Rover celebrates 45 years
Jaguar Land Rover
Now in its fourth generation the vehicle proved a ground-breaker for Land Rover when it was launched in 1970
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Birmingham Royal Ballet appoints new chief executive
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Current board member Jan Teo to head up company following departure of Christopher Barron next month
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Land Rover Heritage Driving Experience offers a hand-on journey through car-maker's history
Jaguar Land Rover
The Land Rover Heritage Driving Experience has joined a similar Jaguar operation at JLR's customer test facility at the former Prodrive proving ground at Fen End
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Birmingham's Baroque art masterpieces to get new lease of life in transformed BMAG galleries
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Research project transforms visitor experience of two galleries of 17th century European art at BMAG
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