While it's tragic for the families involved, the obsession with the super yacht sinking is totally going over my head, which is too crammed right now with stories about all the kids in dire poverty in Brum and i'm wondering how we green lighted such profound inequality

Massive libraries update @bhamcitycouncil live now affecting every library in #Birmingham. Keen for comments/feedback. birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

"I have passed the maximum sentence the law allows." A drunk motorist destroys family’s life, alters the course of a baby’s future and gets….40 months. He will be out by end of 2025. While no doubt sorrowful, it’s not enough. Better Streets for Birmingham Adam Tranter birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/…

Hi West Midlands Railway what’s going on with Snow Hill line - coming into Birmingham from London and batch of trains towards Worcester are cancelled. Can you advise?

Lot of focus this week on @bhamcitycouncil finances and Michael Gove that echoes my long read in May that asked ‘can Michael Gove and Max Caller be trusted’ - do give it a read. The silence from MPs on this mess has been deafening insidebirmingham.substack.com/p/can-birmingh…

I’m sorry we don’t speak about this enough. Dwight Yorke is a waste man and needs to fix up. He has a son. We need to hold this MF to account. Regardless of his thoughts about his mum, he chose to have a baby with her. Too many men think this is ok when it’s not. FIX UP!

Love when outside operators come to the city and just stick the word 'Bab' on all their marketing campaigns, like we're a city of simpletons and that's our bat call

Shout out to my generation and the ones around it who lived the rise of Oasis in real time, now all of us 40/50 somethings, retelling gig stories to the kids and playing the vinyl. Can’t remember another inter generational shared music moment like this for long time jezc

Another Brum snub

🌹 *UPDATE Re Suspension from The Labour Party* I was informed today that my suspension from The Labour Party & Birmingham Labour Group Group has been lifted. I'm very grateful for the support individuals have given me in what was one of the most upsetting periods in my life & time in the party.

It’s one of the best traditions going - the visit to ‘spoons for a pre flight beer Birmingham Airport whatever time it is…

British author Lee Child - creator of action hero Jack Reacher - has described libraries as 'food banks for the brain' 📚 The best-selling writer, who's sold 100 million books, spoke to #R4Today after news that his childhood library in Birmingham could close under planned cuts.