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Luka Modric still not ready to make his comeback

19.11.09
Luka Modric will miss Tottenham's home game with Wigan, with the club still unsure about when the Croatian playmaker will return... more

Alberto Aquilani desperate to make first Liverpool start

19.11.09
Italian midfielder Alberto Aquilani may have to be patient for a little longer before getting his first start for Liverpool since his £20million summer move from Roma... more

Designer to the stars returns with her creative guru (aged eight)

19.11.09
For more than a decade she was the height of fashion, designing clothes for Kate Winslet, Cherie Blair and Princess Diana... more

I’ll be ready for Manchester City, says Steven Gerrard

17.11.09
Steven Gerrard is confident of facing Manchester City on Saturday as he believes he has overcome a nagging groin injury... more

Eduardo's confident he can fill the gap left by Robin van Persie

17.11.09
The controversial striker insists he is ready to lead the line for Arsenal now the Dutchman will be out for six weeks... more

1 Day is impressively non-moralistic

06.11.09
Made on the unlovely streets of Birmingham, 1 Day has been labelled the first British hip-hop musical... more

Ambulance hits pillar on 999 call

02.11.09
Ambulance crashes into a concrete pillar on its way to try to save a man trapped under a train, the emergency service said... more

A painful rebuild ahead for property

25.09.09
People say the property sector is on the mend, but that is taking a lot on trust... more

Save us from the tyranny of click and pick

23.09.09
We can search everywhere at once. We are like some kind of god, albeit one sitting at a desk in only his pants... more

David Gold: No Croatia conspiracy

01.09.09
Birmingham owner David Gold has laughed off claims by the Croatian Football Federation that English players have deliberately injured their players... more

Rio Ferdinand to miss Arsenal clash as Manchester United injuries mount

17.08.09
Rio Ferdinand is out for at least another two weeks after hospital scans on his thigh injury ... more

Thousands to miss out in university scramble

14.08.09
Tens of thousands of A-level students could be denied a university place this summer as Britain's top colleges warn they are already full... more

Fast rail link plan in case Tories get in

07.08.09
Plans for a high-speed railway from London to Birmingham via Heathrow are being drawn up on the basis that the Tories will block a third runway if they win the general election... more

School places cash announcement expected

13.07.09
Extra funding to help provide new primary school places in parts of England struggling with shortages is expected to be announced by the Government this week... more

Roads and railways set for bank holiday delays

19.05.09
Travellers face the prospect of busy roads and severely disrupted train journeys this bank holiday weekend... more

World's fastest train link could be built next to Wormwood Scrubs

23.03.09
A new rail hub connecting the capital to Birmingham and the North could be built in west London... more

Virgin train passenger revenues hit the buffers

16.03.09
Virgin Trains users have voted with their feet as the main inter-city service from London to Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow became the first rail company to admit to falling passenger revenues... more

Jaguar factory halts car production

19.01.09
Workers at a factory which builds Jaguar cars started two weeks of non-production in another sign of the impact the economic downturn is having on British industry... more

£2 fuse brings £9bn upgrade of West Coast line to a halt

15.12.08
The West Coast Main Line was brought to a halt by a £2 fuse, only hours after it reopened following its £9 billion rebuild... more

Regional papers face bigger woes than just an economic downturn

03.09.08
There can be few more difficult and unpalatable jobs than managing decline in a mature market. Yet that’s what regional newspaper owners have been doing for at least a quarter of a century... more

Crystal Method for Roger Hiorns

26.08.08
Roger Hiorns has taken a derelict London bedsit and filled it with a toxic, ever-expanding chemical sculpture. He promises spectacular results.... more

Insulted and assaulted by a Virgin bureaucrat

14.07.08
Late last night, in the middle of Birmingham, I was physically assaulted, called a f***ing c*** and a prick, and left stranded after the last train back to London had gone... more

Phillips joins old rivals Birmingham

09.07.08
Former West Brom and England striker receives two-year contract at the Championship club... more

A weekend of heavy rock

30.04.07
Now in its third year, Give It a Name was a noisy, ambitious prelude to the festival season.... more

Disturbing insights behind bars

03.04.07
Photographer Richard Billingham presents an emotive critical visual essay on animals in captivity around the world.... more

Let down by his rock-star swagger

21.09.06
Jim Moray has been hailed as a wunderkind of what some have dubbed Nu-Folk. But the winner of a clutch of awards also likes to cultivate a bit of rock-star swagger, evident at this gig.... more

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