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Find out how the institution got its radical reputation in today's story:
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Porn stars: the Birmingham university leading x-rated academia
With its porn studies strand, BCU earns its reputation for the radical
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November 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Nice! Please can we feature in our photo of the week? Could you email us the photo if possible, to editor@birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Find out what's gone - and what could be next to go - in today's story:
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Revealed: The 1,000 assets flogged off by Birmingham’s bankrupt council
The city's green spaces could be the next to go
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November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Dan Cave goes in search of the real Erdington.
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Erdington: the truth about Birmingham's most stereotyped neighbourhood
The Telegraph slammed the area and one local said it was on the ‘verge of civil war’. What's it actually like?
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October 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Today's story is about the mighty falling out between the lead singer and her former friends:
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Au Pairs agreed to split everything equally. Now their frontwoman wants it all
Birmingham's post-punk auteurs were the poster band for equality, but 42-years later they're embroiled in a bitter row
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October 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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The numbers that reveal Birmingham didn’t have to go bankrupt
New analysis by accounting experts has found that the council’s financial health was much better than reported when it raised the alarm back in 2023
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October 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Read it here:
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Starmer steps in — will he overturn Maccabi Tel Aviv ban?
Plus, ripped bunting and boxing fight challenge made at Stirchley anti-flag demo
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October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Read the real story:
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The murder that never was: the strange story of Birmingham’s last public execution
What really happened in 1806?
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October 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Our politics edition also includes:

🥀 Cllr Saqib Khan's deselection from the Labour Party after a Dispatch exclusive.

🌹Who are the Labour Old Right — and why are they so popular in the West Midlands?

🐂 West Midlands Politicos to Watch (Part Two).
October 16, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Thanks Jane. We will discuss in our meeting this week and try to make it if we can.
October 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Find out all about it, in today's story:
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‘Small press, big dreams’: the indie that’s reviving publishing in Brum
The Emma Press is run on a shoestring and raking in awards
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October 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM