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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Ed James

    'Esther Rantzen changed my life', says That's Life! presenter (opens the original)

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    When TV presenter Bill Buckley was disowned by his parents after being outed as gay by a national newspaper, Dame Esther Rantzen decided to step in, writing them a "beautiful" letter in defence of her colleague. "She absolutely changed my life... I will be eternally grateful," he said. "We became great friends and we always stayed in touch." Tributes are being paid to Dame Esther, who presented the BBC's That's Life! for 21 years and founded the children's charity Childline, following her death

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Ed James

    Baby-saving doctor reunited with parents at their Birmingham restaurant (opens the original)

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    A restaurant owner has described the moment he realised a customer sitting at one of his tables was the doctor who had helped save his daughter's life. Kray Treadwell and his partner Sacha Townsend were working at their Birmingham restaurant, 670 Grams, when they noticed a familiar face among a table of three diners. Richard Mupenamunda, who was celebrating his wife's birthday, had never been there before. In fact, he had not even known where he was going until his son brought him there as a sur

  3. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Ed James

    Devastating fire left Birmingham family with only pet gerbils (opens the original)

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    When Paul Stephens looks back at the day a fire destroyed his home, he remembers the speed at which everything changed. He was in his garden sunbathing when flames started spreading towards his house on Gorleston Road in Warstock, Birmingham, on 13 August. "I was sunbathing in the garden… I could see the smoke… it was about 30‑odd houses away and it just took over. We were hearing people shout, 'Wet your fences, wet your fences'… but there was nothing you could do," Stephens said. What had start

  4. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Ed James

    Birmingham's Joe Lycett wants his art exhibition to inspire others (opens the original)

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    A life-sized pink woolly mammoth, Ozzy Osbourne, and an old phone are among some of the subjects comedian and artist Joe Lycett hopes will inspire others to get creative. Everything Must Go at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery was inspired by "things that are no longer with us", he said, describing his first major solo art exhibition as "a neon graveyard, full of colour". "I want people to come in and go, 'well I could do that', and then go and do it, please, go and do it better," he said. "It's

  5. Article · Jul 23, 2026 · Ed James

    Business rates cut 'not enough' says Birmingham Michelin chef (opens the original)

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    For Michelin-starred chef Alex Claridge, running an independent restaurant has become a difficult task. Despite the acclaim his Birmingham restaurant The Wilderness commands, Claridge says the reality behind the kitchen doors is one of soaring costs, shrinking margins and constant uncertainty. It's a picture he believes is shared by independent hospitality businesses across the country. And, while he welcomes the government's announcement of a 20% reduction in business rates for pubs, social clu

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