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Ballet has always been more than just a job for Carlos Acosta. And as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he is trying to make it bigger than ever – even in the face of brutal cuts and the tragic death of its CEO

Look at the footage of a Bridgerton actress, Genevieve Chenneour, defending herself after a phone thief, Zacariah Boulares, tried to snatch her mobile. This kind of brazen crime is increasingly common in our city. Even more shockingly, Boulares has been convicted 12 times and two years ago threatened to behead…

Metallica and Pantera will also appear at the Villa Park event

Epic lineup convenes for farewell to heavy metal icon at Birmingham’s Villa Park stadium in July, with Metallica, Slayer, Pantera and many more in support

Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza will take place at Villa Park on July 5

Legendary rock artist lives up to his promise to play one final show

The singer will play his own short set before the veteran heavy metal band play together for the first time in 20 years

NAGPUR: Under the twilight sky of Birmingham in 2013, two young men revelled in the sheer joy of triumph. One, an exuberant 24-year-old, swayed to the beats of the viral sensation 'Gangnam Style'. The other, just a year older, clung to the Champions Trophy like a child unwilling to part…

In the late 1990s, Mischa Haller began taking pictures of British nightlife during the hours after the clubs had shut – from drunken revellers scoffing pizza to ravers blissed out on the beach