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The former West Brom forward was born in civil war-hit Burundi before moving to the UK

The Home Secretary wants to give a new adjudication panel the power to decide asylum appeals to speed up the process.

From CMAT’s provocative pop to Taylor Swift’s 12th album, plus tours from Kneecap, Lady Gaga and Stereolab, here’s the pop not to miss – while in classical, Mark-Anthony Turnage adapts The Railway Children

There are some choices you must make in life which truly feel like being at a crossroads. For Amir, the student protagonist of Kasim Ali’s second novel Who Will Remain?, that moment arrives when his childhood friend Adnan rocks up, now a savvy and loaded drug dealer. “These streets are…

Limited services on 24-25 Aug, with £500,000 economic hit. Pay dispute fuels debate as passengers face holiday travel chaos

Exclusive: Despite Network Rail warning of line closure, trains are running on the key intercity route

Steve Smith secured an eight-wicket success in the evening to back up a 36-run triumph in the opening game.

Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello believes Ozzy Osbourne knew he was close to death during his final Black Sabbath performance in Birmingham. Osbourne, aged 76, died on 22 July, just two weeks after the farewell show at Villa Park, which Morello helped curate. Fans who watched the live-streamed…

Guitarist who served as curator for Osbourne’s farewell show in Birmingham reflected on the rocker’s state of mind during the emotional day

Watch as HS2 engineers carefully slide a 1,631 tonne bridge into place over a busy Birmingham road.

YOUR VIEWS: Readers are divided over the wave of St George’s Cross flags and graffiti in Birmingham – with some calling it vandalism and hijacking, while others see it as a show of pride and unity