Football pitches owned by Solihull Council have risen by 18% in three years, according to data obtained by Birmingham Eastside.
The figures, from a Freedom of Information request, show the
Voters will be choosing from more candidates than ever in Birmingham's 2026 local elections. Birmingham Eastside dug into the data to find out where the hottest seats are,
Nine months into Birmingham's bin strikes, why are refuse workers still on strike — and how have the strikes affected the city? In a special video explainer for Birmingham
Last academic year, Birmingham's schools had an average of one teacher for every 19 students, according to new government data.
This figure has risen by one since 2023,
New data shows the growth in short term lets in Birmingham rose from 11,860 to 13,420 between June 2024 and June 2025. Owners of properties listed on online
A third of Birmingham city’s school children received free school meals in the last academic year, according to data from Birmingham City Council (BCC).
The last academic year saw
In 2024, 504 people died of drug-related poisoning in the West Midlands, according to new data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The death toll is the
As Birmingham Eastside reveals a sharp increase in AI-related academic misconduct at one Midlands university, Alex Ughulu explores the shift from traditional plagiarism to the use of artificial intelligence
Academic misconduct cases at a Midlands university involving artificial intelligence (AI) have shot up by 1,380% in just one year, according to data obtained by Birmingham Eastside.
The figures,
The cost of booking a full size football pitch in Solihull has increased by 11.5% in just three years.
The figures, obtained by Birmingham Eastside using the Freedom of
The price to hire full size football pitches in Lincoln has increased by an average of almost a quarter since 2022, according to data obtained by Birmingham Eastside.
The figures,
Walsall's football club has one of the smallest gender pay gaps in the town, new data reveals.
The data, from the Gender Pay Gap service, shows only six
