Aston in Birmingham can't become a "no-go area" for Jews, a senior cabinet minister has told Sky News, amid controversy over fans of an Israeli football club being barred from attending a match next month. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said he "profoundly" disagrees with the "approach" taken by a local MP who started a petition calling for fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv to be banned from the Aston Villa...

Birmingham’s dining scene often leans towards the intense. I recall a hazy afternoon seven years back at the Digbeth Dining Club, a ramshackle food market inside an old factory with few seats, loud music, breakfast cocktails and baos; it was a thoroughly chaotic way to take on board calories. More recently, I loved the city’s Albatross Death Cult, which served 12 courses of scintillating, seafood-...