Birmingham Dispatch

last chance to work with the wonderful @pennycenturyy as our new staff writer on @brumdispatch deadline is this sunday!

There's only two days left to apply to join our team at The Dispatch! To find out more & apply, click the link below!🔗 millmediaco.uk/2026/03/02/wer…

WE ARE HIRING 🚨 We’re looking for two great writers to help us get our new newsroom off the ground.

🚨 Final call ‼️ We're officially building and we need a name. Have your say now.

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Spend your lunchtime reading our briefing: Top story➡️ Members of Stirchley Co-operative Development (SCD) — a community-led initiative to build 39 homes & three spaces for worker-owned businesses — say their housing association partner has hiked the cost by £2m making it no longer affordable for the group to buy.

Read our Monday briefing below⬇️⬇️ birminghamdispatch.co.uk/landlord-free-…

There's only a week left to apply to our staff writer opening! Click below for more info⬇️

500 pledges. It’s official. West Yorkshire has spoken. A new independent local newspaper for the area is moving forward. We’re officially launching. 🚀

Welcome to The Dispatch’s first ever good news edition: Click the link below to read more🔗

20 pledges to go. We’re ready when you are.

They came back with tales of triumph, rumours of sabotage, and the best dog photos you'll see this year.

We sent the talented photographer Harry Mitchell and the roving reporter Fonie Mitsopoulou along with one brief: capture the weird world of Crufts 2026. birminghamdispatch.co.uk/whos-top-dog-i…

Every year 20,000 dogs descend on Birmingham. Their owners come with one goal: to win.

⏰ We’re into the final stretch of our campaign to launch a new newspaper for West Yorkshire - and we’re now at 433 pledges. In this week’s newsletter, @djstimms explains where things stand and why this final push matters.

Less than a week left ⏰ A month ago we said: if 500 people backed the idea, we’d launch a new local newspaper for West Yorkshire based in Leeds. Overnight, we’ve just surpassed 400 pledges 💫 That means we’re within touching distance - but nothing is guaranteed yet.

Spend your commute reading our briefing⬇️ Is Brum Pride in debt? Does our city undersell itself? Plus, an appeal has been set up for the funeral of the man stabbed to death in Alum Rock last week. Click the link below to read more: birminghamdispatch.co.uk/is-brum-pride-…

Come and work for The Dispatch! We are looking for a new reporter to join the team, pls share far and wide. Deadline: 22 March. millmediaco.uk/2026/03/02/wer…

350 pledges. 150 to go. If we reach it, we launch 🚀