Article: music: Plant goes back to roots; ROBERT PLANT & ALISON KRAUSS National Indoor Arena, Birmingham.(Features)

Article: Shock death of flat cap 'bard' ENTERTAINMENT: Tributes paid to Black Country comic legend
Birmingham Mail;  August 22, 2007 ;     241 words ...LEGENDARY Black Country entertainer Harry Harrison has died suddenly after collapsing at home. The self-styled Bard of the Black Country - a founder member of the original Black Country Night Out touring show in the 70s - was rushed...

Article: Shock death of flat cap 'bard' ENTERTAINMENT: Tributes paid to Black Country comic legend.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  August 22, 2007 ;     250 words ...Byline: By Steve Johnson LEGENDARY Black Country entertainer Harry Harrison has died suddenly...at home. The self-styled Bard of the Black Country - a founder member of the original Black Country Night Out touring show in the 70s - was...

Article: Black to the front for proud region BLACK COUNTRY CONSORTIUM
Evening Mail;  July 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ...CHAMPIONING the Black Country - its industry, potential for...organisations in the sub-region. The Black Country Consortium comprises representatives...was in November 1997 that the Black Country local authorities and the TECs...

Article: Black to the front for proud region; BLACK COUNTRY CONSORTIUM.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 10, 1999 ;     700+ words ...CHAMPIONING the Black Country - its industry, potential for...organisations in the sub-region. The Black Country Consortium comprises representatives...was in November 1997 that the Black Country local authorities and the TECs...

Article: Black Country to present pounds 1m property plans.(Business)
The Birmingham Post (England);  February 20, 2007 ;     443 words ...The Black Country will be showcasing a pounds 1 million investment opportunity...Attending will be delegates from inward investment agency Black Country Investment, part of Black Country Consortium - the organisation tasked with shaping the...

Article: Black Country quartet are Brown's rising stars; ANALYSIS Gordon Brown has swept a clean broom through the Labour Government, since stepping into the top job earlier this month; a move which has seen recognition for the Black Country quartet of Ian Austin, Tom Watson, Pat McFadden and Ian Pearson. Here Nick Matthews, self-proclaimed Son of Wednesbury - or 'Ikea Junction Nine' as it is now known - celebrates the rise of the Yam-Yam.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  July 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Birmingham and its very near neighbour the Black Country have enjoyed a close but separate existence...underpinned by coal and steel from the Black Country. With the massive transformation of...purpose much more quickly than the Black Country, to become the thriving multicultural...

Article: Spot the difference! ; Black Country mistaken for Isle of Wight
Evening Mail;  May 8, 2000 ;     293 words ......BRISTOL woman asked to identify the Black Country on a map left tourism chiefs reeling...away. Officials trying to 'sell' the Black Country as the place to visit for short breaks...regeneration co-ordinator with the Black Country Consortium, made up of representatives...

Article: Spot the difference!; Black Country mistaken for Isle of Wight.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  May 8, 2000 ;     293 words ......BRISTOL woman asked to identify the Black Country on a map left tourism chiefs reeling...away. Officials trying to 'sell' the Black Country as the place to visit for short breaks...regeneration co-ordinator with the Black Country Consortium, made up of representatives...

Article: Black Country News: We're leaning to the future! BLUEPRINT: Radical proposals to regenerate region find favour
Birmingham Mail;  January 25, 2006 ;     350 words ...RADICAL proposals for the future of the Black Country to make it a dynamic place to live and work...feedback from an eight-week consultation. The Black Country Study, led by the Black Country Consortium on behalf of the West Midlands...

Article: Black Country News: We're leaning to the future! BLUEPRINT: Radical proposals to regenerate region find favour.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  January 25, 2006 ;     353 words ......RADICAL proposals for the future of the Black Country to make it a dynamic place to live and work...feedback from an eight-week consultation. The Black Country Study, led by the Black Country Consortium on behalf of the West Midlands...

Article: Bard of the Black Country dies.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  August 23, 2007 ;     177 words ...Legendary Black Country entertainer Harry Harrison has died suddenly after collapsing at home. The self-styled Bard of the Black Country, a founder member of the original Black Country Night Out touring show in the 70s, was rushed...

Article: Black Country's new green looks.
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England);  September 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ...IN its grimy heyday, the Black Country belched dense smoke from coal...a miracle has happened... the Black Country is turning GREEN. An urban forest...and crumbling factories. The Black Country Urban Forest, backed by pounds...

Article: Black Country must not fail to hit house targets.(News)
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 20, 2006 ;     482 words ......Probert Environment Reporter The Black Country must absorb higher housing levels...proposals for the planning of the Black Country over the next 15 years after a major study of the area. The Black Country Study looks at developing four...

Article: Bostin' way for yow to be networking; CAMPAIGN: Net gain for promotion of the Black Country dialect.(News)
Birmingham Mail (England);  October 3, 2008 ;     230 words ...Byline: By Dale Williams A BLACK Country man is campaigning for a bostin' version...Esposito is the founder of Bostin, a Black Country business promoting the area with his...cult item. And he is rallying other Black Country enthusiasts to join a Facebook group...