Since Ozzy's death, the calls to preserve the pub in Birmingham where Black Sabbath played their first gig and make it a heritage site have grown louder. The pub was built in 1881 and shut in 2014, after it was bought by a Japanese development company. Culture journalist Kirsty Bosley says it is time to reconsider the future of the iconic building.

These 10 records cement Ozzy Osbourne’s place in rock history. Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary voice behind Black Sabbath and a pioneering force in heavy metal, has passed away at the age of 76. Just weeks after delivering a heartfelt farewell performance alongside his bandmates at Birmingham’s Villa Park,

If the Beatles created Merseybeat and defined the sound of the 1960s, Ozzy Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath allied the industrial noise of Birmingham to music and invented an entirely new genre – heavy metal.