Author Archives: Staff Reporter
Odeon cinemas offer free movie tickets to thank NHS staff
Staff Reporter
August 10, 2020 | 01:09 pm
A national cinema chain has announced it is giving thousands of free cinema tickets to NHS key workers to express gratitude to them for their hard work during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Odeon…
BBC One’s Doctors resumes filming in Birmingham following coronavirus production hiatus
Staff Reporter
August 10, 2020 | 12:01 am
BBC One’s daytime drama Doctors returns to filming today, with production having been on pause since March due to lockdown; other than a special episode in early June, entirely self-shot by…
West Midlands MP John Spellar backs campaign to keep local Sikh woman in the UK
Staff Reporter
July 29, 2020 | 05:33 pm
Smethwick MP John Spellar has taken up the case of a 75-year-old woman living in the West Midlands, who has been threatened with deportation by UK immigration services. The Member…
“This is not a moment, this is a movement” – Young leaders urge local authority to remember Black Lives Matter
Staff Reporter
July 28, 2020 | 09:30 pm
Young citizens from across the region have written to the West Midlands Combined Authority urging it to continue to fight racism. Members of the Young Combined Authority (YCA) wrote to the WMCA's…
Over 50,000 back campaign to stop UK deportation of Smethwick woman Gurmit Kaur
Staff Reporter
July 27, 2020 | 12:36 pm
Over 50,000 people have signed an online petition calling for an elderly Smethwick woman to remain in the UK after she was threatened with deportation. 75-year-old Sikh woman Gurmit Kaur…
Cars seized as West Midlands Police break-up “car cruiser” gathering in Sandwell
Staff Reporter
July 27, 2020 | 09:00 am
West Midlands Police broke up a large group of "car cruisers" last night as officers ramped up the pressure on street racers and large social gatherings. Traffic cops and officers…
Weapons and drugs seized as police make arrests in Wolverhampton crime crackdown
Staff Reporter
July 26, 2020 | 02:00 pm
Police officers have seized knives, a knuckle duster and drugs as part of a crackdown on weapons and dealing across Wolverhampton. Officers from the West Midlands Police Wolverhampton Taskforce, and…
Community rallies around elderly Sikh woman as UK Home Office threatens to deport her
Staff Reporter
July 20, 2020 | 04:33 pm
Community campaigners are rallying behind an elderly Sikh woman from Smethwick who is being threatened with deportation, despite living in the country for over ten years. Outraged friends and neighbours of 75-year-old Gurmit Kaur…
Four arrested by police after “lethal” arrows fired into Birmingham street
Staff Reporter
July 20, 2020 | 10:04 am
Four people have been arrested by West Midlands Police for firing arrows into a public street in Birmingham. The arrests were made following reports yesterday (July 19) of crossbow arrows…
Sandwell on alert as coronavirus cases spike in Smethwick, according to health officials
Staff Reporter
July 20, 2020 | 09:45 am
Sandwell Council has begun alerting people across the borough to a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases, especially in Smethwick. Data sent to the council on Saturday shows another twenty positive cases…
