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Community sports event held for people with learning, physical and sensory disabilities
Staff Reporter
April 28, 2022
A free public event to make sporting activities more accessible for all has been held in Birmingham. The initiative took place at Birmingham Metropolitan College (BMet) at Lichfield Road in Sutton Coldfield, and…
Police appeal for witnesses after man discovered stabbed in Wolverhampton
Staff Reporter
April 27, 2022
West Midlands Police are appealing for information after a man was stabbed in Wolverhampton over the weekend. The man was discovered near the junction of Stubbs Road and Chequerfield Drive, Penn…
Rapper Dizraeli to perform at Hare & Hounds in Birmingham this week to mark anniversary
Staff Reporter
April 26, 2022
He's a poet, producer, firestarter; a songwriter-MC, multi-instrumentalist, Dizraeli has always been an artist in a genre of his own. After twenty years in the game and fighting fitter than…
Birmingham man found with loaded gun during visit to probation officer is jailed
Staff Reporter
April 26, 2022
A man has been jailed for five years after cops found a loaded gun in his manbag – while he was going to see his probation officer. Jerome Powell was…
Death of 56-year-old man found in a Birmingham hospital car park remains ‘officially unexplained’, say police
Staff Reporter
April 25, 2022
A post mortem on the body of a man found in a car at Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield has proved inconclusive, say police. West Midlands Police launched an…
Birmingham mosque to host mega Eid events in Small Heath Park and Edgbaston Stadium
Rangzeb Hussain
April 25, 2022
A Birmingham mosque is getting ready to host two mega Eid al-Fitr celebrations as the Muslim community prepares to mark the end of Ramadan in May. Small Heath Park and…
Contractor appointed to build three new Birmingham railway stations in £61 million scheme
Staff Reporter
April 25, 2022
Transport for West Midlands has appointed construction firm VolkerFitzpatrick to build three railway stations on the Camp Hill line in south Birmingham. It is part of the £61 million scheme…
Harry Styles to headline Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2022 in Coventry
Staff Reporter
April 25, 2022
Harry Styles has been added to the line-up, headlining Radio 1's Big Weekend 2022 in Coventry on Sunday 29 May, with Pa Salieu and Rina Sawayama also joining the star-studded…
Uber Eats to refuel fasting delivery drivers with free food during final week of Ramadan
Staff Reporter
April 25, 2022
As members of the Muslim community continue to fast during the final days of Ramadan, Uber Eats today launches 'Sundown Spots' - a series of pop-up restaurants offering free iftar…
Council leaders’ hustings to be held in Birmingham ahead of local elections in May
Staff Reporter
April 25, 2022
Aston Students’ Union is set to host a Birmingham City Council leaders’ hustings ahead of the local elections on 5 May. Local leaders from the Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and…