
Marking World Book Day with events throughout the week
Monday, 01 March 2021 01:19Young bookworms are being invited to celebrate World Book Day 2021 with a week of events and activities organised by the City of Wolverhampton Council's Community Language Learning team. They are...

Coventry UK City of Culture Programme Briefing
Sunday, 28 February 2021 04:48Representatives from Coventry City of Culture Trust, city and national partners and community representatives will announce further programmes, initiatives and moments that will form part of...

Partnership made in The Midlands for The Midlands
Sunday, 28 February 2021 03:40To commemorate Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s milestone 30th anniversary in 2021, heritage Midlands jewellers, Deakin & Francis, has exclusively crafted a limited edition of...

Rest In Peace Gerald McLaughlin
Saturday, 27 February 2021 19:21Gerald McLaughlin (aka Canei) was born on 13 January 1957 in Fern District, Cambridge, Jamaica. He was employed as a fireman at Montego Bay Fire Station, St James where he worked for many...

Nominate your unsung heart superhero in the British Heart Foundation Virtual Heart Hero Awards 2021
Saturday, 27 February 2021 04:03Awards season is well underway… but the Oscars, Baftas and Golden Globes have nothing on the Virtual BHF Heart Hero Awards 2021. Nominations for the 2021 awards have just launched. And, as...

£30 million plan to boost bus services through Dudley, Sandwell and Birmingham
Friday, 26 February 2021 01:47Development work has started on a £30 million package of bus priority measures to improve reliability and journey times on commuter routes covered by some of the region’s busiest bus services...

Bank of Gran and Grandad boost first time buyer deposit funds by £42,500
Thursday, 25 February 2021 02:08With raising sufficient money for a deposit often the biggest stumbling block to homeownership, new data analysis from Key shows that older home owners gifted an average of £42,500 to...

More Wolverhampton families discover the fun of cycling thanks to Better Streets Fund
Thursday, 25 February 2021 01:55A Wolverhampton community group is helping local people discover the fun of cycling after setting up its own cycling hub using a Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) funding grant. The Park Village...

Looking for people to put their ‘Best Foot Forward’ in support of local charity
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 04:13Members of a business networking group have helped to organise a Charity event in aid of the Stan Bowley Trust, which raises money for cancer radiotherapy treatment and was instrumental in bringing...

First Minister Sturgeon unveils Scotland’s route out of Covid lockdown
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 04:05Following Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon made her announced of the reopening of the country's economy - including shops, bars, restaurants, gyms and...

Christian group fined £10k for meet in car park
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 04:02Police have handed a £10,000 fine to the organiser of a church meet-up in a pub car park. Officers from Nottinghamshire Police said the Church on the Streets service, involving about 30 people in...

New West Midlands faith group launched
Wednesday, 24 February 2021 03:12Key members of West Midlands faith and community groups are coming together to help improve the lives of all residents. Organised by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) the new Faith...

Family of Malcolm X demanding reopening of murder investigation
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 02:02The daughters of assassinated US Black civil rights leader Malcolm X have requested that the murder investigation be reopened in light of new evidence. They cite a deathbed letter from a man who was...

PM announces four-step plan to ease lockdown
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 01:47Following his announcement, under plans set out by the Prime Minister, shops, hairdressers, gyms and outdoor hospitality will reopen on April 12 in England if strict conditions are met, with up to...

Award for radio show spotlighting the Windrush community
Tuesday, 23 February 2021 01:33A London-based radio project focussing on the descendants of the Windrush generation living in Tottenham has won Best Arts Project, in the 2021 Hearts for the Arts Awards. N17 radio programme...

Chief says UK census could be the last one
Friday, 19 February 2021 04:50A national statistician has revealed this year’s UK census could be the last one ever to be carried out. The census, which has been conducted for almost 200 years, provides valuable population...