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Lesters Packaging is pressing the button on a significant recruitment drive as it looks to bridge the skills gap in the packaging sector.

Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, is calling on the Government to review current fireworks legislation to prevent further distress to pets, a call supported by the majority of the UK public.

Venues in the West have said pick-your-own pumpkin patches are becoming more popular due to social media.

Former Wheelchair Basketball Bronze Paralympic medallist, television presenter, ‘Go Kids Go’ patron, Athlete Ambassador for ‘Right to Play’ and named on the power list of the ‘100 Most Influential Black British People’, Ade Adepitan is no stranger to adversity.

Birmingham City Council has successfully prosecuted a company for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice relating to fire safety measures – the first West Midlands local authority to do so.

Stephanie Peacock, recently named as the new minister in charge of tourism, will be on-site at Excel London for the opening day of this year’s Word Travel Market (WTM) London, the world’s most influential travel and tourism event.

From royal courts to radical protests, from industrial revolutions to global empires – highlighting this compelling new film series during this Black History Month traces the dramatic evolution of power, rights, and freedom across three centuries of British and Irish history.

easyJet has launched its flights on a new twice-weekly route from Birmingham Airport to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

As part of Black History Month and Windrush Day 2025 celebrations, Kirklees Local TV is launching the Windrush Wise Words project, creating 16 videos that capture the detailed stories of first and second-generation Caribbean’ experiences of life in Britain.

Propstore, one of the world’s leading entertainment and music memorabilia auction houses, has revealed outstanding results from Day 1 of its London Music Memorabilia Live Auction, held on Thursday, 23rd October 2025.

One of the most prominent figures to be acknowledged during Black History Month was recognised when English Heritage unveiled a Blue Plaque in honour of her.

City of Wolverhampton Council has put in place initiatives to support unemployed young people into work and training as part of the West Midlands Youth Trailblazer programme.

As Black History Month continues to go from strength-to-strength – well after the October month - people are invited to join M-Shed for a ‘Bristol Bus Boycott Walk’ and ‘Sheroes of the Bristol Bus Boycott’ a powerful afternoon of film and live interviews uncovering the overlooked stories of women who helped shape the civil rights movement in Britain.

Pupils from a local primary school in Birmingham have won a competition to name the suites at a brand-new care home in Erdington.

A care home in Solihull has joined forces with a local nursery in the run-up to International Repair Day. 

Charles and Camilla arrived in Italy for a state visit which will see the King pray alongside the head of the Catholic church.