Community News

Residents and staff at Iverley View Care Home are donning their flat caps for a special celebration of Black Country culture with a themed event titled “Peak-Iverley Blinders”, taking place today at 2pm.

With the theme for this year’s Black History Month being “Standing Firm in Power and Pride,” it has sparked conversation — and in some cases, questions.

Royal Sutton Coldfield Orchestra is to mark five decades of music-making in the town with a celebratory 50th Anniversary Concert, conducted by Bob Vivian, at Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Hall on Saturday 18 October.

City of Wolverhampton Council and its partners will be marking World Homeless Day tomorrow (Friday October 10).

Haringey unveiled the impressive refurbishment of Muswell Hill Library and welcomed Baroness Fiona Twycross to see the transformation.

Oxfordshire housebuilder Barratt and David Wilson Homes has contributed £1,500 to Sebastian’s Action Trust, a charity dedicated to supporting life-limited children and their families in the south-east of England.

I’ve always said my journey into politics was forged in the NHS, where I worked as a district nurse for 25 years.

Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park has unveiled details of its magical Christmas on the Farm festive family experience this winter, available to book on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from Friday 21st November – Sunday 14th December, plus extra dates around Christmas (Thursday 18th – Tuesday 23rd December).

It was announced that novelist Dame Jilly Cooper, known for her best-selling romps including Rivals and Riders, died yesterday.

Care home Iverley View in Stourbridge, in the West Midlands, will be opening its doors to a number of people from the community to help tackle loneliness in their local community.

Market traders in Bilston have called for people to support their local market while major refurbishment works take place.

The first new homes as part of City of Wolverhampton Council’s transformation of New Park Village estate are emerging from the ground.

Passengers travelling through Stoke-on-Trent are being advised to allow extra time for their journeys while essential repairs take place to both of the station's lifts from today (Monday 29 September) for approximately two weeks.

As Black History Month approaches and we find ourselves in this sacred turning of the year, when earthen womb labours in renewal to deliver new breathing DNA.

Birmingham New Street celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway this weekend, as part of a year-long calendar of celebrations.

The second ‘International Day of Birmingham’ (IDOB), featuring comedian Joe Lycett, was held in the city as tributes to an alliance of places called Birmingham around the world comprised of events yesterday, which included the raising of a 'United States of Birmingham' flag in Victoria Square, in the UK’s own.