Community News

Early October saw the first official ‘coming together’ of the new Birmingham Cultural Compact Board.

Excitement was building as Leicester geared up to mark Diwali, despite this year's celebrations being cut back.

Halloween night is a time to celebrate the spooky, the scary, and the supernatural with costumes, candy, and fun.

As October draws to a close, organisations across the UK are wrapping up Black History Month celebrations.

Two care homes in Birmingham have joined forces with local primary school children to celebrate Harvest Festival.

Network Rail and its train operating partners are introducing a trial of earlier boarding of Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway train services to improve passengers’ experience at Euston station and significantly reduce instances of the ‘Euston rush’.

The most magical time of year is fast-approaching, and this season The Cheltenham Trust has curated a sleigh-load of special festive events for everyone to enjoy.

A new safety campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of buying faulty and unsafe e-bikes, e-scooters and components such as batteries has been launched on Thursday 24 October.

Statistics just released by dog welfare organisation The Kennel Club, show a sharp increase in dogs going missing during fireworks season, and highlights the significant stress and negative impact that fireworks displays cause for thousands of UK canine companions.

After announcing her retirement from netball at both an elite domestic and international level after the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, during this Black History Month it’s worth focusing on one of England’s most decorated internationals, who is now seen performing at equally elite levels as one of the country’s leading ‘legal eagles’.

Social Workers are the ‘shining stars’ according to Birmingham Children’s Trust Chief Executive, James Thomas, following the latest Focused Visit by Ofsted inspectors to look at children’s services in Birmingham.

The Government’s new Aviation Minister, Mike Kane, has visited Birmingham Airport’s new 6.8-megawatt solar farm, made up of 12,000 panels, responsible for providing at least 20% of the airport’s electrical power requirement.  

The City of York Council is introducing its new fleet of gritters ahead of the winter season, with one named as Rick Gritter (after Rick Witter, Shed Seven).

Up to 24 independent music venues in the UK are to receive groundbreaking training to tackle sexual violence and harassment as part of a large-scale rollout by national NTE initiative Safer Dance.

Security guards at the Natural History and Science Museum gathered for a rabble rousing fundraiser at the Bethnal Green headquarters of their union United Voices of the World (UVW) ahead of planned strike action next weekend.

TV celebrities Oz Clarke and James May reunited in support of a Warwick-based music charity’s outreach, education and community music projects.