Community News

At the Windrush international Conference in Birmingham on Friday 27^th October 2023, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, Lord Simon Murray reaffirmed that the Home Office has no end date to the Windrush Compensation and Status schemes during his keynote address.

October marked a sad occasion for St, Basil’s ‘Rough Sleeper's Initiative Team’ as Brian Edwards, a much-loved member of the team, was set leaving to pursue new opportunities. 

A green build solution by Scottish-based innovators Eco which uses recycled glass to help tackle the nation’s housing crisis is set to be showcased at the UK’s biggest zero carbon-built environment festival.

A brand-new unmissable experience has opened its doors in the heart of London’s Westfield Stratford City.

Using her science fiction to explore social and ethical issues, award-winning author, Malorie Blackman OBE, was probably most well-known for her critically and popularly acclaimed ‘Noughts and Crosses’ series, which used the setting of a fictional alternative Britain to explore racism and cultural inequalities.

Residents of Wolverhampton will soon have the chance to ask Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, their questions.

The clocks will fall back an hour on 29th October, heralding the onset of longer nights.

Two Metropolitan Police officers who carried out a stop-and-search of two athletes in west London committed gross misconduct, a tribunal panel has found.

Celebrity guest and BBC TV’s Antiques Expert, David Harper, was in town to cut the ribbon at Wheatley Place, a McCarthy Stone Retirement Living PLUS development on Stratford Road, in Birmingham.

Television personality and mum of four Amy Childs has teamed up with McDonald’s UK to help kickstart its fundraising window for BBC Children in Need this Autumn.

Sworn in with Diane Abbott in 1987, Paul Boateng made History when he became the first Black cabinet minister in the UK, as chief secretary to the Treasury.

Change is working to improve people’s life opportunities across a North-West community - now we need to accelerate action.

Before the arrival of pop sensation Rihanna, the most successful Caribbean female artist was a certain Millie Small. Millie’s impact on music history cannot be overstated, as it was her recording of the international hit My Boy Lollipop in 1964 that ushered in the new genre of Ska and later Reggae.

A plaque commemorating the first ever British Kabaddi League match played in Great Britain has been unveiled at WV Active Aldersley.

A woman with complex disabilities who defied the odds this year to find her first ever job has been shortlisted for a ‘Person of the Year’ award by national disability charity Sense.

Commonwealth Games legacy cash is being invested directly back into Sandwell to harness the sporting success of last year’s Games and get more local people active.