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Hundreds of new, higher-quality computers for public use have been installed in all community libraries in the city.
In total 520 PCs are now available across the city making it easier for those residents who struggle to access digital devices.
Funds totalling more than £1million have been given to 247 projects thanks to the second round of awards for a city council programme designed to help people celebrate the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
With the Games just over one month away, the latest round of grants means 320 initiatives across all 69 of the city’s wards have now received support worth more than £1.4million through the Celebrating Communities Small Grants Funding Scheme.
The number of road works carried out across the country has increased over the last three years, reveals new research from breakdown provider Green Flag. In 2019, some 17,600 miles of roads were worked on, rising to 19,400 miles by the end of 2021, an increase of 10 per cent. Road works include improvements in the form of resurfacing and repairs, through to utilities digging up the road to access pipework and infrastructure.
A leading UK independent bookshop has called out major book publishers for not doing enough to support dyslexic readers.
Books on the Hill, located in Clevedon, North Somerset, established the BOTH Press publishing house to fund and produce larger font books aimed at dyslexic readers.
As temperatures across the region are set to rise, Severn Trent is issuing a reminder for visitors to keep safe, and to not take a dip in one of its reservoirs.
With temperatures expected to hit the mid to late twenties today, Severn Trent is advising anyone who is thinking about cooling off in the water to keep safe and to keep out.
Plans to regenerate another two historic buildings – the Victorian-built Globe House in Walsall and the derelict former Erdington Baths in Birmingham – have been unlocked by fresh investments from the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).
As part of its nationally acclaimed brownfield regeneration and housing delivery programme, and using funds secured in the 2018 Housing Deal, the WMCA Board has agreed in principle to make investments that will kick-start both schemes, breathing new life into the historic buildings and creating more than 150 jobs and 35 new homes in the heart of Erdington and Walsall.
Originally coming from the United States, Father’s Day is celebrated worldwide to recognize the contribution that fathers and father figures make to the lives of their children.
Today celebrates fatherhood and male parenting, although it is celebrated on a variety of dates throughout the world, with many countries observing this day on the third Sunday in June.
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has secured £150,000 of government funding to take forward plans to open a new railway station at Aldridge.
The funding, from the Department for Transport’s Restoring Our Railway programme, will help cover the cost of developing a business case, including the case for electrification of the line to deliver a brand new rail service between Walsall and Aldridge.
A rekindling exhibition which documents the journey of migrants to the UK will be launched at the University of Wolverhampton.
The University partnered with the Pothohar Association UK on the joint project, ‘Rekindling Pothohar’ last year after they were awarded funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to record the history of their journey from Pothohar, following the partition of India in 1947.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) have announced its intention to stage strike action across several train companies, including West Midlands Railway, on the following dates:
This will have a considerable impact on the number of trains we are able to run. We will be running a very limited service on these dates between 7.30am and 6.30pm only. Due to the knock-on impact of the strike, a very limited service will be running on Wednesday 22 June and Friday 24 June.
We are doing everything we can to keep routes with limited services running but they may be further impacted by short notice cancellations or alterations.
What services are affected?
The following routes will have a limited service in operation between 7.30am and 6.30pm on strike days:
No trains will run on any other WMR route between Tuesday 21 June and Saturday 25 June, including all routes via Birmingham Snow Hill, Birmingham-Shrewsbury, Birmingham-Worcester-Hereford and Nuneaton-Leamington Spa.
No rail replacement transport will be available. Full information and timetables are available online.
Birmingham community turn bus stops into stained-glass art galleries Seven new bus stops lining Birmingham’s busy Soho Road have been converted into art galleries to celebrate the area’s diverse communities and history.
The nomination deadline for this year’s Wolverhampton Young Citizen of the Year Awards has been extended until Sunday 31 July.
The awards, led by the city’s Rotary Clubs and supported by the City of Wolverhampton Council, recognise exceptional young citizens aged 13 to 25 who have gone above and beyond to help others.
During the heyday of the British empire, thousands of women from India and other parts of Asia were brought to London to look after young children - but many of these nannies were later abandoned and left to fend for themselves.
The leader of City of Wolverhampton Council has described a group of volunteers who run a community shop offering cut-price food to families in need as “true champions” as he officially opened the facility.
Councillor Ian Brookfield saw first-hand how people are able to make huge savings on their groceries and other household essentials at the Big Venture Community Shop, based in Chesterton Road, The Scotlands, during his recent visit.
A significantly reduced train service will be running across the West Midlands during nationwide strikes next week, a rail operator has said. More than 40,000 RMT union members, from Network Rail and 13 train firms, plan to walk out in the "biggest rail strike in modern history".
West Midlands Railway (WMR), Avanti West Coast and Transport for Wales will all be hit on 21, 23 and 25 June.
A new initiative that is already helping more than 1000 people access affordable food in Wolverhampton officially opened yesterday
Wolverhampton Council Leader Ian Brookfield cut the ribbon at Big Venture’s Community Shop and encouraged people from across the city to take advantage of what is proving to be an ‘essential local service’.
