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Worcester Cathedral is delighted to announce that the winner of its Christmas Tree Festival 2025 is Birch Hill Dog Rescue.

Families recently paid tribute to the 14 young people who died in the New Cross fire, using a service marking the 45th anniversary of the blaze to implore people to “hold one another with compassion and care”.

Visitors have only a short time left to see the world‑renowned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at Wolverhampton Art Gallery, and the final opportunity to experience the acclaimed showcase of the sixty‑first competition before it closes on Sunday 26 January 2026.

The award-winning ‘Royal Three Counties Show’, the UK’s premier agricultural and countryside living event, and one of the longest running events of its kind, will return to ‘Three Counties Showground’ in Malvern, with a packed programme of new features, exciting entertainment, agricultural innovations, plenty of family fun for all ages, excellent local food and drink, and – of course – thousands of animals!

Birmingham-based Tat Vision has created a new piece of art to highlight the meaning of ‘home’, as part of a new Barnardo’s campaign to urgently recruit more foster carers.

The ribbon has been cut on a dedicated wellness and multi-faith space for residents and the wider community at a care home in Sutton Coldfield.

The bust of Professor Mel Chevannes, Wolverhampton's first Black councillor and committee chair, has been relocated from Wolverhampton Art Gallery to the Civic Centre, where it is now on public display near the main entrance.

Something strange is lurking beneath our streets, but Severn Trent says it isn’t the Upside Down or Demogorgons.

City of Wolverhampton Council is set to invest £107million over the next five years to deliver around 500 new council homes.

Much less winter snow is falling on the Himalayas, leaving the mountains bare and rocky in many parts of the region in a season when they should be snow-clad, meteorologists have said.

The ribbon has been cut on a dedicated wellness and multi-faith space for residents and the wider community at a care home in Sutton Coldfield.

Passengers are being advised to check before they travel ahead of major changes to journeys Manchester Piccadilly station next month for once-in-a-generation track upgrades.

Dear Editor,

A leading housebuilder has helped spread some cheer to young patients across Leicester after hosting a festive toy drive at its head office in Coalville.

Residents in Wolverhampton still have time to have their say on how the City of Wolverhampton Council should spend its budget for the year ahead.

Burton on Trent manufacturer Russell Roof Tiles has surpassed its fundraising target – raising more than £60,000 as part of its 60th, diamond jubilee year in 2025.