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Hot on the heels of landing his fourth UK #1 single with ‘Want To Want Me’ with first week sales of 127,000, the phenomenally successful Jason Derulo has announced details of his biggest arena tour to date which arrives at Birmingham’s Barclaycard Arena next January.

Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, is recognising two further anniversary dates this 2015 with Churchill themed days designed to commemorate a series of special dates.

Karen Williams and Patty King, two daughters of Blues icon B.B. King, are accusing King’s two closest aides of poisoning him. They say that family members were prevented from visiting King while he was on his death bed, and that King’s business manager, LaVerne Toney, and his personal assistant, Myron Johnson, hastened their father’s death.

Multi-platinum singer Janet Jackson is officially coming out of retirement. For her 49th birthday, she not only announced plans to release her 11th studio album, but also to go on another world tour. The announcement was made via her Twitter account to her more than 3 million followers.

The rumours are true. The National Church of Bey, an organization that recently formed the new religion Beyism (based on pop star Beyoncé Knowles), is a real organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. Although Beyoncé herself is not believed to be a part of it, she is the foundation of it and has so far not made a statement denouncing it.

Confirmation of the next Big John’s Birmingham Mela has come through after a stunning launch outside Birmingham City Council.   Now in its 15th year, Birmingham Mela is one of the most popular fixtures in the city’s diverse events calendar, attracting tens of thousands of people to Cannon Hill Park.

Robert Powell will take on the role of King Charles in the Olivier Award-winning production of King Charles III, which opens at Birmingham Repertory Theatre this autumn following sell-out runs at both the Almeida Theatre and in the West End.

Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul festival, one of the UK’s most vibrant summer events, will be returning for the sixth consecutive year on 10^th – 12^th July 2015. Set in the beautiful landscape of Moseley’s private park in Birmingham the festival brings an eclectic weekend of music with a whole host of international and local artists.

As soon as the TV show finished Bars and Melody signed a 1 single deal with SYCO records and released track 'Hopeful' which entered the Official UK charts at number 5. This video now has over 25 million views on Youtube.

BBC Gardeners’ World Live is the place to come to see the next big thing in garden design, and this year welcomes a particularly familiar face amongst the rising stars – Paul Harris, finalist on BBC Two’s The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge which broadcast Monday 11 - Thursday 14 May.

Looking for something to do with the kids over half-term? How about FREE football, rounders, badminton, cricket, archery, tennis and more? Birmingham City Council's popular physical activity programme ParkLives will host 21 fun-filled sessions in 14 parks across the city this week.

X-Factor singing sensation Sam Bailey will join Saga Sapphire’s music-themed St Petersburg and Baltic cruise this summer and the former prison officer who won the TV talent show in 2013 is hoping to ‘really wow’ passengers with her incredible voice.

According to a new report by TV provider Freeview, more than half (53%) of people in the Midlands would describe themselves as TV addicts, with TV playing an important role in their life.

The Frank Chapman Outdoor Education Centre in Bewdley which is run by Sandwell Council is reopening the much loved and historic Coopers Mill Cottage later this month.

Folk rock musician, Ed Roman has released the short film and music video, “Jamaica." The video was shot during Ed's recent visit to Oracabessa, where he recently delivered a shipment of humanitarian aid items.