John Terry Leaves Aston Villa After Defeat
Captain John Terry has left Aston Villa after they failed to gain premiership promotion to Fulham.
Terry joined the Midlands giants last summer with the aim of helping to return Villa to the Premier League after their relegation in 2016.
The team failed with a 1-0 loss to...
Pavillions Paves way for New Primark
Premier shopping destination, Pavilions, closes it doors today for the final time after 29 years.
The multiplex shopping centre will be converted into a large four storey Primark store, covering a staggering 150,000 sq ft, set to re-open in 2018.
The...
Cricket – Pakistan fall short despite Amir’s Heroics
What a game. With both sides focusing on pace (dropping their main spinner) it was always going to be interesting how the tactic was going to work out. Amir was superb. He reminded me of his first tour to...
A ‘Jewel in the Crown’ for InBusiness Network Event
The first in a series of ‘supper time’ South and City College InBusiness network events took place in September at the appropriately named 1000 Trades Bar and Kitchen in the historic Jewellery Quarter.
History mixed with new technology was the...
A Stunning 30% of Teachers Quit After Just Five Years
Education has been a particularly sore spot for the UK in recent times with a drop in new teachers and a raging battle over grammar schools. Now it has been revealed that almost a third of all teachers who...
Birmingham Engineer Creates Innovative Minecraft Teaching Tool
Birmingham engineer Gbenga Oludotun, the principle engineer at Birmingham professional services consultancy WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff, has created a new way of teaching people about the world of engineering.
Oludotun’s creation uses the widely popular online game Minecraft and gives players, in...
George And Amal Clooney Welcome Twins
Congratulations are in order after George Clooney and Amal Clooney have given birth to twins, a boy and a girl.
The actor and human rights lawyer’s first children have been named Ella and Alexander, and according to a spokesperson, “Ella,...
Launch of the Plastic £5 Note
The new plastic £5 has now entered circulation though only a reported 7% of cash machines will be stocking them. Most banks and branches are to have the polymer note within a week’s time.
The plastic note, which is more...
Over a thousand students take part in Turkish Airlines Birmingham School Games
In its seventh year, the Games took place last on 13th and 14th February at PlayFootball Birmingham and saw over a thousand children from Birmingham schools compete against each other. Freestyle footballer Rebaz Mohammed and Paralympian Sophie Hahn were some of...
Get active outdoors this autumn with Rosie Naseer
All of my adult life I’ve been an avid hill walker and lover of the countryside of the British Isles. Sadly, big shopping centres seem to attract more visitors than our green and pleasant land. I want to change...
