Ready for the Revamped Birmingham 10k?

Lacing up for the upcoming Great Birmingham 10k? There’s been a few changes you might want to take note of. For starters, the infamous Lee Bank Middleway at the 8km and 11-mile mark have been removed due a redrawing of...

Homeless Man Given Fresh Start

Birmingham Garage and car wash owner from Sparkbrook gives homeless man a fresh start. Shezad Zaman used to pass Kriss Wilkes every day after work and decided he wanted to help the homeless after finding Kriss begging on the street...

West Bromwich Albion to be sold to Chinese

Guochuan Lai, 42, the entrepreneur who leads a Chinese investment group, is to purchase the West Bromwich football club. The decision was made in June by West Brom chairman, Jeremy Peace. Peace, who was originally chief executive of Blackburn,...

Catastrophic Crash On The M5

Police have confirmed four cars and a lorry were involved in two crashes which happened at 01:00 BST between J8 and J9 southbound. The 24-year-old driver of a Mercedes car and 23-year-old passenger, both from Gloucester, died in the second...

Every Garment Has a Name

In 2013 the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh collapsed killing over 1100 garment workers and reigniting the debate around worker safety issues and the human cost of fast fashion. Despite high street brands promising safer working conditions for factory workers, little...

Sajid Javid Vows to Put 20,000 Police On The Streets

Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid has vowed  to oversee 20,000 extra police officers "pounding the pavements" if elected Prime Minister. Mr Javid, the current Home Secretary, told The Sun he would spend £1 billion over three years to put "police on...

Vegan Restaurant Closes After Death Of Head Chef

A plant-based restaurant in Oadby has closed following the death of the head chef Bindu Patel who was 37-years-old. Leicester-born Bindu worked in the kitchens of Michelin-starred London restaurants Gymkhana and Trishna, before launching the restaurant Sanctua in April 2019. The statement...

Birmingham-Based Entrepreneur Shortlisted For Global Talent Unleashed 2016 Awards

Camran Khan, Director of Technology for Innovation Birmingham Campus-based digital lettings and property management provider, brightLET, has been shortlisted for this year’s international Talent Unleashed awards. A cloud based lettings and property management platform that connects landlords directly with tenants,...

Aston arts center The Drum to close its Doors for Good

"We understand this is a challenging and distressing time." The Drum Arts Center in Aston, which originally planned to undergo a major extension, is set to close its doors in June after a staggering 22 years unless a new source...

Fast But Less Furious

23-year-old Hayden Gager, from Coventry, has started a remote control ‘drifting’ car club with his friends in an attempt to get troubled youngsters off the streets. He hopes the club will take drifting, a driving procedure where the driver deliberately...