METRO BANK COMES TO SOLIHULL AND MERRY HILL
New seven-day-a-week stores to open in both Solihull and Merry Hill shopping centre on Friday 20 & Saturday 21 September 2019
Creates 50 new jobs in the West Midlands and Black Country regions
More than 5,000 safe deposit...
Pupils from city school caught the bus into Birmingham to help the homeless
The team of 12 children, aged from five to 11 from Oasis Academy Short Heath wanted to talk to rough sleepers and give them food and warm clothes. When Rigberta Nimoh saw a homeless man in a doorway in...
Gift Giving For Christmas: The Sikh Toy Appeal
The Sikh Toy Appeal based in Wolverhampton helps many families who have social security issues, fleeing domestic abuse, fire, burglary, ill health and sheer poverty are all reasons why families might find themselves unable to buy presents.
Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown donates money to family of Stafford house fire victims
Roy ‘Chubby’ Brown donates £700 to the family of four young siblings killed in a house fire when he performed in Stafford.
The comedian was playing at The Gatehouse Theatre on Friday, three days after four children lost their lives...
Birmingham County FA celebrates diversity through community football initiative
· Birmingham County Football Association supports inaugural tournament to celebrate the diverse communities of Birmingham County and the West Midlands.
· Team Birmingham Algeria wins the final against team ‘Positive Youth Foundation (PYF) Syria’
The final match of the inaugural Birmingham...
Taxi Driver Ruled Unfit to Carry Passengers
Taxi driver and former Labour councillor from Leicester was ruled unfit to carry passengers by one council.
Gurpal Atwal, 46, could continue working in a neighbouring area despite being banned last year.
Atwal was accused of waiting in his cab outside...
Plans for a new city centre hotel are scaled back
Developers to go back to the drawing board and create new designs. Plans for a 26-storey city centre hotel which were given the green light almost two years ago have been ascended back after it emerged the application site...
Road closed in Great Barr as cyclist fights for life
A cyclist was taken to hospital with ‘life threatening injuries’ after a crash with a car.
This morning Police closed Queslett Road, in Great Barr, and asked motorists to avoid the area.
The westbound side of the road was closed near...
Symphony Hall set for a revamp
New images have been revealed to show a £12m revamp of Birmingham’s Symphony Hall.
Plans have been submitted by Performance Birmingham Ltd, which runs the concert venue to Birmingham City Council for the £12m face lift for Symphony Hall.
The plans...
Birmingham air pollution causing a shocking number of deaths
Approximately 500 deaths in a single year in Birmingham were due to raised levels of air pollution. New figures from Public Health England suggest one in 18 deaths of people over 30 in Birmingham (5.6%) in 2017 may be...