Connecting communities through world music

‘Music has enriched my life immeasurably; it has helped me look at life with optimism’ –  Dr Chithra Ramakrishnan, Founder, World Music Conference  The popular World Music Conference (WMC) has officially been launched. The launch took place in the format of a...

Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone charge approved

The Government has permitted Birmingham's Clean Air Zone (CAZ) proposals but left the city council with a funding gap of millions of pounds for the plan. The authority has been granted £38m from the Clean Air Fund to pay for...

Family Don’t Feel Safe Move out of Birmingham

A young family who lived in Great Barr decided to pack up and move out of Birmingham because they don't feel safe. Kiran Kaur, 23, and her husband, who wants to remain anonymous with their one-year-old son are living with...

NEW AWARDS LAUNCH TO RECOGNISE INSPIRATIONAL YOUNG PEOPLE ACROSS THE REGION

Nominations have opened for the inaugural Inspirational Youth Awards, a ceremony dedicated to honouring exceptional young people from across the West Midlands. Taking place on 29 April 2023, the awards will recognise individuals aged between 16 and 25, who...

Heir to £800m Charged with Causing Death by Dangerous Driving

Director Antonio Boparan of the family firm 2 Sisters Food has been charged with causing the death Cerys Edwards – more than three years after she died. Cerys was just one-years-old when she suffered multiple injuries in...

Police Officer Killed Shopkeeper By Dangerous Driving

A popular Wednesfield shopkeeper died after he was hit by an off-duty Staffordshire Police officer Jason Bannister in December 2016. Balvinder Singh was taken to hospital following a collision on Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, but died from his injuries. The 59-year-old...

Nachural announce the keynote speaker for the forthcoming Awards

Nachural are pleased to announce the keynote speaker for the forthcoming Nachural Entrepreneurship Awards taking place on the 27th September 2019 at the Maher Centre, Leicester as Paul Bassi CBE. Paul Bassi is CEO of REI Plc, a publicly quoted Real Estate Investment Trust...

Female British Sikh Army Officer Makes History

From the East Midlands a British sikh army officer has become the first woman of colour to ski on a solo expedition to the South Pole. Preet Chandi, 32, from Derby, had completed the 700 mile trek in 40 days,...

GCSE Result Day

Thousands of students will be waking  up to find out their GCSE results today and while many are likely to be cheerful of achieving the grades they wanted, others will likely be tearful having not reached the grades they...

Police Are Concerned For Missing Teenager

West Midlands Police are concerned for the welfare of missing teenager Naella from Bordesley Green. She was last seen on Thursday (Jan 6), she was wearing a long grey cardigan, black dress with white flowers, a black headscarf, grey trainers...