Charity runners on their marks for Coventry half marathon
The Apprentice stars join Penny Appeal team to help refugees
A 75-strong team from charity Penny Appeal are on their marks and all set to go next weekend for Coventry’s Half Marathon, and have already raised over £30,000 to support...
Solihull Students Help Family On BBC’s DIY SOS
Solihull College & University Centre’s construction students have volunteered their time and expertise to lend their skills to a family in Shropshire who were in need of support.
The plastering students worked on set of the BBC’s long running TV...
Dudley people back the West Midlands Combined Authority
There were five key questions relating to the proposed Combined Authority’s role and functions and, specifically, about the Scheme document that was submitted to government three months ago.
The survey ran on the WMCA’s website for three weeks (18 January...
Four Gaza Universities Rebuilt by Manchester Charity
"Bloodshed and economic sanctions have left the people of Gaza stuck in deprivation and it could never move forward whilst its institutes of higher education lay in ruin.”
Human Appeal, a Manchester-based humanitarian aid charity, has completed a project where...
A Ripple Effect
“I grew up in a family where the stereotypical gender roles were not really observed,” Dr Mavalvala says. “So I grew up thinking women can, must and should do anything and everything. That is very important for me.”
A Pakistani-born...
London To Dominate Video Gaming World
City to receive £1.2m investment to help make it the world’s games capital
The video games and interactive entertainment industry in London is set to receive a boost of £1.2m to launch Games London, a groundbreaking new initiative to transform...
Cameron ‘Doesn’t Understand Muslim Women’
"The real question I would ask the prime minister is this: how comfortable is he with accepting the genuine choices of women, educated and literate, when they don’t fit with his world view?”
Prime Minister Comes Under Fire From...
Driver in Fatal Crash to Serve Only 6 Months in Prison
Zubair Hussain: “My children will always carry the psychological burden of this terrible tragedy."
Driver Shammas Rehman will serve just 6 months in jail for the fatal crash that resulted in the death of pregnant mom-of-two Tahira Parveen.
Parveen, 30, who...
Death of Chamber International Director Jonathan Webber
Jonathan Webber, director of international trade at Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce (GBCC), has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.
Jonathan, who joined the Chamber in April, 1999, was awarded the MBE for services to international...
The British Ethnic Diversity Sports Award 2016 : A Star-Studded Event
"I wanted to hear the ring announcer saying Bruno the new world champion of the world. And I was privileged to hear that in 1995. That was my legend and no one can ever take that away from me.”
February...
