Wolverhampton to receive £50m for Westside scheme bringing new leisure attractions
The £50 million renovation of Wolverhampton city centre is back in motion after funding issues were ironed out. The plans include bringing a new cinema, shopping experience, restaurants and family leisure attractions and multi-storey car park to the city...
Robbers Forced Victim To Pay £20 To Get Phone Back
West Midlands Police have released a CCTV image of four men they would like to speak to.
A 64-year-old man was forced to hand over £20 to a robber to retrieve his phone moments after he was threatened at knifepoint.
West...
Former Derby Council Leader Cheated of £42,000 By Preacher
A former leader of Derby City
Council has been cheated of £42,000 by a friend he entrusted with his finances
while he was in jail.
Derby Crown Court heard how Maurice Burgess
gave Andrayas Khan full control of...
Mosaic artwork unveiled to celebrate 100 years since women were given the right to...
Three Black Country suffragettes feature in a new art display which was unveiled at Birmingham New Street station to mark 100 years since women were given the right to vote.
The 'Face of Suffrage', is made up of more than...
Passenger Claims Racial Profiling on Flight
A passenger on a EasyJet flights claims he was the victim of 'racial profiling' after an airline steward burst into the toilet he was using during the flight.
Adil Kayani, from Sutton Coldfield, was interrupted by a male employee.
The steward...
DNA Identified Armed Robber
An armed robber jumped over a counter at Wolverhampton Road Post Office in Walsall and loaded up hundreds of pounds worth of cigarettes into a bag on 21 November last year has been jailed.
Asif Jhangeer, 39, was tackled...
Wolverhampton Secures Major International Event
Wolverhampton is set to play host to a major urban sports international event this year after the council secured £390,000 from the West Midlands Combined Authority’s and HM Government’s Commonwealth Games Legacy Fund.
It forms part of City of Wolverhampton...
Police Appealing After A Hit-and-Run
West Midlands Police are appealing for information after a hit-and-run incident in Handsworth.
A woman who was critically injured after being hit by a vehicle that 'failed to stop' on College Road just before 7pm on Thursday 9 January.
West Midlands...
Two people have been arrested in connection with the tragic Stafford house Fire
The fire swept through a family’s home in Sycamore Lane, Highfields, on Tuesday morning (February 5th)
Two people a women aged 24 and a man aged 28 have been arrested over a devastating Stafford house fire which killed four children.
Riley...
Fifty Years Ago Sikh Bus Driver Changed the Law
Marking Fifty years when Wolverhampton bus driver Tarsem Singh Sandhu changed the regulation on turban dispute.
Sikhs working on Wolverhampton's buses won the right to wear the turban at work, this was a long-running dispute during which one Sikh man...
