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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...

Date: 9 September 2016 Location: Edgbaston Room, Lucas House, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2RA Do you work in an organisation committed to staff wellbeing? Are you finding it hard to maintain this focus while delivering on other pressing challenges? If so,...

Walsall Council has given the thumbs up for a Muslim tuition centre to open in Walsall. An application to convert a storage unit in St Johns Road into the 'Madrasa' facility and the plans have been granted. The new centre is...

The West Midlands Combined Authority has received its first instalment of a £1.bn handout from the government. The West Midland Combined Authority (WMCA) controls transport, housing, skills and mental health services and the overall economic development of the West Midlands....

In a tragic incident that occurred in June last year, a teenager has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for the killing of a man at a house party in Digbeth. Gurveer Bhandal, a 19-year-old resident of Giggety...

The Palestine Strings performed in 2013 at the Proms to a sell-out crowd and positive acclaim. Their sister ensemble Palestine Youth Orchestra will now present their musical genius at Birmingham Town Hall, Victoria Square. The orchestra will feature Beethoven, Rahbani...

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...

Temple Row’s Six Eight Kafé, recently named the city’s best café in the Birmingham Mail’s Brummies’ Choices Awards for the second time, has gone mobile with its new ‘Business Class’ venture. Businesses can hire the full Six Eight barista experience...

City council leader John Clancy is under-fire after a leaked email showed he misled the public over the deal which would have ended the bin strike. Clancy claimed recently that no deal was struck between the authority and Unite with...

It is well known that Ramadan is an auspicious month where Muslims come together with the aim of reinforcing the pillars of Islam:  spiritual development, peace, generosity and charity. Keeping this very spirit in mind, Asda joined hands with Wembley...