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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...

Last Friday (5th July), the annual Education Awards celebrated the outstanding contributions of those who are making a difference to the education sector in the West Midlands. The winners of the West Midlands Education Awards were unveiled at a glittering awards...

Naeem Majid Butt charged with killing Saheel AhmedA 37 YEAR old man from Blackburn has been charged with the murder of another man in the town. Naeem Majid Butt, of Johnston Street, was arrested in Edinburgh on Wednesday 7 July....

On Monday 20th June Roma Agrawal opened a new building at Ark Chamberlain Primary Academy which pupils had chosen to name after The Shard structural engineer. All 600 pupils gathered to watch the opening of the Agrawal Building either in...

Dudley man tried to eat passport after falsely sitting UK citizenship test A Black Country 999 operator, Wasim Hussain, tried to consume a fake passport after being caught taking a citizenship test for someone else. The West Midlands ambulance...

Jehangir Malik OBE nominated for Azm AwardTWO British Pakistanis are in the running for a prestigious award. Jehangir Malik OBE, Islamic Relief’s UK Director and Qurban Ali who set up the ‘Qurban & Surraya Educational Trust’ which provides education for...

Nida Ul Naseer has been missing since December A week after 18-year-old Nida Ul-Naseer vanished while putting out the rubbish, her sister has appealed for anyone with information to come forward to help police with their search.   In a statement,...

‘Mega disaster needs mega response’, says charityOXFAM has described the response to the Pakistan floods as ‘sluggish’ saying the ‘world needs to mount a mega response’ to ensure millions affected get the help they need. Almost 14 million people...

A brown piano was delivered to the corner of Church Vale in Handsworth with the of litter group Handsworth Helping Hands. Members say the idea is to draw attention to fly-tipping in the area and across Birmingham. Helping Hands committee member Shaik Ahmed...

New Ambassadors to The SHARAN Project South Asian women’s charity The SHARAN Project has announced TV and radio presenters Sunny and Shay Gerwal as Global Ambassadors for the charity. As forced marriage looks set to be criminalised in the coming months,...