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An exhibition celebrating Shakespeare’s impact across South Asia is being held at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire this month. Shakespeare in South Asia, the result of a collaboration between Birmingham City University and the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, will be the first exhibition...

A gang who stormed a jewellery store on Stratford Road in Birmingham have been led away in handcuffs. The gang also beat up the shop owner during the raid which took place around 2.50pm on Tuesday. It is alleged that five...

Two athletes from India were sent home from the Commonwealth Games for violating the 'no-needles' policy. Triple jumper Rakesh Babu and race walker Irfan Kolothum Thodi were asked by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to take the first flight home. India...

Jaguar Land Rover is to axe 1,000 jobs and cut production at two sites. The UK’s largest carmaker said it would make an announcement to employees regarding its production plans for 2018/19. It added: "In light of the continuing headwinds impacting...

A teenage boy was left lying injured in the road by a hit-and-run driver has urged witnesses to come forward to help police trace the culprit. Avtar Dass 16-year-old was injured in Cardinals Walk, off Scraptoft Lane, Leicester. Leicestershire Police said the...

Drug dealer from Birmingham was found with more than a million pounds worth of heroin in the boot of his car. Earlier this year Jahnger Ahmed was stopped by officers on the motorway travelling towards Birmingham. The 41-year-old must have been quaking in his...

Public Health England’s statistics show that over a third (38%) of first time strokes happen in middle aged adults (between the ages of 40 – 69). More first time strokes are now occurring at an earlier age compared to a...

A 'dangerous' faith healer is destroying families in Birmingham by telling relatives to cut ties with each other, it has been claimed. A woman who alerted the issue said she had been financially exploited by the man. A letter to Leicester...

A suspected carbon monoxide leak in a house in Edgware, North London has caused the deaths of two men, aged 35 and 42, and five other people at the property were also taken to hospital have been discharged. Rehka...

A broad daylight attack on Soho Road of a man being viciously beaten by a group of men at a busy road junction in Handsworth took place on Thursday 5 April. Captured by an onlooker, the victim is violently tossed...