Channel 4 to West Midlands
To attract Channel 4 to the West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has stepped up a gear by throwing down the gauntlet to the region’s creative community by urging them to show the region is in the leading pack in...
Former Sandwell Councillor Breached Code of Conduct
Mahboob Hussain Sandwell’s ex-council deputy leader has breached code of conduct over his role in the sale of public toilets and influencing the reduction and cancelling parking tickets for members of his family.
Former Councillor Hussain has bought the council...
Amir Khan signs deal with Matchroom Boxing
Amir Khan will be returning back to the ring in April after an absence 18 months will be facing his opponent who is yet to be announced at The Echo Arena, Liverpool.
Eddie Hearn, Managing Director of Matchroom boxing has...
Birmingham MP Preet Gill disapproves plans to ask why Muslim Schoolgirls wear the Hijab
Edgbaston MP Preet Gill has requested school inspectors Ofsted to scrap plans to ask why young girls wear the hijab and has written to the Education secretary Justine Greening to say the proposal had “caused outrage among many of...
A mum saves her daughter’s life with the best possible gift
Uzma Asgar from the Midlands gave her daughter the greatest gift of all this all at Christmas – she donated her kidney to save her little girl’s life.
12-year-old Azia Hassan had faced months of grueling dialysis as she waited...
A young father brutally stabbed named as Handsworth dad Jaskaran Kang
A family man from Handsworth was stabbed to death in a Dudley flat in the early hours of Saturday 6 January.
Jaskaran Kang 24 years old was known to be a caring and hard-working father.
The police have launched a murder...
Steak House in Acocks Green fined 50k
Ibrahim Grill and Steak House on Warwick Road, Acocks Green has been fined £50,000 for continuously using unhygienic wooden plates to serve food.
The restaurant was first visited by Environmental Health officers in October 2016 after an alleged food poisoning...
Council Tax set to increase
Council tax is set to rise by an extra £12 to pay for the running of the West Midlands Mayor's office and infrastructure investment.
This comes just weeks after David Jamieson, the region's police and crime commissioner (PCC), revealed plans...
Arson Attack on Midlands Motor Firm
A Midlands Motor Firm near Solihull had over £25,000 worth of cars go up in flames in an arson attack in the early hours of Sunday 7 December.
CCTV shows Two men in grey hoodies throwing what appeared to be...
GETTING MARRIED IN FRONT OF THE NATION – WOULD YOU?
We all like to have a fairytale wedding, now you can with BBC ones new show called 'Wedding Day Winners' hosted by Lorraine Kelly and Rob Beckett.
The show brings two couples and their families together for a wedding day like...
