Community News

WV Active’s new look gyms are now open after a £1m makeover.

A first-of-a-kind Augmented Reality (AR) app is set to transform the way communities design and build support for spaces with outdoor musical instruments, helping create a ‘shared vision’ for music-making in parks, schools, libraries, playgrounds, hospitals around the world.

Birmingham charity, Jericho, has supercharged the impact it makes in supporting people facing significant challenges with getting a job, and improved its facilities with funding from Severn Trent’s Community Fund. 

Birmingham City Council has launched a consultation on a new Road Harm Reduction Strategy aimed at tackling the unacceptable number of road collisions in which people are killed and seriously injured.

The green economy holds huge potential but skills shortages are currently putting the brakes on achieving climate goals, according to a new report by London Councils.

The help and support for young people leaving care in Wolverhampton has been praised by the National Implementation Advisor for Care leavers – and the city’s care leavers themselves.

While every month in 2023 was a bit warmer than expected, July and August were the warmest two months on record.

Despite being an avid wildlife photographer, retired postman Rodney Holbrook never expected to capture a Ratatouille-style scene unfolding in his own shed.

Hundreds of people bared their briefs for London's annual ‘No Trousers Tube Ride’ last Sunday.

Network Rail is completing an £85million investment into the signalling on the West Coast main line between Rugeley and Colwich on Sunday 14 and from Saturday 20 until Monday 22 January.

Barnsdale Gardens is Britain's largest collection of individually designed gardens based in the East Midlands.

A committed air ambulance representative who, this year, marked 20 years of service with Midlands Air Ambulance Charity was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the national Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) Awards of Excellence 2023.

A West Midlands engineer, who has put the region on the international manufacturing map, has been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List.

Nine cultural and sporting events set to take place in the West Midlands have shared £3 million of Commonwealth Games legacy funding to help bring hundreds of thousands of people together in the region.

The UK is lagging behind the likes of Australia, EU and USA when it comes to checking whether regulations are working as intended, says head of independent better regulation watchdog.

Alstom, the global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, is celebrating after British Indian data scientist, Smital Dhake was announced as a winner at the RailStaff Awards 2023 in the UK.