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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.

A teenager from Caterham, Surrey has shown that age has nothing on ambition after successfully completing his first redevelopment project and setting records on the TV show, Homes Under The Hammer.

Laurence Ramsay, known as Loz to the customers and staff at Beeches Pool & Fitness Centre near Great Barr, is saying goodbye to the centre on January 9th next year after over 40 years of service.

It was announced that Kids Company charity founder and social justice campaigner Camila Batmanghelidjh died – on her birthday - having been ill for some time.

Save the date - Lunar New Year celebrations will take place in Birmingham on Sunday 11 February 2024.

The Gospel Oak, north London house where Claudia Jones died on Christmas day 1964, had a Nubian Jak Community Trust blue plaque unveiled to commemorate the life and work of the radical activist.