Community News

A brand-new unmissable experience has opened its doors in the heart of London’s Westfield Stratford City.

Using her science fiction to explore social and ethical issues, award-winning author, Malorie Blackman OBE, was probably most well-known for her critically and popularly acclaimed ‘Noughts and Crosses’ series, which used the setting of a fictional alternative Britain to explore racism and cultural inequalities.

Residents of Wolverhampton will soon have the chance to ask Andy Street, the Mayor of the West Midlands, their questions.

The clocks will fall back an hour on 29th October, heralding the onset of longer nights.

Two Metropolitan Police officers who carried out a stop-and-search of two athletes in west London committed gross misconduct, a tribunal panel has found.

Celebrity guest and BBC TV’s Antiques Expert, David Harper, was in town to cut the ribbon at Wheatley Place, a McCarthy Stone Retirement Living PLUS development on Stratford Road, in Birmingham.

Television personality and mum of four Amy Childs has teamed up with McDonald’s UK to help kickstart its fundraising window for BBC Children in Need this Autumn.

Sworn in with Diane Abbott in 1987, Paul Boateng made History when he became the first Black cabinet minister in the UK, as chief secretary to the Treasury.

Change is working to improve people’s life opportunities across a North-West community - now we need to accelerate action.

Before the arrival of pop sensation Rihanna, the most successful Caribbean female artist was a certain Millie Small. Millie’s impact on music history cannot be overstated, as it was her recording of the international hit My Boy Lollipop in 1964 that ushered in the new genre of Ska and later Reggae.

A plaque commemorating the first ever British Kabaddi League match played in Great Britain has been unveiled at WV Active Aldersley.

A woman with complex disabilities who defied the odds this year to find her first ever job has been shortlisted for a ‘Person of the Year’ award by national disability charity Sense.

Commonwealth Games legacy cash is being invested directly back into Sandwell to harness the sporting success of last year’s Games and get more local people active.

The West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) has retained its position as one of the country’s most ambitious and forward-thinking regions on tackling climate change.

Project Solar UK, the nation's leading installer and retailer of solar panels, has conducted research to uncover how residents have traditionally prepared their homes for the winter season.

Highly acclaimed, Walsall-based Gospel singer-songwriter Dalton Kerr is inviting people to join him and The Generation Choir for an uplifting evening of dynamic, live praise and worship on Saturday 25th November 2023, 6pm, at the Handsworth New Testament Church of God, in Lozells, in Birmingham.