Community News

Christmas may be the time of year where people want to relax and spend time with their families, but this doesn’t mean the festive period has to be spent at home.

People up and down the country are being asked to send the stories of men and women who fought and died in the First and Second World Wars to a new story sharing platform developed by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) to preserve the memory of the fallen.

Campaign for Better Transport is calling for a Best Price Guarantee, a low-cost monthly public transport ticket and rewards for frequent travellers in the form of Rail Miles as it launched its blueprint for fares and ticketing reform at Kings Cross Railway Station in London.

At the Windrush international Conference in Birmingham on Friday 27^th October 2023, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Home Office, Lord Simon Murray reaffirmed that the Home Office has no end date to the Windrush Compensation and Status schemes during his keynote address.

October marked a sad occasion for St, Basil’s ‘Rough Sleeper's Initiative Team’ as Brian Edwards, a much-loved member of the team, was set leaving to pursue new opportunities. 

A green build solution by Scottish-based innovators Eco which uses recycled glass to help tackle the nation’s housing crisis is set to be showcased at the UK’s biggest zero carbon-built environment festival.

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.