Community News

It was announced that novelist Dame Jilly Cooper, known for her best-selling romps including Rivals and Riders, died yesterday.

Care home Iverley View in Stourbridge, in the West Midlands, will be opening its doors to a number of people from the community to help tackle loneliness in their local community.

Market traders in Bilston have called for people to support their local market while major refurbishment works take place.

The first new homes as part of City of Wolverhampton Council’s transformation of New Park Village estate are emerging from the ground.

Passengers travelling through Stoke-on-Trent are being advised to allow extra time for their journeys while essential repairs take place to both of the station's lifts from today (Monday 29 September) for approximately two weeks.

As Black History Month approaches and we find ourselves in this sacred turning of the year, when earthen womb labours in renewal to deliver new breathing DNA.

Birmingham New Street celebrates the 200th anniversary of the modern railway this weekend, as part of a year-long calendar of celebrations.

The second ‘International Day of Birmingham’ (IDOB), featuring comedian Joe Lycett, was held in the city as tributes to an alliance of places called Birmingham around the world comprised of events yesterday, which included the raising of a 'United States of Birmingham' flag in Victoria Square, in the UK’s own.

Rachel Reeves has fired the starting gun on the Government’s landmark Regional Investment Summit, pledging that “no region will be locked out of investment”.

A unique training centre has opened in Birmingham to help prepare transport providers and the emergency services for major incidents on the railway.

Birmingham New Street will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its £750m redevelopment this weekend which helped transform it into a modern and flagship railway station.

In a wide-ranging interview with Sir Lenny Henry for the latest edition of Representology, acclaimed journalist, newsreader and presenter Clive Myrie reflects on his career, the state of public broadcasting, and media diversity in Britain today.

On behalf of the Electoral Committee, the Jamaican High Commission, London, wishes to inform of the upcoming elections for representatives to serve on both the Global Jamaica Diaspora Council (GJDC) and the Global Jamaica Diaspora Youth Council (GJDYC).

A successful collaboration between a Smethwick independent charitable organisation and a local leisure provider is significantly improving the physical and mental well-being of participants, while fostering a strong, inclusive community.

Councillors have backed a strategy designed to further enhance community safety and improve quality of life across Wolverhampton and described as a “commitment to real lasting change”.

Thirty people have been behind the scenes at Birmingham New Street to celebrate the city's heritage and the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway.