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More than 60 ambitious manufacturers from the West Midlands gathered recently for a special event designed to accelerate SME participation in international defence markets and to strengthen the UK’s sovereign defence capability.

City Academy, in Birmingham, part of CORE Education Trust, has launched a food market, a weekly event created to support students and their families, while also extending help to the wider local community.

Passengers travelling through Manchester Piccadilly will now have a new space to enjoy as the station's first community garden opens to the public.

More climbing wall sessions are being introduced this Easter at the Centre for Skills and Learning in Pontllanfraith, giving families more opportunities to get involved.

Passengers travelling into London Marylebone have been urged to plan their journeys in advance ahead of upgrades taking place on 28 and 29 March.

Another vehicle used to dump waste in the city has been seized and destroyed as City of Wolverhampton Council continues to use tough tactics to combat the crime.

Using a water conditioner unit could help lower costs for the UK’s estimated 1.7 million households using heating oil, which have seen the price per litre of oil trebling since the start of the Iran war, according to Samantha Mant, CEO and founder of Bristol-based Halcyan Water Conditioners.

New analysis from planning, design and development consultancy Marrons shows that grey belt policy continues to have a major impact on housing planning permissions, with 75% of major residential appeals approved since the policy’s introduction in December 2024.

AI-driven discovery is changing how people find and evaluate brand information — and new research from Newspress suggests that brand newsrooms are becoming significantly more important as a result.

New analysis, published today, shows that English councils with higher spending power score higher in Climate Emergency UK’s public assessment of local councils' climate action, the Council Climate Action Scorecards.

King Charles hosting the first Nigerian state visit to the UK for 37 years, with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his wife Oluremi Tinubu given a ceremonial welcome at Windsor Castle.

Shortlisted nominees have now been announced for the 24th annual Museums + Heritage Awards which celebrate excellence across museums, galleries and cultural and heritage visitor attractions worldwide.

Georgia and Josh, the creators behind the fast-growing social platform @thehayebarn, are set to take the stage at the National Homebuilding & Renovating Show this week (19-22 March, NEC), sharing their candid, budget-conscious approach to renovation in a highly anticipated masterclass session.

Hundreds of staff employed by the British Medical Association (BMA) have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in a bid to secure fairer pay after years of erosion.

The High Court has fined Unite the Union £265,000, after it admitted breaching terms of an injunction banning protestors from blockading the council’s waste depots.

The official countdown to 2026 Vaisakhi has begun, with thousands of visitors expected once again at Wolverhampton's premier park for the annual celebrations in May.