
Olympic champion coach Lloyd Cowan dies aged 58
Thursday, 14 January 2021 04:15Athletics coach Lloyd Cowan, who helped Christine Ohuruogu to the Olympic 400m title in 2008, has died. Cowan represented England in the 110m hurdles at the 1994 Commonwealth Games before becoming...

Dedicated Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Volunteer Retires After 30 Years
Wednesday, 13 January 2021 03:42Longstanding volunteer of Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, Geoff Woodford, has now retired from his daily support of the rapid response, pre-hospital emergency service after 30 dedicated...

Soap-making entrepreneur fighting coronavirus in refugee camp
Sunday, 10 January 2021 04:25When Innocent Havyarimana started his soap-making business in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp in early 2015, he was trying to move on from the traumatic events that had made him flee his native Burundi...

Clap for Carers set to return as Clap for Heroes
Thursday, 07 January 2021 03:56Clap for Carers is set to return under a new name of Clap for Heroes, the initiative's founder has said. The weekly applause for front-line NHS staff and other key workers ran for 10 weeks during...

Twelve people fined for playing dominoes in Tier 4 breach
Monday, 04 January 2021 04:16Twelve people were fined after they were caught playing dominoes in a restaurant in east London. Police officers found the group hiding in a dark room when they entered the building in Whitechapel,...

City Council received its first batch of e-cargo bikes
Thursday, 31 December 2020 02:39Birmingham City Council received its first batch of e-cargo bikes – manufactured by Raleigh - that was used by the Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) to support community food deliveries in the lead-up...

Record-breaking champion, Lewis, knighted in New Year Honours
Thursday, 31 December 2020 02:37Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has been knighted in a New Year Honours list. It comes 12 years after he received an MBE for services to motor racing at the end of 2008, the season that he won his...

City street to be named after Birmingham’s first Black councillor
Monday, 28 December 2020 03:12A new road within the Perry Barr Residential Scheme, in Birmingham, is to be named Bert Carless Way. Alderman Egbert ‘Bert’ Sylvester Carless, made history when he was elected as Birmingham’s first...

F1 record-breaker Hamilton crowned Sports Personality of the Year 2020 winner
Monday, 21 December 2020 01:05Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2020. One of F1's all-time great drivers, he equalled Michael Schumacher's record of seven world titles with...

Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation store
Saturday, 19 December 2020 04:22Sony has pulled Cyberpunk 2077, one of the year's most-anticipated games, from the PlayStation store and offered refunds to all players. The unprecedented move follows complaints that the game has...

Hamilton glad to be alive as Silverstone renames pit straight after seven-time champion
Wednesday, 16 December 2020 03:42Formula 1 legend Lewis Hamilton said he was "happy to be alive" after recovering from coronavirus to finish the season with a third place. The world champion missed the penultimate race in Bahrain a...

Edgbaston dad wins national charity award
Monday, 07 December 2020 02:04Edgbaston father, Saeed Ahmed, has been named ‘Campaigner of the Year’ by the national disability charity, Sense, for sharing his family’s story of caring for his 21-year-old disabled son, Azhar,...

COMPETITION - Vie’s Jamaican Rum Cakes
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 01:16Jamaicans are a passionate people, so perhaps it’s no real surprise that one of their most remarkable contributions to world cuisine is a bold, full-bodied cake that leaves you wanting more. Rum...

COMPETITION – Black Tower Wine
Tuesday, 01 December 2020 01:15Much-loved wine brand Black Tower has the perfect offering for Christmas with their Smooth Red wine, soft, fruity and bursting with red berry flavours. Easy on the palate, the wine has...

Nokia powering Alex Thomson Racing in the Vendée Globe
Monday, 23 November 2020 04:10Nokia announced the technology that is supporting UK-based sailing team Alex Thomson Racing on its round-the-world race. British sailor Alex Thomson is onboard his HUGO BOSS boat from Les...

Black plaque initiative launched to acknowledge Black British heroes
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 04:10As blue plaques are continuing to be put up in places of historic note serve as a permanent tribute to Britain’s notable men and women throughout the UK, one established organisation have joined...