Former Wheelchair Basketball Bronze Paralympic medallist, television presenter, ‘Go Kids Go’ patron, Athlete Ambassador for ‘Right to Play’ and named on the power list of the ‘100 Most Influential Black British People’, Ade Adepitan is no stranger to adversity.

From royal courts to radical protests, from industrial revolutions to global empires – highlighting this compelling new film series during this Black History Month traces the dramatic evolution of power, rights, and freedom across three centuries of British and Irish history.

Birmingham City Council has successfully prosecuted a company for failing to comply with an Improvement Notice relating to fire safety measures – the first West Midlands local authority to do so.

easyJet has launched its flights on a new twice-weekly route from Birmingham Airport to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.

Stephanie Peacock, recently named as the new minister in charge of tourism, will be on-site at Excel London for the opening day of this year’s Word Travel Market (WTM) London, the world’s most influential travel and tourism event.

As part of Black History Month and Windrush Day 2025 celebrations, Kirklees Local TV is launching the Windrush Wise Words project, creating 16 videos that capture the detailed stories of first and second-generation Caribbean’ experiences of life in Britain.