Birmingham City Council is proud to share that Adopt Birmingham, run by Birmingham Children’s Trust, has been rated “Good with Outstanding leadership” in its latest Ofsted inspection. Ofsted commended the agency’s child-centred approach, noting that “children...

Our waste crews have collected an average of around 1,750 tonnes of kerbside waste every collection day over the last year. They have also collected around 245 tonnes daily from our household recycling centres. In all...

Local authorities are to be given new powers to crack down on pavement parking. Councillor Majid Mahmood, cabinet member for environment and transport, welcomed the move. “We welcome the government’s decision to grant councils new powers...

Birmingham’s annual civic commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day will be staged at the Council House later this month on 26 January. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Councillor Zafar Iqbal MBE will lead the event on Monday...

An interview with renowned youngest Chef Mathew Leong, who twice represented Singapore at the Bocuse d’Or The most well-known chef from Singapore, Mathew Leong (Instagram A/c: mathew_leong), is currently an executive chef at the three-Michelin-starred restaurant RE-NAA...

Organisations and agencies across Birmingham have united to offer beds and support to people who sleep rough as temperatures fall. Birmingham’s Severe Weather Emergency Protocol has been activated due to snow and very cold temperatures. The...

Pilot Felix Gottwald (Instagram A/c: felixgottwald), who resides in Germany, has been working with Lufthansa for seventeen years. Prior to switching to the Boeing 747-400 and 747-8, on which he is currently certified to fly as...

Birmingham City Council’s Independent Travel Training celebrates a post‑16 student with BSL needs who now travels independently using two types of public transport—boosting confidence and freedom. The trainee, from Birmingham and has an Education, Health and...

Entries are officially open for the brand-new Unity 5K, a mass participation event that will see 1000s runners run the same marathon route as the Birmingham 2026 European Athletics Championships West-Midlanders are being given the opportunity to have their own...

Birmingham drivers are being urged to slow down as 40mph speed limits are officially scrapped on almost all city routes. Birmingham City Council has completed a major project to cut limits from 40mph to 30mph on 27...