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Deakin & Francis, world-renowned British family jeweller, is proud to launch a new limited-edition pair of cufflinks, now released in gold-plated sterling silver. The cufflinks were designed to help fundraise for the lifesaving pre-hospital emergency care...

A Birmingham City University music student is celebrating today after being crowned BBC Young Musician of the Year 2022, following a ‘stylish and committed’ performance using a wide range of instruments – from marimbas and crotales...

The University of Birmingham has loaned an historic painting with a Shakespeare connection to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud ben Mohammed Anoun led an embassy to London in 1600 to deepen trade...

The annual Stoptober public health campaign is back this month and Walsall Council is reminding residents about the help that is available and urging smokers in the Borough to stub out the habit. Stoptober, now in...

The first step on the journey to shape the planning framework that will guide development and regeneration activity in Birmingham over the next 20 years is set for approval tomorrow (October 11). Members of the council’s...

Barbers in the West Midlands and Birmingham, who may be considering closing their shops because of the cost-of-living crisis, have been thrown a lifeline by a mobile male grooming business. Get Groomed Mobile Barbers is looking...

National recognition has been earned for the city council’s Mobile Household Recycling Centre (MHRC) service – in the form of a prestigious Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) Award. At the organisation’s 2022 awards ceremony, staged...

Shah Hussain is a British actor born in Solihull, Birmingham. But now resides in Slough. Since 2004 Shah has been practicing Martial Arts namely Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu where he is of Black belt rank and a two...

Aldi has pledged to continue to provide the lowest grocery prices in the country as official data shows it has become Britain’s fourth largest supermarket.   In its annual trading update, Aldi said it had attracted...

A plan to secure a lasting, positive, legacy for the renovated Alexander Stadium and surrounding parkland after the Commonwealth Games is due before the city council’s Cabinet on October 11. The full business case (FBC) for...