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From 21 October until 5 November, families will be able to meet Mitzy Monster, an adorable but cheeky monster character, who will be out and about for the first week, then will be hosting a brand-new...

Sandwell Council has reopened the café at the Sandwell Valley crematorium. The reopening follows feedback received from visitors, families attending services and other stakeholders who have missed the café which unfortunately had to close when the...

Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands Gurpreet Bhatia presented the Mayor of Sandwell Cllr Bill Gavan with a pot that was part of the Tree of Trees sculpture at Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee The 21-metre...

More than £20,000 worth of illegal vapes and tobacco were seized from two shops in Tipton in a joint operation by Sandwell Council and Sandwell Police. As part of Sandwell’s Safer 6 campaign (#Safer6) and the...

A new qualification for 16-19 year olds will put technical and academic education on an equal footing and ensure that all young people leave school knowing the basics in maths and English, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has...

Graduate Suraj Sudera created an AI powered grill to cook the perfect steak. His love of engineering led him to create the device called Perfecta™  He founded Birmingham based start-up SEERGRILLS which applies AI and advanced...

Image Credit: WMP 18 years ago Mohammed Yasin 50, was fatally shot close to his front door at his home on Whitehall Road in Bordesley Green. On the anniversary of their relative’s unsolved murder almost twenty...

Mobile phone use should be banned in schools across England to improve behaviour, the Education Secretary Gillian Keegan announced. New guidance from the Department for Education will back head teachers in banning mobile phone use throughout the school...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at the Dolphin Centre in Ward End following a major refurbishment. The £2m project, delivered for Birmingham City Council by Building Services Now Limited, has brought a wide range of improvements...

65 people met online to hear about experiences and lessons learnt from gender equality work in higher education Speakers from Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Pakistan, India, Nigeria and the UK brought international perspectives Despite cultural and religious...