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Girls across Birmingham were screaming with excitement when JLS came to visit the city for promotion. The chart-topping boyband appeared on a number of radio shows across Birmingham to promote their new album, Jukebox. Fans waited...

A leaked report will give employers the power to sack under-performing staff without explanation. The report, written by venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft, claims that the current employment laws undermine economic growth and competitiveness. Under these laws,...

The latest statistics released by the Home Office and Ministry of Justice shows that those involved in the Summer riots were young, poor and less educated than average. 90% of those brought before court were male,...

Bollywood brings glamour and exotica to Blackpool in the form of wax works. Wax work figures of stars such as Amitabh Buchchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan were unveiled at Madame Tussauds Blackpool late last...

Birmingham school children and parents are fighting to keep their free buss passes, after the city’s council revealed plans to halve the £12 million home to school transport budget. The council were planning to save 6...

Comedian Shazia Mirza, Pakistani singer song-writer Hadiqa Kiyani, Nashwa Al Ruwaini who has been dubbed the “Oprah of the Middle East“, and a host of other celebrities, are backing the new Green Scarves for Solidarity campaign,...

The government is planning to make it illegal for an individual to force a person to marry against their will. In his speech, David Cameron also announced that he plans to make it a criminal offence...

Foreign businessmen and those on high salaries will be safe under the Home Office’s new plans to introduce rules designed to reduce immigrants’ rights to settle permanently in the UK. The proposal will abolish the current...

Ofcom has fined a local Islamic channel £75,000 for encouraging the audience to donate money in exchange for prayers. The Media regulators made the charge to Noor TV earlier this month, accusing the Birmingham based channel of...

The Selfridges store is one of Birmingham’s most distinctive landmarks, with its wavy structure and honeycomb exterior. But travel guide magazine Lonely Planet has placed the Bull Ring shopping centre store in its “craziest building category.”...