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A shop on Manchester Road has closed and boarded up after a series of seizures of illicit tobacco with a street value of over £100,000.  Faisal Food Store, located on 76 Manchester Road, was granted a...

  Katy Perry to be announced as an ambassador at the British Asian Trust’s annual Royal Dinner by HRH The Prince of Wales, Royal Founding Patron of the charity    Anti-trafficking will be the main focus of the night as the Trust will announce its intention, together with Sir Chris Hohn and...

A new online service has gone live to help drivers and businesses to prepare for the introduction of clean air zones with charges in Birmingham and Leeds. The vehicle checker will allow drivers to find out...

Storm Ciara left catastrophic devastation to the UK in its wake. Gale force winds, heavy rain and snowfall caused delays to trains, planes, trams and dangerous travelling conditions overall, hindering those commuting into school and work....

Home Office officials discovered immigrants who were illegally working at the building site in Smethwick in an investigation.   Jagraj Singh Mand was found guilty of supplying the project with 38 unregistered workers, and of possessing criminal property. All of...

A Solihull man has been ordered to pay £6,008 by Birmingham Magistrates’ Court after being found guilty of fly-tipping in Billesley.  Adnan Qazi, aged 30, of Berkeley Road in Solihull, was found to be responsible for dumping rubbish,...

All proceeds from Bhasha Mukherjee’s clothes will empower women to be prepared when faced with cyclones, flooding and other disasters. Dr Bhasha Mukherjee, the first South Asian woman to be crowned Miss England, has donated the “Ellie...

 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited Bradford – one of the UK’s most diverse cities – today to visit a number of projects supporting local communities. As part of the programme, they also visited one of the city’s...

It will be tested first in 20 town/city centers before being turned out in 101 zones up and down the UK  A West Midlands high street has been named as the first in the UK to profit by...

On Sunday the 26th of January, thousands came together to celebrate the start of the Lunar New Year in Birmingham. Locals braved the downpour and flocked together in vast grounds as the Year of the Rat...