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A women’s help centre in Handsworth, Birmingham, is facing being shut down after 30 years of being the sole source of help for women struggling with various issues in the surrounding area. The centre was founded in 1988...

Providing a safe, good quality of life, Mercer’s annual Worldwide Quality of Living reports Birmingham as one of the best places to live internationally.   Coming in at 49 for the quality of living and 53 for personal safety,...

A social media video depicting four British soldiers opening fire at an image of Jeremy Corbin has caused havoc in the Houses of Parliament.  The footage was shot in Kabul, Afghanistan and shows military personnel taking...

  With a few weeks to the onset of Ramadan, people start looking for inspiration for their Iftars and want meal ideas their families can enjoy and bond over. Ramadan is observed across the globe and...

Financial sector leaders raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the most vulnerable children and young people supported by Barnardo’s, the UK’s leading children’s charity.  The second Banking on Barnardo’s fundraising event, was held in March at London’s iconic...

Counter-terror police officers are investigating four mosques in Birmingham which were vandalised overnight, just a few days after the New Zealand attack. Police have said that they are working with representatives of the mosques after the...

The Ministry of Justice has released new data that shows 283 white children aged between 10 and 17 in the city were given a caution or sentence in 2017/18. This runs in comparison to 396 BAME...

In recent events, an Asian fashion retail shop was targeted by ram raiders in Alum Rock Road, Saltley. West Midlands Police investigated the incident after a car crashed into the front of the Fashion First retail shop in the early hours of a Saturday in March...

When I came to age I realised that you don’t get to choose what area you grow up in. Unfortunately, for me I grew up in downtown East-London as a teenager in the 1980’s. When I...

A social media video depicting four British soldiers opening fire at an image of Jeremy Corbin has caused havoc in the Houses of Parliament. The footage was shot in Kabul, Afghanistan and shows military personnel taking...