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Birmingham Celebrates Year of the Rat
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...2020-02-05 4225 0 -
Owner of ‘Singhsbury’s’ changes shop name to ‘Morrisinghs’
Businessman Jel Singh Nagra who called his local news agent’s ‘Singhsbury’s’, much to the joy of local British Punjabis in the area faced a legal case against him. The supermarket giant threatened to sue his corner shop on copyright grounds. ...2020-02-04 1659 0 -
UK Pakistani couple found guilty of child neglect
A Birmingham man has been convicted of attempting to force his niece into marriage at Birmingham Crown Court. Along with his wife, he has also been found guilty of child neglect. The 18-year-old had been...2020-02-03 1295 0 -
Sandwell shortlisted for international Stop Slavery Award
Work to combat slavery and human trafficking in Sandwell has been shortlisted for an international Stop Slavery Award. A number of successful operations to rescue victims and the arrest of criminals has already helped to give...2020-01-29 1328 0 -
Parents told their four-year-old baby is brain dead
The parents of a four-month-old brain-damaged baby have been told by a judge their son is brain dead and that his life-support can be removed. Midrar Ali was starved of oxygen due to complications during birth,...2020-01-28 1599 0 -
Contractors hand over keys as Resonance building work finishes
The keys to the brand-new state-of-the-art music institute Resonance have been handed over from building contractors, Overbury, as construction work finishes and it prepares to welcome its first students. The Cable Plaza building on the Waterfront Business...2020-01-28 1386 0 -
Twenty-year-old charged with murdering student Rezwan Ali in Walsall
A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of student Rezwan Ali in Walsall. Rajan Natt, from Castle Street, Hill Top, West Bromwich has been charged with the murder of Walsall student in January 2018....2020-01-27 1917 0 -
Future High Streets Fund bid for £20 million submitted
City of Wolverhampton Council has submitted a bid for £20 million to the government’s Future High Streets Fund to help deliver its ambitious city centre vision. The council’s initial proposal was shortlisted by the Ministry of...2020-01-26 1292 0 -
Live at the Library events
Sandwell Libraries & Archives are thrilled to announce a line-up of Live at the Library events. The programme has a range of both musical and theatrical productions which run throughout February and March across local libraries...2020-01-25 1169 0 -
THE DUCHESS OF CAMBRIDGE VISITS THINKTANK, BIRMINGHAM SCIENCE MUSEUM TO LAUNCH LANDMARK SURVEY
The Duchess of Cambridge visited MiniBrum at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, on Tuesday 21 January to launch a new landmark UK-wide survey which aims to spark the biggest ever conversation on early childhood. The visit saw...2020-01-22 1481 0
