£800m of public funds to fill pot holes in West Midlands
Motorists in the West Mildands will benefit from £800m of national funding to fix pot holes in roads, the government says. This sum.
Politics
Transport
Birmingham
Culture
Birmingham hosts Romania’s National Day celebrations for the first time
Romania’s National Day has been officially celebrated in Birmingham for the first time, marking what community leaders described as a “historic moment” for.
Life Sciences
Solihull
Cutting-edge mammography suite to boost early detection and cut waiting times
Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull has opened a new, state-of-the-art mammography suite as part of a major investment in its diagnostic services. Spire.
People
Wolverhampton
20 join men’s mental health charity sleep-out
Twenty members of a Wolverhampton men’s mental health charity braved the cold and spent 24 hours on the streets of the city over.
Birmingham
Defence
Leadership
Room at haven for injured military veterans named ‘Everest’ by Armed Forces Minister
Al Carns went from London to the top of Everest and back in just six-and-a-half days Minister for the Armed Forces Al Carns.
Culture
Justice
Viewpoint
Why scrapping jury trials threatens British democracy
The growing danger of state control in modern Britain Britain likes to imagine itself as the home of liberty, fair play and the.
Blockchain
Crypto
Finance
Viewpoint
Bitcoin volatility – where there’s risk, there can also be reward
Bitcoin (BTC) has recently undergone a significant correction downwards after seeing all-time highs of US $126,000 USD (£93,500) in September. It fell by.
Sport
Carnage in Cardiff: Wales 0 – 73 South Africa
Cardiff witnessed carnage. Wales, battered and broken, suffered their heaviest-ever home defeat as South Africa ran riot in a 0 – 73 demolition.
Crime
Viewpoint
World Affairs
Why Nigeria’s child abductions demand the world’s attention
Inside Nigeria’s worsening school kidnapping crisis The kidnapping of more than 300 Nigerian schoolchildren is not just another flashpoint in a troubled region;.
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World Affairs
UK doctor who keeps returning to Gaza
In the past two years, Manchester GP Dr Shahana Moitra has been out to Gaza three times – and she plans to return.