UK targets illegal gig work
Crackdown on illegal working The government has pledged to end illegal working in the gig economy by forcing delivery and ride-hailing platforms to.
Crime
Jobs
Politics
Politics
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Badenoch’s year of reckoning
Tory leader’s first anniversary exposes a party adrift, not just a politician under pressure By any political measure, Kemi Badenoch should have spent.
Black Country
Defence
Dudley
100-year-old D-Day vet honoured
Freedom of Dudley for Joe Bullock A Black Country D-Day veteran who turns 101 in December has been granted the “Freedom of Dudley”.
Life Sciences
Warwick
New treatment for diabetes
Ground-breaking pilot programme in Warwick A new treatment approach for diabetes patients is being pioneered in Warwick – combining clinical care with treatment.
Defence
People
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Wearing my poppy with pride
Lest We Forget Each November, I wear my poppy not as a decoration but as a declaration. It marks my respect for those.
Birmingham
People
Help for those in need
How a Birmingham community came together to fight food insecurity In one of Birmingham’s hardest-hit communities, a simple act of kindness recently rolled.
Birmingham
Culture
New Glynn Purnell eatery
‘Rule-breaking’ restaurant opening December 10 Award-winning West Midlands chef Glynn Purnell is opening a new restaurant in Birmingham. Trillium, a 48-cover venue in.
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World Affairs
Liberal hope rekindled in Europe
Rob Jetten – a shift from populist fury to pragmatic stability It’s rare that a Dutch election captures the imagination of Europe’s political.
Bromsgrove
Finance
Politics
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‘Scrap stamp duty’ – MP
MPs have voted overwhelmingly against scrapping stamp duty – but Bradley Thomas, MP for Bromsgrove, is among those whose vigour to get rid.
Birmingham
Politics
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Birmingham Pub Bombings anger
Deadliest terror attack on mainland Britain last century The Birmingham Pub Bombings were the deadliest terrorist attack on mainland Britain in the 20th.