Armed Forces training: Good in parts
Ofsted report highlights high standards but recurring issues with kit and accommodation Training for the UK’s Armed Forces remains of a high standard,.
Defence
Business News
Shropshire
Record income for G Force
Telford firm ambitious to build on its current success G Force Express Limited, a family-run logistical specialist firm in Shropshire, has achieved record.
Business News
Jobs
People
Enhanced checks on security workers
Security watchdog tightens licensing rules New offences and stricter refusal categories introduced from December The UK’s private watchdog is tightening its licensing rules.
Defence
Dudley
People
Navy vet turns 100
Centurion Naval veteran Derek Webster A Royal Navy veteran from Dudley has celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by family and friends. Derek Webster.
Birmingham
Life Sciences
Good cells fighting bad cells
Birmingham experts pioneering autoimmune disease treatment breakthrough Illness-combating cells are being removed from autoimmune liver disease sufferers and multiplied before being returned to.
Defence
Tech
Royal Navy tests ship-killer missile
HMS Somerset completes first firing of advanced strike weapon in arctic exercise The Royal Navy has successfully completed the first live firing of.
Crime
Politics
New protest powers for police
Officers to act on repeated disruption – Home Office reforms Police forces across England and Wales are to be given new powers to.
Business News
Culture
Wedding law shake-up
Reforms to unlock new venues and jobs across the region Couples across the West Midlands could soon be saying “I do” in castles,.
Business News
Finance
Viewpoint
Gold on the run
The dollar price of gold has increased by around 46% from the start of 2025, making it one of the highest-performing asset classes.
Business News
Culture
Peaky Blinders bootcamp launches
West Midlands talent to train for hit TV revival A new wave of West Midlands film and TV talent is set to rise.