Bin strikes continue: Union rejects offer
Disclaimer: We don’t want to write about rats and bins in Brum but, sadly, until the longstanding industrial dispute ends, it’s all anyone
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Martin Lewis “crashes” Tomato Energy
Tomato Energy, the electricity-only supplier, has paused taking on new customers after its website crashed. The cause, according to a Tomato insider, was
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Trump tariffs to hit WM exporters
Donald Trump’s declaration of today, April 2, as “Liberation Day” for US trade might sound like political theatre – but for West Midlands
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UK summit combats immigration crime
World leaders gathered in London this week for a landmark summit aimed at tackling the global threat of organised immigration crime (OIC). Prime
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Farage’s electoral war cry
Nigel Farage, flanked by fake betting shops, shuttered pubs and overflowing bins, rolled into Birmingham on a JCB and declared war – not
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April Fool’s Day cancelled
It’s traditional on this date, April 1, to play pranks on friends, family and work colleagues – but not this year. That’s because
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Guns removed from WM streets
More than 60 Turkish-made handguns have been removed from the streets of the West Midlands as part of a national weapons amnesty, police
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xAI buys X for $45bn
In a bold manoeuvre that further blurs the lines between his tech ventures, Elon Musk has announced that his artificial intelligence company, xAI,
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Gaza: Odai Saadi – remember the name
In the theatre of tyranny, image is everything. And in Gaza this week, the curtain was torn down in the most horrific of
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Buying into Brum’s story
If we ignore the reputationally ruinous bin strike saga for a moment and look at the bigger picture, one thing is clear: Birmingham