Chelsea Flower Show all year round
With the world-renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show coming to an end after a successful show in full bloom, the Royal Horticultural Society are
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Fires reported nationwide
Over 29,200 hectares of wild countryside has gone up in flames this year already – despite this week’s rain. That’s a UK record
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Maternity bereavement suite
Heartlands Hospital has opened its recently refurbished Eden Suite – a maternity bereavement ward which helps families who’ve experienced baby loss due to
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Handblown Glass: A fragile industry
Hand-blown glass has been produced in Stourbridge since the early 1600s. Yet today all that remains of the once prestigious Stourbridge glass industry
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Healthy ketchup in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton city council has become the first local authority in the West Midlands to introduce healthy, low-sugar ketchup into its schools. With lower
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55,000 people upskilled
More than 55,000 West Midlands people have been given vital job skills or training in the last year, new data shows. Tackling unemployment
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Train to toast 200 years
Tickets for an exhibition train celebrating the 200th anniversary of the railway have gone on sale. Chiltern railways said its ‘exhibition train’ will
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5m extra bus journeys
A free travel scheme in the West Midlands has allowed an extra five million bus journeys to take place over the last year.
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5,000 apprentices funded
A training scheme set up to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has now funded more than 5,000 apprentices. According to the WMCA,
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100 years in rail
A conductor from Worcester has revealed his family’s century-long association with the railway industry. In his 50 years on the railway, Alan Holtom