‘Bug hotel’ opens at train station
A new ‘bug hotel’ has opened at Lapworth station. The habitat was constructed on railway land next to platform 2 at the station,
Environment
Leadership
Sport
Blues’ rise: Region’s PR ‘rebuild’
The timing of the Blues’ promotion back to the Championship is crucial for the rebuild of Birmingham and the wider region’s bin strike-battered
Life Sciences
Etta, 4, saved by blood donors
Four-year-old Etta Murton is alive today thanks to blood donors who helped her fight off a rare form of leukaemia. The youngster was
Business News
Tech
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
Sport
Blues back in Championship
Birmingham City FC booked its promotion back to the Championship last night with a 1-2 win over Peterborough United. Goals from Alfie May
Business News
Environment
Stabilising Droitwich power network
Two demand-activated renewable energy generators are being installed in Droitwich Spa to add resilience to the local power supply network. Intermittent power sources,
Business News
Environment
Six new ‘Net Zero Neighbourhoods’
Six carbon net zero neighbourhoods are set to be developed in the West Midlands. WM mayor Richard Parker, on a visit to Brockmoor
Business News
World Affairs
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
People
Politics
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
Politics
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