Commercial tenants’ rent reform
Commercial rent shake-up unveiled Businesses across England and Wales will soon gain the legal right to negotiate lower rents on new leases under
Culture
Politics
Birmingham
Politics
Calls for Birmingham bombings inquiry
Cross-party pressure on Home Secretary MPs have renewed calls for a full public inquiry into the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings, with demands intensifying
Finance
Politics
UK economy contracts again
Second monthly fall heightens pressure on Labour The UK economy shrank by 0.1% in May, marking the second consecutive monthly decline in growth
Finance
Viewpoint
FTSE 100 hits milestone
West Midlands stocks join record climb The FTSE 100 surged past 9,000 points for the first time this week, marking a historic milestone
Birmingham
News
Tributes to a life lost
Grief as teen drowns in popular lake A West Midlands community has been left heartbroken after the tragic death of 16-year-old Daniel Drewitt,
Business News
Tech
UK cyber gang arrests
Four suspects detained The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested four people suspected of carrying out a series of crippling cyber attacks
Birmingham
Environment
People
Brummie calls for coolness
Grassroots groups urge action As Birmingham sweltered through record-breaking temperatures and an amber heat warning went out across the West Midlands, residents, campaigners
Politics
Berry defects to Reform
A dramatic break after 30 years Sir Jake Berry, the former Conservative Party chairman and long-serving former MP for Rossendale and Darwen, has
Tech
UK broadband revolution accelerates
The UK is undergoing one of the biggest digital infrastructure overhauls in its history. In just five years, the country has gone from
Defence
World Affairs
Red Sea assault sinks ship
Seafarers rescued after Houthi strike Six crew members have been rescued and at least three killed after a cargo ship was attacked and