‘Hired for me, not my CV’
Countless jobseekers are rejected every day by potential employers due to “a lack of relevant experience and qualifications.” A year ago Aneela Sirfraz,
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Leadership
Award for Hotel du Vin
Hotel du Vin Birmingham has been named “boutique hotel of the year” at the Midlands Food, Drink and Hospitality Awards 2025. Arron Wincott,
Culture
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Glasto antisemitism
Social media has rotted people’s morality A daily social media diet of bad ideas has been killing people’s morality and judgment for around
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People
Rail safety awareness
West Midlands Railway (WMR)has been spreading the good word about railway safety. It staged pop-up sessions at Birmingham Snow Hill and Wolverhampton station
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Politics
‘Virtue-signalling’ Co-op slammed
The UK’s Co-op supermarket chain will lose trade as a result of its “virtue-signalling” move to stop importing products from Israel, a leading
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Kings Heath: New rail footbridge
A footbridge has been craned into place on the railway at the new Kings Heath railway station. The pre-fabricated footbridge was carefully lifted
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‘Israel, thank you’
Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s repeated calls for Israel and Iran to “de-escalate” reflect a wider ignorance across Britain, not helped by an openly
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Politics
Bromsgrove MP: ‘Improve mobile signal’
Bromsgrove’s mobile phone coverage is “wholly inadequate” and needs urgent improvement, the Worcestershire town’s MP says. Despite Ofcom claiming only 0.01% of Worcestershire
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£120m for tourism
The West Midlands economy has received a £120m boost thanks to a regional programme supporting business growth and tourism. The Commonwealth Games Legacy
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Brum: Health tech capital
Birmingham is cementing its place as the home of British health tech innovation with a two-day conference of the greatest minds in the