/ West Midlands

200+ suspects charged and 580 stolen cars recovered in blitz on home raid car thieves
/ 999/ Crime/ West Midlands
A POLICE operation targeting crime gangs behind the rise in car key burglaries has netted almost 1,000 suspects in the last five months – and led to the recovery of almost 600 stolen...
Eight people arrested and charged for robbery offences
/ Crime/ West MidlandsHeadline
EIGHT people have been arrested and charged by police in a new blitz on robbery and car-jackings in Birmingham.Detectives have been executing warrants and carrying out operations targeting those suspected of being behind...
Parents asked to “make a swap” amid reports 10-year-olds in the UK have consumed 18 years’ worth of sugar
/ Children & Young People/ Health & NHS/ Staffordshire
PUBLIC Health England (PHE) is helping parents in the West Midlands to “Make a swap when you next shop” to halve their children’s sugar intake from some everyday food and drinks. Children have already exceeded the maximum...
Make volunteering at a St Giles Hospice shop your New Year’s resolution
/ Appeal/ Community/ Health & NHS
ST GILES HOSPICE is calling on people to make volunteering at one of its shops their New Year’s resolution for 2019 - to make a real difference to the lives of families throughout the region...
Housebuilder spreads Christmas cheer in Tamworth
/ Community/ Events/ Staffordshire
A HOUSEBUILDER in Tamworth invited the local community to meet Santa and his real-life reindeer at its Christmas party. Redrow Homes Midlands, Amington Garden Village arranged an evening of festive family fun to give back...
Tiz the Season to Be Jolly? Not if You Have Lost Your Hearing!
/ Community/ Education & Employment/ Health & NHS
MIDLANDS resident, Tom Kane has made a personal appeal for people to show a little patience when talking to the hard of hearing this Christmas. Tom, has worn two hearing aids since 2000 due to...
Tamworth buyers spoilt for choice at Ashby Road development
/ Property, Planning & Development/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
A VARIETY of homes to suit buyers at all stages of the property ladder are being built at Ashberry Homes’ Oaklands development off Ashby Road in Tamworth. Two, three and four-bedroom homes are currently on...
Police appeal for help to find missing teenagers
/ Appeal/ Children & Young People/ West Midlands
POLICE in Dudley are looking for help in locating two missing teenagers from the Black Country. The girl and boy, 13-year-old Lucy Oakley and 15-year-old Jay Richardson, who have been missing since 11.50am yesterday morning...
Churches Walk Together Across Economic Divides
/ Community/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
AN initiative that twinned Midlands’ churches in poorer areas with those in wealthier places has proved “innovative and courageous”, according to a new report. ‘For Richer, For Poorer’ was launched in the Diocese of Lichfield...
Crest Nicholson Employee Cycles from Vietnam to Cambodia for Variety, the Children’s Charity
/ Community/ Property, Planning & Development/ Tourism & Leisure
A CREST Nicholson Midlands division employee has cycled from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, raising over £7,000 for Variety, the Children’s Charity. The epic journey across Asia saw...
Car stolen in gunpoint robbery found by police in ‘chop shop’
/ Crime/ West MidlandsHeadline
A STASH of stolen cars – including one believed to have been taken in a gunpoint robbery – has been uncovered by West Midlands Police in a back street Birmingham workshop. Officers moved in...
Detectives investigate car stolen twice from Tamworth
/ Crime/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
DETECTIVES in Staffordshire have launched a further investigation, after it emerged a car stolen in a robbery in Tamworth was again targeted by thieves while it was being recovered. The VW Golf was originally...
Four arrests during Villa / Blues derby
/ Crime/ Sport/ West Midlands
WEST Midlands Police have said that four men have been arrested as part of the safety and security operation for the Birmingham derby today (Sunday 25 November). Police say that small pockets of violence were...
Businesses urged to have their say and help shape a West Midlands economy fit for the future
/ Business/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
LOCAL businesses are invited to have their say on how to build on economic potential and ensure a regional economy fit for the future. The Local Industrial Strategy Consultation will take place at Lichfield District...
Midlands apprentice named best in the region
/ Education & Employment/ Property, Planning & Development/ West Midlands
AN apprentice has been named best in the Midlands by a local housebuilder.  Thomas Morgan, based at Wellington Place, in Fradley, scooped the Redrow Homes Midlands’ Apprentice of the Year title, thanks to his...
Twycross Zoo choose EBC Group as their new IT and Telephony partner
/ Business/ Technology/ Tourism & Leisure
AWARD winning conservation charity, Twycross Zoo have selected managed service provider, EBC Group as their new IT and Telephony partner. Having completed a thorough tender process, EBC Group were chosen above a selection of other...
Dragons’ Den entrepreneur to help launch new Birmingham-based business
/ Business/ Education & Employment/ West Midlands
A YOUNG entrepreneur who secured funding on BBC’s Dragons’ Den will be the guest of honour at the launch of a brand new Birmingham-based business venture, it has been revealed. Ed Hollands bagged a £30...
In the West Midlands over half of all new STIs are diagnosed in a young person
/ Appeal/ Health & NHS/ Staffordshire
AS more than half of new STIs diagnosed in the West Midlands last year were in people under 25yrs old - it's really important to get the message across. Today, 25 October, Public Health England...
Potential buyers of new-build homes list Help to Buy scheme as a key motivator
/ Property, Planning & Development/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
THE Help to Buy scheme is one of the key factors motivating potential buyers of new-build properties in the West Midlands, according to a new survey. The Government-backed scheme makes it easier for first-time buyers...
Tamworth Technical Manager wins national Student of the Year Award – 25 years after leaving school
/ Business/ Staffordshire/ Technology
ASCOTT Analytical’s Technical Manager Steve Smith has won a top engineering challeng award. Steve, who works for the Tamworth-based automotive and aerospace test chamber manufacturer, was honoured at the RAC Cooling Industry Awards 2018, picking up...
New Mental Health Campaign launches in the West Midlands
/ Health & NHS/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
Public Health England (PHE) is encouraging adults to look after their mental health as they do their physical health through its new Every Mind Matters campaign – launching as a pilot exclusively in the...
Brave Dr Nerium’s Spooktacular Scaremaze at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens this Halloween
/ Events/ Tourism & Leisure/ West Midlands
TAMWORTH based company, Xtra Humongous and Birmingham Botanical Gardens are delighted to invite you to the most spooktacular event of the year. The inaugural Birmingham Scare Gardens is a brand new, premium Halloween experience...