/ West Midlands

Bluebird Care Tamworth and Lichfield Nominated for Small Business of the Year Award
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BLUEBIRD Care Tamworth and Lichfield has been shortlisted as a finalist for the Tamworth and Lichfield Small Business of the Year Award. This Award is part of the Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield & Tamworth and...
Plans approved for new Children’s Emergency Department at Good Hope Hospital
Appears in: / Health/ West MidlandsHeadline
PLANS are underway to create a new multi-million pound Children’s Emergency Department at Good Hope Hospital. The new department will provide eight treatment cubicles, a new reception space, as well as a quiet room and...
Four charged after NCA raid on Erdington cash and drugs ‘stash house’
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Incidents & Appeals/ West Midlands
More than 130 kilos of cannabis was found. £30,000 cash were also recovered from the property. FOUR people have been charged and quantities of drugs and cash recovered following a National Crime Agency...
Research claims more adults are motivated to get healthier due to COVID-19
Appears in: / Health/ North Warwickshire/ Staffordshire
NEW research has found that over three quarters (76%) of adults in the West Midlands region have made the active decision to make changes to their lifestyle in 2021. In addition, 7 in 10 (68%)...
Local NHS Trusts to receive over £13.63 million to upgrade and refurbish local hospitals
Appears in: / Health/ Politics/ Staffordshire
Government providing allocations of £600 million to upgrade and refurbish hospitals Tamworth’s three local NHS Trusts (University Hospitals of Derby and Burton, University Hospitals of the North Midlands and University Hospitals Birmingham to benefit...
Train travellers urged to plan ahead this Christmas
Appears in: / Transport/ West MidlandsHeadline
TO help more people enjoy the festivities, West Midlands Trains (WMT) is urging rail passengers to plan their Christmas travel carefully with an increased number of people expected to use the trains. The Government has...
West Midlands residents must work together to keep COVID-19 rates down in the region
Appears in: / Health/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
WITH the introduction of the national three-tier system, Birmingham, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Solihull have been placed in Tier 2 – with a Local Covid Alert Level of High. Today (Thursday) it has also been...
Owl Homes employee takes to the skies in support of The Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust
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AN employee of Tamworth based Owl Homes, took to the skies on Saturday 10 October in support of the Grace Kelly Childhood Cancer Trust. Jane Lees, an Assistant Finance Manager signed up to take on the...
St Giles celebrates decades of support from staff and volunteers with anniversary awards
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
St Giles Hospice is celebrating the dedication and hard work of its long-serving staff and volunteers this week – despite celebrations being adapted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although COVID-19 restrictions mean that the annual...
Giving blood at Birmingham Donor Centre remains essential for the NHS
Appears in: / Health/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
BLOOD donors in Birmingham and the surrounding areas are being urged by NHS Blood and Transplant to keep donating as normal if they are fit and healthy. Whilst the city remains under local Covid-19 restrictions...
Fundraiser celebrates after running 20 marathons for St Giles Hospice
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Leisure & Sport/ Staffordshire
A FUNDRAISER is finally hanging up his running shoes for a well-deserved rest after completing an epic 20 marathons in 2020 for St Giles Hospice. Even the Coronavirus lockdown couldn’t deter keen runner Mark Shanahan...
Restaurants and cafés back #DonateYourPlate to support St Giles Hospice
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Leisure & Sport/ Staffordshire
RESTAURANTS, bars and cafés across the region are joining forces with their customers to make their meals matter for St Giles Hospice with #DonateYourPlate. The venues are encouraging diners and drinkers to support the hospice...
UK Parliament launches free online workshops for community and youth groups across West Midlands
Appears in: / Politics/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
UK Parliament’s local outreach officers have now taken their community and youth group workshops online. Their sessions are designed to show groups in the West Midlands how the House of Commons and House of Lords...
Footage released in hunt for Birmingham stabbings suspect
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DETECTIVES have released footage of a man they want to speak to after a series of stabbings in Birmingham city centre in the early hours of this morning where one man died and seven other...
Major Incident declared after multiple stabbings in Birmingham City Centre
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POLICE have declared a ‘Major Incident’ in Birmingham City Centre after reports of ‘multiple stabbings’. The first incident was reported to West Midlands Police at around 0030 BST this morning (Sunday) and officers were dispatched...
Three quarters of Midlanders want career change due to COVID
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Medicine and Care work is at the top of peoples list for a new career and 7% have an ambition of being a Youtube star! A STAGGERING 73% of people across Birmingham and the West...
Urgent appeal for COVID-19 plasma donors in Birmingham area to help trial during any second wave
Appears in: / Health/ Staffordshire/ West Midlands
THERE is an urgent need for more people in Birmingham and the surrounding areas who have recovered from coronavirus to donate convalescent plasma. NHS Blood and Transplant has issued the public appeal to help make...
Local fostering agency goes virtual to appeal for foster parents
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Education & Employment/ Staffordshire
LOCAL fostering agency goes virtual to appeal for foster parents as more children continue to enter care An independent fostering agency is reaching out to individuals and families in Tamworth who are interested in becoming...
Royal emblem flies at Tamworth company to mark Queen’s Award for Enterpris
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STAFF at HiB gathered to watch as the Queen’s Award for Enterprise flag was raised to mark the company’s success in the Innovation category. The Royal emblem, which now proudly flies outside the company’s distribution...
Former Midlands political party campaign manager guilty of online child sexual abuse offences
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ West MidlandsHeadline
A FORMER campaign manager for the Conservative Party has admitted online child sexual abuse offences, after a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation. Today, (24 June) Mark Lerigo, 49, of Coventry, pleaded guilty at Warwick Crown...
Serial sex attacker pleads guilty to sexual offences against nine women over three decades
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ North Warwickshire/ West Midlands
A SERIAL sex attacker has pleaded guilty to committing sexual offences against women over a period spanning three decades across three counties. Appearing at Warwick Crown Court in February Phillip Blackwell, 55, pleaded guilty to...
Midlands men among four jailed for National Action membership 
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ UK News/ West Midlands
National Action became the first organisation to be banned by the government since World War II FOUR Four people have been jailed today (9 June) for being members of the banned extreme right-wing neo-Nazi group...
Midlands Man arrested for allegedly selling over 500 fake coronavirus testing kits on the dark web
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ West MidlandsHeadline
A MIDLANDS man has been arrested for allegedly selling fake coronavirus testing kits on the dark and open webs, as part of the National Crime Agency’s response against criminals trying to exploit the Covid-19 pandemic...
Recycle your garden waste and support St Giles Hospice by registering for Greencycle
Appears in: / Community & Charity/ Environment/ Staffordshire
KEEN gardeners in Tamworth will be able to beat the queues at the tip while raising funds for St Giles Hospice thanks to a new recycling fundraiser launching this week. Many people have been getting...
85% of Midlanders admit to cleaning their car less than once a month – despite the ongoing pandemic
Appears in: / Transport/ West MidlandsHeadline
A SURVEY conducted by a car leasing company has revealed that 85% of Midlanders admit to cleaning their car less than once a month, despite the fact that there is an ongoing pandemic where hygiene...
National Crime Agency arrest trio as more than £60k cash seized on the M6
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NATIONAL Crime Agency officers have arrested two men and a woman after £62,700 cash was seized as part of an operation into drugs supply and money laundering in Birmingham. A man, aged 27, and...
Healthcare Firm Diverts Staff To Create Free Telephone Line To Support Elderly And Vulnerable With Continence Issues
Appears in: / Health/ Science & Technology/ West Midlands
AS the lockdown eases, the vulnerable still need support and during Mental Health Awareness Week a Birmingham family firm has redeployed some staff to start free telephone support line to combat lockdown loneliness of vulnerable...
Dangerous scrambler rider jailed after being stung by police
Appears in: / Crime & Justice/ Transport/ West Midlands
More than half of the bikes were stolen and majority of others uninsured. WEST Midlands police have seized more than 140 bikes in their lockdown blitz on reckless and illegal motorbike riders. The seizure...