Bringing Communities Together
Come and celebrate this year’s International Festival of Glass at the iconic Red House Glass Cone in Stourbridge’s glass quarter, 23 to 26 August. This festival, the theme is ‘Placemaking’. Our historic site was constructed at the end of the 18th Century and is the best maintained cone in the […]
The government’s new Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill will help end the ‘blame game’ for separating couples, the Law Society of England and Wales said today as their written evidence to the bill committee was published. “With an estimated 42% of marriages ending in divorce,* this bill has the potential […]
Officers investigating a suspected shotgun discharge in Birmingham on Sunday (30 June) are appealing for information. Police were called to Wellington Street in Winson Green just before 11pm following a call from a member of the public who reported hearing a shotgun discharge. Four people who were attending a BBQ […]
A taxi driver who incorrectly installed ramps to his vehicle to transport a severely disabled man – resulting in him twice almost falling out of his wheelchair – has been found guilty of failing to exercise proper care toward a disabled passenger. Driver Sajid Mohmood, aged 54, denied the offence […]
There is just over a month to go until the 29 August 2019, the PPI complaints deadline. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) which regulates the financial services sector and protects UK consumers is urging people to make a decision, before it’s too late, about whether to complain about PPI (Payment Protection […]
National Picnic Week aims to cultivate pride in the local area • Winner and runner-up announced for each region • Hampstead Heath and Downhill Demesne & Hezlett House have won for the second year running We’re midway through National Picnic Week 21 – 30 June as the week aims to […]
An extra cash boost has been given to West Midlands Police to help tackle knife crime and youth violence. The Home Office allocated over £7 million to the force last month in a bid to make the region safer. The force has set up a new project – Project Guardian […]
The Law Society of England and Wales, the Bar Council of England and Wales and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) joined together to launch a Women in Law pledge at the Law Society’s international symposium on gender equality. Law firms, local law societies, barristers’ chambers and organisations outside […]
The UK Medical Research Council (MRC), the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are pleased to invite proposals to the UK-Canada Diabetes Partnership Initiative. This initiative will provide funding for approximately six collaborative research project teams focused on tackling diabetes in […]
Police in Sparkhill have seized more than £1.4 million worth of drugs and stolen car parts as they crackdown on criminals operating in the area. Hundreds of vehicle parts from luxury motors were seized when officers swooped on a unit during a blitz on suspected chop shops. So far they’ve […]
