Enjoy music across Sandwell’s six towns with the Birmingham, Sandwell & Westside Jazz Festival. Sandwell is an official partner in the international festival for the third year running, with events from 19-28 July 2019, most of which are free. International artists from America, France, Lithuania and Spain will be joining […]
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GERRY CROWN AND MATT BRYSON WIN RECORD BREAKING PEKING TO PARIS MOTOR CHALLENGE 2019
*Anton Sr Gonnissen (B) Herman Jr Gelan (B) finally lay the ghost of Auguste Pons to rest as 1907 Contal Mototri finishes P2P 112 years later *Graham and Marina Goodwin (GB) win Vintage Class in their 1925 Bentley Super Sports *Record broken as Mitch Goss (USA) Christopher Rolph (GB) achieve […]
Become a Foodie Traveller
Food and travel are interconnected to each other, without food, travelling would be incomplete! You can take any route of travel through aeroplane, train, bus or by going for a long drive by car, with great dishes to accompany you along the way. When we travel to different countries we […]
99.6% of WiFi users don’t give a jot about their data
Public wifi users don’t care about how their data is used. Analysis of 30m public wifi users found 99.6% of people ignore the small print around data use. Interested to see if the high-profile coverage of the GDPR’s enactment last year was influencing behaviours, Purple analysed how many of their […]
Great entertainment this July for all the family
Visitors can take advantage of a free afternoon of horse racing at Wolverhampton Racecourse on Tuesday 23 July; discounted tickets to the Speedway on Monday 22 July; and reduced prices to see comedy drama Educating Rita and Hair The Musical at The Grand Theatre. Arts enthusiasts can take in the […]
Stumping up cash for charity
Council staff and councillors in Dudley will be hoping to bowl over two charities at a special cricket match. Dudley Council staff and councillors will be going head to head at Stourbridge Cricket Club on August 2. The teams will be hoping to stump up cash for the Mayor of […]
Clarke: Pleased with early signs of progression
Saddlers manager Darrell Clarke was pleased with the overall performance in Saturday’s game against Alfreton Town despite defeat. A first goal for the club from Elijah Adebayo was later cancelled out by Josh Clackstone and Morgan Brough. But Clarke was more focused on getting minutes in the tank for the […]
65% of people age 60 and over in the UK admit to feelings of Loneliness
Loneliness is a reality for many of the UK’s elderly. Research from Contact the Elderly and Cera Care shows the extent of this issue. 35% of the UK elderly population see a friend or relative once a week. This and more is included in the story. The survey asked about […]
Misinformation and misdirection in outsourced UK visa services
The personal information of people who have applied for UK visas must have gold plated protection, the Law Society of England and Wales said as news broke that Home Office contractor Sopra Steria has ended a subcontract with premium service provider BLS. “Contracted UK visa and immigration services have been […]
Ethnicity pay gaps in Great Britain
“Overall, employees from certain ethnic groups such as Indian and Chinese, have higher average earnings than their White British counterparts. However, all other ethnic groups have average wages lower than for White British employees, with employees from the Bangladeshi ethnic group having the largest pay gap. “However, once characteristics such […]