A regional naval unit has been granted Freedom of Entry to Wolverhampton after building firm relations with the city over the last 20 years. HMS Forward, based in Birmingham, regularly visits and supports military events across the city – and is often seen in parades at Armed Forces Day and […]

Mohammed Isuf Ahmed, 18, will study Physics and Aerospace at the MIT, the highest-ranked University in the world. Cambridge previously rejected him. The young son of a foreign Bangladeshi Mother has earned himself an envious £250,000 all-expenses-paid scholarship overseas. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US is the best […]

Applications are now being taken for secondary school places for students due to start Year 7 in 2020, and education providers in Wolverhampton are inviting prospective pupils and parents to see what they have to offer. Parents or guardians of pupils who are currently in Year 6 and are due […]

Image caption: Jailed: Abdullahi Mohammed A man has been sentenced to more than ten years in jail after raping a woman in Hendon. Abdullahi Mohammed – 30 (01.01.89) of Watling Avenue, HA8, was jailed at Harrow Crown recently for the following offences: – rape – ten years and two months’ […]

The new UK PM Boris Johnson has named Sajid Javid as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and declared that the country has “incredible opportunities” ahead. The Bromsgrove MP was appointed to Number 11, when the new Mr Johnson first started to form his Cabinet, to help him keep his promise […]

In the 1990s articles like this would have been full of cheery and helpful advice on living away from home for the first time, making new friends, the best places to use your Student Card and top tips for student budgeting. And for a proportion of new students, this is […]

My recent articles on Kashmir have evoked a wide range of responses that keep trickling into my mailbox. The majority seems to be in agreement with my alarm at the course of action the Indian government has chosen to take in their dealings with the previously semi-autonomous state of Kashmir. […]

UK citizen free movement will end on day one of a no-deal Brexit, as new Home Office plans are underway. In spite of the warnings of chaos and people trapped in legal limbo. The new hardline home secretary, Priti Patel, is pressing for border restrictions to be compulsory on 31 […]

Hundreds of ticketless train travellers using Birmingham New Street station were issued with penalty fares during a cross-industry clampdown. The day of action, on a Friday just a few weeks prior, saw revenue protection and security managers checking the tickets as passengers made their way in and out of the […]

Stricter building regulations for skyscrapers have been drawn up by the City of London because of concerns that high-rise buildings will generate winds capable of knocking over cyclists and pedestrians. The developers will have to provide more inclusive safety assessments of how the proposed buildings will affect people on street […]