NO ADDED ADDITIVES AND NO PLASTICS
A video which is going viral on social media shows a lady washing East End Gold Chapatti flour and claiming that there is plastic inside the dough. After washing out the flour and the dough, the lady in the...
#JUSTICE FOR ZAINAB
A worldwide call for justice has sparked across social media after the rape and murder of a seven year girl in Pakistan set off deadly riots and two civilians who were protesting have been killed.
The body of seven-year-old Zainab...
Channel 4 to West Midlands
To attract Channel 4 to the West Midlands Mayor Andy Street has stepped up a gear by throwing down the gauntlet to the region’s creative community by urging them to show the region is in the leading pack in...
Former Sandwell Councillor Breached Code of Conduct
Mahboob Hussain Sandwell’s ex-council deputy leader has breached code of conduct over his role in the sale of public toilets and influencing the reduction and cancelling parking tickets for members of his family.
Former Councillor Hussain has bought the council...
ALL LOCAL SHOPS WILL BE CHARGING 5P FOR CARRIER BAGS
Corner shops and other retailers with less than 250 employees are currently exempted from the charging customers 5p for a carrier bag in England. The 5p charge on carrier bags is set to be extended under plans to tackle...
Amir Khan signs deal with Matchroom Boxing
Amir Khan will be returning back to the ring in April after an absence 18 months will be facing his opponent who is yet to be announced at The Echo Arena, Liverpool.
Eddie Hearn, Managing Director of Matchroom boxing has...
2 charged with the murder of 16 year old Huma Jama
Birmingham teen has been identified as 16 year old Harun Jama who was found with stab wounds on January 3 in Oxford.
Police were called at 7.55pm after reports that a young boy has been found with stab wounds in...
Birmingham MP Preet Gill disapproves plans to ask why Muslim Schoolgirls wear the Hijab
Edgbaston MP Preet Gill has requested school inspectors Ofsted to scrap plans to ask why young girls wear the hijab and has written to the Education secretary Justine Greening to say the proposal had “caused outrage among many of...
A mum saves her daughter’s life with the best possible gift
Uzma Asgar from the Midlands gave her daughter the greatest gift of all this all at Christmas – she donated her kidney to save her little girl’s life.
12-year-old Azia Hassan had faced months of grueling dialysis as she waited...
A young father brutally stabbed named as Handsworth dad Jaskaran Kang
A family man from Handsworth was stabbed to death in a Dudley flat in the early hours of Saturday 6 January.
Jaskaran Kang 24 years old was known to be a caring and hard-working father.
The police have launched a murder...
Steak House in Acocks Green fined 50k
Ibrahim Grill and Steak House on Warwick Road, Acocks Green has been fined £50,000 for continuously using unhygienic wooden plates to serve food.
The restaurant was first visited by Environmental Health officers in October 2016 after an alleged food poisoning...
Council Tax set to increase
Council tax is set to rise by an extra £12 to pay for the running of the West Midlands Mayor's office and infrastructure investment.
This comes just weeks after David Jamieson, the region's police and crime commissioner (PCC), revealed plans...