Ditch the sugary drinks and try Fizz Free February

Birmingham residents, especially families with young children, are being encouraged to ditch sugary drinks and take part in Fizz Free February. Fizzy drinks are the largest single source of sugar for children aged 11 to 18. They provide an average...

Revamp Of Alexander Stadium Approved

The redevelopment of Alexander Stadium has been approved by the Birmingham City Council's Planning Committee. Initially, the stadium, at Walsall Road, Perry Barr, is set to be the focal point of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, hosting the Opening and...

Teenager Jailed For Hammer Attack

A vile teenage thug has been jailed, leaving a woman with permanent sight damage after battering her with a hammer outside her gym in a horror carjacking. Majid Ali, 17, repeatedly beat Blythe Mason-Boyle across the head before making off...

Great Britain Hockey Team Pledges Support for Australian Bushfire Appeal

Global humanitarian organisation, Penny Appeal Australia welcomed Great Britain’s national women’s hockey team to their Belmore office on Thursday to congratulate them on their effort to raise awareness of the ongoing bushfires currently burning across Australia. The current Olympic champions...

Inquiry finds 9 percent of child sexual abuse survivors are from an ethnic...

New research from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has found that 9 per cent of victims and survivors who have come forward to its Truth Project were from an ethnic minority background. More than 4,000 survivors of child...

Sophia is named West Midlands Mental Health Superstar for breaking down barriers about anorexia

A Birmingham teenager, who has worked tirelessly to tackle the stigma surrounding mental health by sharing the story of her battle with anorexia, has been named West Midlands Thrive Mental Health Superstar for 2020. Sophia Badhan, aged 18, from Sutton...

Top Universities To Offer Places To Disadvantaged Students

The top universities in England have been told to start increase places for disadvantaged students. The university watchdog, the Office for Students, wants the "access gap" between wealthier and poorer students to be halved in five years. Young people from affluent...

Vegan Restaurant Closes After Death Of Head Chef

A plant-based restaurant in Oadby has closed following the death of the head chef Bindu Patel who was 37-years-old. Leicester-born Bindu worked in the kitchens of Michelin-starred London restaurants Gymkhana and Trishna, before launching the restaurant Sanctua in April 2019. The statement...

Singh’sbury Not Sainsburys

A cheeky off-licence owner has opened his new store on Bushbury Road, Wolverhampton, and has a striking resemblance to one of the country's giant supermarkets with a resemblance to the orange lettering of Sainsbury’s. Mandeep Singh Chatha, explained how the...

Remembering Kobe Bryant – A True Legend

US Basketball legend, a devoted father, loving husband Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria Onore Bryant both were among nine other people who died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California on Sunday 26 January before 10am. Bryant,...

Innovative Book Launch on Values

The Nishkam Centre had the pleasure of hosting a launch for the revolutionary book, The Values Compass on the 18th of January, where the author, Dr Mandeep Rai, took the audience on her journey as to how the idea began and flourished...

Guest Stuck In Hotel Lift As He ‘Feared For His Life’

A man who was a guest at a Birmingham hotel found himself stuck in the lift as he feared for his life after it broke down between floors. Vijay Bali, 28, was meeting a friend at a room inside Fort...