Local News and Updates
- 12th August 2025
Ahead of the 80th anniversary of VJ (Victory over Japan) Day on Friday 15 August, Arji Manuelpillai, poet-in-residence at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire, has created a series of ten powerful new poems
- 12th August 2025
A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road this August.
- 12th August 2025
A specialist HS2 engineering team is preparing to move a 112m long, 1,631 tonne steel structure over a section of Lawley Middleway – part of Birmingham’s ring road this August.
- 8th August 2025
University of Birmingham spin-out PeroCycle, an industrial decarbonisation venture advancing closed-loop carbon recycling for steelmaking, has appointed Grant Budge as CEO.
- 8th August 2025
A new psychology therapy room has been unveiled at Greenfields, thanks to funding from Birmingham Community Healthcare Charity’s (BCHC) Safe Spaces scheme.
- 8th August 2025
Two Birmingham music enthusiasts are swapping musical chords for rip cords in a bid to raise funds for a Birmingham music education charity.
- 8th August 2025
Trams have reached Millennium Point in a successful overnight track test on the first leg of a new tram extension – which will eventually reach Birmingham City FC’s planned 60,000 seater stadium.
- 8th August 2025
Businesses in Greater Birmingham are encouraged to celebrate the Pakistani spirt during a networking event formed as part of a national celebration.
- 8th August 2025
Bookings for the annual celebrations of Birmingham’s rich and diverse heritage will open at 12 noon on Saturday.
- 8th August 2025
Unity Trust Bank has partnered with the Birmingham County Football Association (BCFA) to support local sustainability initiatives.