Press Release News & Updates
- 13th August 2026
Residents are being encouraged to make use of Wolverhampton's network of 8 weapon surrender bins as a national knife and weapons surrender campaign continues.
- 12th August 2026
Some of Birmingham’s “best kept secret” heritage sites are set to throw open their doors to visitors next month – including tunnels, catacombs and historic locomotives.
The National Memorial Arboretum will mark 999 Day on Wednesday 9 September by inviting visitors to remember the service and sacrifice of Emergency Services personnel.
- 11th August 2026
Two of Birmingham’s most important and influential historic figures, James Watt and Joseph Priestley, have had their statues returned to the city centre after an absence of ten years.
- 10th August 2026
Businesses across the West Midlands are being urged to seize the opportunity to secure one of the UK’s most prestigious business accolades, with just one month before entries close for the 2027 King's Awards for Enterprise.
- 10th August 2026
Businesses across the West Midlands are being urged to seize the opportunity to secure one of the UK’s most prestigious business accolades, with just one month before entries close for the 2027 King's Awards for Enterprise.
- 7th August 2026
A group of young people from Sutton Coldfield have graduated from supported internships at Amazon.
Birmingham hotel Staybridge Suits celebrated the life of Ozzy Osbourne during the heavy metal icon’s one year death anniversary.
Royal Sutton Coldfield, 22 July 2026 – Preparatory works have commenced on an upgrade to the CCTV surveillance network in Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Centre. Funded through the Pride in Place Programme (PiPP), this high-tech infrastructure project
The first major solo art exhibition by comedian Joe Lycett has opened to the public at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.