29+ min ago  (411+ words) ONE of the figures who helped broker an agreement designed to bring an end to Birmingham's protracted bin workers' dispute has urged the city's council to endorse the proposed settlement and "turn the page" on the entire episode. -MATT LLOYD…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (317+ words) DEFENDANTS in a landmark racial discrimination case against a political group in Walsall have been ordered to pay out "187, 000 by Birmingham County Court. Mohammed Arif, an ex-Conservative councillor in Walsall, took members of the now-dissolved Walsall Conservative Federation to court…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (477+ words) -By DAVID BENTLEY News Reporter And adjoining leisure centre The Elephant could also be doomed to demolition if no business agrees to take it on. That's according to Coventry's former regeneration boss Jim O'Boyle. He had persuaded Historic England that…...

12+ hour, 54+ min ago  (307+ words) The relationship between the Real Madrid midfielder and his national team manager has been under the spotlight since the German coach admitted last June that his mother found some of his on-field antics "repulsive. Tuchel apologised for that remark before…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (367+ words) ENGLAND boss Thomas Tuchel believes fit again star Jude Bellingham heads into the World Cup in his "sweet spot". The relationship between the Real Madrid midfielder and his national team manager has been under the spotlight since the German coach…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (335+ words) COUNCIL SET TO DECIDE ON PROPOSALS FOR SITE CLOSE TO HOSPITAL PLANS to build 100 homes as part of huge regeneration plans for a former factory site near a Midland hospital are to be decided. Sandwell Council plans to build 74 new…...

23+ hour, 40+ min ago  (341+ words) BOY HOSPITIALISED SEVERAL TIMES WITH ASTHMA TRIGGERED BY DAMP A HOSPITAL medic and a headteacher have written to Birmingham City Council urging it to help a family who have been living in a mould-ridden house in Wolverhampton amid fears for…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (447+ words) Your film Burlesque starring Cher and Christina Aguilera came out in 2010. What has it been like preparing to bring the musical back to the West End and for a 33-date UK tour? It's crazy. Be careful what you ask for,…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (476+ words) THE first of the ten new Elizabeth Line trains that saved Derby train maker Alstom and the jobs of hundreds of supply chain workers in the area has rolled off the production line at the Litchurch Lane works. Almost two…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (303+ words) BIRMINGHAM homeless charity St Basils is urging walkers to lace up their boots and take part in its Hike for Homeless challenge later this month. Youth homelessness is rising and hundreds of young people across the West Midlands are facing…...