Community News

Llewellyn Graham, Chief Executive of West Midlands based Nehemiah Housing Association, was among the featured speakers at the 2026 African Diaspora Christian Conference held in Montego Bay, Jamaica in May 2026.

This year sees the centenary of Claude Monet’s death - and Nottingham art lovers are marking the anniversary by snapping up tickets for an immersive spectacular which brings his iconic paintings to life in mesmerising and magical fashion.

A Cannock charity that supports 50,000 young visitors every year held a special event yesterday to raise vital funds for a new podded village on Cannock Chase.

Children and young people can enjoy moving more this May half-term thanks to Wolverhampton’s Yo! Active.

Staff and residents at Hollyfields care home in Kidderminster are over the moon because their talented Managing Director, Alison Donaldson, from Barchester’s North West & Midlands Division, and her team of fellow MDs have really brought home the bacon and won the Barchester Charitable Foundation Cook Off 2026.

Wolverhampton Pride has announced Radio 1Xtra presenter Kaylee Golding as the host for the popular city event on Saturday, June 6 in West Park.

The City of Wolverhampton Council's in-house short breaks service, Ernest Bold, has been judged to be Outstanding by inspectors from the Care Quality Commission.

On May 18th, 2026, The Grand Hotel Birmingham is celebrating five years of its newest chapter after reopening following a £50 million restoration, ending nearly two decades of closure.

One in three new parents are missing out on Child Benefit payments in their baby’s first year, new figures reveal.

A van driver who was spotted dumping waste on a city roadside has been successfully prosecuted by City of Wolverhampton Council.

Artificial intelligence is redistributing the value of information at an unprecedented pace. Synthetic data now makes up the majority of the Internet, having surpassed Peak Data in 2024 (a phenomenon reflecting a saturation of the high-quality data available to train AI LLMs), reaching a point where AI slop (AI-generated video or photo content) now blurs the line between documented fact and algorithmic reconstruction.

A new plan setting out how families across Wolverhampton will be supported from pregnancy through early childhood has been published by the City of Wolverhampton Council as part of the next steps in transforming the city’s family services.

His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales opened a new men’s suicide prevention centre in Birmingham at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week.

Conservation charity Twycross Zoo have confirm that it has purchased 14-hectares of additional land to expand its existing nature reserve and mark a significant new chapter in its conservation work.

Train services between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury have restarted after major repairs were made to damage caused by a freight train derailment.

Cybercrime is tightening its grip across the UK, with thousands of people falling victim to scams, account hacks and online fraud every year.