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Plans for pop-up cycle lanes, wider pavements and many other measures to encourage more cycling and walking across the West Midlands have been given overwhelming backing from Government. The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and its partner councils a £3.85 million grant to implement these fast-track measures over the…
Buses of the future – with better access to WiFi, contactless payment and USB charging ports – could be whizzing along West Midlands roads very soon, as progress continues to improve public transport in the region. In a bid to improve public modes of transport and make travel more efficient, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) are looking…
Five men have been handed banning orders excluding them from bars and pubs in Solihull town centre. The orders were handed down after the five men pleaded guilty to a violent disorder that took place at the Walkabout bar in Solihull in 2018. On the 1 December 2018, Dylan Williams, 25, Drew Taylor, 23, James…
A 15-year-old has been stabbed and hospitalised in Birmingham after being attacked by a group of teenagers. The altercation and attack took place near Grove Lane in Handsworth, at around 7.30pm last night.
The significance of Saturday’s demonstration by ex Zulu Warriors and Birmingham City fans in support of Black Lives Matter cannot be underestimated. Flashback to 24 March 2018 and 4,500 supporters of the Football Lads Alliance and the breakaway Democratic Football Lads Alliance, along with Tommy Robinson, amassed in Birmingham in support of the Justice421 campaign.
West Midlands Police are on the hunt for two men who viciously attacked a driver following a car crash in Erdington, a shocking incident which was caught on camera. The young driver was brutally beaten by two thugs after two cars collided on Slade Road in the Birmingham ward last week.