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A neglected swimming pool in a deprived area of Birmingham will be restored after city officials approved plans to bring the pool back to life. Birmingham City Council cabinet have approved a £4m project today (25 July) to bring the swimming pool at Small Heath Wellbeing Centre back into use after years of the pool being…
Thousands of residents were left without water and drivers had to be rescued by firefighters after a burst water pipe caused flooding and major disruption in Aston on Wednesday morning. Aston Hall Road, near the junction with Lichfield Road, was flooded and traffic diversions were put in place in both directions at around 5:30am.
A new children’s book celebrating women bus drivers from the West Midlands, is aiming to challenge gender stereotypes and encourage girls to consider a career as public vehicle operators. National Express bus driver Leona Kirwan, who is features in the book, went to a Birmingham primary school to read the book to young pupils.
Authorities have issued a weather warning this evening as heavy snow blankets Birmingham and temperatures plummet. Light snow flurries and sleet had been falling steadily throughout the day and becoming heavier with snow beginning to stick to surfaces and carpeting the West Midlands in an icy layer which is causing dangerous driving conditions tonight.
A swimming pool which has been out of action for years in the Small Heath area of Birmingham will finally be back in use, say Council officials. Birmingham City Council issued a statement today (8 December) confirming plans to bring back the pool for the people of Small Heath and Bordesley Green who feel “forgotten…
A heartbroken mother whose only son was tragically killed in a knife attack by a teenager is fronting a new anti-knife campaign. Sarah Barry has spoken about the horror and trauma caused by knife crime after her son died following a brutal knife attack last year.
Willy Russell’s worldwide smash-hit show Blood Brothers, which premiered nearly 40 years ago, makes a triumphant return to the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre. The dramatic musical, familiar to countless pupils who have seen it during school theatre outings over the last four decades, remains fresh and topical as it returns to the Midlands.
Birmingham City Council sent out an advisory for parents to check ahead before sending out their children to school on Monday as heatwave temperatures continue to soar. Parents have been urged to check with school websites in the morning in case of any school closures in place due to record-breaking temperatures.
A music empowerment programme currently in over 1,000 primary schools in the UK, teaching tens of thousands of children music, is heading to Birmingham next month. Rocksteady Music School is the world’s largest peripatetic teaching rock school and is arriving in the city’s schools this April to teach music in a band setting to primary school…
Over 700 Birmingham children and families attended a programme of special events to celebrate World Book Day which took place on Thursday 3 March. Instead of just a single day to celebrate World Book Day there was a series of events which took place across Birmingham libraries throughout the week of World Book Day, with…