RESIDENTS, family, staff and the community came together to mark a Shirley care home’s 70th anniversary. There was plenty on offer at Elizabeth House as the diamond anniversary celebrations got under ...

Andrea has been motivated by her experience as a parent putting together books to support their learning and emotional wellbeing as they grow up to put pen to paper and become a published author. So ...

THE WEST Midlands is set to join forces with the country’s top cultural and creative organisations and unions as part of his blueprint to grow the economy. On the opening day of the Rocket League ...

A PROGRAMME to help Solihull jobseekers gain a qualification and work experience has been launched. Birmingham Airport is set to host a sector-based Work Academy Programme (SWAP) to support residents ...

SILHILLIANS are being invited to have their say on polling arrangements in the borough. Solihull Council is reviewing all polling districts and places used at elections in the borough, as is required ...

CAR THIEVES in the West Midlands stole more Fords than any other car brand in the last year, Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Simon Foster has revealed. Almost 3,000 were stolen in the West ...

The world as we know it is more uncertain with President Trump in the Oval Office. The United States are applying approaches to foreign policy, international security and the global economy which pose ...

A SAMARITANS of Solihull volunteer will be under starters orders at the London Marathon but unlike many she has been soaking up the sunshine during her training schedule. Orla Murphy has been clocking ...

A WOMAN who assaulted and tried to rob a couple in Shirley has been jailed. Melissa Elliker attacked a man and a woman in the early hours of New Year’s Day after failing to steal the woman’s handbag.

A SCHOOL pupil from Solihull won three gold medals competing at the British National Indoor Inline Speed Skating Championships. Year Seven pupil Lakshya Yuvaraj claimed gold in the dobbin sprint, 300m ...

A WIDNEY MANOR artists’ legacy is set to live on after her family donated art supplies to Solihull College and University Centre. Julie Harris-Hart was an artist and sculptor before she died from ...

MORE THAN 60 potentially lethal firearms have been taken off the streets of the West Midlands during a national amnesty around Turkish-manufactured, top venting blank firer (TVBF) handguns. West ...