You know, it doesn’t have to be the hottest day of the year to enjoy a good aqua park – although we can’t think of anywhere we’d rather cool off when the sun’s shining! Whatever the weather, water-based theme park...
It’s finally happened. The Tamworth Tap has lost its crown. Last year, the quirky brewpub, located in a 16th-century shop, became only the second pub ever to win CAMRA’s prestigious National Pub of the Year award two ye...
The summer of sport continues. After the Euros, Wimbledon, Olympics, The Hundred, and countless other sporting activities, the Paralympics will round out a heart-raising season. Kicking off on Wednesday, August 28, 215...
You can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? After more than one in four Britons (27%) said they could qualify for the next Olympics in LA, the sports agency UK Sport has launched a Find Your Greatness campaign to...
There’s nothing more spectacular than seeing blue skies pop with the colour of hundreds of hot air balloons. This weekend (August 23 – 25), the annual Telford Balloon Fiesta will brighten Shropshire skies –...
It’s far too early to be thinking about Christmas, we know, but time does fly by fast. It feels like we were reporting on Birmingham Hippodrome’s new in-house musical theatre department only last month, but apparently,...
The influx of Irish-born immigrants to the Second City in the 1940s/50s, the world’s third-biggest St Patrick’s Day parade, or Cillian Murphy starring as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders, Birmingham shares a deep connecti...
Who’s excited about a new season of The Gentlemen on Netflix then? Where old money clashes with drug-smuggling gangsters, Guy Ritchie’s new TV series is an instant classic. After Eddie inherits the title of Duke of Hals...
Baked In Brick has opened its fourth neighbourhood cafe in Birmingham. The spin-off of the beloved pizzeria on Gibb Street (which started life serving street food out of a converted Mini) first opened in Sutton Coldfiel...
If there’s one table that Aston Villa won’t be too bothered about sitting in the bottom half of this season, it’s this one. After qualifying for the Champions League for the first time last season, Unai Emery’s men have...