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We all want to live in a house, a very big house in the country, but there are plenty of reasons why most of us don’t. Cost is a huge one. So is a lack of transport. Of decent shops. Or any kind of infrastructure for th...
Tram services are now running to Millennium Point as of Easter Sunday (April 5), connecting even more of Birmingham to the West Midlands Metro network. This first stage of the Birmingham Eastside Metro extension include...
Wherever you go in Birmingham these days, Cillian Murphy is one of two faces you’re bound to see everywhere (the other being Ozzy’s). With the release of each season, ‘Peaky Blinders’ has grown bigger and bigger, and th...
As we’re officially in Bank Holiday season, looking forward to those well-earned days off is a given. However, what if I told you that 2027 is looking even better when it comes to those ‘substitute’ Ba...
Three new train stations have opened on the Camp Hill Line in south Birmingham today (April 7). Moseley Village, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road train stations have returned to the…...
Remember when £5 pints were the norm? Those were the days, and they don’t even feel that long ago. In these super-inflationary times, the cost of living (and drinking) is going up every day, and the pubs still don’t see...
Millions of passengers across England are set to benefit from simpler, more affordable and better-integrated journeys, as the UK Government launches its new Better Connected national transport strategy. The in...
Edgbaston Cricket Ground is as old as Greenwich Mean Time, the machine gun, and the Oxford English Dictionary. Established in 1884, it needs a little love now and again, with the stadium deep into its ‘masterplan projec...
One of the greatest days of the food calendar is arriving tomorrow, and a massive giveaway is taking over the country in celebration. That’s right, tomorrow (April 2) is National Burrito Day, and a popular chain o...
When a rainy day interrupts playtime in Peppa’s garden, Mummy and Daddy Pig suggest the fun move indoors. Here, imagination really takes hold, and the family blasts off on an adventure through space—and you’re invited a...