Bringing Communities Together
People visiting the borough as part of the International Festival of Glass can take a trip through time with the Stourbridge Canal and Glass Quarter Heritage Trail. The Glass Quarter will be hosting a range of exhibitions, workshops and events over the four day festival, which runs from 23 to 26 […]
White-British cricketers who were privately educated are ‘significantly overrepresented’ at both the professional and youth levels of the game, new UK research has revealed. The study from Birmingham City University (UK) showed that people from wealthier backgrounds were much more likely to make it into professional cricket than those from […]
A group of Jesuit Novices from countries across Western Europe have visited Smethwick to learn about inter-faith engagement and meet religious groups in the town. Arriving at Galton Bridge railway station, they were welcomed by Sandwell Deputy Mayor, Councillor Suzanne Hartwell, on the historic Thomas Telford bridge built in 1829, […]
Visitors to the historic Himley Hall will be able to turn amateur detective at a murder mystery evening next month. Award-winning comedy group The Fizzogs will be presenting Who Killed Little Willie? on September 14. Guests will be called upon to follow the clues to unmask the murderer during the […]
67% of Brits are thinking about quitting their jobs to go freelance. London has seen the largest surge in self-employed workers in the last 10 years. The North East has seen freelance workers grow by over a THIRD in the last decade. Northern Ireland has seen the smallest surge in self-employed workers in the last decade. […]
Great News for Twitter Users Twitter is now working hard to provide a new feature which would give you the option to re-order multiple attached tweet images, via the old ‘drag and drop’ method. This will make it easier to compose your tweets in the way you want, instead of the restrictions […]
Shobna Gulati has spoken out about her own family’s experience of dementia to encourage more open discussion of the condition in South Asian communities. The actress has shared her story to launch a new campaign from Alzheimer’s Research UK, which aims to help people understand what dementia is and how it affects […]
Jordan, a country which lies in the centre of the Middle East is famous for many tourist attractions such as the Dead sea, Wadi rum, Jerash, the Jordan museum and so on. Jordanians are well known for their hospitality and kind nature. Jordanian cuisine is influenced by many other cuisines such as Armenian, Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian food, etc. In daily meals Jordans enjoy having falafel, shawarma, hummus, labneh, zaatar and other such dishes. Bedouin […]
Young people in Sandwell who are due to get exam results can get expert advice on what to do next. Connexions Sandwell will run an exam advice service on weekdays from Thursday 15 August to Friday 31 August 10am – 4pm at Sandwell Council House in Oldbury. There is no […]
While the Paralympics has been for some time the most high-profile exponent of disability sport, other sports which are not included in that event are coming on leaps and bounds, none more so than cricket. England’s heroic triumph in the ICC ODI cricket world cup has put cricket more in […]
