Bringing Communities Together
A Birmingham tyre firm and its landlord have been fined a total of £43,333 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety legislation at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 6 August 2021. Blues Tyres Birmingham Limited – based at Unit 13, 201 Coventry Road, Small Heath – was fined £26,677 fine […]
Getting Fit Whilst Getting to Work Many more of us who have been working from home will be set to return to offices either part-time or full-time over the coming weeks and months. There has never been a better time to start integrating exercise into your commute, as we begin […]
Birmingham City Council signed a charter on 26 July 2021, as a commitment to proactively work to ensure there are no instances of modern slavery taking place within its supply chain. Modern slavery can affect anyone, anywhere: and we know that many thousands of people in the UK could experience […]
A major cinema chain was fined £750,000 for breaching health and safety legislation at its Star City theatre in Nechells which led to a cinema-goer’s death, at Birmingham Crown Court on 20th July. Birmingham City Council prosecuted Vue Entertainment (Vue Entertainment Limited) – based in Chiswick High Road, London – […]
10 tips for how to effectively homeschool If you had a hundred home educators in a room, each of them would likely have a different approach, but there are various steps you can take to get the most out of homeschooling. With a third national lockdown closing most UK schools, Greg Smith, Head of Operations at Oxford […]
From 0-62mph in 3.8 seconds, up to 180mph top speed, RS Torque Splitter and specific RS driving modes – the new Audi RS 3 offers driving dynamics of the highest calibre and the best numbers in its segment. Equipped with a 400PS five-cylinder engine, the high-performance unit delivers rapid acceleration with […]
Older adults may be slower to learn actions and behaviours that benefit themselves, but new research shows they are just as capable as younger people of learning behaviours that benefit others. Researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford found that youngsters, in contrast, tend to learn much faster when […]
NHS patients are set to benefit from early access to potentially life-saving new medicines, including cutting-edge gene therapies, thanks to a new Innovative Medicines Fund and £680 million of ringfenced funding, the NHS chief executive has announced today. The Innovative Medicines Fund (IMF) will build upon the success of the […]
The Aston Villa Foundation supported Islamic Relief UK to distribute 500 food packs to vulnerable people including the homeless, asylum seekers, refugees and women who have suffered domestic abuse in Birmingham on 22nd and 23rd July. The distribution at Aston Hall in Birmingham took place just days after Muslims celebrated […]
Warwickshire CCC and Sandwell College have announced a new partnership that will see a new two-year further education course delivered in collaboration with the club’s official charity the Edgbaston Foundation. The programme is designed to support a career in professional sport, delivered from the iconic Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. The […]
