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Ofsted sees signs of improvement in Jewellery Quarter Academy Birmingham
Ofsted has published a monitoring report after returning to Jewellery Quarter Academy in Birmingham
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Working hours rule change on table for 1.2 million workers in UK
Ministers have been told to ban zero-hours contracts.
Much-loved Birmingham soft play centre Just Play closes
Just Play in Great Barr has been a 'wonderful' children's play centre for almost nine years
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Inside Birmingham's safest neighbourhood with top schools and £460k homes
The affluent Four Oaks area of Sutton Coldfield boasts some of the best schools in the country and the lowest crime rates in Birmingham
Notorious Walsall killer avoids prison return despite new offences
Julie Beards was jailed for the manslaughter of Susan Whiting in Walsall in 2015 and has now appeared in court for criminal damage and threatening behaviour
Nursery fee rule change on table for all parents in England
Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, is ordering a competition review of hidden childcare charges.
Octopus Energy confirms £148 cheaper bills for customers - but not everyone
Octopus has saved customers £166m since the last energy crisis by consistently pricing below the cap.
Octopus Energy announces UK 'first' with bills cut by £200 for customers
Octopus has announced Tenant Power has arrived in Wales, cutting energy bills for social homes by £200 a year.
Nationwide issues 12-day warning to thousands of customers aged 18 to 24
83 per cent of 18-24-year-olds expect to gamble more frequently due to major sporting events in 2026
DWP guarantees millions of state pensioners up to £2,100 after pressure
The pledge comes after former Labour Party leader Tony Blair called for it to be scrapped.
UK faces 'exceptional' 40C heatwave with three-month summer scorcher on way
The record-breaking end to May was simply " a taster of what's to come," it has been claimed.
Birmingham drug line shut down as four men jailed for dealing crack cocaine and heroin
The four drug dealers 'brought misery to communities' as they supplied class A drugs in north Birmingham
Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after man's body found in van in Midlands
Police were called by a member of the public reporting concerns about the condition of the vehicle
Driver jailed after mobile phone crash into Midland takeaway
Daniel Mohammed, 21, was using his mobile phone as he carried out an overtaking manoeuvre
Midlands Air Festival 2026 at Ragley Hall: Full lineup, timings and tickets
The Midlands Air Festival returns to Ragley Hall in Alcester this weekend for its eighth year
Whitmore Lakes wild swimming brings in security after heatwave rule-breakers
The wild swimming attraction, Whitmore Lakes, has welcomed an 'unusually high number of visitors' during the bank holiday weekend and half-term heatwave
DWP told to begin Universal Credit overhaul with 59% of people in favour
A thinktank says hitting the Labour Party government’s target of getting 80 per cent of workers into jobs would reduce cost of Universal Credit by £10bn.
DWP bringing in new six-week rule for 300,000 benefits claimants
Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, has plans for 300,000 extra work experience placements over the next three years.
'One of the best ever' crime series to air on ITV and viewers will be gripped
ITV is to air the latest series of a courtroom drama that has been a hit with viewers
DWP urged to take 100,000 people off Universal Credit in crackdown
There are 124,164 aged 25 and under who have claimed the benefit every month since the age of 18.