Midlands

since 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 21:39 UTC

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3 days ago

Paedophile scoutmaster who fled to Thailand and spent decades on the run will die behind bars after being jailed for 46 years

found 2025 › Apr › 30 (Wed) @ 13:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Richard Burrows, 81, 'ruined countless lives' as he systematically abused 24 boys across Cheshire and the Midlands between 1968 and 1995, a judge said today.

13 days ago

Two-party politics is dying in Britain. Voters want more than just Labour and Tories | Robert Ford

found 2025 › Apr › 20 (Sun) @ 05:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Badenoch is braced for heavy losses in the local elections on 1 May, but as Labour stumbles and Greens and Lib Dems surge, the contest is wide open

A byelection in a normally safe Labour seat was Keir…

18 days ago

Panic stations for Starmer as poll finds Reform is on track to smash Labour's 'Red Wall' - with two-thirds believing the country is 'broken'

found 2025 › Apr › 15 (Tue) @ 08:20 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Support for Nigel Farage's Reform has surged in traditional Labour strongholds across the North and Midlands - from 18 per cent at the general election to 30 per cent.

19 days ago

Asking prices hit new record high despite stamp duty hike, Rightmove says

found 2025 › Apr › 14 (Mon) @ 07:10 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Scotland, Wales, the Midlands and many northern regions saw average property asking prices rise this month, Rightmove said.

49 days ago

Prince William's Aston Villa love affair: The reason future King became Midlands club's most famous fan... and the secret names he uses to follow them online

found 2025 › Mar › 15 (Sat) @ 14:22 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

To judge from his glum expression, Prince William was not amused. With a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at stake, his beloved Aston Villa had been toiling against Club Bruges.

58 days ago

The city overrun by rats where rodents the size of cats lurk in bins, swarms take over train stations... and the Labour council which has started charging people a 'rat tax' to get rid of them

found 2025 › Mar › 05 (Wed) @ 21:34 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Residents of the Midlands city have said ongoing bin strikes, an increase in fly-tipping and HS2 building work has sparked an invasion of pesky rats and mice, as they continue to find rats at every c…

63 days ago

Hunt is on for gang of hooded men who 'hurled dog to its death from block of flats'

found 2025 › Mar › 01 (Sat) @ 16:39 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

West Midlands Police are hunting a gang of three hooded men after a dog named Luna was allegedly hurled to its death from a block of flats in Sheldon, Birmingham, on Monday afternoon.

67 days ago

Ruthless people smuggling gang who taxied small boat migrants around the UK to work in cannabis farms are jailed

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 12:56 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Mai Van Nguyen, 35, operated a series of illegal grows across the Midlands, London and the north of England.

84 days ago

Ballet superstar Carlos Acosta: ‘Dance was salvation. My life depended on it’

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 20:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Ballet has always been more than just a job for Carlos Acosta. And as director of Birmingham Royal Ballet, he is trying to make it bigger than ever – even in the face of brutal cuts and the tragic de…

Geoff Hamilton's beloved BBC Gardeners' World home faces closure if 160,000-panel solar farm is built next door

found 2025 › Feb › 07 (Fri) @ 20:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Barnsdale Gardens, in Rutland, in the east Midlands was set up 40 years ago by horticulturist and legendary broadcaster Geoff Hamilton, who presented the hit show between 1983 and 1996.

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