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Following the launch of the RACE Equality Code 2020, Birmingham City Council has announced that it will become an early adopter of the framework.

Meraki Hair and Beauty, based downstairs at The Parade Shops, are offering exclusive use of their salon for private hair and make-up lessons during November and December. Small groups of friends will be allowed to bring their own drinks for the ‘Get Ready With Me’ sessions every Friday evening.

It has been announced that Staffordshire, including Tamworth, is to move into the Government’s Tier 2 High Alert for Covid-19 from 00:01 on Saturday, October 31.

The Royal Wolverhampton Trust have teamed up with Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Wolverhampton City Archives to present a collection of photographs from past decades for ‘2020: International Year of the Nurse and Midwife’.

A new charity shop has officially opened its doors in the city centre.

Following a full review of two premises licences, a nightclub and a restaurant, both in Birmingham, have had their licences revoked following a number of Covid-19 legislation breaches.

Wates Living Space cements its position as Tamworth Council’s partner of choice for planned housing maintenance until 2030.

Identical twins, Victor and Albert, will be creating a virtual village hall variety show – live from Albert’s living room! Victor and Albert’s comical show is being performed on the 7th November as part of the ArtsAlive@Home initiative, which brings live performances to living rooms across Shropshire, Herefordshire and surrounding areas.

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This October sees Tom Aspaul unveil the long-awaited short film to accompany his critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Black Country Disco’ - ‘Black Country Disco: The Movie’

Pope Francis has endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival.

Gorgeous Nightclub in Wolverhampton has been awarded £50,000 as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today.

The prime minister is considering new national lockdown restrictions, which could be imposed in England as early as next week.

Carlisle and its surrounding areas have joined a raft of new regions in England that have moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions.

A third person has been arrested in connection with the Nice terror attack, according to Reuters.

Coronavirus means Halloween will be very different across the UK this year.

Large parts of the UK will be hit by heavy rain and strong winds this Halloween weekend, which risk flooding, power cuts and travel delays, the Met Office warns.

I remember election night 2016 well. I was in the bar of the Holiday Inn, Johnstown in the heart of the Pennsylvanian rust belt.

Three men had to be rescued by firefighters after they got stuck in a tumble dryer in Essex, the fire service has said.

Thousands of jobseekers are being scammed in a surge of fake job adverts, as fraudsters exploit the rise in unemployment.

Hundreds of people have been arrested for alleged brothel-keeping offences in the last four years under laws that sex workers claim put them at risk.

Twenty years ago, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett created a visionary concept: the virtual band.

Carlisle and its surrounding areas have joined a raft of new regions in England that have moved from Tier 1 to Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions.

The prime minister is considering new national lockdown restrictions, which could be imposed in England as early as next week.

Hundreds of people have been arrested for alleged brothel-keeping offences in the last four years under laws that sex workers claim put them at risk.

Three men had to be rescued by firefighters after they got stuck in a tumble dryer in Essex, the fire service has said.

A woman whose cat died after being scared by fireworks has warned this year's coronavirus restrictions could make Bonfire Night even deadlier for animals.

Coronavirus means Halloween will be very different across the UK this year.

England has breached its "reasonable worst-case" scenario for COVID-19 infections and hospital admissions, the government's scientific advisers have said.

Thousands of jobseekers are being scammed in a surge of fake job adverts, as fraudsters exploit the rise in unemployment.

Large parts of the UK will be hit by heavy rain and strong winds this Halloween weekend, which risk flooding, power cuts and travel delays, the Met Office warns.

The Army is to make changes to its risk assessments and medical procedures after a soldier was killed by a charging elephant in Malawi last year.

A third person has been arrested in connection with the Nice terror attack, according to Reuters.

An earthquake has killed at least 27 people and injured more than 800 in Turkey and on the Greek island of Samos.

The neighbourhood of Bayrakli in the Aegean city of Izmir is new compared to the rest of the century-old city.

Thousands of people defied coronavirus restrictions to protest against a near-total ban on abortion in Poland in the largest show of defiance against the new law so far.

On a hill in Nice's northern quarter lies Roquebilliere, a collection of tower blocks that are home to many of the city's Muslim immigrants.

Belgium, hit by one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Europe, has reimposed tight strict lockdown rules across the nation.

Berlin's new airport is scheduled to finally open today - after nine years of delays and ballooning costs.

An Iranian man has appeared before a judge in France after a migrant boat sank in the English Channel, leaving at least four people dead.

Paris has seen hundreds of miles of traffic jams as people tried to leave the city ahead of France's new national lockdown.

Paris is a strange place to be on this first morning of a new lockdown.

Twenty years ago, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett created a visionary concept: the virtual band.

Nick Frost and Simon Pegg have been working together for decades and are well known for their genre-blending movies, with comedy-horror Shaun Of The Dead among their biggest hits.

Bruce Springsteen has made UK chart history, becoming the first solo artist to have a number one album in five consecutive decades.

Sacha Baron Cohen has donated $100,000 (£77,000) to the Oklahoma community of an unemployed grandmother who featured in his Borat sequel.

Sky History has axed its new woodworking show The Chop after producers said a contestant's tattoos "could be connected to far-right ideologies".

The thing with all geniuses? They are flawed. The brilliant Oleksandr Usyk’s weaknesses are not apparent and may not even exist but he has never faced anyone as capable of exposing his shortcomings as Derek Chisora.

England World Cup-winner Nobby Stiles has died aged 78 after a long illness, his family has announced.

When Adebayo Akinfenwa was released by Watford in 2001, his footballing career stood at a crossroads.

Derek Chisora wore Halloween face and body paint as he went head to head with Oleksandr Usyk, who was at his career heaviest for Saturday's fight.

"It's the toughest season ever, 100 per cent, for everybody," says Jurgen Klopp, as he considers the relentless demands of this unique 2020/21 season, during an exclusive interview with Sky Sports.

The prime minister is considering new national lockdown restrictions, which could be imposed in England as early as next week.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has told Sky News he was "disappointed" in his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn's response to a damning antisemitism report - but has insisted there is "no reason for a civil war" in the party.

Days after being involved in a minor road accident which left his car dented and scratched and a Deliveroo cyclist with an injured arm, Sir Keir Starmer is on collision course with the Labour left.

"Every child has the right to be fed," says charity worker Helen Needham as she packs tins and fruit into white plastic bags.

Boris Johnson and his fiancee, Carrie Symonds, will praise NHS staff for their "courage and dedication" during the coronavirus pandemic in a message which will be broadcast on Sunday.