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Embrace technology, but don’t forget the power of people

I am a food and drink wholesaler, supplying thousands of products to thousands of convenience retailers across the West Midlands and, despite the advances of technology over the years, there is no denying wholesaling is a traditional business. From its most humble beginnings, it has centred around people, and this…

The Independent UK

Keir Starmer breaks silence on Diane Abbott Labour election ban

Questioned about Ms Abbott while campaigning in the West Midlands, the Labour leader said she has not been barred from standing as a Labour candidate

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak defiant in ‘taking fight to Labour’ despite shock election losses

The Prime Minister insisted his plan was the right way forward, after the Tories lost the West Midlands mayoral contest to Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour.

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Labour’s Richard Parker defeats Andy Street in tight West Midlands mayoral race after Sadiq Khan wins third term in London – as it happened

Labour has secured mayoral victories in London, Greater Manchester, Salford, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Liverpool today

The Guardian - UK

Andy Street and Ben Houchen turn to Boris Johnson in mayoral election run-in

Incumbents promote messages of support from ex-PM despite largely avoiding linking themselves with wider Tory party

The Guardian - UK

The big picture: cheering Red Rum in the Grand National

Phil Loach photographed the streets he’d known since childhood in the West Midlands for 50 years, capturing moments of everyday drama and quiet humour

The Guardian - UK

Mayor says 21-mile cycleway alongside HS2 route a ‘no-brainer’ for West Midlands

Andy Street has asked HS2 Ltd to keep haul tracks for path linking Birmingham and Coventry

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Health experts to probe increase in tuberculosis as cases rise in London and elsewhere

London, the West Midlands and the North West of England have seen the largest increases in TB cases

Evening Standard

'National incident' declared after measles cases soar - with some unvaccinated children forced to isolate for 3 weeks

New figures have shown an increase in measles cases in England and Wales, as MMR vaccine uptake declines

GoodToKnow

HS2 cuts throw away once-in-a-generation opportunity, warns David Cameron

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced HS2 will no longer extend beyond the West Midlands.

The Independent UK

West Midlands mayor: I won’t quit Tories despite ‘agonising’ HS2 cut

Andy Street said he was still hopeful a private sector consortium could revive the idea of a high-speed rail line to Manchester.

The Independent UK

Heavy metal: how Janine Wiedel captured the filth and glory of Britain’s industrial 70s

The photographer travelled the West Midlands in a campervan to document the workers risking their lives to toil in steel mills, coal mines and blast furnaces

The Guardian - UK

Economic growth sustained as inflationary pressures recede further - report

Latest PMI report from NatWest and signals growth for the fifth month in a row

Birmingham Post

Meet the VERY special train station worker who faces being made homeless by closures

George lives at the busy Stourbridge Junction station in the West Midlands, which is one of up to 1,000 across England where the ticket office is at risk of closure

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Birmingham Post

US firm chooses i54 for new manufacturing plant

Construction work is well under way on Fortune Brands Innovations' new plant in the West Midlands which is set to create 250 new jobs

The Independent UK

Gang ferried drugs using ‘thank you NHS’ van during lockdown

They even used a ‘Thank You NHS’ van to transport the heroine and cocaine across the West Midlands

Daily Mirror

Bereaved families tell devastating stories of loss to Covid-19 inquiry - FULL video

In a heart-breaking 17-minute film, people from across the UK spoke through their tears about their devastating experiences of losing spouses, parents and siblings during the pandemic

Birmingham Post

Buoyant demand fosters further growth of new business and output - report

West Midlands companies benefited from positive demand trends in May and responded to this by creating more jobs and lifting business activity

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'We live in UK city where crazed zombies hooked on Black Mamba drug are taking over'

Several people in Wolverhampton, in the West Midlands, are said to be hooked on a drug known as Black Mamba which turns users into out of control zombies and

Birmingham Post

Growth of new business and activity extended into a third month - report

Input cost inflation softened in April but demand resilience facilitated a sharper increase in output charges, says latest NatWest PMI report

Birmingham Post

West Midlands a hot spot for employee fraud, says RSM

Reported employee fraud in the West Midlands hit almost £7.8 million in 2022

Birmingham Post

Reduced price pressure accompanies stronger new business growth in the West Midlands - report

Latest NatWest PMI report says demand growth rebounded to a one-year high which in turn underpinned a solid expansion in output

Birmingham Post

Work starts on new power plant

Centrica Business Solutions is leading the project to create a new hydrogen-ready "peaking plant" in the West Midlands

Birmingham Post

More NatWest branches to close in the West Midlands

High street bank has announced the latest sites to be shut in the region as it continues to trim its portfolio of banks

Birmingham Post

The five West Midlands projects to get a share of Jeremy Hunt's £100m Levelling Up cash

Mayor Andy Street says announcement could attract another £150m to the West Midlands

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