A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of theft following a spate of shoplifting incidents in Solihull. It is alleged that the woman entered a One Stop store on Sunday night (October 13) and stole ...

BECOMING Nancy at the Birmingham Rep has all the glitz and glamour of the late 1970s, when the story is set, but is also thought-provoking theatre, raising issues which nostalgia tends to gloss over.

A BENTLEY Heath newsagents hosted a mental health drop in clinic to mark World Mental Health Day. Widney News joined forces with Mind in Knowle to host the pop up clinic on October 10 to mark the ...

SOLIHULL’S local plan has been withdrawn following a heated debate. At the Full Council meeting on October 8 Councillors agreed to scrap the current plans and go back to the drawing board to create a ...

Solihull and the West Midlands area have several old cinemas. Some are still in use, some are used as bingo halls and others are derelict. In the text below, we discuss some of the most famous ones.

The sprawling new housing estate of York Road, in the Hall Green suburb of Birmingham, offers little in the way of a reminder of the sporting drama that took place on the site over the past century.

COMMUNITY groups and businesses came together for the launch of two new projects. The Mayor of Solihull, Councillor Shahin Ashraf, and the leader of Solihull Council, Councillor Ian Courts, welcomed ...

DRINK your husband’s red wine – that’s the secret to a long life, according to a Silhillian centenarian. Audrey Freakley celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded by her family and friends at ...

SILHILLIANS are being called on to cast their vote for three charities to get donations. Skipton Building Society has launched its annual Community Giving scheme where 246 charities across the country ...

HEARTLANDS Hospital has launched a fundraising campaign to create peaceful and private en-suite rooms for bereaved parents. To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week (9 – 15 October) Heartlands Hospital ...

Speeding. Speeding. Speeding. It is the number one issue that residents raised on my Big Community Survey. So, last week I sat down with Inspector Andy Bridgewater, Neighbourhood Policing Manager for ...

A GROUP of men have been convicted after hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of IT equipment was stolen in an armed robbery in Solihull. Jermaine Williams, Benjamin Need, Mark Earl, Gary Newman and ...