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Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s fans have had a long wait for her fourth album, but after a decade as a solo artist the singer says she’s now feeling more creative than ever.

Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a hip hop star? Well now’s your chance thanks to the The Hip Hop Revolution – a day-long event packed full of a series of fun dance workshops and performances.

Looking for something to do tonight that won’t break the bank and might even help you avoid that awful Friday rush-hour madness? Well how about a free evening of music at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall?

We’re standing on the eve of a veritable week-long feast of some of the very biggest and most respected (past and present) purveyors of that finest of art forms: song, writes Wolverhampton Civic’s Jonn Penney.

Over half of Britain’s high-mileage drivers think that raising money is the primary aim of speed cameras, and only a quarter think that speed cameras are used at sites with a bad record of crashes and injuries.

Okay so it’s not quite 90,000 fans in two days but for tribute act Take That 2, there’s still never a dull moment as they tour the country in their battered old van playing to hundreds of fans each week. ‘Gary’ aka Chez Gibson tells us how a night in with the family would make [...]

A 22-year-old man who was shot dead in a Birmingham street late on Tuesday night was from the Black Country, detectives revealed today.

All this talk of kick starting summer may well have jinxed the weather as sunshine so far has been a rarity, writes DJ Stuart Ojelay. But on the positive side there’s still plenty of nightlife action and here’s my pick of the weekend’s action and once again my far-flung travels!

The soaring harmonies of Seattle’s Fleet Foxes delighted fans who packed the Civic Hall.

Nearly 3,000 jobs were today at risk, including 350 at a Midland factory, after the company that owns Moben kitchens, Dolphin bathrooms and Sharps bedrooms filed for administration.