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Páirc Summer Series 2025: More acts announced for the UK’s biggest Irish music & culture celebration

The West Midlands Páirc Summer Series has announced more major Irish acts to join the Saw Doctors and Nathan Carter for the August Bank Holiday celebrations

Páirc Summer Series

Jan Jennings from the Richardson Brothers Foundation with concert organisers Rose Cook Monk and Andy Monk

Charity concert in Dudley to commemorate end of war

Sonic Boom Music Festival

Sonic Boom Music Festival announces the headline acts for the free Main Stage and Aftershock gigs

Your World|Apr 10

Steeleye Span

Legendary folk-rockers "Steeleye Span" at Walsall Arena

Your World|Apr 9

Singer Joel Foster performed a selection of songs and spoke to students about mental health and wellbeing.

Singer Joel raises his voice to promote mental health through music

Your World|Apr 9

Show Poster

McCartney unplugged this Friday in Pelsall

Your World|Apr 8

Katie Lou set to get them dancing in the aisles.

60s night at St John's Church

Your World|Apr 7

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'A really exciting school to be part of' - We take a look around West Bromwich's unique Shireland CBSO Academy

The most valuable vinyl records to own in the UK in April 2025

13 of the most valuable vinyl records to own in the UK in April 2025 - are any buried in your collection?

Tony Christie - Tuesday 6th May

What's coming up at Brierley Hill Civic Hall this May - including Tony Christie on his Great Farewell tour

Your World|Apr 3

Stylus Records, Minster Pool Walk, Lichfield

Stylus Records celebrate their third Record Store Day

Your World|Apr 2

MAMA ft. Antonella's Gavin Monaghan and Antonella Gambotto-Burke

MAMA ft. Antonella, multiplatinum producer Gavin Monaghan’s first band, to play its first gig at Feel the Noise

Your World|Apr 2

Barry Steele

Barry Steele's Roy Orbison Story returns to Wolverhampton Grand Theatre in 2026

Your World|Apr 1

Judge Jules on the decks

'I was hurtled back to the early 2000s' - DJ Judge Jules 'trance-ports' revellers at Brierley Hill Civic

Your World|Mar 31

The most valuable CDs in the UK in 2025

The most valuable CDs in the United Kingdom in 2025 - are any gathering dust in your glove compartment?

Duran Duran formd in Birmingham in 1978

Duran Duran launch their own unisex perfume

Voices in Harmony

Spring concert of popular songs in Halesowen

Your World|Mar 24

Local elections 2025

Badenoch says a family member died after struggles with ‘excessive internet use’

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Rachel Reeves during a visit to the British Steel plant in Scunthorpe

Reeves: Cutting ties with China would be ‘foolish’

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Placards at a trans rights protest in Brighton

Trans protests to be held in London and Edinburgh after Supreme Court ruling

UK News|6 hours ago

Hector, a black cat, lying on his side on a yellow blanket

Cat who made it home after being hit by train recovers from major surgery

UK News|6 hours ago

Social media apps displayed on a mobile phone screen

Social media influencers ‘fuelling misogyny in schools’

UK News|6 hours ago

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper head and shoulders

UN refugee agency backs return hubs in boost to potential Labour plan

UK News|7 hours ago

Did The Simpsons predict Birmingham bin strikes? Social media users believe so

Birmingham|Apr 12

Blues and Villa fans spotted at WWE

Aston Villa and Birmingham City fans spotted at WWE 'every week' - leaving fans flabbergasted

Aston Villa|Mar 26

CCTV shows Shane O'Malley and an accomplice raiding Hansons Auctioneers building in Derbyshire

BBC Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson's auction house targeted by hammer-wielding ram-raid crook in £21,000 raid

Glen Elmy handed back his keys after just three days

Dream home turned nightmare - Walsall man who won James Bond-style property 'handed keys back after three days'

Mackintosh at the Willow

Glasgow tearoom hosting talks on enduring relationship with ‘now-humble’ cuppa

Viral news|Mar 24

Ireland’s ‘best contemporary art’ to be showcased at Dublin fair

Viral news|Mar 23

Oklahoma City Bombing Anniversary

Former president Bill Clinton returns to Oklahoma City 30 years after bombing

World News|1 hour ago

Trump

Judge orders White House must say firings not due to poor performance

World News|4 hours ago

Israel Palestinians

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 25 in Gaza as US ambassador visits Jerusalem

World News|10 hours ago

Sean "Diddy" Combs at a premiere

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sex trafficking trial to go ahead in May, judge rules

World News|11 hours ago

Donald Trump peering round a door

Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia ‘coming to a head’, says Trump

World News|11 hours ago

Riots ensued outside the Villa ground prior to the Aston Villa v Legia Warsaw fixture.

Two more men arrested in relation to 'worst football violence in decades' after Aston Villa v Warsaw feud

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