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The world's 10 most beautiful baby names - according to Birmingham expert

Shakespeare gave us "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet".

Baby holding onto the thumb of an adult

Scammers or soulmates? Wolverhampton shoppers tell us why they would - or wouldn't - use online dating in 2025

An outdoor cinema was created at RAF Cosford in Aug 2021

Historic and fascinating RAF Cosford - 26 pictures from popular museum and airbase between Wolverhampton and Telford

Amazon Music Unlimited can be used for three months without paying a penny

Get three months of Amazon Music Unlimited free – perfect for audiophiles

Affiliates|Apr 11

Working with robotics at the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Coventry

West Midlands to host European Robotics Forum in 2027

The 3D printed toilet pod at The Very Light Railway, Dudley.

I visited the Very Light Rail centre in the Black Country and discovered transport of the future - and an eco friendly loo

Entertainment|Mar 23

Save £100 on the new ghd Chronos Hair Straighteners with this simple trick – hurry, offer ends March 31st

ghd Chronos: the ultimate hair straightener and how to save £100

Affiliates|Mar 11

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Engineers can be seen working on the cable strays that keeps the structure together

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Nearly seven in 10 scammed children are left feeling anxious as a result

7 signs your child is being scammed - as criminals target online games

Education|Feb 20

Police have unveiled new hi-tech speed camera vans that can detect drunk and drug drivers from a mile away.

New hi-tech police speed camera vans can spot drunk and drug drivers from a mile away in the West Midlands

Science & Technology|Feb 19

Apple’s new iPhone SE could launch this week – and it’s set to be a bargain

Affiliates|Feb 18

The right VPN can save you money

How companies track your browsing – and how it’s secretly costing you more than you think

Affiliates|Feb 18

Peter Rhodes on washing machines, asteroids and the misery unleashed by Columbus

VivaCity show West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker (centre) and Road Safety Commissioner Mat MacDonald how the AI powered sensors work. PIC: Gurdip Thandi LDR

West Midlands to use AI to prevent road tragedies

Tim Peake - coming to Wolverhampton

Countdown to astronaut Tim Peake's appearance in the city

Science & Technology|Jan 22

More Black Country, Birmingham and Staffordshire patients will get clinical trials at new multi-million pound centres

Starmer may want us to embrace AI - but where does that leave us? - Toby Neal asks

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PM’s ‘fearful undertones’ on immigration ‘dog whistle to voters’, Yousaf warns

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Floral tributes left near the scene of a fire at Bicester Motion

Tributes paid to firefighters and man killed in former RAF base blaze

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Petty Officer Kirsty Scott and the kittens

Royal Navy sailors show ‘incredible empathy’ to save four kittens in Bahrain

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A general view of Westminster Magistrates' Court

Three Iranian nationals appear in court charged with spying offences

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Nicola Sturgeon

Prime Minister’s immigration comments ‘dumbest of dumb politics’, says Sturgeon

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Three Iranian men charged with spying offences under National Security Act

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An art piece displaying two women

Europe’s first museum of contemporary Palestinian art opens in Edinburgh

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Primary six teacher Lyndsay Ellis (left) with Ukrainian teacher Anzhelika Lishchenko (right), during training in Poland

Primary school pupils begin reading partnership with Ukrainian children

Viral news|May 11

Kris Baillie pictured outside Fife's Seescape

Partially-sighted man to travel across UK to raise funds for Fife charity

Viral news|May 11

School pupils hold up a Ukrainian flag

Co Antrim pupils building lasting links with Ukrainian school

Viral news|May 11

Crowds watch illuminations during the Bealtaine Fire Festival at the Hill of Uisneach in Co Westmeath

Spectators gather for ancient Celtic fire procession that welcomes summer

Viral news|May 11

Kevin Beresford has devoted 12 months entirely to the industrial action blighting his home city for his calendar called "Rats The Size of Cats".

Britain's 'dullest man' selling merchandise dedicated to the Birmingham bin strikes

Birmingham|May 7

Severe weather damage

Severe weather kills at least 21 people in US Midwest and South

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Hiker survived for weeks in wilderness by foraging and drinking melted snow

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Palestinians inspect the damage caused by an Israeli airstrike that struck tents at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah

Israel launches military operation in Gaza to pressure Hamas to release hostages

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Arab leaders pose for a group photo ahead of the opening session

Arab leaders promise to work on Gaza reconstruction and press for ceasefire

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Palm tree falls on pedestrian at Cannes Film Festival

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A man sits in a chair after a severe storm moved through St Louis

Severe weather leaves nine dead in Kentucky

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