8+ hour, 8+ min ago   (1047+ words) High suicide rates, childhood poverty, and a burnt-out community centre - the statistics might be grim in this Black Country ward but the tight-knit community is fighting back against decades of deprivation It's only been 20 minutes since we arrived at Fens…...

21+ hour, 52+ min ago   (508+ words) John Bennington, 42, transformed the side of his terraced home in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, with a giant Gaudi-inspired artwork after falling in love with the Spanish architect's designs during trips to Barcelona - but a single neighbour's complaint has triggered a planning row…...

20+ hour, 33+ min ago   (370+ words) Rental prices are expected to rise sharply by the end of the year according to Zoopla(Image: Getty Images) Elevated mortgage rates are placing strain on the rental sector, with UK rental prices forecast to rise by 4% to 5% annually by…...

19+ hour, 59+ min ago   (335+ words) The Labour Party government has consulted on making seat belt offences endorsable Newly qualified drivers are being warned that two seat belt offences could potentially be enough to have their licence revoked, under proposed changes to motoring penalties. The Labour…...

15+ hour, 52+ min ago   (280+ words) Police want these two people to come forward to help with the investigation into Holly's disappearance(Image: Nottinghamshire Police) Two people who could be able to help police locate a woman who went missing nine days ago in the Midlands…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (427+ words) Rental e-bikes are to be fitted with number plates under a crackdown on users. A third of the 1,500-bike fleet of Forest bikes in Richmond, west London, will be given plates. The move comes in a bid to make it…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (498+ words) John Bennington, 42, outside the vicbrant exterior of his terraced residence in Hucknall, Nottingham An art enthusiast who transformed his Midlands home with a spectacular £3,600 mural is concerned he may be forced to paint over it - following a single complaint from…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (369+ words) Low earners who missed out because of their wages will be invite them to claim a top-up. HMRC will start a mass letter-writing campaign, identifying and inviting people who may have missed out on pension tax relief to act. Low…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (156+ words) Birmingham Live A heartbroken father has made a desperate plea for answers on the 23rd anniversary of his daughter's disappearance from Dudley Natalie Putt vanished on September 1, 2003, after telling relatives she was "just popping to the shops", leaving behind her 11-week-old…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (411+ words) A Birmingham council tenant claims he's been unable to shower and 'left in the dark' for over three weeks amid problems at his Highgate flat. Farai Gwavava says he has been suffering from flooding in his Brinklow Tower flat over…...