Local Headlines from Thursday, November 20th, 2025

Birmingham City’s chairman has said he wants to see the wider benefits of the Sports Quarter project realised “as quickly as possible” as the new stadium design was unveiled.

A former Tory councillor in Walsall has joined Advance UK, a political party backed by anti-Islam campaigner Tommy Robinson.

A unique, handcrafted ‘shooting star’ tribute to remember someone loved and missed is at the heart of an emotional campaign from Acorns Children’s Hospice this December.

Sandwell Council is calling on young people across the borough to register as candidates for the upcoming UK Youth Parliament elections.