Mohammed Kudus: Nima is a slum area in Accra, the capital of Ghana. We call it “Zongo,” which is like a ghetto. But there’s a lot of talent — from football to musicians — it’s a mix of all aspects of ...

Corporation Street has always been a regular stop on any visit to the city centre. Every kid from the 1970s will have been dragged into C&A to buy their new school uniform with their Mom at the end of ...

The popular BBC drama Father Brown, currently in its 12th series, continues to captivate its loyal audience. Birmingham-born actor Mark Williams returns as the titular Catholic priest, whose sharp ...

Teddy Otieno’s story is one that should make every Kenyan proud. From the crowded streets of Korogocho slum in Nairobi to the grand halls of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the UK, Teddy has ...

The upcoming Peaky Blinders movie, The Immortal Man, could bring back one historical character to fix their total ...

THOSE are very much the sentiments of Canon Andy Delmege, Canon Missioner of Birmingham Cathedral, who worked on estates for ...

NOT quite so much now, but there was a time when omnibuses played a very important role in many people’s lives. Before the explosion in ...

Van Hoogstraten now reportedly lives in Zimbabwe, spending little time in the UK. He is said to have been ... the incomplete mansion the "biggest slum in Britain" and another dubbed it the ...

Those three numbers are iconic in bus service history, although today they have been shortened to just 44, along with the original route that used to run from Birmingham to Malvern via Worcester ...

In 1875, the Artisans' and Labourers' Dwellings Act gave local authorities powers to buy up, clear and redevelop slum areas, as well as requiring them to re-house inhabitants. Birmingham was the first ...