22+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1963+ words) Birmingham City manager Chris Davies There is a different atmosphere inside Birmingham City’s bubble this year. Less of the brash, unashamedly ambitious, Premier League dreaming talk that created expectations Chris Davies says were ‘really unrealistic’. Instead, Blues are going about…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (515+ words) E-mails have been sent to Halifax customers urging them to do one thing before Lloyds axes the brand. The Halifax brand is being scrapped after 173 years, with all customer accounts to be rebranded to Lloyds. Lloyds Banking Group, which has…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (472+ words) UK households are stuck in ‘rip-off contracts’ reckon overpriced deals are costing them £576 a year more than they should be paying. A survey of 2,000 adults found 38% are currently tied into an agreement which they do not think is good value…...

4+ hour, 33+ min ago  (428+ words) A museum in Birmingham was previously crowned the UK's number one "hidden gem"(Image: ©National Trust Images/David Rowan) Boasting a perfect 4.8 out of five stars on Tripadvisor, Birmingham Back to Backs is a National Trust museum nestled within a…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (397+ words) Yorkshire Building Society has issued a mortgage warning as the UK faces a so-called “lost generation of homeowners”. The mutual’s latest report, ‘No way home? Restoring Britain’s Housing Ladder’, found 88% of UK adults believe homeownership is important. While 76% of people…...

2+ hour, 58+ min ago  (352+ words) EON and EDF have launched a standing charge trial - with customers set to benefit. The firms, which serve Birmingham households, have launched experimental 'low Standing Charge' tariffs for a limited number of customers. Standing Charges – which you pay just for…...

2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (795+ words) There are a whole host of manmade beaches to enjoy around Birmingham in 2026, including Farmarama at the National Forest Adventure Farm Being landlocked in Birmingham, we don't have the luxury of being able to just pop to the coast when…...

10+ hour, 13+ min ago  (426+ words) The authority sold a Chinese takeaway for more than £300,000 and a retail site for £170,000 in Harborne Birmingham City Council netted almost £500,000 in quickfire property sales at auction. But two sites went unsold and a third was withdrawn. The authority sold…...

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (543+ words) A woman from Worcestershire who sold her wardrobe on Vinted saved £18,000 in just seven months so she could travel the world. Rebekah Swatton spent the past seven months saving for an open-ended trip abroad after a previous journey forced her…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (370+ words) The City watchdog has attacked a consumer group in the £829 car loan payout battle. The City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, or FCA, is trying to get the only consumer group arguing for higher motor finance scandal payouts thrown out…...