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YouTube autoplayed The Short Heath Boys - Born to Drink Mild recorded at the closest music venue to my home but as I'm a Willenhall boy I had to look up the official video to their We'm From Willenhall :)

I've been to most of the places in that video in the last couple of weeks despite being closer to Wolverhampton city centre now.

We've got locks in our blood.

#blackcountryrock #blackcountry #metal #willenhall #midlands #music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCeLWzlBn1g

https://www.fogolf.com/1171407/open-spaces-and-sweeping-views-midlands-golf-course-living/ Open spaces and sweeping views: Midlands golf course living #ColumbiaBusiness #ColumbiaNews #ColumbiaRealEstate #GolfCourseLiving #GolfCourses #Midlands

Supporting community run projects is such a powerful act of kindness that ripples out. In fact, community projects are somewhere we hear about a lot of kindness from the people organising them, to those getting the word out about them, along with the specifics of the project itself, and here’s one example:

“I started a the Re-Kinked project, a Midlands-based, community-focused project exploring how kink and sustainability can go hand in hand."

1/3

#Kindness #Midlands

Two #CareHome managers in #Dudley #Midlands #UK got #prison for #defrauding one of their own patients (and they are of the same age group as their victim!)

#HealthAndSocialCare #England #crime #safeguarding

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0410wrwq92o

A #student from #DeMontfort #University in #Leicester #England has been killed in the street by a man of a similar age following an altercation.

#Police have launched a #murder investigation

#Crime #UK #Midlands

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2026-02-04/very-serious-incident-near-university-campus-closes-roads-in-city-centre

New centre for Transport and Infrastructure to be established in West Midlands http://dlvr.it/TQlmlb #Birmingham #Infrastructure #Midlands #RailNews

New centre for Transport and Infrastructure to be established in West Midlands http://dlvr.it/TQlmK7 #Birmingham #Infrastructure #Midlands #RailNews

East Midlands Railway named a Top Employer for tenth year running http://dlvr.it/TQhHxD #EastMidlandsRailway #Midlands #News #RailNews

East Midlands Railway named a Top Employer for tenth year running http://dlvr.it/TQhGpL #EastMidlandsRailway #Midlands #News #RailNews

#London Northwestern #Railway and West #Midlands Railway will return to public ownership on 1 February 2026, bringing all West Midlands #Trains services under government control. From that date, around half of all rail journeys overseen by Great #British #Railways will be run by publicly owned operators. The government says the move supports plans for a simpler, more integrated rail system with more reliable, affordable and better-connected services. The routes connect #Liverpool, #Birmingham, London and destinations across the West Midlands, supporting jobs, education and local #economies. West Midlands Trains becomes the fourth operator to transfer under the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act, alongside a rail fare freeze. More than 8,500 publicly owned services now run each day, with official data showing stronger performance on punctuality and cancellations. Further transfers are planned as Great British Railways legislation progresses.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/london-northwestern-railway-and-west-midlands-railway-services-return-to-public-ownership

Free four-day spectacle-making training for midlands artists launches in Longford!

Offaly Arts Office, in partnership with six local authority Arts Offices, has announced a four-day training workshop designed to develop skills in spectacle-making and street performance among artists based in rural counties.

All details here: https://www.longfordlibrary.ie/arts/funding-opportunities/spectacle-and-performance-training-opportunity/

#arts #artsculture #spectacle #midlands #ireland #longford

Battle Systems adds the Urmeck to Maladum. Reminds me of my cousins in Dudley - odd names, weird behaviour, and the big ones turn up when the little ones start losing. #Maladum #BattleSystems #Miniatures #TabletopGaming #midlands #wargaming https://l.d20.ninja/59htr86x

How the age of motoring shaped our modern world - or at least how #CarDependency was baked into the culture of #Birmingham and the #Midlands (particularly as it was like the "Detroit of Britain" back then (to some extent it still is but replacing #cars with #crime and #SocialDeprivation )

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62d5wg4lypo

https://www.fogolf.com/1128542/virtual-golf-facility-coming-to-blythewood-communities/ Virtual golf facility coming to Blythewood | Communities #Blythewood #communities #Golf #GolfNews #Midlands #sports

Two things I’ve learned only a few chapters into the Napalm Death book I’m reading;

- Scum was produced over two years and with different lineups; side A was originally recorded for a split that never happened. I had no idea!

- Some parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands write “mom”. I was aware that happened in speech but not in writing! Was jarring the first few times I read it because I was using the American pronunciation in my head.

#TIL #NapalmDeath #AmReading #Midlands #Yorkshire #English

I learned freedom riding the Midlands cuts by bike. I still explore cities by bike, on foot, and by car, always chasing that same feeling of discovery just around the corner.

#midlands #blackcountry #england #biking

https://www.poppastring.com/blog/i-miss-riding-the-cuts

Construction has been completed on five new #railway stations in #Birmingham and the Black Country, reconnecting communities to the rail network after decades without services. Three stations on the Camp Hill Line in south Birmingham – Moseley Village, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road – will restore passenger #trains for the first time since the Second World War, with half-hourly services between Birmingham New Street and Kings Norton. Willenhall and Darlaston stations will reintroduce rail services to parts of Walsall not served since the 1960s, initially linking #Wolverhampton and Birmingham. The stations are now being prepared for testing, commissioning and driver training, ahead of passenger services starting in early 2026. The project has been delivered by Transport for West Midlands and partners, including Network Rail, West #Midlands Railway and local councils, and is expected to support local travel, town centres and investment.
https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/building-work-completed-on-five-new-railway-stations/