A new Dunelm store will be opening in the former BHS premises in Solihull’s Mell Square. The nation’s leading home furnishings retailer has signed a lease with IM Properties, the owners of Mell Square. Their shop fit out works started on Monday 17th October – with the store set to open in time for Christmas….

More than 260 agency staff are set to leave Jaguar Land Rover’s factory in Solihull over the coming weeks. One employee told the Birmingham Mail that workers “had no idea” they would be laid off and assumed they were being transferred to other parts of the luxury car manufacturer. The news comes just weeks after…

A Solihull doctor has escaped a jail sentence after being caught with 11,000 indecent images of children. A court heard consultant anaesthetist Emil Guirguis, 59, “dredged the darkest recesses” of the internet for vile snaps of abused children. His secret double life was finally exposed when police raided his £400,000 Solihull home and another in…

Two people have appeared in court charged with multiple animal cruelty offences in connection with an alleged puppy farm in Solihull. Birmingham Magistrates Court heard RSPCA inspectors found more than 30 animals were found being improperly cared for at Pastures Farm on Coventry Road last year. Sean Kerr and Louise St John Poulton denied seven…

Solihull Council is appealing for witnesses after being alerted to three separate and very large incidents of fly-tipping located on land off Stonebridge Island on the A45, off Aylesbury Road in Hockley Heath and at Meriden Mile in Meriden. The council’s Environmental Crime team has launched an investigation and is examining the locations of the…

Awards have been given out for Solihull’s annual gardening competition – Solihull Neighbourhoods in Bloom. Back again for a fourth time, an awards ceremony to recognise the borough’s green-fingered gardening champions was held on Monday 3rd October at CTC Kingshurst Academy. Over fifty awards were handed out to hopeful entrants from schools, villages and the…

Latest data released show Solihull is a magnet for business investment and jobs – an area with the fastest growing employment outside London. The 2015 Office of National Statistics Business Register and Employment Survey (BRES) highlights Solihull’s strong regional position – with overall employment increasing by 16% over the past five years (2010-15), more than…

Solihull Council has installed a new push button to the Nailcote Lane traffic signals to help horse riders cross the narrow railway bridge in Berkswell. The push button is positioned high up so that it can be reached from horseback and local horse rider Louise Wiseman helped to determine its positioning. The signals feature above…

On Wednesday 28th September, people from across the borough took part in the Solihull Gets Active games which were opened by Mayor of Solihull Councillor Mike Robinson at Tudor Grange Leisure Centre. The event saw 91 people living with disabilities have a go at a variety of activities – including tennis, boxing, archery and cycling….

On Friday night (7th October) Harv Hawkins was awarded the Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award 2016 at The Glee Club. Standing in front of an enthusiastic audience he was presented with his award by comedy legend Jasper Carrott. The Balsall Common-based comedian – who by day works as an estate agent – has been…