Malcolm X's visit to Smethwick caused a "rumpus", according to newspapers at the time The US political activist Malcolm X visited Smethwick, in the West Midlands, just nine days before he was ...

A visit to Smethwick High Street was one of the highlights of the police cadets who accompany the High Sheriff of the West ...

When most people think of England in 1963 and 1964, they typically conjure up images of The Beatles, the four mop-topped lads from Liverpool who thrilled the country with their infectious melodies and ...

A listed former cinema which historians said "reflected the glamour and excitement" of the 1930s talking picture era has been destroyed in a suspected arson. The Victoria Suite in Smethwick, which was ...

On February 12, 1965, Malcolm X, with his brow-line glasses perched high above his nose, walked along the terraced houses of Marshall Street in Smethwick, a small and bleak UK town in the West ...

A 2-year-old boy was tragically killed in a hit-and-run on a road notorious for speed racing, according to a "devastated" eyewitness. Emergency services were called to Dartmouth Road, in Smethwick, ...

The public is being advised to steer clear of a shopping centre as fire crews desperately try to bring a blaze under control. Heavy plumes of smoke can bee seen in the skies over Smethwick after a ...

West Midlands Police have issued a major update after a woman died following a collision with a car. The tragic incident happened on Thimblemill Road, in Smethwick, ay 9.30pm, on Thursday, August 28.

Sunder Katwala’s important work on British racism, reflected in his thoughtful FT comment (“The volatile far right is becoming more difficult to label”, Opinion, August 5), needs to add a little ...

The Staffordshire bull terrier cross was spotted by a passer-by near Vittoria Street, Smethwick, at the end of November 2024 ...

A puppy who was found abandoned in the snow alongside piles of fly-tipped rubbish on a Smethwick street is now thriving in a ...

The US political activist Malcolm X visited Smethwick, in the West Midlands, just nine days before he was assassinated. The civil rights campaigner visited on 12 February 1965 because at the time ...