A return in popularity for raw milk and a rise in demand for plant-based products is changing many people's habits. 

Modern Milk: The rise of raw and plant-based products

Samantha Bradbury struggles to find shoes that are small enough. She's appealing for help to find boots that will enable her to purse her dream career.

Woman with rare condition appeals for help to find shoes that fit 

An image of an external shot of the John Lewis store in Birmingham

The flagship store opened at Grand Central in September 2015 as part of a huge refurbishment project.

John Lewis store in Birmingham will never reopen

Nisa Local sign tells customers not to wear a mask

The sign, at the Nisa Local store in Danesmoor, Derbyshire, tells customers they should not cover their faces in store for "security reasons".

Shop tells customers NOT to wear a mask

The crew of the engines were fighting a fire, when the Mercedes thought it could overtake on the grass verge..

Plea to respect 999 vehicles as Mercedes gets stuck overtaking fire engines

A ‘pop-up’ outdoor dining space is coming to Nottingham’s Old Market Square from Friday.

It has been designed as part of the city’s reopening strategy from the COVID lockdown restrictions.

Nottingham City centre 'pop-up' outdoor dining area announced 

With face coverings compulsory in shops and takeaways from today we look at how people in the Midlands are adjusting to the change.

Face coverings in shops: are people sticking to the rules?

Health and Safety Executive inspectors visited 51 factories in the city between May 1 and July 20.

Enforcement action issued against textile firms for breaching Covid-19 measures

Bosses at Birmingham Town Hall say half of our staff are now at risk of redundancy.

In a statement, the company said it must take the "painful decision" to reduce staff due to the continuing uncertainty ahead.

 Half of jobs at Birmingham Town Hall and Symphony Hall at risk of redundancy

It's the second local outbreak of the virus across the Midlands after Leicester. 

Some 73 positive cases of the virus have been confirmed among workers at the farm.

At least one person who tested positive for covid-19 has left Herefordshire farm

Business correspondent Mark Gough with his take on the decision by John Lewis to close its Birmingham department store.

Mark Gough: The impact on Birmingham if John Lewis closes

Nottingham-based Boots plans to cut 4000 jobs to mitigate the 'significant impact' of Covid-19

Nottingham particularly affected: Boots to cut 4000 jobs

Textile manufacturers in the Leicester say reports that garment factories have contributed to the recent outbreak are hugely misleading. 

Local fashion wear manufacturers speak about the safety measures in place to protect workers as part of their bit to protect the wider community.

Rajiv Popat: Leicester manufacturers address exploitation claims

Birmingham is among the stores 'temporarily closed' but Leicester's is due to open on Monday 13th July.

Some John Lewis stores in the Midlands to remain closed

He was caught on camera unloading the contents of his car boot just a few hundred metres from a recycling centre.

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