midland

It's a midlands derby on Friday as Birmingham Phoenix and Trent Rockets get up and running for the year in another double-header at Edgbaston.

They are like my midlands team, because I grew up with a load of pals who supported them and still go to the odd game with them too.

Under his new name, he helped co-found Urban Evolution Property Management in 2018 and the company went on to manage and rent several thousand student flats and apartments across the north and midlands.

A more serious amber warning has been issued for some areas in the midlands and central England, forecasting further flooding and travel disruption as a month’s worth of rain could fall.

On Monday, the government asked police in northern England and most of the midlands to keep newly-charged suspects waiting for a court appearance in police cells until prison space is available.