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BBC News
11 hours ago
- Climate
- BBC News
Your photos of the West Midlands: Cathedral, cattle and composer
We love to feature your photographs showing the beauty of the West Midlands and here are some of the best from the past your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at midlandstoday@ inspiration, view some top tips from three of England's Big Picture photographers. When emailing pictures, please make sure you include the following information:The full name of the person who took the pictures (as this person owns the copyright)Confirmation that the copyright holder gives permission for the BBC to use their pictures across all its outputsThe location, date and time the pictures were takenYour telephone number so we can get back to you if we have any further other details about the pictures that may be useful for us to knowPlease note that while we welcome all your pictures, we are more likely to use those which have been taken in the past week. Follow for more pictures on Instagram from BBC Birmingham, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Shropshire, BBC Stoke & Staffordshire and BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country.
BBC News
15-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Your photos of the West Midlands: Cows, bees and the Moon
We love to feature your photographs showing the stunning beauty of the West Midlands and here are some of the best from the past your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at midlandstoday@ inspiration, view some top tips from three of England's Big Picture photographers. When emailing pictures, please make sure you include the following information:The full name of the person who took the pictures (as this person owns the copyright)Confirmation that the copyright holder gives permission for the BBC to use their pictures across all its outputsThe location, date and time the pictures were takenYour telephone number so we can get back to you if we have any further questionsAny other details about the pictures that may be useful for us to know Follow for more pictures on Instagram from BBC Birmingham, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Shropshire, BBC Stoke & Staffordshire and BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country.
BBC News
08-06-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Your photos of the West Midlands: Stunning blooms and waddling geese
We love to feature your photographs showing the stunning beauty of the West Midlands and here are some of the best from the past your images via BBC Weather Watchers or email us at midlandstoday@ inspiration, view some top tips from three of England's Big Picture photographers. When emailing pictures, please make sure you include the following information:The full name of the person who took the pictures (as this person owns the copyright)Confirmation that the copyright holder gives permission for the BBC to use their pictures across all its outputsThe location, date and time the pictures were takenYour telephone number so we can get back to you if we have any further questionsAny other details about the pictures that may be useful for us to know Follow for more pictures on Instagram from BBC Birmingham, BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, BBC Hereford & Worcester, BBC Shropshire, BBC Stoke & Staffordshire and BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country.
BBC News
14-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
BBC Local appoints new Head of BBC Midlands
Kay Wright has been appointed Head of BBC Midlands. Kay will lead all of the BBC's local services for radio, TV and online across the West and East Midlands. She will be responsible for the region's digital output, Midlands Today, East Midlands Today, two Sunday Politics programmes, BBC Radio WM, BBC CWR, BBC Radio Stoke, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester, BBC Radio Derby, BBC Radio Leicester and BBC Radio Nottingham. She takes over from Hayley Valentine who became Director of BBC Scotland last year. Kay has a wealth of experience, knowledge and passion for the region. She joined the BBC in 1999 and went on to lead BBC Radio Leicester and BBC CWR in the Midlands as Executive Editor and before joining the BBC worked in regional and national newspapers. Most recently she has been heading up TV and digital news output in the North East of England and before that headed up the BBC in the Midlands on an interim basis in 2023. Kay Wright says: 'Having spent much of my career in Leicester, my heart truly belongs in the Midlands. I can't wait to get back to work with the enormously talented, creative and committed news and programme-makers this region boasts. It will be a huge privilege to work with BBC colleagues as well as regional stakeholders to deliver the highest quality content for our audiences.' Jason Horton, Director of Production for BBC Local, says: 'Kay is a hugely experienced editorial leader who has led a number of teams across the Midlands over the past few years. Her relentless focus on our audiences, understanding what they want from BBC Local, her creativity and her leadership, are qualities that I am sure will make her time leading the BBC across the Midlands a huge success. I am excited to see what she achieves.' The BBC has transformed local services in the Midlands, and across England, by putting local information at the heart of the online experience for audiences. This means greater news provision for 43 areas including a new dedicated online service launched in Wolverhampton last year. Across BBC Local, our News Online websites have seen huge growth since we transformed our offer. Between Jan-Oct 2022 and Jan-Oct 2024 we have seen an increase of 41% in terms of average weekly traffic (from 11.8m to 16.7m). Our regional news programmes including Midlands Today and East Midlands Today at 6.30pm are the most watched news programmes on any channel in the region and are significant part of a family of programmes consistently reaching more viewers than any other news programme in England. The Midlands is a big part of the BBC's Across the UK strategy to better represent and serve audiences by moving shows, talent, teams, and content to the region. In the last few years the BBC has moved hundreds of additional hours of network radio programming to the city – including BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat, three new 1Xtra shows meaning the network will be live from Birmingham every weekday from 10am-4pm. This week we announced that BBC Asian Network will complete its move to Birmingham by April. Hit drama series Silent Witness has moved to the West Midlands and the MasterChef brand has moved production to new studios in Digbeth. Kay will take up her new role as Head of BBC Midlands from Monday 17 March. JK
BBC News
28-01-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Nick Owen praises power of conversation on prostate cancer
BBC presenter Nick Owen says famous people talking about prostate cancer has helped to raise awareness of the illness, with the greater profile a factor in it becoming the most commonly diagnosed cancer in longstanding broadcaster said he was diagnosed with "extensive and aggressive" cancer in 2023, before having surgery. He was new analysis, charity Prostate Cancer UK examined NHS data and found that in 2022, a total of 50,751 men were diagnosed, surpassing the 48,531 recorded cases of breast cancer; previously the most commonly diagnosed a national breakfast TV pioneer, said the illness was "more talked about now than ever before". Analysis also shows that in 2023, the number of prostate cancer cases rose to 55,033, while breast cancer diagnoses decreased to 47, data also indicates a 25% rise in prostate cancer cases between 2019 and 2023. The charity attributes the figures to greater awareness of the disease, leading to more men being diagnosed at an earlier stage. Owen stated it was "fantastic that all this awareness has come forward now" through the experiences of "high-profile people" such as six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy, TV sports presenter Steve Rider, actor Stephen Fry, England cricketer Bob Willis and broadcaster Bill added there were "scores of people" who said they had visited a GP as a direct result of seeing him and "all the high-profile people we've mentioned" discuss the while the presenter of news programme BBC Midlands Today said it was "fantastic" there was greater awareness, it was "just slightly chilling to know it's [the] most common cancer now". "[Men] were getting [prostate cancer] before," he explained, "but we just didn't know about it." Prostate cancer symptoms and treatment: What to check for Two years ago, the charity said it had seen a spike in demand for support after Owen opened up about his diagnosis. One BBC Midlands Today viewer last year said he believed he could owe his life to the presenter after his own said that on television "you talk about health issues a lot and that's why I think I became so aware of prostate cancer".He stated that from his early 60s he began having checks and it was because he had talked about it so much on who hosts Midlands Today twice a week, celebrated 50 years in broadcasting in 2023, the same year he was diagnosed and revealed he had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test that had shown slightly elevated results and his GP insisted that he see a led to diagnosis and surgery. Owen said while he could get tired now, "then again I am 77", and overall, he was doing "very well"."I'm still having PSA every six months and so far it's undetectable... My current PSA numbers are negligible."You can never say never, but at this stage I feel very hopeful that I've got a few more years left in me."[I] feel very lucky, very grateful that I've come through what was a pretty horrible time." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
