The five acts in the running for this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival Breaking Talent Award have been announced. They are: Bab, Abbie Edwards, Abbie Hale, Harry Jenkins and Ryan S Lewis. All will be ...

A sketch duo from Dudley, a character-based comic from Bilston and an enthusiastic storyteller from Smethwick are all in the running for a prestigious comedy award.

Thousands of microplastics so small they can penetrate deep into the lungs are in the air you breathe in your home and car, a ...