The UK is about to create its first “smoke-free generation.” After the Government announced its intentions in 2024, the House of Commons and Lords have now agreed on a final draft of the legislat...
Do you feel the power of the Gladiators? Do you have the will and the skill? Do you have the speed, the strength, the heart to be a winner? It's not for beginners. Deep down in your soul, are you a...
Stop what you’re doing. I don’t care if you’re still at work, visiting family or in the library. There’s no excuse if you still haven’t seen it. ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ is now officially stream...
The UK has decisively voted against a social media ban for under-16s. MPs voted 307 to 173, with a majority of 134, yesterday (Monday, March 9) against proposed changes to the Children’s Wellbeing and Scho...
Confession time: I’ve never watched ‘Peaky Blinders’. Like, not one second of it. I keep meaning to, I promise, but life just gets in the way... I admit, it’s not ideal for someone who writes for Secret Birmingham to sa...
Usually, gambling is a surefire way of getting nothing for something. But for one week of the year, you’re basically guaranteed to walk away with a prize worth more than the price of entry—and it’s all thanks to the Nat...
This morning (Thursday, February 26, 2026), the UK’s first geothermal power plant switched on. United Downs power plant will now produce three megawatts of electricity and power 10,000 UK homes using the Earth’s own hea...
Am I dreaming? Something in the UK is about to get a bit cheaper. Your energy bills could be about to drop thanks to changes to the price cap on electricity and gas suppliers—saving many households around £10 a month. ...
Years following the final season of ‘Peaky Blinders’, Academy Award–winner Cillian Murphy dusts off his hat and returns as the legendary Tommy Shelby. With just over a month until the movie, ‘The Immortal Man’, streams...
It’s finally happening. To the glee of the rest of the world, Great Britain is sinking into the ocean like some sort of beans-on-toast-fuelled Atlantis. Or that’s what you’d be forgiven for thinking, seeing as the stree...
