Linda Aitchison

A signed Wolves football and shirt are being auctioned by the University of Wolverhampton Students’ Union to help fellow students in Ukraine. The ball is signed by players from the 2022/23 season and the shirt is from a game against Bristol City in January 2014, which Wolves won 3-1. They went on to win the League that season and were promoted to the Championship. The auction is to raise money for students at the Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University (NMGSU) in Ukraine – who are big Wolves fans. This comes months after the University of Wolverhampton twinned with the university, […]

Retired and older workers can boost their income by sharing their expertise with the next generation – keeping active through a new career mentoring platform.  Hailed as the equivalent for career mentoring as Airbnb is for holiday lets and Uber is for self-employed drivers, Career Navig8r restores a sense of purpose for people who have stopped doing a job they love.  Career Navig8r aims to give people a ‘career encore’, providing a sense of purpose post-retirement and ensuring their experience is used to help someone else.  Founder Ken Glynn, of Bettystown, County Meath, in Ireland, says he’d seen his dad

A groundbreaking Wolverhampton student nurse is appealing to more South Asian women to join her in the profession after being named a finalist in a leading UK awards scheme. Shahnaz Akhter, 50, who is in her third year of a mental health nursing degree at the University of Wolverhampton, has been shortlisted as Student Nurse of the Year in the Nursing Times awards, to be held in London later this month. With just 1.5 per cent of UK nurses being Muslim and 0.5 per cent being of South Asian heritage, Shahnaz is the only Muslim woman on her course and

A long-standing Wolverhampton football club is looking to nurture the next generation of players with the launch of a youth academy. AFC Wulfrunians is inviting young players from U7s to U13s, boys and girls, to attend academy trials day from 9am to 4pm on Saturday, April 29. The sessions will be run by coach Jake Webb along with other UEFA B qualified coaches ensuring every child can reach their full potential. Club director Matt Clayton said: “This is a fantastic opportunity for young players to become part of this historic family club, get fit, learn some skills and have lots

Chase Pride 2023 will pay tribute to Brianna Ghey, the transgender teenager who was fatally stabbed.  Festival founder Kathryn Downs revealed Brianna’s memory will be at at the heart of this year’s event, with its main stage named in honour of the 16-year-old. Kathryn told a vigil held in Hednesford, one of more than 50 organised across the UK, that she felt great sadness and anger that Brianna had been ‘let down so badly’ by society. She said: “I set up Chase Pride to help people. I transitioned in 2010 in the Cannock Chase area and it was a very

Interactive tours of UK crematoria are being rolled out to help grieving families understand what happens ahead of a loved-one’s funeral. New technology, already embraced by the hospitality industry, to give the most realistic virtual experience, has now been adapted by a leading funeral company. In a worldwide first, all five senses are targeted by ‘immersive’ show-round experiences – from seeing the layout of a chapel of rest, to hearing planned music and smelling flowers with scents made available ahead of the service. Children and first-time funeral attendees can particularly benefit from an opportunity to get such a realistic taste

Re-imagined photos of model Christine Keeler, whose role in the infamous Profumo affair brought down a government, are to go on private display on the site of the Soho nightclub at the heart of the scandal. Photographer Joe Leslie wants to ‘reframe’ the iconic showgirl, 60 years on from when a notorious series of events first unfolded in Wardour Street jazz bar the Flamingo Club. Included in the invite-only viewing is a reworking of Christine posing on a back-to-front Arne Jacobsen chair, which has remained one of the most enduring symbols of the era. Remembering Christine is being held on Thursday,

A ‘first spade in the ground’ ceremony is set to signal major progress for an innovative £1.5 million new housing scheme sparked by a call for action from a Stourbridge musician. On Thursday September 8, VIP guests will gather to witness the important milestone ahead of the building of the new development on the site of the old Mayfield House in Enville Street. The site of the 11 affordable apartments, with solar panels and ground source heat pumps, will also host an eye-catching ‘art installation’ with an affordable housing theme, from three local artists, David Johnson, known as DJ, Cal and