NEWSLETTER SIGN UP

Central Bylines

Advertisement

No Result

View All Result

No Result

View All Result

REGISTER TO VOTE

Register to vote to have your say in upcoming elections 12 April 2022

The two faces of the West Midlands unveiled 28 September 2026

Next

Prev

The two faces of the West Midlands unveiled

by Trevor Russel

28 September 2026

Letters to the editor

Long Covid research needs a more critical eye

28 September 2026

M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food

25 September 2026

Crime is falling – but the public doesn’t feel safer, study finds

19 September 2026

TRUTH IS POWER – NOMINATE AN ORGANISATION FOR SCRUTINY

BACK IN THE NEWS

No Content Available

ENVIRONMENT

Three people, 2 women one man, sit in fron of a projection on a screen that says 'imagining our future'

Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival

12 September 2026

Image shows a globe with flames going around it from a burner under it

The summer heatwaves: 1976 and all that

person holds a globe that is burning

Council row about climate change teaching in school

Spotted mosquito sitting on a plant leaf

Yellow fever mosquitos love our heatwaves – keep them away for 30p

SIMPLE POLITICS GUIDE

AI created image of a man's head, with a very long nose. He wears a blue hat and blue suit

Post-truth in UK politics: navigating misinformation

Image by Midjourney AI

Polarisation: understanding its impact, causes and solutions

Architect type model of a statue of a politician with hands raised up as if appealing to a crowd. Houses of Parliament type structure in the background.

The mechanics of populism: understanding how it works

2 February 2024 - Updated on 3 February 2024

Understanding separation of powers in the UK

23 December 2023

Model inspired by the Palace of Westminster by Midjourney AI

Writing a personal manifesto

15 December 2023

Palace of Westminster model in white light

The significance of manifestos in UK Politics

8 December 2023

HEALTH & CORONAVIRUS

Woman wearing a face mask with her hands over her ears

Finding ways to help recovery from long Covid

17 September 2026 - Updated on 23 September 2026

Woman of colour sits on a sofa with a tissue in her hand talking to a therapist

Boost for mental health treatment in West Midlands

11 September 2026

sleepy man seen in rearview mirror of a car

Tired behind the wheel? Have a double caffeine nap!

7 September 2026

BUSINESS

Picture of a Waymo driverless car, the photo shows the car side on with a man sitting in it being driven by the vehicle

New global rules for driverless vehicles

spoken bubble of text 'proud to pay'

Millionaires tell new Prime Minister: Tax us, we’re proud to pay

THE LOST OPPORTUNITIES LIST

Adobe Stock - By creativeneko

Lost Opportunities List

The Lost Opportunities List

21 January 2021 - Updated on 26 August 2023

TRENDING

Trending
Comments
Latest

JAr with brown lid and label saying 'custard SPREAD cream' on a white cloth with blue background, resembling a loud in the sky

M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food

25 September 2026

Woman wearing a face mask with her hands over her ears

Finding ways to help recovery from long Covid

17 September 2026 - Updated on 23 September 2026

Beaver in the water nibbling on a stick

Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years

18 September 2026 - Updated on 21 September 2026

West Midlands projected over a generic map of the UK

The two faces of the West Midlands unveiled

28 September 2026

West Midlands projected over a generic map of the UK

The two faces of the West Midlands unveiled

Licensed from Adobe Stock - image by Dina

Long Covid research needs a more critical eye

JAr with brown lid and label saying 'custard SPREAD cream' on a white cloth with blue background, resembling a loud in the sky

M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food

Beaver in the water nibbling on a stick

Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years

West Midlands projected over a generic map of the UK

The two faces of the West Midlands unveiled

28 September 2026

Licensed from Adobe Stock - image by Dina

Long Covid research needs a more critical eye

28 September 2026

JAr with brown lid and label saying 'custard SPREAD cream' on a white cloth with blue background, resembling a loud in the sky

M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food

25 September 2026

Crime is falling – but the public doesn’t feel safer, study finds

19 September 2026

LIFESTYLE

Young child with bare feet splashing in the water

Grandad: The best label I’ve ever worn

on the left are the letters N O and A standing vertically intertwined in various shades of blue, on the right reads "NO ONE ABOVE"

Statement from No One Above

Large building with flag on top

Scared to work at Warwickshire County Council?

SOCIETY

Unmarked grave in a field

Ruth Ellis: what her posthumous pardon tells us about Britain’s view of abuse then, and now

14 July 2026 - Updated on 17 September 2026

red circle with a line through it over text that reads I.C.E.

Could Britain resist an ICE-style crackdown?

Fleet Air Arm aboard HMS Implacable

Remembering D-Day: Leonard’s story part 2

WORLD

Photo of the Flag of Spain flying, in the background is a clear blue sky, the flag is seen blowing in the breeze

Spain has every right to be proud

Orban: elderly man wearing suit, Magyar on the right in white shirt

Viktor Orbán’s election loss shows the limits of his propaganda machine

14 April 2026 - Updated on 17 September 2026

photo of a group of protestors outside Sanctuary Housing Head Office the protestors are holding an Acorn banner

Sutton Coldfield leaseholders holding housing association to account

13 April 2026 - Updated on 14 April 2026

POETRY CORNER

image by Anil Baki Durmus. Free to use under Unsplash License

The View from the Top

Palestine Flag in the background in the front of it is a picture of the book cover for "Speaking to a Blind World The Gaza Poems (2) by Lynda Tavakoli

Speaking to a blind world: The Gaza Poems (2)

30 January 2026 - Updated on 31 January 2026

Download our app

ALL OF BYLINES IN ONE PLACE

Make a monthly or one-off donation

We are always looking for citizen journalists

Volunteer as an editor, in a technical role, or on social media

VOLUNTEER FOR US

Something else?

DONATE TO BYLINES NETWORK

TRUTH IS POWER – NOMINATE AN ORGANISATION FOR SCRUTINY

West Midlands projected over a generic map of the UK

The two faces of the West Midlands unveiled

28 September 2026

Licensed from Adobe Stock - image by Dina

Long Covid research needs a more critical eye

28 September 2026

JAr with brown lid and label saying 'custard SPREAD cream' on a white cloth with blue background, resembling a loud in the sky

M&S Custard Cream Spread: Britain has completed food

25 September 2026

Crime is falling – but the public doesn’t feel safer, study finds

19 September 2026

Beaver in the water nibbling on a stick

Beaver boom: the furry dam builders are back after 400 years

18 September 2026 - Updated on 21 September 2026

Man with hands raised towards the sun as if praying to God

The old gods in new machines?

18 September 2026

Woman wearing a face mask with her hands over her ears

Finding ways to help recovery from long Covid

17 September 2026 - Updated on 23 September 2026

Three people, 2 women one man, sit in fron of a projection on a screen that says 'imagining our future'

Imagining climate futures at Threekingham Literary Festival

12 September 2026

Woman of colour sits on a sofa with a tissue in her hand talking to a therapist

Boost for mental health treatment in West Midlands

11 September 2026

sleepy man seen in rearview mirror of a car

Tired behind the wheel? Have a double caffeine nap!

7 September 2026

Large yellow JCB on display

Boosting the Midlands

27 August 2026 - Updated on 15 September 2026

image by Matt Daniel-Baker. Used with permission

In conversation with Matt Daniel-Baker part two: the man behind the magic

Image of Matt Daniel-Baker, on the left hand side of the photo is Matt Daniel-Baker with one eyebrow raised in a plaid suit pointing at the camera, on the right hand side of the image is written "Live @ The Crazy Coqs Matt Daniel-Baker The Mind Reader"

In conversation with Matt Daniel-Baker part one: from Star Wars to mind reading

25 August 2026 - Updated on 28 August 2026

Young child with bare feet splashing in the water

Grandad: The best label I’ve ever worn

young woman with very curly and frizzy hair

Hair care: are Black women being failed by regulation?

21 August 2026 - Updated on 22 August 2026

We are a not-for-profit citizen journalism publication. Our aim is to publish well-written, fact-based articles and opinion pieces on subjects that are of interest to people in Central England and beyond.

Central Bylines is a trading brand of Bylines Networks Limited which is separate to, but allied with, Byline Times.

Learn more about us

No Result

View All Result

© 2020-2026 Central Bylines. Powerful Citizen Journalism. ISSN 3049-978X

No Result

View All Result

Newsletter sign up

© 2020-2026 Central Bylines. Powerful Citizen Journalism. ISSN 3049-978X