Author Archives: Staff Reporter
VIDEO: Suffragette mosaic revealed at New Street station in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
November 15, 2018
Timelapse footage has captured the moment a giant mosaic portrait of suffragette Hilda Burkitt was put together at Birmingham New Street station. Made up from more than 3,700 individual photos,…
TV celebs to pop into West Midlands schools to promote Sports Personality of the Year
Staff Reporter
November 14, 2018
Celebrity personalities from the world of television will be dropping into several Birmingham schools this month to promote BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Super Movers, a BBC and Premier…
Why do people wear white poppies for Remembrance Day?
Staff Reporter
November 10, 2018
Along with the famous red poppies sold and promoted by the Royal British Legion each year, many people also choose to wear white poppies to mark Remembrance Day. Some wear…
Sikh temple describes vandalism of new Indian soldier statue as “despicable and cowardly act”
Staff Reporter
November 9, 2018
The management of a Sikh temple who last weekend unveiled a brand new statue to commemorate the contributions of South Asian soldiers during the First World War, have described its recent vandalism as a "despicable…
Brand new statue honouring Sikh soldiers vandalised, only a week after being unveiled
Staff Reporter
November 9, 2018
A brand new statue of a Sikh soldier, unveiled last week to commemorate the contributions of Sikhs during the First World War, has been vandalised. Graffiti which has appeared on…
Birmingham to honour the fallen at city centre Remembrance Service this weekend
Staff Reporter
November 7, 2018
Birmingham will fall silent on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as the city remembers the fallen on Sunday - 100 years after the First…
Christmas at the Cathedral – Festive market and grotto to launch at Birmingham Cathedral
Staff Reporter
November 7, 2018
Birmingham’s popular Frankfurt Christmas Market returns this month, with a tempting selection of food and drink, alongside stalls selling traditional toys, ornaments and gifts; the annual festive markets are back in…
Birmingham greetings from across the city for Diwali 2018
Staff Reporter
November 7, 2018
Diwali, the ‘Festival of Lights’, is being celebrated today - Wednesday 7th November - by Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists. For those taking part, it’s a celebration of goodness overcoming evil, light over darkness,…
Birmingham Christmas Market set to return next week – Here’s what to expect! [+ VIDEO]
Staff Reporter
November 7, 2018
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, as Birmingham's popular Frankfurt Christmas Market returns this month to get the city in a festive mood. With a tempting selection of food…
FLASHBACK: 5 amusing photos of Jo & Sparky having a hairy mo-ment for Movember!
Staff Reporter
November 7, 2018
Movember is back, a month of raising awareness and money to tackle prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health struggles and promote suicide prevention; effectively top stop men dying too young.…