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Birmingham Inspiration Awards 2017: The Nominees
Staff Reporter
November 1, 2017 | 12:30 pm
The Birmingham Inspiration Awards makes it debut this month, with accolades being presented to models, community activists, young role models, media personalities, sports teams, and music and dance artists. Organised…
Birmingham innovation centre builds up head of STEAM
Staff Reporter
October 30, 2017 | 12:01 am
Construction work on the first phase of Birmingham City University’s new creative innovation centre commences today. The £ million project known as STEAMhouse will include the refurbishment of a former…
“Bollox!”: Dawn French’s hilarious response to magazine’s facelift claim
Staff Reporter
October 24, 2017 | 05:30 pm
Veteran British comedian Dawn French has tweeted a hilarious oh-so-sweet and simple response to a magazine cover headline asking if she'd had a facelift. Snapping back at a photo of her looking slim…
Here’s the final line-up for HelloWorld Live 2017
Staff Reporter
October 24, 2017 | 02:00 pm
Some of the world's most famous YouTubers are in Birmingham this weekend for live interactive weekender HelloWorld. HelloWorld is an epic four-hour, immersive live show, with two identical separate performances on the 28th and 29th October at…
The Vamps are back in Birmingham for HelloWorld Live
Staff Reporter
October 21, 2017 | 09:30 am
Brit pop rock band The Vamps are heading back in Birmingham later this month, for a special one-off performance at HelloWorld Live, a two-day social media entertainment extravaganza being headlined…
James Corden slammed as “unfunny, arrogant prick” following Weinstein rape jokes
Staff Reporter
October 17, 2017 | 09:30 pm
British comedian and US chat show host James Corden has received a barrage of criticism and condemnation after delivering a series of 'rape jokes' at a charity event in Los…
World’s biggest YouTubers headed to Birmingham for ‘Woodstock for the digital age’
Staff Reporter
October 13, 2017 | 12:35 pm
Some of the world's biggest and most popular YouTubers are heading to Birmingham later this month for live interactive show spanning the half-term weekend. HelloWorld is an epic four-hour, immersive live…
Singer Billy Bragg releases song inspired by activist Saffiyah Khan
Staff Reporter
October 10, 2017 | 01:34 pm
English singer-songwriter Billy Bragg has shared a new song inspired by Birmingham social justice activist Saffiyah Khan, who faced down an angry EDL thug earlier this year. In what has…
Graffiti artist paints giant ‘Pickle Rick’ on Israeli segregation wall
Staff Reporter
October 9, 2017 | 03:52 pm
An Australian artist has painted a larger-than-life mural of cartoon character 'Pickle Rick' on what is commonly described as 'apartheid wall' between Israel and the West Bank in Gaza, Palestine.…
Birmingham sisters launch fashion campaign to highlight blood donor shortages
Staff Reporter
October 2, 2017 | 02:46 pm
Birmingham sisters Janet and Paulinah Eboh-Sampson used their creative platforms to set up the DoNation UK Project, a charitable initiative that would address the issue of donor shortages within the…