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CORONAVIRUS: Birmingham council enforces clampdown on funeral attendance numbers
Staff Reporter
March 27, 2020 | 07:16 pm
New emergency measures have been put in place to limit the number of people attending funerals across Birmingham, following national guidance to ensure that social distancing is enforced. The "extreme"…
Birmingham Pride postponed to autumn due to coronavirus crisis
Rhi Storer
March 23, 2020 | 08:00 pm
The UK’s biggest LGBT festival has postponed its event into the autumn as coronavirus sweeps across the country. Birmingham Pride has announced it will not take place as planned on…
Local poet sets up emergency fund for freelance performers during coronavirus crisis
Vimal Korpal
March 21, 2020 | 07:28 pm
A performing poet from Birmingham has set up an emergency fund to help freelancers in the arts, amid the coronavirus crisis which is leaving many self-employed artists out of work. Vicki MacWinyers,…
West Midlands Ambulance Service recruit new 999 callers to help tackle Coronavirus
Rhi Storer
March 21, 2020 | 11:46 am
West Midlands Ambulance Service are recruiting new 111 callers to help bolster the response to the coronavirus outbreak. The Trust, which runs the call centre, confirmed there will be extra…
Hundreds band together to create coronavirus solidarity network for Birmingham’s vulnerable and needy
Staff Reporter
March 20, 2020 | 08:50 pm
Hundreds of people all over Birmingham have joined forces to create a network of volunteers to help the homeless and elderly in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Individuals, charities…
Birmingham supermarket shelves left bare as coronavirus panic-buying continues
Denise James
March 19, 2020 | 03:16 pm
Birmingham's supermarkets have been left mostly bare as customer panic buying continues due to the coronavirus threat. In what has been unprecedented during peacetime and outside of the annual Christmas chaos, shops are not only…
Birmingham’s biggest mosque could cancel prayer services as elderly are told to stay at home
Staff Reporter
March 14, 2020 | 06:37 pm
Birmingham's largest mosque could cancel congregational prayers if the coronavirus situation gets any worse, according to its chairman. The Birmingham Central Mosque in Highgate has exclusively revealed to I Am Birmingham that…
Sikh soup kitchen to soldier on feeding the homeless despite coronavirus threat
Staff Reporter
March 14, 2020 | 12:07 pm
A Sikh soup kitchen in Birmingham is determined to continue feeding the homeless despite the threat of coronavirus. The Midland Langar Seva Society - who feed the vulnerable and needy…
Coronavirus: St. Patrick’s Day parade cancelled in Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
March 13, 2020 | 05:15 pm
Organisers have confirmed this Sunday's St. Patrick's Day parade in Birmingham has been cancelled amid coronavirus concerns. The Birmingham St. Patrick's Day parade, which was due to take on Sunday…
Aston Villa donates over 800 packed lunches to homeless after game postponed in wake of coronavirus
Staff Reporter
March 13, 2020 | 01:43 pm
Aston Villa Football Club have donated hundreds of pre packed lunches to homeless charities today, after a planned football game had to be postponed in the wake of the coronavirus threat.…
