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Proud Brummie volunteers from Small Heath help clear up waste in Ward End Park
Rangzeb Hussain
June 23, 2020 | 04:14 am
A group of Brummies from Small Heath, who formed a group called the Waste Warriors to help motivate the community, conducted a major cleanup operation in Ward End Park on…
4 years on: Remembering how Birmingham responded to the Orlando mass shooting
Staff Reporter
June 14, 2020 | 02:33 am
Four years ago on June 12th 2016, a mass shooting in Florida, sent shockwaves around the world as 49 innocent people were shot dead at an Orlando nightclub. Gunman Omar Mateen murdered…
Brave faith-inspired volunteers from Small Heath clear up dangerous drugs waste in Birmingham parks
Rangzeb Hussain
June 13, 2020 | 07:22 pm
A group of Brummies from Small Heath have formed a volunteer group to cleanup dangerous drugs waste from streets and parks across the Midlands region to motivate communities and to make…
1,000 billboards donated across UK to showcase LGBTQ+ people for Pride month
Staff Reporter
June 10, 2020 | 01:00 pm
A thousand digital billboards across the UK have been donated by Clear Channel to showcase and celebrate queer life during Pride month. The advertising hoardings will be taken over with photographic images…
Police search for ‘dead body’ dumped in Small Heath Park lake
Rangzeb Hussain
June 10, 2020 | 11:35 am
The Small Heath community were left in a state of shock yesterday as emergency service crews arrived in Small Heath Park after reports that 'a dead body had been dumped'…
VIDEO: Black Lives Matter protests erupt across Birmingham in wake of George Floyd murder
Staff Reporter
June 5, 2020 | 07:20 pm
Black Lives Matter and related anti-racism protests are being held across Birmingham in response to the police murder of George Floyd in the US, and to challenge institutional racism across…
Thousands march in Birmingham in act of solidarity for police brutality victim George Floyd
Rangzeb Hussain
June 5, 2020 | 03:55 pm
Birmingham city centre was packed with thousands of 'Black Lives Matter' protestors on Thursday afternoon to show solidarity for George Floyd, who died as a result of US police brutality…
Food charity feeds hundreds of Birmingham’s vulnerable people during coronavirus pandemic
Rangzeb Hussain
June 4, 2020 | 06:34 pm
A Birmingham food distribution charity has been busy handing out essential food supplies to hundreds of vulnerable and homeless people during the coronavirus pandemic. Volunteers from Feedo Needo, which is…
Brum council says ‘sorry’ after admitting it whitewased George Floyd art by ‘mistake’
Rangzeb Hussain
June 3, 2020 | 03:52 pm
Birmingham City Council has issued an apology after a street art tribute to George Floyd was removed hours after being painted in Kings Heath by a Birmingham artist. Mohammed Ali…
Birmingham artist shocked as George Floyd tribute taken down only a day after being painted
Rangzeb Hussain
June 2, 2020 | 05:32 pm
A street art tribute to US police brutality victim George Floyd has been taken down hours after it was painted in Kings Heath. Birmingham-based artist Mohammed Ali said he was "saddened…
