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‘Yummy Brummie’ Glynn Purnell steps up to the plate for Longbridge Food Festival
Staff Reporter
July 3, 2019
Birmingham’s finest foodie, Glynn Purnell, will be heading to Longbridge Town Centre later this month for its 2019 Food Festival. Fresh from his appearances on BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen, the 'Yummy…
Paradise Circus multi-storey car park to become a stage for multi-media arts event
Rangzeb Hussain
June 20, 2019
An exciting arts event which includes painting, spoken word, and video projection, comes to the Paradise Circus multi-storey car park in Birmingham this month. The event - titled 'Re-imagining the Opposition:…
Teenager pleads guilty to viciously murdering 18-year-old, stabbing him 15 times using “Rambo-style knife”
Staff Reporter
June 14, 2019
A teenager has today pleaded guilty to the murder of Hazrat Umar, who was fatally stabbed in Birmingham earlier this year. The 17-year-old - Adam Muhammad of Hawksyard Road in Birmingham -…
The all-female longboarding group aiming to get more Birmingham women of colour into adventure sports
Paul Stringer
June 14, 2019
An award-winning organisation based in Birmingham are looking for public support to get more women of colour into adventure sports by 2020. GirlDreamer is a Birmingham based company that provides…
Two Years On: Remembering the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire
Staff Reporter
June 14, 2019
Today marks the second anniversary of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, in which at least 72 people were killed. On 14 June 2017, at 1am in the morning, a fire took hold…
How the West Midlands is marking Refugee Week 2019
Staff Reporter
June 14, 2019
Refugee Week takes place every year across the world in the week around World Refugee Day on the 20 June. In the UK, Refugee Week is a nationwide programme of…
Birmingham’s Symphony Hall gets £4.5 million funding boost from Arts Council
Staff Reporter
June 13, 2019
The Symphony Hall music and entertainment venue in Birmingham has been awarded a cool £ million to spruce up and revamp the building and its services. With support from Arts Council’s…
Public stunned as Katie Hopkins joins forces with leaders of Birmingham anti-LGBT school protests
Ranjit Dhillon
June 4, 2019
Controversial social commentator Katie Hopkins has joined forces with leaders of the Birmingham school protests against LGBT education equality, in a move which has angered many of their supporters. In a tweet…
Anderton Park School protesters: We WILL challenge the city council injunction in court
Paul Stringer
June 3, 2019
Protesters who have been campaigning against LGBT inclusive education being taught at Anderton Park School have vowed to challenge an injunction from Birmingham City Council to create an exclusion zone around the…
Prominent gay bar Eden under threat from city developers
Joshua Williams
May 31, 2019
In a devastating blow to Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community, a recent planning draft has been released by Birmingham City Council showing popular venue Eden Bar locked in by new apartments. As…