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The 27-foot ‘Knife Angel’ made from 100,000 weapons has arrived in Birmingham
A huge 27-foot sculpture, made from 100,000 confiscated knives, was welcomed to Birmingham earlier today as the city comes together to tackle knife crime. Birmingham City Council, working with the…
National Express gets city transport rainbow-ready ahead of Birmingham Pride
In what is becoming a tradition for the second city, National Express West Midlands have again painted the city with the pride rainbow ahead of this year’s Birmingham Pride festival.…
‘No Outsiders’ teacher Andrew Moffat selected to lead this year’s Birmingham Pride parade
Andrew Moffat, the teacher at the centre of the ‘No Outsiders’ protests, will be leading this year’s Birmingham Pride parade, organisers have confirmed. The openly gay teacher authored ‘No Outsiders’, an educational resource which aims…
What’s on in Birmingham for international Star Wars Day?
May the 4th be with you, as today is Star Wars Day! On what is such a hugely celebrated unofficial holiday around the world, there are plenty of Star Wars-themed…
Amsterdam proposes measures to ban ‘disrespectful’ red light district tours
In an effort to restrict the increasing numbers of tourists to the historic area, Amsterdam is set to ban guided tours of its red-light district. Noting ‘disrespectful’ attitudes towards sex workers…
Birmingham Pride reveals new location of largest ever Main Stage!
Following uncertainty over the future of Birmingham Pride’s 2019 location, organisers have today revealed the site for the festival's largest ever Main Stage. Moving away from the car park next to…
Students to lose the ability to participate in Eramus post-Brexit?
Since 1987, the Erasmus Exchange Programme has enabled students within Europe to study abroad in over 5000 higher education institutions across 37 different countries. With 53% of UK university students…
Foreign and Commonwealth Office opens its doors to budding student journalists!
For its third year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is again looking for creative, ‘social media savvy’ students to work as Student Ambassadors for the government department. (more…)
How a community came together following the Islamophobic murder of Mohammed Saleem
Only six years ago today, Ukrainian white supremacist terrorist Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed and murdered Birmingham pensioner Mohammed Saleem outside a mosque in Small Heath, within five days of arriving in the country.…