News - Page 204
Fundraisers abseil down city’s Mailbox
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April 16, 2011
Brave fundraisers abseiled 131 feet down the city's Mailbox building today to raise money for Birmingham Children's Hospital. Young and old alike donned helmets, gloves and harnesses as they completed…
Horror writers James Wan and Leigh Whannell in Birmingham
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April 11, 2011
Horror writers James Wan and Leigh Whannell, the creative team behind the Saw film franchise, were signing posters for their latest horror smash Insidious at Birmingham's Forbidden Planet store this evening. As…
COMPETITION: Win British Basketball Playoff Final Tickets!
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April 11, 2011
The biggest event in British basketball is returning to Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena (NIA) as the British Basketball League (BBL) Championship Final takes place on Saturday 30th April, 2011. The…
Birmingham celebrates St. Patrick’s Day 2011
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March 14, 2011
The world's third largest St. Patrick's Day celebrations were held in Birmingham this weekend as over 85,000 people came out to recognise the city's Irish heritage. The event included a parade…
Birmingham welcomes Chinese New Year 2011
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January 13, 2011
As 2011 heralds in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit, an earthly element in the traditional Zodiac, the city of Birmingham once again hosts its annual Chinese New Year celebrations in…
Dick Whittington panto in Birmingham
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January 11, 2011
Completely living up to its reputation as the home of British panto, the Birmingham Hippodrome has once again brought forth one of the most dazzling displays of camp Carry On-esque…
X Factor’s Treyc at Selfridges Birmingham
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December 7, 2010
The Midlands' very own X Factor star Treyc Cohen was more than happy to take the stage when Wagner got snowed in up north in Scotland and was unable to…
Literary reflections…
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July 22, 2010
We've spent this week meeting with and filming students reflect on their favourite and most inspirational works of modern and classic literature. As the students from Solihull College come to…
I Am Birmingham on Flickr
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May 24, 2010
I Am Birmingham is on Flickr and we will be bringing our galleries up-to-date as soon as we can. In the meantime, you can check out our Flickr photostream, largely…
CiB Shop Un-Launch
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May 22, 2010
We've just been filming at the Bullring CiB shop as their offiical un-launch of the store gets underway. It's been three long months since the store opened, attracting a…