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National Express gets city transport rainbow-ready ahead of Birmingham Pride
Joshua Williams
May 4, 2019
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
Joshua Williams
May 4, 2019
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?
Alex Bratu
May 4, 2019
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
Joshua Williams
May 3, 2019
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!
Joshua Williams
May 2, 2019
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?
Joshua Williams
May 1, 2019
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!
Joshua Williams
April 30, 2019
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
Staff Reporter
April 29, 2019
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.…
SIX YEARS ON: The savage racist murder of Birmingham pensioner Mohammed Saleem
Alex Bratu
April 29, 2019
Whilst for many today is just a regular Monday, for the family of Mohammed Saleem, today marks six years since their loved one was brutally taken away from them in…
Mohammed Saleem’s family mark sixth anniversary of his brutal murder by neo-Nazi
Staff Reporter
April 29, 2019
Today marks the sixth anniversary of one of the worst terror incidents in the recent history of Birmingham. On April 29, 2013, Ukrainian white supremacist terrorist Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed and…
