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Birmingham only UK city selected to join global women’s campaign for gender equality
Birmingham is the only British city selected to join a global women's campaign for the promotion of international gender equality. Chosen by the Carter Center as 1 of 12 international cities…
Birmingham’s Holocaust Memorial Day commemoration to be held at Millennium Point
Birmingham’s annual civic commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day will this year be hosted at Millennium Point. The Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Muhammad Afzal, will lead the free public event…
Hanukkah celebrations begins for city’s Jewish community
The Jewish festival of Hanukkah - also spelt 'Chanukah' - has begun for Judaism's faithful followers across the world, and it's no different in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The first…
West Mids Mayor Andy Street to deliver green transport message to world leaders at COP26
The single biggest contribution elected mayors can make to cutting global emissions is to focus on transport. This will be the message Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, will…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai gets married to Asser Malik in Birmingham ceremony
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has married her partner during an Islamic 'nikah' ceremony in Birmingham. Yousafzai, 24, 'tied the knot' with Asser Malik in a nikah ceremony, where the bride and…
Over 76,000 support cancer patient Lewin’s campaign to stay in the UK amid deportation threats
A petition campaigning against the deportation of an elderly cancer patient has received more than 76,000 signatures. Lewin Williams, 74, has lived in Birmingham for almost 20 years and has…
West Midlands migrant groups call on government to grant Afghan refugees sanctuary
West Midlands migrant organisations have called on the UK government to grant Afghan refugees sanctuary in the region, following the current humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. As people desperately attempt to…
Birmingham ‘Stop Asian Hate’ group condemns London restaurant’s racist advert
A London restaurant has come under fire for publishing an advertisement deemed "racist" by members of the British Asian community. The Ivy Asia restaurant has received a backlash from Stop Asian Hate…
Community fun day to be held in Birmingham to mark 50 years of Bangladesh freedom
To mark the 50th anniversary year of Bangladesh’s independence, a family fun day is being held at the MAC in Birmingham this month. Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage and…
Birmingham artist lashes back as police ‘probe’ into Palestine mural unveiled in Kings Heath
West Midlands Police have allegedly been in talks with the owners of a business on whose wall a Palestinian solidarity mural was painted last Monday (May 17). Award-winning Birmingham based…