The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A few months before Tom Matthews passed on in 2022, I met him at our usual meeting venue, a pub in Birmingham city centre for a cup of coffee and an update on the plans that he had to commemorate World Aids Day (WAD), which was an important date on his calendar. At the meeting Tom,…
Astro, a founding member of the Birmingham based musical group UB40, has died following a short illness, it has been announced. A statement on the band’s official Twitter said “We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken to have to tell you that our beloved friend Astro has passed away after a short illness.
While thinking about what to write for Black History Month, the recurring question in my mind came from a panel discussion at University College London in March 2014 – “Why isn’t my professor Black?” Although Britain is a multicultural society with a rich migration history, however according to official figures, only 155 out of the…
The struggle of a Coventry-based, disabled and wheelchair-bound asylum seeker to raise tuition fees for his PhD in the UK is continuing with no end in sight. After applying for admission to five UK universities, asylum seeker Dickson Tarnongo was offered a place by a Midlands-based university. The university gave him an offer with a…
A special business networking conference targeting members of the city’s African community is to be held in Birmingham this Friday. As African entrepreneurs in Birmingham gear themselves up for the One Africa Network business in Creative Industry event to be held at on Friday the 31st of January at the Clayton Hotel in Birmingham, concern…
As millions around the globe mark World Aids Day on Sunday the 1st of December, an estimated 101,600 people are living with HIV in the United Kingdom. According to the independent HIV charity, “Avert” awareness and knowledge around HIV continues to drop in the UK.
A young entrepreneur from Birmingham is set to teach refugees and asylum seekers the art of blogging in a bid to help their share them migration stories. Creative writer, social media guru and website designer Jordan Garvey will lead a Migrant Voice Media Lab training session on Tuesday 27 August to help represent migrant voices…