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Midlands Air Ambulance Charity urges individuals to make a will as it offers free service
The Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is urging individuals to make a will, as it offers a service to write one for free. According to recent research by Canada Life, more than a third of UK adults do not have a will, prompting Midlands Air Ambulance Charity to open a free will writing service to those aged 50 and…
OPINION: Why we’re coming together to stand up against domestic violence
A lot of research has been done and written about domestic violence by researchers and academics. This is talked about and spread far and wide. Services are shaped and formulated this way. It is rare though that we get to hear lived life stories straight from the victims and survivors, the horse’s mouth so to…
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
Organisers of Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market have confirmed that the popular festive event will not take place this year, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The market, which attracts around 5 million visitors a year, marks the start of the festive season when it opens in November. This will be the first time since…
Birmingham Heritage Week makes a welcome return for 2020 but with lockdown changes
Birmingham Heritage Week returns for 2020 to celebrate the city and its fascinating history, people and places for eleven glorious days. Taking place from Thursday 10th – Sunday 20th September, this year’s festival will include virtual tours, special outdoor performances, insightful walks and enlightening film screenings.
West Midlands awarded £3.85 million to get region cycling and walking post-coronavirus lockdown
Plans for pop-up cycle lanes, wider pavements and many other measures to encourage more cycling and walking across the West Midlands have been given overwhelming backing from Government. The Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and its partner councils a £3.85 million grant to implement these fast-track measures over the…
What does International Women’s Day mean to women today?
On the 9th of June 1914, a woman named Bertha Ryland slashed a painting in the city’s art gallery in Birmingham. That became one of the major incidents of the militant suffrage campaign. There are a few other incidents we already know that happened all over the world to establish women’s rights. A hundred years…
Dishoom launch exciting new dining experience in Birmingham
The Dishoom dining experience is coming to Birmingham as the doors to the new restaurant open in Chamberlain Square on April 1st 2020. Dishoom is known for paying loving homage to the Irani cafés that once lined the streets of Bombay. These cafés broke down barriers by bringing people together over food and drink. They…
Viral comic creator’s sell-out UK tour cancelled – over “public health concerns”
The creator of an unexpectedly hugely popular online comic strip has cancelled her upcoming UK tour, despite it selling out after only one Instagram post. Catana Chetwynd, creator of Catana Comics, has had to pull out of planned visits to Waterstones bookstores in Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and London, which were due to begin tomorrow.
High Vis Street Arts And Culture Festival Returns This September 7th
[media-credit id=19 align=”aligncenter” width=”1000″][/media-credit] Birmingham’s street arts and culture festival, High Vis Fest, returns for a second year this September 7th. And, once again the intentions by the organisers – of which, I admit to being one – is to flood Digbeth’s Zellig Car Park, the Custard Factory and the beyond with all new artwork. Artwork…
Where once there were many, now there is only one: Not Another Comic Con is on in Birmingham
It wasn’t that long ago that Birmingham could well have been accused of having too many comic cons across the year. Sandwiched between the two big MCM Comic Con shows were the likes of The Birmingham Comic Con in Edgbatson and the far more comic-focussed International Comics Expo (ICE) in the city centre, but now,…