Pupils at The Wisdom Academy in Birmingham got all dressed up in colourful costumes for World Book Day

8 photos of adorable Brummie school kids dressed up for World Book Day

Young children at a school in Birmingham have been sharing their love of books today by dressing up as their favourite fictional characters. Celebrating World Book Day with hundreds of other schools across the country, pupils at The Wisdom Academy donned outfits paying tribute to storybook and comic characters; from pirates, wizards and superheroes to princesses, queens and…

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Jacob John from Birmingham loves his Calisthenics fitness training

How a Birmingham lad used Calisthenics to shape up within months

Brummie Jacob John is quite the expert at more advanced Calisthenics, which is basically types of exercises that test, push and build a person’s physical strength using body weight. For most, this can be anything from push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups or aerobic resistance stretching. For others, like Jacob John, this can be anything from ‘swinging’ around on monkey bars,…

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Poundland's naughty Elf on the Shelf has been sharing overtly sexual antics on the store's Twitter feed and some people just ain't having it!

Poundland’s over-sexed Christmas Elf on the Shelf goes rogue on Twitter [NSFW]

Either Damian Green has gone straight from his Government job as first secretary of state to managing Poundland’s Twitter account, or the store’s festive Elf on the Shelf has deliberately gone rogue. Recent photographs of the Elf appearing on Poundland’s social media platform show him engaging in everything from playing strip poker and farting on Donald Trump…

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Redheaded men bare all in a new racy calendar to fight stigma and prejudice while raising money for charity

Here’s the 12 buff ginger dudes who stripped naked to fight stigma [NSFW]

Twelve redheaded dudes have stripped totally naked to raise money for charity, while taking a stand against the stigma associated with being ginger. Often socially mocked for being very pale but for bright fiery hair, redheads aren’t traditionally the poster-boys for ‘popular’ beauty standards, but these fellas are showing off their assets to change just that.

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St Patrick's Day celebrations in Birmingham are attended by thousands of people from all backgrounds (Photograph: Adam Yosef)

58 photos capturing the beautiful diversity of St Paddy’s Day celebrations in Brum

Birmingham is home to several high-profile annual community celebrations and parades, from Chinese New Year festivities and Birmingham Pride to the Birmingham Mela and Birmingham Carnival, but if there was ever one event that seems to bring everyone together – regardless of age, background or heritage – it would have to be St Patrick’s Day….

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