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BBC drama star to attend Refugee Week screening in city
Staff Reporter
June 20, 2017
To mark Refugee Week and World Refugee Day, the Impact Hub will be screening BBC drama film ‘Moving On’, with actor Antonio Aakeel taking part in a Q&A. Refugee Week takes…
Finsbury Park mosque terror attack statement from Amirah Foundation
Staff Reporter
June 19, 2017
Following the terror attack on worshippers leaving Finsbury Park mosque in the early hours of this morning, the CEO of Amirah Foundation - a Birmingham charity that works with abused…
Calls to defend city’s Muslim community at vigil for London terror victims
Staff Reporter
June 5, 2017
A vigil has been held in Birmingham city centre in tribute to the 7 people who lost their lives during the London Bridge terror attack on Saturday. Placards bearing messages…
Revolutionary Birmingham arts event to debate integration, hip-hop and Malcolm X
Staff Reporter
May 9, 2017
A revolutionary arts event returns to Birmingham this month, bringing musicians, singers and visual artists of international repute to the city to respond to live discussion, as it happens. The Hubb Debates,…
Britain First in failed attempt to gatecrash Birmingham anti-racism workshop
Staff Reporter
May 6, 2017
Jayda Fransen, the controversial leader of far-right group Britain First, attempted to "invade" and gatecrash an anti-racism event in Birmingham today, but failed in her bid after being confronted by Stand…
Why are all the West Midlands Mayoral candidates white?
Staff Reporter
May 3, 2017
The West Midlands is quite arguably one of the most diverse, multicultural, multi-ethnic and multi-racial regions in the country. At its heart is Birmingham, a city with a population of…
Mohammed Saleem’s family mark fourth anniversary of his brutal murder
Staff Reporter
April 29, 2017
Today is the fourth anniversary of one of the worst terror incidents in the recent history of Birmingham. On April 29, 2003, Ukrainian white supremacist terrorist Pavlo Lapshyn stabbed and murdered…
OPINION | Rangzeb Hussain | “Go back home, Paki! This is England!” was my EDL welcome
Staff Reporter
April 10, 2017
THUGS. That is what we are dealing with. THUGS. Our world is being brutalized by the violence and ignorance of narrow-minded THUGS. Today, in my home town, I experienced the hatred…
Birmingham mosque responds to EDL with “Best of British” tea party
Staff Reporter
April 7, 2017
When members of the Birmingham Central Mosque heard the English Defence League was coming to their beloved city to very likely moan about Muslims not integrating enough, they could think of…
Black Lives Matter author is bringing book tour to Birmingham
Staff Reporter
March 27, 2017
Impact Hub Birmingham is hosting an evening of topical discussion and film around the Black Lives Matter movement, featuring US author Angie Thomas. With a screening of 50 Shades of Melanin…