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Commonwealth Day celebrated at the Alexander Stadium as Birmingham 2022 countdown continues
Staff Reporter
March 14, 2022
To celebrate Commonwealth Day, former, current and future stars of athletics in Birmingham tried out the track at the newly transformed Alexander Stadium and they were joined in the impressive…
The Queen’s Baton Relay celebrates Commonwealth Day in New Zealand
Staff Reporter
March 14, 2022
The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in New Zealand on 12 March and spent four days travelling the nation, coinciding with Commonwealth Day today. This year, Commonwealth Day (14…
Birmingham 2022 Festival launches with a six-month celebration of creativity
Staff Reporter
February 28, 2022
The Birmingham 2022 Festival has announced its six-month long cultural programme taking place across Birmingham and the West Midlands. Organisers have revealed it will be the biggest celebration of creativity…
Major new exhibition showcasing heritage photographs of commonwealth migrants launches in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
February 18, 2022
A major new photographic exhibition featuring thousands of images of Birmingham residents will open at the iconic Library of Birmingham in Centenary Square next month. ‘From City Of Empire To…
Birmingham only UK city selected to join global women’s campaign for gender equality
Staff Reporter
January 23, 2022
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
Staff Reporter
January 23, 2022
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
Staff Reporter
November 29, 2021
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
Staff Reporter
November 11, 2021
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
Staff Reporter
November 10, 2021
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
Sundus Abdi
October 1, 2021
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…