The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators staged a powerful protest in Birmingham today (May 25) to coincide with the Birmingham Pride parade amid controversy over the event’s headline sponsor. The West Midlands Palestine Solidarity Campaign (WMPSC) held a ‘die-in’ outside the Bullring shopping centre as the Pride parade passed by, to bring attention to the recent war on Palestine.
The countdown to Christmas has begun, and Bullring & Grand Central is providing visitors with the gift of time as it extends its opening hours for the festive period. From Monday 4th December, visitors will be able to shop later during the week.
One of the world’s most advanced and pioneering virtual reality gaming experiences has opened a base in the heart of Birmingham. Sandbox VR has opened its largest ever venue in Birmingham’s Bullring and Grand Central Shopping Centre.
A suspect has been arrested and charged after a shocking assault against an unsuspecting woman in Birmingham city centre. The 28-year-old woman was by the Bullring on Wednesday 29 March when a man brutally injected a syringe into her leg.
Chinese New Year celebration organisers are expecting thousands of visitors to attend festivities in Birmingham city on Sunday. Attendees can look forward to spectacular dancing, singing, acrobats, street food, arts and crafts activities, and a sensational fireworks display on 22 January.
Chinese New Year celebrations are set to return to Birmingham next month as a date has been set for East Asian cultural festivities to take place in the city centre. The Chinese Festival Committee Birmingham have announced the city’s Lunar New Year celebrations will be held in Southside and Bullring & Grand Central in January.
A massive sculpture has been unveiled at Birmingham Bullring as part of an awareness campaign to highlight the plight of the homeless this winter. The sculpture is currently on display outside St Martin in the Bullring until Sunday 11 December.
A teenage boy tragically lost his life after falling from a car park near Selfridges in Birmingham city centre on Monday afternoon. The 15-year-old boy died after falling from the multi-storey Moor Street car park shortly after midday.
The world famous Birmingham Bullring bull sculpture has vanished from public view today for the first time since it was installed 20 years ago. The much-loved Birmingham landmark will be out of public view as part of Mental Health Awareness Week.
Birmingham artist and photographer Pogus Caesar reflects on a life behind the camera and the inspirations that compel him to produce material which continues to arouse debate decades after it was produced. Pogus Caesar took time out from his busy schedule to chat to I Am Birmingham as a second edition of his emotionally searing book ‘Handsworth…