Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward narrowly beat off a leadership challenge from Cllr Waseem Zaffar

Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward survives leadership challenge from Cllr Waseem Zaffar

Birmingham City Council leader Ian Ward has narrowly survived a tough leadership challenge from his cabinet colleague Cllr Waseem Zaffar today. Results of a closed vote which took place today (Saturday 14 May) revealed that Cllr Ward has beaten off a dramatic challenge to his leadership and will remain in control of Birmingham City Council…

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Artist Bunny Bread launches his Gallery37 'Downlow' street art trail consisting of 10 murals across Lozells

10 stunning murals launched in Lozells as interactive Birmingham art trail goes live

A series of stunning murals have been unveiled throughout Lozells in Birmingham as part of an interactive arts trail created to inspire local residents. The colourful artworks have been designed at 10 different locations across the north Birmingham neighbourhood by artist Bunny Bread as part of the Gallery37 project, a city-wide 3-year visual arts project…

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Birmingham councillor Waseem Zaffar is urging the city's Pakistani community to stop the spread of fake news around coronavirus

Councillor calls on Brummies to end COVID-19 “fake news” and “conspiracy theories”

A Birmingham councillor has released a video message urging the city’s Pakistani community to stop the spread of “fake news” around coronavirus. Warning about the dangers of sharing and spreading false COVID-19 information across social media platforms, Cllr Waseem Zaffar has suggested unverified and inaccurate information about the virus is putting lives at risk.

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Cllr Waseem Zaffar will be patrolling Broad Street on Saturday night with Westside BID

Leading Birmingham councillor to patrol city’s Broad Street nightlife as street warden

A leading Birmingham councillor will become a street warden this weekend, patrolling the city’s golden mile to experience a Broad Street party night in full swing. Coun Waseem Zaffar, the cabinet member for Transport and Environment on Birmingham City Council, will put in a shift as a street warden for the Westside Business Improvement District…

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