Grand Hotel Birmingham gets celebrity launch following £45m restoration and revamp

It may have only been weeks ago that Hollywood A-lister Tom Cruise was staying at the venue while filming Mission Impossible 7 in the city, but The Grand Hotel Birmingham has once again been graced by famous faces as it officially reopened this week. On Wednesday, VIP guests from the worlds of property, art, film, fashion…

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Damascena managing director Anas Zein Al-Abdeen and West Midlands Mayor Andy Street with an £8,000 donation for Acorns Children's Hospice

Birmingham’s Damascena cafe donates £8,000 to Acorns Children’s Hospice

The team at Birmingham coffee house Damascena have raised £8,000 for the local charity Acorns Children’s Hospice as part of anniversary celebrations to mark the cafe’s 7th birthday. Damascena – an independent coffee shop that specialises in freshly made Middle eastern cuisine – pledged to donate 10% of total sales to the charity during its 7th…

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The River - aka "Floozie in the Jacuzzi" - in Victoria Square is set to become a working fountain once again

Victoria Square fountain repair set to be approved by council ahead of Commonwealth Games

A multi-million pound regeneration of Birmingham’s city centre – which includes bringing the ‘Floozie in the Jacuzzi’ back to life as a fountain – is set to be approved by Cabinet next week. The full business case for the first phase of improvements – to be completed before the city welcomes around half a million…

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Remembrance Sunday services across Birmingham will be taking place online due to the coronavirus pandemic

Remembrance Sunday service to be held online with no public event in Birmingham

Birmingham’s annual Remembrance Sunday service will look very different this year, due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. While there will be no public event in the city centre, people looking to remember the fallen will be able to watch a live-streamed Service of Remembrance from Birmingham Cathedral (St Philip’s) on 8 November…

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Thousands march in Birmingham in act of solidarity for police brutality victim George Floyd

Birmingham city centre was packed with thousands of ‘Black Lives Matter’ protestors on Thursday afternoon to show solidarity for George Floyd, who died as a result of US police brutality on May 25 in Minnesota. The shocking death of the black victim, who kept pleading ‘I can’t breathe’ as a white officer pressed his knee…

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Birmingham remembers Srebrenica genocide anniversary in hope of confronting hate and bridging divisions

A evening of events and readings to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide have taken place in Birmingham, ahead of Srebrenica Memorial Day. Organised by national charity Remembering Srebrenica, the gathering took place at Birmingham cathedral in Colmore Row and was attended by faith leaders, local children and members of the city’s Bosnian community.

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