The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
George Galloway has condemned allegedly being banned from addressing a Birmingham pro-Palestine protest, amid claims he was “refused the right to speak” over his views on UK border controls. Attending the mass rally in the city last weekend, the firebrand political figure initially hoped to speak to the near 10,000 people who turned out for the event.
Rachel Riley – co-presenter on Channel 4 show Countdown – is facing calls to be sacked after she edited a photo of Jeremy Corbyn at an anti-apartheid protest to suggest the Labour leader was “racist”. The controversial TV personality is under fire from both supporters and critics of Corbyn after posting an image of herself wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the negatively photoshopped picture…
A prominent LGBT Muslim campaigner who co-led this weekend’s Birmingham Pride parade alongside Parkfield School teacher Andrew Moffat and fellow Muslim activists was kicked out of the main event by up to six security staff, despite being allowed in directly by Pride organisers. Gay Muslim activist Ferhan Khan, 34, claims he was was brutally ejected…
Member of Parliament Owen Smith has said he is considering quitting the Labour Party, over Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of Brexit. However, in 2016, he told I Am Birmingham he was “Labour to my boots” and “there’s no alternative… outside the Labour Party that can deliver for working people”; agreeing that resigning was “a drastic reaction”.
The selecting and monitoring of homeless accommodation isn’t the responsibility the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) task force, according to West Midlands mayor Andy Street. In an interview with I Am Birmingham, the metro mayor highlighted some key successes in support for the homeless in the region, but fell short of criticising Birmingham City Council for providing inadequate…
Supermarket giant M&S has hit back at claims its Aloe Vera toilet paper was branded with the Arabic name for God after a video purporting to show evidence of the claim went viral on social media. The response comes after calls for a Marks & Spencer boycott followed the alleged discovery of the word “Allah” on the supermarket’s…
There have been calls for a Marks & Spencer boycott following the alleged discovery of the word “Allah” on the supermarket’s own brand toilet paper. In a video circulating on social media, a unidentified man – who is believed to be Muslim – urges fellow followers of the faith to halt shopping at the high street…
A Birmingham mother has claimed she was marched off a National Express West Midlands bus, despite having proof of fare payment for the service. Inderjit Kaur has written of her “humiliating” and “embarrassing” experience after allegedly being told to leave the bus she was travelling on, even after presenting her proof of payment for the…
Alan Sugar has come under fire for posting a ‘racist’ tweet about the Senegal World Cup team that compares the players to individuals – specifically of African descent – selling sunglasses and handbags on beaches. Lord Sugar, 71, tweeted: “I recognise some of these guys from the beach in Marbella. Multitasking, resourceful chaps,” accompanied by a photoshopped image of the national team…