The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Police officers arrested 13 protesters following a demonstration at a Home Office immigration centre in Solihull yesterday evening. The group were apprehended just after 9pm on Monday (April 29), after preventing access to Sandford House, where they had spent most of the day in support of 5 asylum seekers who had reportedly been detained by authorities in…
We have news coming in this evening of 13 arrests being made outside an immigration centre in Solihull. According to reports from activists, the arrests were made outside Home Office reporting centre Sandford House in Homer Road just after 9.00pm, where campaigners have been protesting throughout the day against a government operation launched today (Monday…
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.
In recent weeks, pro-Palestine protests have been held across the country in response to the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Among the calls for a ceasefire, activists have been pushing for a boycott of companies believed to be funding or supporting Israel’s military machine or state policies. Popularly known as ‘BDS’ – Boycott, Divestment and…
Residents from Birmingham are to hold a protest outside a constituency event by Steve McCabe MP this weekend in response to Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza. Activists and constituency members are claiming the Labour Member of Parliament for Birmingham Selly Oak is “supporting genocide” following his failure to vote for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Thousands of people marched through Birmingham today for one of the city’s largest ever pro-Palestine demonstrations. Billed as the biggest Gaza ceasefire protest in the West Midlands, the peace rally lived up to its intentions as masses of people from all across the region and beyond converged on Birmingham city centre following an hour-long march from Sparkhill…
Hundreds of Birmingham students walked out of classes today, demanding a ceasefire in Israel’s military bombardment of Gaza, which has killed over 10,000 people in the Palestinian territory, including around 4,000 children in under a month. Students at the University of Birmingham took part in a mass walkout before congregating for an impromptu rally on…
Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg received an unwelcome response from cost of living and climate change protesters as the Conservative Party conference got underway in Birmingham. Mr Rees-Mogg needed police protection as he was chased out of Victoria Square on Sunday afternoon.
A national tour celebrating music as a means of bringing communities together and fighting racism is coming to Birmingham tonight. The ‘Rebel Music Tour’ – which is touring around the UK including in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Swansea – lands in Digbeth this evening, making its mark on the West Midlands with local musical talent.
Two years ago we stood on our doorsteps clapped, banged pots and pans and sounded car horns. We were urged to stay at home to protect the NHS. At protests around the UK over the weekend, NHS workers urged everyone to protect the health service in a very different way; by opposing the NHS staff vaccine mandate.