The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A stunning new street art mural was unveiled today on a rooftop in Digbeth by city artist Gent 48. Selly Oak artist ‘Gent 48’ – real name Joshua Billingham – was commissioned by Birmingham City Council to create the artwork to celebrate a new era for Smithfield Birmingham, as part of the city council’s Be Bold, Be…
Images have been unveiled of a new £260m planned development for the heart of Digbeth in Birmingham. New concept renderings have been released of plans for a multi-million pound mixed-use scheme to be located in Upper Trinity Street in Digbeth.
A Birmingham-based journalist who originally travelled to the UK from Zimbabwe for a better life has been selected to be a judge for the prestigious One World Media Awards this year. Selbin Kabote, who works for charity Migrant Voice as a Media Lab Project Worker, is one of four judges in the ‘Refugee Reporting’ category at the prestigious annual event.
After an initial win for Birmingham’s gay scene last year, which saw a delay in the development of new apartment buildings in Kent Street pending a site visit, the future of the city’s iconic quarter is set to rest on one final council meeting.
The verdict will be reached today by Birmingham City Council (BCC) about a petition to transform Smithfield in to a signature open green space. ‘CityPark4Brum’, which has over 10,000 signatures, was formed to lobby BCC’s masterplan for Smithfield, which “had no green space whatsoever ” says campaign leader, Jim Tucker. The petition was received by the city council last…
Birmingham City Council (BCC) has announced Lendlease as the preferred developer for the former site of the wholesale markets in Birmingham. At £1.5bn, this will be the largest investment under the 2010 ‘Big City Plan’ to date. The news was announced during a city council meeting at city hall.
The old Birmingham Wholesale Markets have today been demolished, completely torn down to make way for a new multi-purpose development. The building complex, officially opening in 1974, was part of the regeneration of the city when the Bull Ring Centre was originally constructed in the late 1950s, but had become dated and was recently closed, allowing…
Set to be the first new intercity railway station built in Britain since the 19th century at a cost of millions of pounds and much controversy, concept designs for the new HS2 Curzon Street station were launched today. As slick computer generated designs for the new station were published this morning with great fanfare, a…