The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Isobel Lines, the current Miss Black Country who has worked tirelessly for charities during the pandemic, was nominated for the ‘Unsung Hero Award 2020’ at this year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony. The 20-year-old from Wednesbury, who is a former Sports Scholarship student studying Sports Science at the University of Worcester, has been…
An inspiring woman from Wolverhampton is hosting an online event to raise awareness about domestic violence, both towards women and men. Farisai Dzemwa, 48, who herself suffered years of abuse in her homeland, is hoping the virtual workshop will help those struggling with physical and psychological abuse from a spouse, partner or family member.
A lot of research has been done and written about domestic violence by researchers and academics. This is talked about and spread far and wide. Services are shaped and formulated this way. It is rare though that we get to hear lived life stories straight from the victims and survivors, the horse’s mouth so to…
West Midlands Police have arrested around 400 domestic abuse suspects in the last two weeks and are urging anyone suffering at home during the coronavirus lockdown to seek help. Police have confirmed today that officers have been dealing with an increase in reports of domestic violence in the region following Boris Johnson’s coronavirus lockdown.
A double murder enquiry has been launched by police after two women were stabbed at home this morning in Moseley. West Midlands Police were called to a property in Belle Walk, Moseley, at around 11am on 16th March 2020 after reports about a domestic disturbance.
A domestic thug pushed his girlfriend’s head through the rear windscreen of his car − leaving her with multiple facial fractures − just hours after telling friends “I’d never hit a woman”. Leon Thompson viciously attacked girlfriend of two years Danielle Perry outside his home in Arden Road, Chelmsley Wood, in the early hours of…
West Midlands Police has launched a new initiative aimed at tackling sex offences in the gay community – and is urging licensed venues to back the scheme by ensuring staff are trained to help protect vulnerable customers. Officers from the force’s Public Protection Units are launching the campaign in the face of increasing sex attacks…
International Women’s Day returns next week, celebrating and highlighting the achievements of women across the globe. The annual event’s theme is #BeBoldForChange this year, calling on the masses “to help forge a better working world – a more gender inclusive world”.
Here at the Women’s Economic Forum, they are talking culture. What is it and why is it important? There’s a range of experts and they are clever, sharp and incisive. Questions from the floor? They are beginning to dread the Swingerella hand shooting up faster than a Digbeth junkie at a bus stop.
I love Birmingham! Here in New Delhi at the Women’s Economic Forum, I miss Birmingham. It’s 48 degrees in the shade and I am out of my depth. From walking the streets of Birmingham with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), a pen and paper I am now taking the world by storm with the show I…