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Green Lane Masjid faces uncertain future as energy bills rise

Homeless services face cuts at a Birmingham mosque as energy prices rise to £250,000

Rangzeb HussainSeptember 7, 2022September 12, 202201 mins

A mosque in the Small Heath area of Birmingham, which offers essential support services to vulnerable and homeless people, faces possible closure to departments as energy bills soar from £60,000 to a shocking figure of £250,000. Green Lane Masjid, which also operates as a community centre, food bank and a Covid-19 vaccination centre, is looking…

A hard-hitting billboard has gone up on Great Charles St in Birmingham to make drivers aware of the dirty air around them and the health risk this poses.

Hard-hitting cleaner air billboard campaign launches on polluted Birmingham road

Staff ReporterOctober 1, 2017October 1, 201701 mins

Drivers on one of Birmingham’s busiest roads may be breathing a little more heavily after spotting a hard-hitting billboard designed to warn how the air around them is among the most polluted in the UK. The huge roadside sign has appeared on Great Charles Street Ringway to launch public health awareness campaign #HelpBritainBreathe in support…