The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A West Midlands campaign to take rough sleepers off the streets has helped get 750 people into accommodation. According to Birmingham City Council, generous public donations totalling more than £280,000 have helped provide much-needed support and protection for those sleeping rough on streets in the region. The initiative is part of the year-round Change into Action alternative giving…
A Birmingham social work activist has returned his British Empire Medal in protest over “Labour’s refusal to commit to free school meals and the Tories removal of children’s murals” at an asylum centre. Eddie O’Hara was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours in 2021 for his charity work and for…
A powerful stage adaptation of Ken Loach’s film I, Daniel Blake transforms theatre into a space where the truth becomes a beacon of hope in times of despair and extreme poverty. I, Daniel Blake by English Touring Theatre is currently playing at The Birmingham Rep.
The newly selected Leader of Birmingham City Council has released details of the team that will take control of the largest local authority in the country with a budget of £3 billion. Cllr John Cotton (Lab, Glebe Farm and Tile Cross) was selected Leader after the national Labour Party stepped in and removed the council’s previous…
Birmingham City Council has new leadership after a highly damaging internal report saw the national Labour Party move in and remove leader Cllr Ian Ward from his position. The controversial intervention saw Cllr Ward replaced with Cllr John Cotton as new Council Leader and Cllr Sharon Thompson as Deputy Leader.
Television celebrity and Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood stunned Birmingham theatre goers as Miss Hannigan in a riveting new version of Annie. The family-favourite live comedy-musical is now playing to packed-out audiences at The Alexandra Theatre.
A massive sculpture has been unveiled at Birmingham Bullring as part of an awareness campaign to highlight the plight of the homeless this winter. The sculpture is currently on display outside St Martin in the Bullring until Sunday 11 December.
Youth homelessness charity St Basils has kickstarted its 50th anniversary celebrations with a Gala Dinner, raising £9,500 towards a new Live and Work scheme in Birmingham. The event, which took place at Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham, on 7th October, marked the beginning of an exciting year of fundraising to build on the success of St Basils’ award-winning Live…
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…
The crown jewel of musicals – Les Misérables – is now playing to packed out audiences in Birmingham in a spectacular production for the 21st century which touches upon the troubled state of our world. The worldwide smash-hit musical is using every inch of the vast Birmingham Hippodrome stage to amaze show goers with a production…