The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
One of the West Midland’s few black female photojournalists is to lead a special photography skills workshop in Wolverhampton next week to inspire and empower refugees and migrants to share their stories. Denise Maxwell, who founded and pioneered Lensi Photography, is one of very few female photojournalists of black and minority ethnic origin working within the…
The 19th annual Festival of Chariots, known as the ‘Birmingham Ratha Yatra’, brought an array of colour and sunshine to the city over the weekend, with music, dance, vegetarian food and positive vibes. The Hindu festival was beaming with smiles and joy as faithful revellers took part in a procession around Victoria Square in the city…
Rapper Lowkey will be headlining a huge afterparty of hip-hop and art activism to mark the end of Free Radical’s Festival of Audacity this weekend, taking place at The Mill Digbeth. With a range of artists being headlined by award-winning hip-hop artist Lowkey, the event will celebrate the end of the Festival of Audacity which is…
In response to Parkfield Community School in Birmingham announcing that it will be restarting a modified version of equality lessons programme ‘No Outsiders’ this autumn, protesters against the LGBT-inclusive lessons have re-instigated demonstrations outside the school. Despite the programme being modified following a consultation with parents – now renamed ‘No Outsiders For A Faith Community’ – a group of parents…
A delivery driver from Birmingham has been jailed for luring a 15-year-old runaway into his van and raping her. Mohammed Basharat spotted the vulnerable girl wandering the streets of Birmingham on 16 August 2017.
Birmingham’s finest foodie, Glynn Purnell, will be heading to Longbridge Town Centre later this month for its 2019 Food Festival. Fresh from his appearances on BBC One’s Saturday Kitchen, the ‘Yummy Brummie’ will be serving up cooking demonstrations, top tips, and a generous helping of his cheeky one-liners on Saturday 13 July.
The nation’s favourite market dedicated to all things old skool gaming is heading to Brum this weekend! The Birmingham Gaming Market will provide the ultimate throwback on Saturday, with a day entirely dedicated to blasts from gaming’s past.