The Aston Community Games will be launched on Sunday 8 August

Residents to launch first-ever Aston Community Games celebrating sport in Birmingham

The first-ever Aston Community Games will be launched this weekend by the Lord Mayor of Birmingham. To mark a year until the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and to bring communities back together following pandemic isolation over the last 18 months, Brummies are being invited to an outdoor sports-fest in the sunshine.

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Remembrance Sunday services across Birmingham will be taking place online due to the coronavirus pandemic

Remembrance Sunday service to be held online with no public event in Birmingham

Birmingham’s annual Remembrance Sunday service will look very different this year, due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. While there will be no public event in the city centre, people looking to remember the fallen will be able to watch a live-streamed Service of Remembrance from Birmingham Cathedral (St Philip’s) on 8 November…

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Birmingham blue plaque unveiled to commemorate civil rights activist Ida B. Wells

A memorial plaque has been unveiled at an Edgbaston community centre in Birmingham to commemorate a heroic civil rights activist who opposed lynching of black people. Seen as one of the most important activists in US history, Ida B. Wells was born in 1862 and became a civil rights campaigner, fighting against racism, sexism and violence.

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The Green lane Masjid has received a Victorian Society Conservation Award for their renovation work

Birmingham mosque receives Victorian Society award for conserving local history

A Birmingham mosque has been presented with a special award for conservation and renovation of a Grade II listed building. Last week, the Green Lane Masjid, a mosque and community centre was formally presented with the prestigious Victorian Society 2017 Birmingham & West Midlands Conservation Award for the renovation of their historic building in Small Heath, Birmingham.

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Gymnastics Vault bronze medal winner Dom Cunningham from Kings Heath and his parents meet Birmingham Lord Mayor Cllr Anne Underwood at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birmingham Lord Mayor on Australia visit to build Commonwealth bridges

Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Cllr Anne Underwood has arrived in Queensland to represent the city at the Handover Ceremony at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Her itinerary includes a visit to meet schoolchildren on an arts project, meetings with State and City government officials, observing parts of the Gold Coast 2018 cultural programme and…

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