The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A London restaurant has come under fire for publishing an advertisement deemed “racist” by members of the British Asian community. The Ivy Asia restaurant has received a backlash from Stop Asian Hate activists, including its Birmingham chapter, after releasing an offensive marketing campaign portraying East and South East Asian people as demeaning caricatures.
For its third year, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office is again looking for creative, ‘social media savvy’ students to work as Student Ambassadors for the government department.
A peculiar and surreal Black Mirror themed shop has unexpectedly appeared in Grand Central in Birmingham, replicating themes from the recent Bandersnatch episode. The creation of the shop is shrouded in mystery but first sightings appeared on social media today, as excited passers-by identified sets and props from the hit interactive episode, which premiered on Netflix…
Either Damian Green has gone straight from his Government job as first secretary of state to managing Poundland’s Twitter account, or the store’s festive Elf on the Shelf has deliberately gone rogue. Recent photographs of the Elf appearing on Poundland’s social media platform show him engaging in everything from playing strip poker and farting on Donald Trump…
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…