Pro-Palestine protesters 'occupy' Birmingham New Street Station in solidarity with the people of Gaza

Activists ‘occupy’ Birmingham New Street Station to protest “deplorable” Gaza aid suspension

Pro-Palestine activists have held an “emergency occupation” of Birmingham New Street Station, protesting against the British government’s “deplorable decision” to suspend funding to UNRWA. Called with less than 24 hours notice, around 100 people gathered on the station concourse yesterday evening (Monday 29 January) to voice their opposition to the UK suspending payments to the UNRWA, the…

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The giant Kong has been found at a Telford demolition yard

Haunting video shows Birmingham King Kong statue lying in pieces at demolition yard

The mystery of the whereabouts of the missing King Kong statue, which made a proud and dramatic appearance during the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, has been solved. Intrepid YouTuber DJ Audits has shared a spectacular and poignant video which shows the once proud Kong now lying on his back and armless at a demolition yard…

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CBSO (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) perform at Birmingham New Street train station on Friday 18 November. Photo: Andrew Fox.

IN PICTURES: Commuters in awe as CBSO musicians perform at Birmingham New Street Station

Birmingham’s New Street station was alive with music from the movies today, thanks to the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, who treated commuters to two special pop-up performances to kick off the weekend. Commuters were pleasantly surprised to see the orchestra blasting out popular theme tunes and soundtrack numbers from some of cinema’s most popular…

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Hippodrome Square is being temporally painted before the start of the Commonwealth Games

Calls for temporary rainbow decoration of Hippodrome Square to be made permanent

After plans for a £9.5million new look for a flagship section of Birmingham’s Southside district fell through, the area has been temporarily decked out in rainbow colours which have led to people asking for the eye-popping feature to become permanent.   Although the current street surface decorations are temporary – put in place ahead of the Commonwealth Games 2022 –…

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Tickets machines at New Street Station cordoned off ahead of replacement

Commuter chaos at New Street Station as ticket machines out of action ahead of tech upgrade

Self-service ticket machines are out of action at New Street Station in Birmingham, forcing throngs of customers to queue for tickets and causing some to miss trains and connections or be delayed on their journeys. To accommodate a refit of brand new ticket machines throughout the city’s main station, older models were largely out of action…

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Five men have been arrested on suspicion of a variety of offences including non-recent offences at football matches, racism, violent disorder and public order crimes

Police arrest 5 people after violence following Birmingham City v Millwall match

West Midlands Police have arrested five people after several fights erupted across Birmingham following the Birmingham City v Millwall match yesterday. A large operation was in place for the football fixture, say police, but incidents broke out across a large area of the city on Saturday (23 April). “The level of violence – which our officers put themselves…

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A video of Brummies singing and dancing to 'Killing Me Softly' has gone viral

Video of Brummie revellers performing ‘Killing Me Softly’ in city centre street goes viral

A video of random Brummies breaking into song to perform ‘Killing Me Softly’ in the city centre streets is going viral after being shared across social media. Posted to Twitter last night (29 January) at 11.08am, the short clip showing revellers and passers-by joining in with an impromptu rendition of the hit song – which was being played…

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