The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
An activist dressed up as an “orca” was displayed in a ‘tank’ outside a leisure tourism store in Birmingham today, protesting alleged animal cruelty. The publicity stunt organised by animal rights group PETA involved a campaigner in a dolphin costume pleading to be freed as they lay “trapped in a cramped tank” outside TUI’s Birmingham city centre store in…
Diners at one of the busiest McDonald’s in Birmingham city centre were left shocked as a teenage thug charged into the fast food branch brandishing a 12-inch machete on Sunday morning. The terrifying incident took place at the McDonald’s situated on ‘The Ramp’ walkway that leads into Grand Central.
Birmingham city centre came to a standstill on Thursday (20 April) when a surprise royal visit drew huge crowds around the Indian Streatery in Bennetts Hill. The Prince and Princess of Wales visited Birmingham via train to celebrate the city’s rich Asian culture and to highlight the city’s diverse businesses in the city centre and…
Birmingham’s Apple store is offering free sessions to keep kids entertained this Easter, and learn new skills in the process. The ‘Today at Apple’ sessions – designed specifically with kids in mind – last one hour and offer the perfect excuse to try something new in between browsing for Easter gifts.
Network Rail has been swamped with thousands of eager applications from people hoping for one of 60 free tickets to tour the Birmingham New Street signal box, which closed down last year. The ballot for the rare tickets has attracted around 7,500 people by the time the ballot closed on Friday (17 March).
Lucky ticket holders will get a rare chance to tour the landmark Birmingham New Street signal box which was decommissioned last Christmas. A ticket ballot has now opened for people to enter their names and see if they can win one of the 60 rare tour tickets.
A police knife crackdown following the shocking stabbing of a schoolboy in Birmingham city centre has resulted in arrests and recovery of weapons. Knives were recovered and 46 people searched after temporary Section 60 powers were used after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed on Wednesday (18 January).
A number of young men have been arrested – including two teenagers – after a robbery and disorder involving knives in Birmingham city centre. Five suspects were taken into police custody after a serious incident in Cherry Street on Wednesday night.
Police sealed off parts of the city centre after a young schoolboy was stabbed near Birmingham New Street Station on Wednesday. The teenage boy was stabbed in Stephenson Place around 4:30pm and police flooded the area and sealed off the busy location.
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…