The Queen's Baton Relay will arrive in Small Heath Park on Wednesday

Free Birmingham 2022 event planned to welcome Queen’s Baton Relay in Small Heath Park

A free public event has been organised as the Queen’s Baton Relay tour comes to Birmingham’s Small Heath Park on Wednesday. The iconic baton, which has toured through 72 countries, is now almost within sight of the opening ceremony which will take place on Thursday as the much-anticipated Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 finally get underway.

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A huge area of the magnificent Lickey Hills has been reduced to smokey ash

An area the size of 5 football pitches destroyed in Lickey Hills Country Park fire

Over 70 firefighters battled overnight to control the Lickey Hills fire, which started on Monday afternoon as heatwave temperatures soared, and fears are growing that a huge area of the iconic beauty spot have been reduced to ash by the catastrophic inferno.  Fire services have confirmed that around 5 hectares – which measures to the…

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Cllr Deirdre Alden visits Small Heath Park to highlight the death of wildlife in the dirty waters of the lake

Edgbaston councillor calls for action to save dying wildlife in “filthy” Small Heath Park lake

The Birmingham City Council shadow cabinet member for parks visited Small Heath Park today (August 5) to inspect an environmental catastrophe taking place in the beauty spot’s lake, as an alarming number of dead birds and fish have been distressing local residents. Cllr Deirdre Alden (Con, Edgbaston) visited Small Heath Park to inspect the lake after reading reports about…

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Residents demand action after more ducks die in ‘filthy’ Small Heath Park lake

Residents are demanding immediate action to save the wildlife that inhabits the lake in Small Heath Park after another dead duck was seen floating in the ‘filthy’ water on Saturday (31 July). Small Heath residents took to social media to vent their anger at the lack of action by authorities after pictures emerged showing another…

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Birmingham residents clear dead geese from Small Heath Park lake after council ‘fails to act’

Residents in Birmingham have been forced to clear up the rotting carcasses of dead geese from a local park after the council failed to remove the decomposing animals, they claim. A resourceful group of volunteers cleared up dead geese from the mucky lake in Small Heath Park after the dead waterfowl were discovered by shocked park visitors who then…

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