The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A striking street art portrait of England football coach Sarina Weigman was painted in Birmingham to honour the inspirational sportswoman described as a “legend” by football fans. Birmingham-based artist Adam Illes recently painted the large scale mural on a Digbeth canal wall as Weigman was interviewed in the city.
Manchester Pride has announced the return of its parade for 2022 following a two-year break due to the COVID pandemic, with a brand new theme promoting unity and hope. The Parade, which will take place on Saturday 27 August, is the city’s biggest, with tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people and allies gathering to march…
A beautiful new work of street art has been painted in Digbeth, Birmingham, featuring a peace quote alongside a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi. Birmingham-based artist Adam Illes painted the large scale mural on a Digbeth canal wall which calls for peace in our troubled and war-torn world.
The protest for George Floyd in Soho Road went ahead peacefully on Monday night despite being cancelled by the organisers at the last moment due to ‘security concerns’. Around 300 protestors came out and thronged Soho Road around 8pm to show their support and solidarity with George Floyd, the tragic victim of police brutality in…
A evening of events and readings to commemorate the 24th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide have taken place in Birmingham, ahead of Srebrenica Memorial Day. Organised by national charity Remembering Srebrenica, the gathering took place at Birmingham cathedral in Colmore Row and was attended by faith leaders, local children and members of the city’s Bosnian community.
The people of Birmingham are to host emergency vigils today to show solidarity with the victims and families of the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch. Anti-racism organisations have joined forces with Birmingham mosques to stand resilient in the face of Islamophobia, following a terror attack on hundreds of worshippers at a mosque in Christchurch, New…
Along with the famous red poppies sold and promoted by the Royal British Legion each year, many people also choose to wear white poppies to mark Remembrance Day. Some wear either a red or white poppy, while others wear both, but why do people wear white poppies and what do they represent?
A community unity and diversity walk is taking place in Birmingham this month to challenge the recent rise in hate crimes in the West Midlands. Members of different ethnic, cultural religious communities will be coming together to display unity and solidarity as they take part in special peace walk, followed by a picnic at Cannon…
A series of special community events have been planned by Brummies as part of The Great Get Together, a national initiative to mark the anniversary of the passing of Jo Cox, the Labour MP tragically murdered by a right-wing terrorist last year. Taking inspiration from Jo Cox’s first speech to parliament after she was elected –…
On a cold and windy rainy Birmingham night, I found myself alongside some of the grassroots campaigners, all of us hoping to see The Labour Party elected on the June 8th. Armed with a box of pavement chalk, the group had taken to the streets of their constituency to spell out their message for a…