The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Voting has closed across the country for the UK General Election and now the process of vote counting and results announcements begins. We’re at the ICC for the Birmingham count and will bring you results as we get them, along with opinion, interviews, galleries and video updates.
Andy Street has been re-elected as regional mayor by the people of the West Midlands following a nail-biting political battle with Labour candidate Liam Byrne. Announced as the winner with 314,669 votes against Byrne’s 267,626, Street said he was ready to serve a second term as the region’s metro mayor to build something “very special”.
It’s Election Day across the UK as the population votes for a government. Birmingham’s constituency results will be coming in through at the ICC in the city centre, where a dedicated hall has been set up and is ready to go! We’re here and sharing the latest updates and results as they come in, along…
Brummie Jacob John is quite the expert at more advanced Calisthenics, which is basically types of exercises that test, push and build a person’s physical strength using body weight. For most, this can be anything from push-ups, pull-ups, sit-ups or aerobic resistance stretching. For others, like Jacob John, this can be anything from ‘swinging’ around on monkey bars,…
The West Midlands Combined Authority Mayoral Election polls closed last night at 10pm and ballot boxes were brought into the Birmingham Barclaycard Arena, ready for the official count this morning. We’ll be bringing you live updates from the count, and results as they are announced. The latest updates will be posted at the top of the…
BAMMA, the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts, has announced the final fight results following a tense but invigorating BAMMA 9 tournament, which took place in the city’s National Indoor Arena on Saturday. Reigning champion Tom ‘Kong’ Watson successfully defended his BAMMA middleweight title by scoring a second round TKO victory over Jack ‘The Hammer’ Marshman in the main event…