The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
West Midlands Police have released CCTV footage in a bid to trace the thugs who were involved in a suspected targeted stabbing of a schoolboy in Birmingham city centre. Police officers were called to Central Academy school in Newhall Street at around 3.10pm on Wednesday 11th March after reports came in of a knife attack…
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst in Birmingham has sent home all pupils and a deep clean of the school is currently in effect after several pupils returned with flu-like symptoms from a trip to Italy where coronavirus is on the rise. All pupils at the Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst in Cooks Lane, Birmingham, were ordered to…
An award winning play depicting the real life events of the Trojan Horse inquiry is being performed in Alum Rock this weekend, as part of a national tour that has included the city’s mac Birmingham theatre. Trojan Horse, which is based on 200 hours of interviews with the people at the centre of the controversy which saw…
Birmingham has joined with other major cities across the UK in climate crisis demonstrations, as thousands joined school kids and students demanding for action on climate change. Around 3,000 people in Birmingham join in one of the largest youth-led demonstrations in history, where millions of people from Sydney to Mumbai took to the streets around…
Deaf children in the West Midlands are falling an entire grade behind their hearing classmates at GCSE level, according to new analysis by the National Deaf Children’s Society. The charity issued the warning after analysing the Department for Education’s 2018 exam results data, which showed that the region’s deaf children score an average grade of…
Muslims will be launching Birmingham Pride celebrations for the first time in the event’s history as they march alongside prominent gay school teacher Andrew Moffat at the very front of this year’s parade. While Moffat has been selected to front the Pride parade this weekend, event organisers are adamant he will be flanked by LGBT+ Muslims and…
Students all over the UK skipped school today to protest against the last of social awareness surrounding climate change. A rally in Birmingham attracted hundreds of pupils as schools up and down the country were missing young people, who decided to attend Youth Climate Change marches instead.
As National Storytelling Week gets underway, Brummies are celebrating storytelling in theatres, schools, and spoken word venues. On the 19th anniversary of National Storytelling Week, members of New Street Authors, David Wake and AA Abbott told us about their journeys into writing and their involvement in spoken storytelling.
Celebrity personalities from the world of television will be dropping into several Birmingham schools this month to promote BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Super Movers, a BBC and Premier League initiative which aims to get children moving more throughout the day, is teaming up with BBC Sports Personality of the Year to bring a…
Over fifty schools in Birmingham took to dancing ‘the floss‘ and sharing it on social media this week, in a bid to raise awareness of government cuts to education. ‘Floss4Funding’ is a national campaign with the parent-led campaign group Save Our Schools at the forefront.